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Apr 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 1 min read

Kevin McCarthy’s debit limit bill sets a negative precedent that will cut funding for programs that hard working Americans rely on. Here are a few programs that will be cut if this bill is passed:

A thread...🧵 Cuts to Health Care:

💊Kick low-income Americans off Medicaid by imposing stringent work requirements.

⚕️Cut the State Opioid Response grant program--denying 29,000 people recovery services.

🪖Provide veterans with 13M fewer health care visits & longer wait times for benefits.

Dec 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

This week, the FY23 funding bill will be signed into law which includes nearly $15M for 15 community projects in my district. Here are a few community non-profits and public institutions that are receiving these funds ⬇️ The Hayward Evaluation & Response Teams (HEART) Program will receive $794K

🏥to help improve crisis response & first-responder programs. @cityofhayward

Dec 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

1/4 I’m disappointed that the EAGLE Act, a bill to make our employment-based visa system fairer, hasn't come for a vote in the House. Too many visa holders & their families are stuck in a green card backlog that arbitrarily discriminates against immigrants from certain countries. 2/4 Rao, my constituent, came to California 10 yrs ago for a better life for his children—the U.S. is their home. Sadly, Rao & his family are in a state of uncertainty & fear deportation because the green card he applied for in 2015, is delayed due to the per-country quotas.

Dec 14, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

1/4 Very exciting news from @Livermore_Lab, located in my district, that its National Ignition Facility (NIF) produced a fusion reaction that creates a net energy gain.

But wondering what that actually means? I’ll break it down. 🧵 2/4 In the 1960s, @Livermore_Lab scientists wanted to explore if lasers could be used to make fusion in a laboratory setting.

And after years of R&D, diagnostics, modeling, design, and simulation, Livermore Lab created NIF, the world’s largest and most energetic laser system.

Jul 29, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

Let’s play “What they say, what they do” 🧵

MAGA Republicans say…

“We are tough on China”

What they do…

On CHIPS Act, 187 MAGA Republicans voted for China and against America. (1/ )

MAGA Republicans say…

“We support the Vets!”

What they do…

MAGA Republicans blocked medical funds for Veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Then fist-bumped to celebrate screwing over Vets. (2/ )

Jul 25, 2022 • 9 tweets • 5 min read

What?! One-third of Americans say it’s time to take up arms against our government? I know EXACTLY who is inspiring the treason curious. 🧵 (1/ )thehill.com/homenews/35722… Could it be this winner? @RonnyJacksonTX recently threatened @POTUS Biden to try and take his big gun. 🧵 (2/ )

Feb 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

Dear Kevin McCarthy🧵:

Today you chose this violent insurrectionist over your colleagues @RepKinzinger and @RepLizCheney.

You chose violence over voting.

You have embraced chaos over law & order.

All in the name of a cult and the fantasy that you’ll be Speaker. (1/4)

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1489747752020066307

But you’re betting against America. We’re not perfect. But our story always evolves with us seeking & shaping a more perfect Union.

The path you have chosen, Kevin, ends in a cul-de-sac.

America is coming back. And while we move forward you and your kind will be left behind.

Feb 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

7 mil new jobs in Biden’s 1st year. This is an American comeback story.🧵

Biden inherited from Trump one of the worst economies & a global pandemic. On the world stage, we’d alienated our friends. It felt like America had lost her way. But Biden believed we could come back (1/4) The economy is growing at a record clip. Americans are going back to work.

We have the virus on the ropes—2/3 of us are vaccinated and vaccines for babies and toddlers coming soon.

World leaders respect us and we are taking on challenge of Terrorism/Russia/China/Climate (2/4)

Dec 30, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read

A man DM’d I should be shot. For my family’s safety, I asked Twitter for help ID’ing him. When Twitter fell short (thanks for trying!) I asked the guy his name (stringing him a bit) & why he threatened me. Meet Jeremy Marshall who told me he was radicalized by Tucker Carlson. 🧵

Nov 23, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

📢 Have you heard? The House recently passed the #BuildBackBetter Act - a bill that will make essential investments in family care, health care, housing & tackling climate change. Here's how:

🧵 A thread: (1/6) #BBB invests in child care & education🧑‍🎓

-Authorizes universal paid family & medical leave
-Extends the Child Tax Credit
-Provides free preschool to all 3- and 4- year-olds
-Increases Pell Grants & makes the program available to our DREAMers
(2/6)

Sep 29, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read

ICYMI, here’s what we learned at yesterday’s House Armed Services hearing: President Trump’s weak deal with the Taliban freed their leaders & 5000 of their fighters, weakening our Afghan allies’ morale and defenses.🧵 This weak deal meant @POTUS @JoeBiden took office with the Taliban resurgent, forcing him to choose between leaving after 20 years, 2400+ KIA, and $2 trillion spent, or doubling down & sending more troops. Again.

Aug 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

Our staff is hard at work on the many requests we’ve received for updates on Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applications. Here are some resources for those who have not yet begun the visa process, or who just want to help – THREAD (1/6) For those that have served with US forces and may qualify for a SIV, information about that process can be found here (2/6) travel.state.gov/content/travel…

Feb 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

Today, I am reintroducing four bills to ensure that future Presidents of the United States cannot perpetrate some of the same corrupt acts that former President Donald Trump committed. (1/4)

The Duty to Report Act & Corporate Duty to Report Act would require candidates, campaigns, and companies to report foreign interference in U.S. elections. Requiring candidates and campaigns to put their nation ahead of themselves should be bipartisan. (2/4)

Sep 22, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

THREAD: Oh the elusive “young voters.” How do we inspire you to show up? If we talk to you, it’s clear we have it all wrong. You don’t need to be told to “go #vote” or it’s “your civic duty.” (1/4) For good reason, you’re pessimistic about whether it even matters if you participate. You are informed. Better than any generation. Digital natives. Can call bullshit on anything. But you don’t feel you have agency. How do we give you agency? (2/4)

Jul 23, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read

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Jul 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

John Lewis was a hero we didn’t deserve—a champion for equality and freedom, a steadfast statesman, and one of my personal heroes—and I’m heartbroken at his passing. He lived a remarkable life and inspired a generation of Americans to fight for a better tomorrow. Many times in recent years when I’ve felt demoralized about our country’s politics, John’s optimism and resolve inspired me to keep fighting. “Don't get lost in a sea of despair,” as he would say.

Jul 1, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

The @SenateGOP decision to strip our intelligence and defense legislation of a provision requiring presidential campaigns to report offers of election help from foreign agents is yet another cynical, partisan attempt to enable @realDonaldTrump’s cheating and lying. (1/4) It should go without saying that an offer of electoral help from a foreign actor– including dirt on an opponent– should be reported to the FBI. But the Trump camp proved that expecting people to do the right thing for our democracy isn’t enough; it must be enshrined in law. (2/4)

Jun 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read

Today, I’m introducing the Enhancing Protections for Whistleblower Anonymity Act. Attempting to reveal whistleblowers’ identities undercuts long-standing policy, endorsed by both Democrats and Republicans, to encourage people to come forward with allegations of wrongdoing. (1/4)

President Trump and others attacked the courageous whistleblower who raised concerns with the Director of National Intelligence’s Office of Inspector General about the president’s actions with respect to Ukraine – actions for which the president later was impeached. (2/4)

Apr 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/1253072813029810177

Nov 5, 2019 • 8 tweets • 6 min read

Congress should pass a law that ensures women are paid the same as men for the same work.

Wait, @HouseDemocrats did. #WePassedThat

Time for @senatemajldr to give it a Senate vote. Congress should pass a law that cleans up the dirty outside money and maps that pollute our politics.

Wait, @HouseDemocrats did. #WePassedThat

Time for @senatemajldr to give it a Senate vote.

Jul 17, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read

Today, @HouseJudiciary advanced #HR3239, legislation that will *finally* require humanitarian standards be implemented for people in custody at our Southern border. Every single human deserves to be treated with dignity – but under the Trump Administration’s cruel immigration agenda, mothers have had their children torn from their arms and kids have been put in cages. This needs to end. This isn’t the America we know.

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