On Wednesday, Robert Mueller will testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on which I sit. His testimony is an opportunity for the American people to fully understand and watch live as the misconduct of the Trump campaign and Trump administration is laid out through our questioning. I joined MSNBC today to preview the importance of […]
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On Wednesday, the American people will be able to hear Robert Mueller testify, and for many that will be the first time they can visualize all of the President’s misconduct during his campaign and once in office. As a member of the Intelligence Committee, I will question Robert Mueller on the key issues of his […]
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I recently spoke on the House Floor in support of my bill to rename the Elgin Post Office in honor of Corporal Alex Martinez, a brave lifelong Elgin resident who gave his life in defense of our country. The bill passed unanimously out of the House and we now look to the Senate to do […]
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We need to call out the President’s racist attacks for what they are. We also must consider the impact that those attacks have on a younger generation of children who must now face hate and discrimination from their President. I joined my colleagues to address his attacks this week.
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This President has not only doubled down but tripled down on his racist attacks earlier this week. We need to stand firm against this rhetoric and call it what it is, racist, divisive, and dangerous to minority communities across the country. I joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN to continue calling out this President.
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What the President says matters and when the President uses racist speech to attack American citizens, it proliferates that speech. It is racist, hurtful, and dangerous to immigrant and minority communities across the country. I joined Ali Velshi on MSNBC to further condemn the President’s continued attacks.
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WASHINGTON — When President Trump suggested foreign-born Americans should “go back” to the countries they were born in if they do not like it here, he may not have realized that his entreaty could have been addressed to 5 percent of Congress. In all, 29 members of the House and Senate were born abroad, about […]
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The President’s racist tweets are another example of the un-American pattern of behavior at the highest levels of this Administration. From ICE Raids in Chicago, to detaining children and separating families at the border, this Administration is trying to create a culture of fear for immigrants. I joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC to call out […]
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The President has attacked four Congresswomen of color with racist and divisive language. I am a member of an ethnic, religious, and racial minority and he is trying to make those people feel inferior. I joined MSNBC to call out the President for using this racist attack and on my Republican colleagues for not speaking […]
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The House Oversight and Reform Committee is holding hearings Friday on alleged abuses committed against migrant minors in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, which resulted in at least 2,800 family separations. Four members of Congress will testify before the committee on conditions they’ve witnessed in visits to migrant shelters and detention […]
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