We are seeing some signs the current restrictions are working. But our hospitals are still on the brink. Therefore, I am extending existing restrictions for three weeks – ending January 4th.
It is a dangerous time in Washington. We need to buckle down through the holidays.
This is an incredibly hard decision to make. We know some of our businesses are hanging by a thread.
In light of that, we’re making an additional $50 million in business grants available for businesses impacted by these decisions.
The hospitalization projections are scary. We’re already at 80% ICU capacity in Washington.
Unless this turns around, our system will be overrun. That impacts everyone needing hospital care, not just COVID patients.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. The first vaccine was given in the UK this morning.
But our communities are not safe right now – and the vaccine won’t change that in the near future.
Right now – we need to knock this virus back down.
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Like so many of you, our family cherishes our Thanksgiving traditions. But this year, our family will celebrate the holidays virtually.
The good news is we only have to do this once. But it is just too dangerous to gather right now.
More than 240,000 chairs will be empty in homes across the U.S. because of the lives taken by COVID-19.
As you rethink holiday plans with your family, consider also how you can welcome these families into your hearts by the actions you take to protect your community.
Washington passed 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.
Every choice you make right now matters.
As we transition into fall, cases are again on the rise in Washington.
Spending time indoors with people outside your household is just too risky right now. We all need to commit to having fewer, shorter, safer interactions – especially as the weather keeps us inside more often.
Each time cases have risen, hospitalizations have followed. We’re beginning to see that same trend now.
all votes cast will be counted and democracy will be delivered this election.
Efforts to throw out ballots or refuse a peaceful transfer of power are nothing less than an assault on American democracy.
There is no excuse for promoting the intimidation or harassment of voters. These are blatant attempts to deny American's their right to be heard.
Our nation has held presidential elections and upheld the results throughout our history, even in times of great peril. We did it during the Civil War and both World Wars, and we can do it during a pandemic.
And if the president loses, he must leave office - period.
If the Wall Street Journal report is accurate, Boeing would be turning its back on the best workers and the best place in the world to build airplanes. 1/6
The state has supported Boeing with a well-trained workforce, a robust supply line, world class research institutions and the best business climate in America.
This move would force a review of that partnership, including a hard look at Boeing’s favorable tax treatment. 2/6
While Washington would continue to have more than 70,000 aerospace employees, this move could jeopardize as many as 1,000 Washington jobs. 3/6
We have lost one of the greatest American patriots to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves an enormous legacy behind of upholding women’s access to health care, voting rights and equality under the law for the LGBTQ community.
Our heartbreak at the loss of Justice Ginsburg will become a tragedy for the ages if the U.S. Senate confirms a new justice before we know who our next president is.
It would be the height of hypocrisy for Mitch McConnell to allow it.
But we cannot rely on McConnell to have the integrity nor the courage to protect our democracy from Trump’s worst impulses. Are there enough Republicans in the Senate who still care about justice to block another Trump appointment? The voice of the American people will be heard.