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9 Sep, 6 tweets, 2 min read
BIG NEWS: A House committee is voting on my South Asian Heart Health Awareness & Research Act TODAY!

This bipartisan legislation will raise awareness about the alarming rate of heart disease in South Asian communities while investing in strategies to reverse this deadly trend.
As the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the House of Representatives, I know how urgent this is for families across the country. South Asians in the United States continue to experience a dramatic rise in heart disease.
South Asian Americans also have a much greater chance of having a heart attack before age 50 and have emerged as the ethnic group with the highest prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, which is a leading cause of heart disease. Unfortunately, a similar trend is happening globally.
My legislation addresses this by directing the HHS Secretary to create grants at the CDC to provide funding for community groups involved in South Asian heart health promotion and to develop culturally appropriate materials to promote heart health in the South Asian community.
It also directs the HHS Secretary to fund grants through the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on cardiovascular disease and other heart ailments among communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, such as South Asian populations living in the US.
Finally, this bill develops a clearinghouse and web portal of information on heart health research.

I'm urging members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce to PASS this bipartisan legislation that has the support of more than a dozen medical groups.
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If you're going to issue passionate statements supporting racial justice and Black lives, STOP taking checks from CBP. Walk the talk. Don't allow your business to enable Trump's abhorrent attacks on immigrants and those powerfully protesting racism.

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But they have taken $12,480,644 in contracts with CBP since September 2018.
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🚨BREAKING: I just introduced the Paycheck Recovery Act with 92 co-sponsors! Our legislation will deliver working people immediate relief and certainty while ending mass unemployment and matching the scale of this crisis.

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While the Heroes Act contains some good components, it fails to achieve that:
I believe we can and must choose differently. That's why I voted no. I believe we must put forward a package that:
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🔵Ensures everyone has health care
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The #FIRSTAct calls for the immediate release of people in detention centers who are under 21, over 50, or have a vulnerable health condition.
It also calls for ICE to review the custody of ALL immigrants in detention in order to lower the detention population & to release those that don't pose a risk to public safety. Social distancing in a detention center is an oxymoron. #FIRSTAct
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