Donald Trump promised Americans wouldn’t pay for his policies – but we have. Tariffs? Each family has already paid $1,700. His war in Iran? Gas, groceries, and utility costs are through the roof. His ballroom? They just asked for $1 billion in taxpayer dollars.

The Trump Administration is targeting my friend, Rep. LaMonica McIver, for doing her job conducting oversight of an ICE facility in her district. Trump's tactic is to make us feel alone and isolated – but we're not. Building community makes us stronger.

Most Americans say Trump isn’t mentally fit enough to be President…and yet Secretary Hegseth refused to say the same (or disagree!) when I asked him this last week.

Millions of Americans are struggling to afford gas and groceries to make it through the week – let alone child care and housing. But Senate Republicans and Trump don’t care. They want $1 billion of YOUR taxpayer dollars to pay for a stupid ballroom anyway.

This is a ceasefire in name only. Israel needs to adhere to the ceasefire and work in good faith toward a permanent end to the larger war with Iran and Lebanon.

More pipelines mean more spills that we pay for – with our own tax dollars, worsened health, and stifled productivity. Corporations will just rake in the profits.

This is a huge relief, but the fight’s not over. I signed an amicus brief along with hundreds of my colleagues to the Supreme Court urging them to overturn the Fifth Circuit decision. Mifepristone must remain widely accessible.

President Trump is continuing a long U.S. tradition of holding our partners to different standards than everyone else: selling billions of dollars in weapons to Israel and the UAE – despite their atrocities in Gaza and Sudan. This hypocrisy hurts us.

It’s MY constituents who are fighting this war in Iran right now – and they deserve full transparency about the nuclear risks at play. It’s time for the U.S. government to finally acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities.

The Trump Administration is traumatizing and punishing migrant children as young as 4 years old – putting up legal barriers so they don’t have due process, making them appear in court alone, and speeding up their deportation. It’s heartless and wrong.

Gas in San Diego is over $6 because of Trump’s unnecessary war in Iran – not anything else. We need to end this war now to get gas prices back to normal.

And we all know how the wars in Iraq and Vietnam turned out… Donald Trump should take a cue from history: cut his losses and end the war in Iran today.

It’s been 61 days since Donald Trump started his unnecessary war of choice in Iran – 1 day past the legal requirement to get Congressional authorization. Congress needs to fulfill its constitutional duty and vote to end this war now.

Today marks 60 days of Donald Trump’s war in Iran, which triggers the legal requirements under the 1973 War Powers Resolution. Trump is legally obligated to get congressional authorization for this conflict or end hostilities immediately. This isn’t a suggestion – it’s the law.

I had so much fun at the Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Fair! Our community is strong and vibrant because it’s made up of so many different cultures and traditions – and as long as we keep coming together, no one can take that away from us.

Free live music on Adams Avenue? Sign me up! It was so great to stop by Adams Ave Unplugged last weekend, with 90 live music performances hosted by local bars, restaurants, and cafes. Such a cool event in our community!

My team joined The Center’s annual Dine Out for Life fundraiser (which supports their health and wellness programs for San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community) with a quick stop at Mariposa Ice Cream in Normal Heights!

Trump just fired every Advisory Board Member of the National Science Foundation (NSF) – the leading funder of scientific research – with no explanation. Trump continues to illegally undermine and politicize science in ways that will set us back for years.

Trump's war on Iran was illegal from day one – Congress never authorized it. Tomorrow, the statutory 60-day clock runs out too. Republicans are out of excuses and should join Democrats and stop this war. Let's put the pressure on. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Don’t need a study to tell me that housing in San Diego is way too expensive (we ALL know that) – but here’s a new one deeming us the 5th most expensive housing market in the U.S. We need to meet the scale of this crisis and dramatically scale up building.

I asked Secretary Hegseth a straightforward, yes or no question today: Is Donald Trump mentally stable enough to be Commander in Chief? He didn't say yes. And that speaks volumes.

Section 702 of FISA has allowed the government to spy on the American people for decades – but the rise of AI makes it a lot easier and faster. We can’t let this practice continue unchecked, so I’m still a hard NO on a clean FISA reauthorization.

The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. As Justice Kagan writes in her dissent, the Court’s changes don’t just “update” the law – they eviscerate it. This is a devastating blow to our democracy and undermines decades of progress.

I couldn’t agree more. The lack of sufficient child care options for our military families hurts our readiness because our troops can’t fully focus on their jobs of keeping us safe when they’re worried about their kids.

April is Care Workers Recognition Month. It's so important that we uplift the workers who keep our kids, aging parents, and loved ones with disabilities safe and supported – and ensure their immense value and hard work are reflected in fair pay, benefits, and dignity at work.

Reminder as Karoline Leavitt prepares to go on leave to have her baby: federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of paid parental leave while only 1 in 3 workers nationwide get ANY paid parental leave. We need guaranteed paid parental leave for everyone!

The Trump Administration’s slow-rolling of DACA renewals is just another example of their ultimate goal: eliminating legal immigration. This needs to stop now.

When Democrats are in the House majority, we will do real oversight of all illegal strikes, get justice for survivors and those who were killed, and establish guardrails to ensure adherence to international law.

Personally, I’m more worried about the families barely making ends meet that are shelling out extra thousands of dollars from Trump’s tariffs than mega corporations. The American people need relief.

🙋‍♀️I’m one of the 70% of Americans who believe the U.S. should make a deal to end the war in Iran as quickly as possible. This war is too costly, too reckless, too illegal, and too unpredictable to continue.

Trump’s war in Iran is also threatening our country’s affordable housing supply – when we already don’t have enough! Another reason to permanently end this war now.

ICE detained an Army wife this week at her immigration appointment – where she was literally following the legal process. We can’t make people jump through a ton of hoops and then detain them when they do.

No one wants $3+ gas through 2027. End the war in Iran permanently. And do it now.

Over $1 billion made in perfectly timed bets on the Iran War doesn’t seem like a coincidence. It seems like insider trading. This needs to be investigated immediately.

It’s go-time. We have 8 DAYS to get real reforms and privacy protections in FISA’s Section 702 reauthorization to stop the government from spying on US citizens without a warrant. I’m working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to get this done.

I’m saddened by the passing of my colleague Congressman David Scott, who will be remembered as a trailblazer, a civil rights champion, and a passionate advocate for Black farmers and nutrition programs. May his memory be a blessing to his family, friends, and all who knew him.

The U.S. fertility rate has dropped – but not because of birth control. Women need health care, child care, paid leave, and access to fertility care. Instead, the Trump Administration is trying to undermine contraception access and push an anti-choice agenda.

The cost of raising a child over 18 years is now $300,000 and a huge part of that is the enormous cost of child care. Republicans talk a big game about being pro-family, but *actually* supporting young families means making life more affordable – including child care!

If you paid federal income taxes at all last year, then you paid more than at least 88 of the biggest corporations in America. Over $105 Billion of profits went untaxed, in part thanks to Trump's corporate tax breaks in the Big Ugly Bill. It’s so backwards.

This was never about going after violent criminals – it was ALWAYS about stopping all legal immigration.

The skyrocketing price of oil and gas has generated $30 Million in profits every HOUR for Big Oil during the first month of Trump's war in Iran. You pay more at the pump while Trump's Big Oil CEO friends line their pockets.

Happy Friday to everyone except Trump and Speaker Johnson, who tried to sneak through a long-term extension of FISA’s Section 702 (a law that’s long been abused to spy on Americans without a warrant) at 2AM last night. Luckily, we blocked it – and we’ll keep fighting for real reform.

After calling the Pope (the Pope!) “soft on crime,” Trump is now working to erase the convictions of violent, dangerous criminals who stormed the Capitol.

The U.S. military reportedly blew up 2 more boats in the Eastern Pacific, killing 5 people – bringing the grand total up to 168 people killed (that we know about). Once again: this is murder. There was no due process. And these strikes aren’t making Americans safer – they’re making us a target.

The national average gas price was $2.98/gallon the day Trump decided to launch this war with Iran. Now it’s well over $4. What’s worse is this was predictable – Trump just didn’t care. www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Calling all CA-51 high school artists: submit your work to the Congressional Art Competition for a chance to have your art hung in the U.S. Capitol! The deadline is this Friday, April 17th. For more info on how to submit:

I’m voting yes RIGHT NOW to stop Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

It’s sad that politics are part of the calculus for my Republican colleagues when we’re talking about an expensive, deadly war that is already spiraling out of control. BUT they still have time to do the right thing and join Democrats to pass our war powers resolution to end this war.

At every turn, Republicans in Congress have abandoned their duty to the Constitution, willingly given up their power as a co-equal branch, and allowed Trump to do whatever he wants – including launching this reckless war with Iran.

Trump is pushing for a “clean” reauthorization of a law – FISA Section 702 – that allows the government to spy on Americans’ communications with people abroad without a warrant. We can’t rubber stamp that. We need real reforms.