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I filed an amendment last night to ensure SNAP or Medicaid cuts in the Big Ugly Bill can’t take effect unless Secretary Rollins certifies it won’t affect eligibility for free school lunch. Republicans voted no, and shot it down.

Yesterday, I filed an amendment to ensure ICE and DHS can’t use taxpayer dollars to blindly put detention facilities in ecologically sensitive areas like the Everglades if it causes environmental harm. Republicans rejected it.

I filed an amendment yesterday to ensure Secretary Kennedy’s HHS certify that cuts in the Big Ugly Bill will not affect cancer patients and their care. Republicans voted it down.

We need to do everything we can to stop this Big Ugly Bill. We can’t give billionaires handouts at the expense of working Americans.

The Big Ugly Bill is an abomination. We come to Congress to help people, not hurt them.

Proud to join Rep. Yassamin Ansari's Read-In to show the American people exactly what's in Republicans' Big Ugly Bill, and now I'm headed to support my colleagues in the Rules Committee. Our job is to make life better for people, not worse like the Big Ugly Bill does.

FEMA saves lives and helps Americans rebuild after devastation. We can improve FEMA through legislation. But if Trump gets his way, families will be left to suffer longer without support.

Blaming past administrations for America's moral failings is not enough. We need to fix them. The Republican Homeland Security bill defunds the Family Reunification Task Force. So House Appropriations Democrats fought back to right this wrong and bring families back together.

We want to be safe as hurricane season kicks in. Yet Trump froze $800M headed to Florida for past hurricane damage, and it’s hurting our ability to prepare for future extreme storms. Florida is less safe under Trump.

Trump's family separation policy took children from their parents. Some still haven't been brought back together. I led an amendment with House Appropriations Democrats to continue efforts to reunite these families. Republicans defeated it by one vote.

Our communities want and need disaster preparedness funding, but Trump cut the BRIC program that fills that need. The hurricanes that devastate Florida are our new normal. House Appropriations Democrats fought to keep this program alive, but Republicans voted it down. This fight won't end here.

Trump promised to focus on violent criminals. He lied. ICE has become a mass incarceration and disappearance machine, with masked agents snatching innocent people off the streets without due process. I'm fighting back.

Republicans want to handcuff Congress and let Trump ignore the law without oversight. But Congress works better when all of us can serve. That’s why I helped pass an amendment to ensure DREAMers are allowed to work in the legislative branch.

Democrats stand with the millions of women who rely on Planned Parenthood's services. We will fight this latest SCOTUS assault on women’s basic healthcare and reproductive rights.