During Jewish American Heritage Month, we honor the contributions and service of Jewish Americans to our public life and culture. Together we uplift our extraordinary history and recommit to root out toxic antisemitism, and all other forms of organized hate, in our society and on earth.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the great mothers in MD-08 and across America. We thank you for your love, tender care and wisdom.

This antisemitic graffiti at Greenwood Elementary School in Brookeville is profoundly disturbing. We’re all holding the students and Greenwood community close as authorities continue to investigate another intolerable act of antisemitic vandalism.

This week's MD-08 Local Hero is the talented Director of MoCo's Department of Transportation, Christopher Conklin. Yesterday, MoCo unveiled the nation's largest transit depot electrical grid. Chris joined us to share what this impressive green project means for transit in our community.

Congrats to Montgomery County for building the nation’s largest transit depot electrical grid! Thank you for leading the way in pioneering cleaner energy solutions for transit in our community.

As President Trump spends billions of dollars for his aggressive and foolish war of choice in Iran, congressional Republicans are handing him billions more to fund ICE chaos in our communities. The GOP has a destructive agenda.

The American people don’t want the oligarchs’ war in Iran and ICE’s war in our streets. We want affordable health care for every family. Who exactly are President Trump and Speaker Johnson fighting for? Not us.

President Trump doesn't care whether you can afford health care, rent or groceries. He has no plan for America’s working families. Instead, the president fills his time settling political scores and litigating beach sea shell messages from nine months ago.

In honor of National Poetry Month, this week's Local Hero is the ebullient Sosena Audain, Montgomery County's 2026 Youth Poet Laureate. We celebrate Sosena’s wonderfully creative artistry. Please listen in as she shares a live reading of one of her moving poems.

More than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russian forces since the start of Putin's bloody war. America must work to secure the return of these missing kids to their families and freedom for the Ukrainian people.

Today we’re mourning the loss of our dear colleague Rep. David Scott. In his more than two decades in Congress, David was a fighter for farmers across the country and the people of Georgia's 13th Congressional District. May his memory be a blessing to our country.

On Earth Day, we celebrate our natural environment, including the beautiful public spaces in Maryland's Eighth District. Let’s recommit ourselves to protecting our dazzling natural resources so they can be enjoyed by future generations.

Rep. Jamie Raskin is demanding that Kash Patel submit to an alcohol abuse screening: "For the sake of our own security, we need to know, for example, 'how many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking'?"

My statement on MAGA’s bigoted Anti-Muslim Caucus:

Excellent news for the Eighth District! NeighborWorks of America will award $506,000 to Montgomery Housing Partnership. The grant will help house more of our neighbors, create economic opportunity and make our community stronger. Thank you NeighborWorks, thank you MHP!

Ahead of Earth Day, this week's Local Hero is David Blockstein, an ecologist and conservation biologist who leads Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Month. Dr. Blockstein promotes ecological education and action—locally, nationally and globally.

To Sikh Americans in MD-08 and all those celebrating around the world: happy Vaisakhi. May you rejoice during this harvest festival with family and friends.

On Yom HaShoah, we remember the six million Jews and millions of others massacred by the Nazis. May the memories of the perished be a blessing and constant spur to us as the world organizes to fight resurgent fascism, antisemitism and hate.

This week's MD-08 Local Heroes are Rolando and Kristofer Sanz, talented MoCo artists, who founded Young Artists of America to cultivate new generations of singers, dancers, musicians and actors. We celebrate their creative dedication to our young people. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jshi...

Donald Trump’s deranged threat to destroy “a whole civilization” in Iran is a threat to commit war crimes and genocide. Republicans in Congress must prevail upon VP Vance, now campaigning for Putin’s puppet Viktor Orban in Hungary, to return to the U.S. and invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.

To all those celebrating Easter in MD-08 and beyond, wishing you a holiday filled with peace, happiness, joy and springtime renewal!

Marylanders without health insurance can still get covered by simply checking a box while filing your Maryland state tax return. Learn more about how to access coverage during tax season through the Maryland Health Connection:

This week's Local Hero is Sheryl Brining of Kensington, a dedicated volunteer with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program in MoCo. Sheryl helps our low- and moderate-income neighbors file their taxes for free through VITA.

Happy Passover to everyone celebrating in Maryland’s Eighth District and around the world! May you and your family experience peace, joy and freedom. Chag Sameach!

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate the resilience of transgender Americans. We affirm, today and every day, that trans rights are human rights and that all our neighbors deserve to live safely and authentically.

THREAD: Today we’re taking urgent action to help millions of Americans who struggle with their mental health: introducing two bipartisan bills to help people in crisis get both the immediate care and the follow-up care they need.

Two years ago today, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the great city of Baltimore collapsed. We hold dear the memories of the six people who died in this disaster and continue rallying as a state to repair this essential artery for Maryland and the country.

Attention all you artistic high school students living in MD-08: the deadline to participate in our Congressional Art Competition is quickly approaching! Share your dazzling talents with the world, and be sure to apply by March 30 at:

Yes, we've referred Secretary Noem to the DOJ for perjury. Here's why:

Sending warm wishes to everyone in MD-08 and across America celebrating Eid al-Fitr. Hope you enjoy a meaningful and joyous holy feast. Eid Mubarak!

Americans are footing the bill for Trump’s war with Iran to the tune of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars already, yet Republicans in the House are doing nothing to lower prices or defend the war powers of Congress. Where is constitutional lawyer Speaker Johnson?

President Trump called the affordability crisis "a hoax." Most Americans, including millions of Republicans, know this isn't true. The costs of health care, groceries, rent and other essentials are skyrocketing while the President spends recklessly on an illegal war.

Mr. President, the only people making “a lot of money” from rising gas prices are wealthy oil executives and their investors. The people’s coffers are being drained by your spreading illegal war with Iran.

My colleague and friend Jared Moskowitz was the target of an assassination plot by an armed and dangerous fanatical antisemite who was just sentenced to 25 years in prison. The convergence of antisemitic and racist hate with gun violence is a continuing threat to American democracy.

Trump's illegal war with Iran is costing taxpayers $1 billion per day. What do we say to Americans who can’t afford health care, rent or groceries? It’s more important that the president wage undeclared wars of choice and aggression?

President Trump’s reckless and unconstitutional tariffs are making life more expensive. Now, we’re spending more than $1 billion each day on the war in Iran and watching unemployment rise. Americans are suffering and the president keeps making it worse.

MoCo neighbors, a tornado watch is now in effect for our area. Expect high winds, heavy rain and rapidly changing weather patterns. Batten down the hatches and stay safe!

This week, our MD-08 Local Hero is musician and small businessman extraordinaire Vincent Richardson, founder of Takoma Park's Richardson School of Music. Vincent spreads the joy of music to children, teens and adults throughout our community.

Attorney General Bondi thinks she can play hide-and-go-seek with the Epstein Files, but the law is clear and mandatory. She must release the Files in their entirety so we can end this massive coverup and elite protection for predators.

Gun violence continues to be a devastating threat to life and bodily safety in America. Please join me in praying for the victims, the family of the deceased, and all the students, faculty and staff shaken by this attack at Old Dominion University. We must ACT in Congress.

Horrified by this violent attack at a Michigan synagogue. As we learn more, please join me in sending our love and affection to the Temple Israel community. Like everyone in our society, Jewish Americans must have safe places in which to practice our faith.

Now-fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem lavished $220 million in American taxpayer funds on a self-promoting PR campaign run by close friends. Where’s DOGE's night crew cracking down on wasteful and corrupt spending when you actually need it?   The American people demand an investigation and a refund.

Sending all our best wishes for a swift recovery to the two workers who were caught in a collapsed trench in Bethesda.

We thank the first responders who quickly arrived on the scene and rendered aid.

Happy International Women’s Day! Today we recognize all the women leaders who contributed to moving our country forward and we renew our commitment to fight for equal rights, equal pay and reproductive rights for all.

This week’s Local Hero is Glen Echo Mayor Dia Costello. Thank you, Mayor Costello, for your profound dedication to our people and our community, and for your superb responsiveness and organizing in the wake of the worst sewage spill in American history, the disaster at the Potomac Interceptor.

🚨 American citizens in UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel: to receive departure assistance from the Department of State about available aviation and ground transportation options, please fill out the following form: mytravel.state.gov/s/crisis-intake

Secretary Noem acknowledges ICE and CBP can't shoot Americans for peacefully protesting, videotaping ICE officers or lawfully carrying a firearm, and yet her agents are routinely violating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. There is a total leadership breakdown requiring immediate change.

It’s time to reveal the billionaire donors flooding American elections with potent dark money. I’m introducing the DISCLOSE Act with Senator Whitehouse and Rep. Pappas to make our money-drenched elections more transparent for all citizens.

Alex Pretti and Renée Good were murdered by federal agents. Soon after, Secretary Noem labeled them 'domestic terrorists.’ I gave her the chance to recant and apologize for the pain she's caused their families with these outrageous lies. She refused.