Representing #IL14. Nurse, health enthusiast, advocate for the working families of Illinois. Member of @AppropsDems and @VetAffairsDems.
Oct 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
As a nurse who has spent her career working to fix broken health care systems, I know a good solution to a problem when I see one: (1/4)
CRNAs are certified and trained professional nurses who administer more than 50 million anesthetics to patients every year. For the sake of their care, we have to cut the red tape. (2/4)
May 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe is gut-wrenching. It highlights just how close we are to losing the reproductive freedom and access to safe abortion care Americans have had for half a century. (1/4)
This decision could gravely threaten to destabilize the economic, educational, and societal advancement toward equality women have made over the last 50 years. (2/4)
Feb 22, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
It’s been a week since five people were killed in an act of gun violence in #Aurora. Seven days of shock. Seven days of mourning. And seven days of incredible strength by the families and our resilient community.
We remember Russell Beyer.
Proud chair of his union and a 20-year employee of Henry Pratt, Russell was a father of two and a steadfast Patriots fan.
