Happy New Year! 2025 was a challenging year for many reasons. As we welcome in 2026, I wish everyone a renewed sense of light, compassion, and hope for what is possible.

Today is the expiration date for ACA tax credits that help millions of Americans afford health care. 🧵

2025 has been challenging, but I choose to remain hopeful and to keep fighting. I want to know - what’s giving you hope for the new year? Comment below!

It’s time! As the year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to look back at times that defined my work in 2025. See my Instagram stories for the full 2025 rewind.

This is another case where ICE used the unacceptable and unlawful “arrest first, ask questions later” approach.🧵

Oregonians are struggling with high costs, especially during and after the holidays. 🧵

The Trump Administration illegally tried to block bipartisan funding to get kids the care they need. Thank you @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for your work in securing this essential funding. This is a big win for Oregon schools, students, and families.

Happy first day of Kwanzaa to all who celebrate!

Wishing all who celebrate a very Merry Christmas!

For many people, this time of year can be challenging. Be gentle with yourself and those around you, take breaks, and be well this holiday season.

Today, the United States Supreme Court denied the federal government’s request to stay a lower court ruling blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful federalization of the Illinois National Guard. Read our statement. #orpol #nationalguard

Today’s decisive Supreme Court decision confirms that Trump can’t just send the National Guard to cities when he feels like it. This is good news for people in Chicago, Portland, and across the country.

As this year comes to a close, I want to highlight the resilience of the Portland community. During the shutdown I met with the CEO and employees of Laughing Planet, a local business that stepped up to feed neighbors who lost their SNAP benefits.

Ripping children away from caring parents is inhumane. It's horrific that Trump's out of control immigration agents are deporting parents without due process and leaving young children traumatized and without their families.

Health care costs are about to skyrocket for millions of Americans, but the House GOP chose to spend last week advancing anti-trans legislation instead of policies that would protect access to health care. I spoke out against the so-called "Do No Harm" Act on the floor.

🌟VICE CHAIR SPOTLIGHT — @repbonamici.bsky.social🌟 Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is a fierce and committed ally to the LGBTQI+ community in Congress. She's never afraid to go to bat for our community, and that's why we're honored to have her serve as a Vice Chair. Let us introduce you:

For years food banks have provided a lifeline for individuals, families, and children facing hunger. I have heard from food banks in NW Oregon that sometimes they have to limit the number of people they can serve because of insufficient storage.

It was an honor to accept the National League for Nursing Public Policy Advancement Award. Nurses are a critical part of the health care system, and I will continue to advocate for access to education and other policies that support the nursing profession.

Threatening to defund hospitals that provide evidence-based, life-saving gender affirming care is cruel and harmful and will destabilize our nation’s hospitals. Decisions about health care should be made by the individual and their health care provider, not by politicians.

The Congressional App Challenge empowers students to identify challenges and then use creative and tech skills to solve them. It was inspiring to see the variety of thoughtfully executed apps responsive to issues facing society today. 🧵

I stood with @demwomencaucus.bsky.social against the GOP's continued attacks on women's health care. We will keep fighting as long as costs increase and benefits decrease.

The GOP’s bill we are voting on today will not stop health care premiums from rising for millions of people across the country. I’ll keep fighting for affordable, accessible health care for all.

Oregonians are clear: we do not want and do not need an ICE detention facility. Secretary Noem's DHS operations have been fraught with secrecy, deception, and cruelty. Another detention facility is not and will not be welcome in Portland, or any city.

Creating more pathways for post-graduate students to enter into public service will benefit our country for generations to come. 🧵

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were brutally murdered in their own home. The death of this incredibly talented couple should be met with grief and sympathy, not a despicable political rant from the President of the United States. 🧵

Hanukkah is a celebration of light and the importance of hope during difficult times.

There was another tragic mass shooting today, this time at Brown University.

Oregonians and Americans deserve cheap and reliable clean energy, not false promises and side deals for polluters.

Donald Trump's executive order to punish states for passing and enforcing AI laws is reckless and irresponsible. States stepped up because Congress has failed to pass a comprehensive proposal to protect privacy, address security and bias, and support safe, responsible, and ethical AI use. 🧵

Thank you @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for standing up against Trump's outrageous H-1B visa policy. This administration's tirade against foreign workers and immigrants must end.

Nurses are essential to our health care system. As a co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Nursing Caucus, I’ll always advocate for these dedicated professionals to be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve - in education and on the job. 🧵

For decades the Federal Work Study program has helped thousands of students afford higher education, but the program is overdue for updates to better reach those who need it most. 🧵

We must act now to protect residents and visitors on the Oregon Coast from the next Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria competed for and was awarded a BRIC grant to include a tsunami evacuation structure in the hospital expansion project.🧵

ICE's dangerous behavior continues to put communities at risk. This treacherous federal agency is denying people basic medical care, pointing guns at children, and using zip ties on kids. It is horrifying and inhumane and it must stop.

Strengthening education is the best way to improve lives and sustain the economy. Technology is evolving rapidly and there are many ways it can help students learn and close opportunity gaps. 🧵

Schools deserve a strong share in the revenue generated in their counties. Today the House sent the Senate-passed Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act to the president's desk. 🧵

In partnership with the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, I hosted a roundtable discussion with local non-profit leaders about the challenges accessing stable funding and keeping a supported and protected workforce. 🧵

Mayor Beach Pace and I did some shopping and had a great visit with local business owners at Paisano’s Plaza in Hillsboro. The Trump administration’s horrific mass deportation policies have resulted in fewer shoppers, so please stop by if you can! Also my Mangonada was delicious!

We must protect access to public defenders and avoid delaying justice. As the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. said in his letter from Birmingham jail: “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

Clean water and a healthy ocean support every family in the country and every sector of the economy. 🧵

It was an honor to spend the evening with Jackie Merlos to celebrate her release from detention and reunion with her four young children. 🧵

The Trump administration said they were going to focus enforcement actions on people with criminal records, but that's not what they are doing. 🧵

Trump's racist tirades and actions are making our country a more dangerous and hateful place and must not be tolerated. I strongly condemn his offensive attack on Somalis and Rep. Omar.

As more companies rely on artificial intelligence to make hiring decisions, we must establish safeguards to protect workers from potential discrimination. 🧵

The U.S. Coast Guard saves lives, and the federal government needs to let them do their jobs. The return of the Newport helicopter is a big win for the safety of the entire Oregon coastal community.

The Trump administration’s egregious immigration enforcement tactics have put people who are legally participating in immigration proceedings at risk of detainment and arrest when they show up at court. These aggressive tactics are inhumane and do not make our communities safer. 🧵

The Trump administration and Secretary McMahon are destroying the Department of Education. 🧵

It was exciting to visit the Dolores, a new Hacienda CDC housing development in Hillsboro. 🧵

New Avenues INK works with young people who are homeless and invests in their long-term success by teaching them a trade and giving them a job. 🧵

A federal judge struck down a Department of Homeland Security policy that DHS used to block immigrants from getting a hearing on whether they could be released on bond. 🧵