Health care is a human right. That's why House Dems are working so hard to protect the ACA tax credits — and why I was SO HAPPY our discharge petition forcing a vote to extend them for 3 years reached 218 signatures. Mike Johnson: DO YOUR JOB and call the vote!

In 2026, Democrats MUST take back the House. As a DCCC Recruitment Co-Chair, I’m doing everything I can to make sure we have strong, energetic candidates who will fight for working families and lower their costs when they flip their districts from red to blue. 💪🏾

2025 was full of wins for Democrats, including here in IL-14! I was so thrilled when all 25 of our Farm Team PAC-endorsed candidates won their elections back in April. These community leaders are fighting to lower costs and protect our freedoms – I have the utmost faith in them.

From beating my record for most bills introduced in one year to joining folks across IL-14 for important conversations, I’m thankful to look back at everything we’ve accomplished. 2025 may be ending, but our work isn’t. Get some good rest, and I’ll see you in January!

This year, we hosted 13 (!) town halls, with one in every county. Getting to meet you and listen to your stories is an honor I don’t take lightly. Thank you to everyone who took the time to join me at a town hall. Our voices are so powerful when we come together as a community.

Joining millions of Americans from across the country in protesting the Trump Administration’s abuse of power was so affirming -- we CAN protect our democracy. Together, our voices are impossible to ignore.

Pride is one of my favorite celebrations of the year, and I’m so grateful I got to spend it with our communities in Aurora, DeKalb, and Plainfield. Honoring the voices, strength, and resilience of LGBTQIA+ Illinoisans is so critical, not just in June but year-round.

Merry Christmas! I hope you're spending today celebrating and relaxing with loved ones. 2025 has been such a hard year, but I wanted to remind us of some bright spots as we reflect & look forward to 2026. Thank you for putting your trust in me to serve you — happy holidays ❤️

All parents deserve a clean, safe environment to change their baby, so it’s simply unacceptable that many Amtrak trains have no changing tables. My bill, the Baby Changing on Board Act, would fix this issue. This year, it passed the House and is one step closer to becoming law!

2025 was a hard year, but we’ve accomplished a lot that’s worth celebrating. So I’m recapping my highlights from the year (in no particular order), starting with a moment that gets me every time. Being sworn in as your representative is an honor I’ll never take for granted.

So grateful for our community this holiday season & every season 🎄

If you've been holiday shopping, it's impossible not to notice how expensive everything is. Prices are up on groceries, gifts, clothes & more, forcing working folks to dip into savings or resort to "buy now, pay later" options. This is Trump's economy.

My community knows the price of groceries, childcare, and housing keeps going up. What folks don't need right now is an Administration obsessed with headline-grabbing ICE raids that undermine due process, instead of tackling the rising cost of living for our working families.

HUGE NEWS! We have the votes in the House to save our health care! Now it’s up to Speaker Johnson to do his job and call the vote TODAY.

Republicans have no shortage of talking points on who they think deserves access to health care. But they still can’t bring themselves to say what every American deserves to hear: that health care is a human right, and everyone deserves access to affordable care.

Working families are paying too much this holiday season — and every day Trump and House Republicans make things worse. That’s why I am recruiting great candidates to help Democrats flip the House in 2026! apnews.com/article/2026...

Don’t forget: House Republicans voted to strip health care from 15 million Americans and raise costs for millions more just to hand billionaires another tax break. Every day, I’m fighting for you, not for the wealthy and well-connected.

Trump promised to lower the cost of living, but for too many families, the American dream has only slipped further out of reach. You deserve a government that actually puts you first — and that’s exactly what I’m working for every day.

In just over a month, tens of millions of Americans will be priced out of affordable health care coverage because Republicans let critical ACA tax credits expire. I wrote this legislation to stop that from happening.

Yesterday, I became the first member of Congress in years to visit the Broadview ICE Processing Facility so I could conduct critical oversight on what’s happening inside. The American people need to understand what’s going on in our communities in the name of the United States.

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

Tommy and his wife would be $300,000 in debt if they didn’t have health coverage. Unfortunately, that may be the case next year, as Republicans are determined to let the health care tax credits they rely on expire. House dems won’t give up the fight to save our health care.

As a therapist, Kate understands how mental health is often under-covered in our health care system as it is. Now she’s worried her clients will have an even harder time affording the services they need, thanks to the Republican health care crisis.

Since arriving in Congress in 2019 as the youngest Black woman ever elected, I’ve had 19 pieces of legislation signed into law — delivering real progress on health care, veterans’ services, homeland security, and more.

House Democrats aren't giving up the fight to save our health care.

Health care is a human right — and it’s already unaffordable in this country. If this disastrous Senate CR reaches the House, I’m a firm no. The question is will the so-called “bipartisan” Republicans in the House stand with us to save our health care?

Residents of IL-14 — have you received a letter your health care coverage is going to increase massively next year, or are you concerned you will soon? We want to hear from you. Share your health care story with us here: forms.gle/YKcbKhvddHr6...

Charlie is living proof that education can transform lives. I’m so proud of his hard work — and even prouder that he’s using his success to lift others up.

Thousands of people across the 14th District and millions across the country are about to see their health care costs SKYROCKET if Republicans refuse to extend the tax credits in my Health Care Affordability Act.

Republicans have shown they’d rather keep the government shut for WEEKS than work with us to lower your health care costs.

Laura owns a salon in Northern Illinois. Her employees get affordable health coverage through the ACA tax credits from my Health Care Affordability Act — the same tax credits Republicans are letting expire. How are working people supposed to afford these outrageous increases?

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I am deeply concerned about Kristi Noem’s judgment, leadership priorities, and responsibility as a steward of taxpayer dollars.

For seniors in IL-14, the price of medications alone can be suffocating not to mention added premiums & co-pays. Instead of fixing our healthcare system, Republicans are cutting Medicare & letting popular tax credits expire. Their actions will explode costs for folks like Cindy.

Don't worry, I got you.

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Illinoisans across our district are going to see their health care costs rise if Republicans let the tax credits from my Health Care Affordability Act expire. For seniors like Cindy and families like Christina’s, this would be disastrous.

Top CDC scientists are walking out under RFK’s political pressure — and every day I’m pushing back on his and Trump’s agenda by working to lower your health care costs and expand access.

Instead of backing Trump’s bill, I’m fighting to extend the tax credits from my Health Care Affordability Act—the very credits that helped more than 24 million Americans sign up for coverage this year. Now, because of Republican inaction, your health care costs are going up.

As a registered nurse, I came to Congress to protect and expand access to affordable health care. I'm now in my fourth term, and I've had 19 pieces of legislation signed into law. And I’m only just getting started.

I’m fighting for you every single day as your Congresswoman.

Donald Trump is using authoritarian fear tactics — deploying troops into major U.S. cities with Black mayors — to intimidate U.S. citizens. It’s not about “crime” or homeless encampments.

There’s really nothing better. Please don’t be surprised when I come say hi and chat!

Donald Trump and House Republicans are stealing OUR tax dollars from OUR communities and depriving local governments of critical funding to make themselves and their billionaire friends richer. It’s really that simple.

This is unacceptable. I’m fighting Trump to make sure millions of Americans don’t lose their health care this year.

Hey, so there are none.

Thanks to Republicans letting the tax credits in my Health Care Affordability Act expire, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois announced they’ll be increasing premiums by 27% next year. That’s 27% more *on top of* the huge cost increase folks will already feel from losing these popular tax credits.

From an RN to the youngest Black woman ever elected to Congress — it is a privilege and an honor to serve my community and fight for a future where everyone has access to the health care they deserve.

I wrote this bill because our veterans deserve the best health care out there. To me, that's non-negotiable.