No one should be forced to choose between paying for food or medicine. So many more Americans are having to face that choice because Republicans refused to extend ACA tax credits to help millions of people afford their insurance. This is unacceptable.

This is heartbreaking. Royer Perez-Jimenez was just 19-years old and is at least the 13th person to die in ICE custody this year.

It’s not just gas prices – the cost of Trump’s reckless war with Iran will be felt in food prices, too. Not to mention the direct cost to taxpayers and the sacrifices from our service members and their families.

Trump's reckless war in Iran has no benefits. It’s costing billions of dollars and has killed American service members and Iranian civilians. I won’t support another penny for this war – and I will vote against any defense supplemental package. I urge ALL of my colleagues to do the same.

Trans people – like all people – deserve access to basic, essential health care. Patients, their families, and their doctors should be the only ones involved in making decisions about the kind of care they need – not the government (and certainly not RFK Jr....)

Trump is ignoring science, the law, and our everyday reality to gut climate change regulations – all so fossil fuel companies can profit. I’m glad California and other states are challenging this dangerous move in court because the endangerment finding must be restored.

The Pentagon wants $200 billion to fund this reckless war of choice in Iran. To put that into perspective, that’s the entire budget of the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development COMBINED. I will vote NO.

I met toddlers at Dilley who were so anxious and depressed that they couldn’t eat, sleep, or go to the bathroom – let alone play. This is state-sanctioned child abuse and it needs to end now.

Paying double the cost of SDSU tuition for child care is ridiculous and unsustainable for parents. We need to invest in a free, universal child care system that won’t only help parents but will also be a boon for our economy.

I'm praying for the safety of thousands of San Diego-based troops heading to the Middle East– but we shouldn't be putting their lives at risk for this reckless, expensive war in the first place.

Trump’s AI framework is a joke and it’s clearly written by his Big Tech donors. We SHOULD have real federal guardrails on AI (but this is far from it), and in the absence of that, states like CA should be able to keep protecting people’s rights and safety.

We already knew this was happening, but it’s still wild to see it confirmed – this week, the FBI Director admitted to buying Americans’ data without a warrant. We need to stop this practice NOW, and we have a plan to do it.

Every day since Trump decided to wage war against Iran, we’ve seen the price of gas go up. The average in San Diego County is now $5.58. This reckless war needs to end now.

Once or twice might be a coincidence, but ICE has detained dozens of people outside Camp Pendleton – even though judges have repeatedly ruled this is illegal. This is a pattern of abuse and it needs to end.

The only thing you need to know about the SAVE America Act is that it’s a voter suppression bill. Trump is fighting to stop millions of Americans from voting.

The answer to skyrocketing gas prices isn’t to start drilling off the coast of California – it’s to end Trump’s reckless war in Iran that caused the gas price hike in the first place!

This is unforgivable – Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was promised safety after bravely serving alongside our troops in Afghanistan. Instead, he died in ICE custody. His death must be investigated, but more than that, ICE needs to stop killing people now.

I wrote a bill that required DOD to establish policies and hire staff to prevent civilian harm in U.S. military operations. Trump and Hegseth fired staff and gutted these institutions and now 175 kids are dead. DOD needs to rebuild these capabilities now.

I’ll save James Comer some time – there was DEFINITELY mismanagement of the Epstein Files because we still don’t have all the files!!

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The DOJ gave LiveNation and Ticketmaster a slap on the wrist after ripping off fans and bullying venues for years – and then laughing about it. I’m glad state Attorneys General are still suing to break them up. We need to go after the monopolies and corporations for real.

The first week of Donald Trump’s war cost the American people $11 billion. It’s obviously not over yet, and we’ll continue to spend a billion dollars a day that we could have invested in affordable child care, housing, or anything else productive.

I just visited Dilley and met with kids who are too scared and traumatized to eat and go to the bathroom – let alone play. It’s horrific and should alarm everyone in our country. We can’t let them do this in our name. We need to shut down Dilley.

I’m incredibly saddened by the deaths of six more service members in the course of Trump’s war in Iran. More service members and civilians will continue to die unless we end this reckless war.

Hind Rajab was a brave and beautiful five-year-old Palestinian girl who was reportedly killed by the IDF in Gaza. In her memory, Senator Welch and I are fighting for accountability for her death and all the civilian harm in Gaza.

Unsurprising from the same guy who wanted a makeup studio at the Pentagon…

Trump says skyrocketing gas prices due to his reckless war in Iran are “a very small price to pay” and “ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENT!” He’s screwing you over with $5/gallon gas and expecting you to thank him. We won’t fall for that.

Just so we’re keeping track, here are basic questions the Trump Administration can’t answer: - Are we at war with Iran? - What is the goal? - How long will this go on? - What is the cost? - Will we put troops on the ground? This President has no plan. This reckless war needs to end.

Pete Hegseth spent millions of taxpayer dollars on lobster, king crab, steaks, and other frivolous things while Americans struggle to make ends meet. Now, he’s launching a reckless war costing the American people billions of dollars and raising our gas prices.

Gas prices in San Diego went up almost 60 CENTS a gallon in one week because Donald Trump launched a reckless war with Iran. $5.40/gallon and war in the Middle East are not what anyone voted for.

We need strict guardrails when the military uses AI, whether it’s in Iran or anywhere else – full stop.

The system is broken and unsustainable. We need to fund universal child care. Congress should pass my bill – the LEGACY Act – to tax trust fund kids more and invest it in affordable, high quality child care for every family.

175 civilians – mostly little girls – at a school in Iran had nothing to do with this awful war. It looks like the U.S. was responsible for their deaths, and if so, this Administration must take accountability. I’m proud to lead 121 House Democrats in demanding answers.

Public pressure continues to force the DOJ’s hand. We won’t settle for anything less than full transparency AND accountability. Release all the files.

Trump’s MO has always been chaos – but no matter where you look, it’s bad. We’ve been launched into a new war, prices are up, jobs are down, and horrifying allegations from the Epstein files are being revealed. He’s a failure, and we’re paying the price.

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Somehow, there’s always money and the political will for unnecessary wars of choice, but never for the things we actually want, like affordable child care, housing, or health care.

This is gut-wrenching. All of these children deserve justice and accountability. And that’s why, as founder of the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Caucus, I will be leading an effort to call for all the findings of DOD's ongoing investigation to be made public.

Donald Trump’s war with Iran is a grave mistake, so I won’t vote for a defense supplemental. Voting yes isn’t a vote for our troops; it’s the opposite. It will put them in harm’s way for objectives we can’t achieve and will be taken as an endorsement of this illegal war.

Amidst it all, Trump’s ugly ballroom is still being built. Trump isn’t working on a single thing that would improve Americans’ lives.

Trump is raising your gas prices while making the world much less safe. He’s breaking promises left and right.

Caleb and Joshua are OUT of the Dilley detention center. Now, we need to keep up the pressure to shut down Dilley for good.

I'm here at the Dilley detention center today and I'm SO relieved that the Gámez-Cuéllar family is coming home. Like many others, they have followed the rules and ICE detained them anyway. We will keep fighting to end mass detention and shut down Dilley.

Iran’s new Ayatollah is still part of the hardline regime so the U.S. spent billions of dollars, lost Americans, and spiked gas prices for a worse outcome for Iranians. This is why the U.S. shouldn’t engage in regime-change operations in the first place: they usually backfire.

I will vote YES on tomorrow's Iran war powers resolution. And if any of my colleagues vote no, they should come to my district and explain to our service members why they believe debating before we risk their lives is a bad thing.

Another predictable consequence of reckless American wars in the Middle East: rising gas prices.

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Last weekend, I stopped by San Carlos Little League’s opening day game. I played Little League growing up (my mom was my coach!) so it was very heartwarming and a little nostalgic to be out there. Team sports like this are so important for kids and our community.

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The Trump Administration doesn’t have a plan to lower the cost of your health care. This proposal isn’t a fix – it would put people at risk of HUGE medical bills and perpetuates our already broken health care system. We need universal, affordable health care for everyone.