Patty Murray: “I actually would like to start by recognizing how much progress that we have made as a country in recovering from the…”

We should not have to remind you that using government funding to create or air political ads like the ones that have been running over the last few days is illegal and a shockingly corrupt misuse of taxpayer dollars.

Theft from the American people, plain and simple.

Show us the receipts.

While Trump spends tax dollars on ads promoting himself, Congress needs to reassert its powers to help people, and it’s past time Republicans join us in that fight.