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Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur, educator and the first woman ever to represent Pennsylvania's 6th District in Congress.
Jul 6, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
This past week, many of my family members were able to travel to Israel (on personal time and dime) and visit @yadvashem, the World Holocaust Center in Jerusalem.

This trip was deeply personal, and I'd like to share it with you and tell you a bit more about my family's story🧵 This is a photo I've never shared before.

In this scrapbook, you'll see my dad, grandparents and their Polish marriage certificate dated 1940.
Nov 24, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
The media likes to cover the fighting and partisanship that takes place in Washington. They won’t tell you about the times we cooperate on behalf of the American people.

Here are a few of the dozen bipartisan bills we passed in the last week you might have missed! 🧵 .@JerryMoran’s Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021, which would reduce the out-of-pocket education costs for surviving spouses and children of servicemembers, passed the house with support of both parties.
Sep 24, 2019 7 tweets 1 min read
THREAD: Over the past few days, my attention has been drawn, sadly, to the new allegation that our President threatened a foreign leader by denying military assistance in order to obtain information that would discredit a political opponent. /1 If this is true, this marks a sad, new chapter for our country. This is a matter of national security, and we must find the truth. /2
Apr 8, 2019 9 tweets 5 min read
"The germ, a fungus called Candida auris, preys on people w/ weakened immune systems, and it is quietly spreading across the globe."

It has recently reached NY, NJ, and IL. CDC has classified it as an "urgent threat."

We need to talk about this. 1/.

nytimes.com/2019/04/06/hea… C. auris is part of a "rise of drug-resistant infections" across the globe. Already, experts have said that "unless more effective new medicines are developed and unnecessary use of antimicrobial drugs is sharply curbed, risk will spread to healthier populations." 2/