Thank you to KALO at the AloHā Resource & Community Center! KALO does important work to provide resources and connect and empower the Native Hawaiian community in the Pacific Northwest.

It was wonderful to celebrate the groundbreaking for Meadowlark Place in Beaverton! Meadowlark will provide more than 100 low-income apartments for seniors and a Head Start center for kids. 🧵

It was an honor to present Clatsop County with more than $1 million for their public safety equipment and 911 operations initiative! This investment will help upgrade the public safety communications system.🧵

I had the opportunity to visit several dedicated servicemembers at the U.S. Coast Guard base in Astoria. Thank you for all you do for Oregon!

Thank you to the students and instructors at Tongue Point Job Corps in Astoria for another great visit! 🧵

Looking for something good to read this summer? Check out Portland’s new Northwest Library! 📚 This welcoming space has something for the whole family with an interactive play area, teen corner, computers, reservable workspaces, beautiful artwork, and more.

Salmon are integral to the Pacific Northwest's culture and ecosystems. The Select Area Fisheries Management (SAFE) program produces millions of hatchery fish each year, providing relief for endangered fish stocks and supporting Oregon’s commercial and recreational fishing industries.🧵

It was great to visit Multnomah County’s new larger and brighter Northwest Library in Portland. Thank you to the library staff and volunteers who make the Northwest Library a welcoming place to read, learn, and connect with community. Their children’s section is delightful!

Thank you to Alano Club for more than 60 years of providing dedicated recovery support services in the Portland metro region! Alano Club's life-saving and life-sustaining work is a key piece of the recovery services network in Portland.

As a former special education attorney told me, the Department of Education's illegal reorganization is "forcing students with disabilities backward into a medical model under an administration that doesn't think they should be in the community."

It's been one year since Trump signed his Big Ugly Law, and it's even more clear that he doesn't care about the American people. 🧵

It has been 250 years since the 13 colonies declared independence from British rule. 🧵

More than 90% of students in America go to public schools, but 🦅 Voucher Vultures 🦅 are trying to cut public school funding and redirect it to private schools.

Many people made academic and financial decisions based on the promise of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Fortunately for them judges held that the Trump administration can’t change the rules and redefine what public service means. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Trump and RFK's agenda deceives vulnerable people by funneling them into radical anti-abortion networks. This is not health care; it is federally-sponsored medical misinformation.

The ability of kids to learn and grow is hindered when private equity controls and consolidates youth sports and drives up costs. We need antitrust enforcement and cost transparency.

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate the contributions and achievements of people with disabilities. 🧵

The role of private equity in youth sports is about more than playing; it’s about protecting families from being priced out of opportunities that help students develop and thrive.🧵

Progressives held a hearing on fixing America's broken healthcare system. @repyassansari.bsky.social @chuygarcia.house.gov @repbonamici.bsky.social

Do you have student loans? Swipe to see what's changing in July. 📚💲

The Supreme Court confirmed what we already know from the Constitution: if you're born in the United States, you are a citizen of the United States. Today is a win, and we will keep fighting Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.

Ocean monitoring keeps the economy thriving and communities safe. It was an honor to speak with members of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Association and receive their Congressional Award for Bipartisan Leadership in Ocean Observing with Rep. Ezell! 🌊

Today the Supreme Court upheld what Oregonians and Americans already know: that all children born here are equal under the law. Although this ruling is a win, the Trump administration's constant attacks on immigrants will continue. abcnews.com/Politics/sup...

All students should have the opportunity to participate in sports regardless of their gender identity. Discrimination is wrong, and it's unacceptable that today's Supreme Court decision means transgender students in some states will be banned from playing on teams that match their gender identity.

I enjoyed working with Duchess of Cameron to decorate a tree to represent Oregon on the America 250 cake!

Universities that expand America's STEM workforce should not have their funding cut because of “DEI,” but that’s what the Trump administration is doing.

Instead of trying to find "research fraud" as a pretext to cut lifesaving science, Republicans should be investigating the people who are wrongfully cutting science funding.

Thank you to the American Nurses Association for meeting with me! Nurses are the heart and soul of our health care system and we must continue to invest in and support the nursing workforce.

Good news to start the week: the Supreme Court just ruled that states can accept ballots that were postmarked by Election Day.

Oregonians know that vote by mail is safe and secure. Thank you to @agdanrayfield.bsky.social and @orsecretaryread.bsky.social for standing up to the Trump admin's lies and overreach.

“We have government in the grip of conspiracy theory.” Vote by mail is safe and effective.

The Department of Education is essential to our public schools, kids, and their futures.

Ignoring Congress and dismantling it is illegal and egregious, and our kids deserve better. That’s why I stand with @repbonamici.bsky.social in impeaching Education Sec McMahon.

Fixed it. This is not a difference of policies; it's the Education Secretary defying the law. Thank you to @quigley.house.gov and to all my colleagues who have already signed on to #ImpeachMcMahon

Congratulations again to Eric Chen, this year’s winner of the Congressional Art Competition for his work “Departure.” It was great to see Eric and his family during their visit to DC! 🎨🖼️

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are important members of the healthcare workforce. Trump's Department of Education’s rule to limit how much federal student aid they can receive is unacceptable, and today a federal judge blocked that rule from taking effect. 🧵

I met with the National Organization for Women (NOW) to talk about the importance of access to reproductive health care, including abortion. Four years post Dobbs, and we will not stop fighting because these personal decisions belong to patients and providers, not politicians and judges.

I'm joining @repbonamici.bsky.social in calling for the #impeachment of Education Secretary & former WWE head Linda McMahon. From firing the staffers who support special education to attempting to destroy the Department itself, McMahon has proven to be unfit to support America's students.

It’s been 11 years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges established marriage equality nationwide. Every person deserves the freedom to marry who they love and have that marriage respected equally under the law in every state.

Today’s disastrous Supreme Court decision creates a dangerous precedent and puts hundreds of thousands of TPS holders at immediate risk of deportation to unsafe and life-threatening conditions. To the Haitian and Syrian communities in Oregon and beyond: I stand with you. We will keep fighting.

I am co-sponsoring articles of impeachment against Secretary of Education Linda McMahon with @repbonamici.bsky.social. She was never qualified to lead the Department of Education, and every decision she has made in office has reinforced that reality.

@repbonamici.bsky.social says Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s decision to move key services to HHS is part of why she is calling for the Education Secretary's impeachment. “This is an education program,” she told @lacaldwelldc.bsky.social. Watch on 535.news

Secretary McMahon’s dismantling of the Department of Education without Congress is ILLEGAL. 🧵

Secretary McMahon has violated federal law and betrayed students, families, and educators. It’s time for her to go. #ImpeachMcMahon

It’s disturbing that the Trump administration is making child care more expensive when the cost for child care can be as much as rent or mortgage payments and families are struggling to pay for necessities like health care, groceries, and gas. 🧵

It’s been four years since the Supreme Court’s devastating and wrong Dobbs decision overturned Roe v Wade. 🧵

The House and Senate passed a comprehensive bipartisan bill to build more housing, lower costs, expand home ownership, and more. But now Trump is refusing to sign it into law unless it includes the so-called SAVE America Act, which is a voter suppression bill. This is outrageous and unacceptable.

IDEA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, is about education, not health care, and kids in schools are students not patients. It's unacceptable that Secretary McMahon is moving the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Juneteenth celebrates the day when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce that, under the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people were free. We must continue to strive for a nation that is truly the land of the free.

I'm so excited about the opening of the Darcelle XV Plaza in downtown Portland! Darcelle's is a Portland institution, and now the life and legacy of Walter Cole will live on in this beautiful community space.