Lateefah Simon: “This is our house. The president is a guest.”

As the Representative of California's 12th Congressional District, representing the East Bay, I rise today in opposition to H. Res. 516. This resolution is a partisan, disproportionate response to the ICE protest in Los Angeles…

The Trump administration does not have West Oakland’s best interests at heart. I am committed [to] using every tool in our toolbox to stop this coal terminal and fighting on behalf of our residents.

they’re cheating Americans out of a functioning budget…willing to cut cancer research…school classrooms with 60 kindergarteners.

I rise today in defense of every child in this Nation who deserves to enter into a classroom and be treated with dignity, care, and respect. In writing these remarks, I thought of my kindergarten teacher, Ms. Jasko at Claire Lilienthal…