A handshake deal with my Republican colleagues to reopen the government and no guarantee to actually lower costs is simply not good enough.

My bill would give families certainty that Head Start and the care it provides will continue.

If my Republican colleagues don't want to sit down and talk about saving 22 million Americans from skyrocketing health care costs, I hope they can at least agree that 750,000 children and their families shouldn't pay the price for…

They only reinforce it. This was an election all about the high cost of things, very clearly, and it just increases the resolve that we need to bring costs down for our constituents.

Right now, it is the critical issue facing our country.

There are chinks in their armor right now.

Timing is important.

The biggest corporations in our country jack up the cost of everyday household items, take in record profits, and give their executives huge bonuses – all on the backs of hard-working Wisconsin families.

Moving forward, it’s our job in the next few days to make sure that Republicans know that this would be a major trust factor in moving forward with our appropriation bills.

This is not the final chapter of this story, and I’ll fight tooth and nail to protect these children.

I worked hard to stand up a special line for LGBTQ+ youth because we are losing too many of our kids to suicide, and it’s well past time we did something about it.