U.S. Senator, Washington state | @SenateApprops Vice Chair | Working every day to help people and solve problems
WA & DC
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For years, Republicans have been pushing to cut FDA funding. Recent outbreaks (diarrhea lettuce) prove we can’t keep cutting domestic spending to fund foreign wars.
Congress MUST reject Trump’s $1.5 TRILLION war request and focus on real priorities—like keeping our food safe.
The FDA rarely inspects the foreign facilities exporting the vast majority of fresh produce to the United States, a Post investigation has found, creating a major blind spot when it comes to U.S. food safety. wapo.st/3WtzuF6
The most corrupt President in U.S. history.
Trump is getting rich while working families struggle to get by.
A Senate Democratic majority can finally put a check on Trump's obscene corruption.
VOTE!
FIRST ON CBS: As President Trump boasts about how much money the U.S. oil and gas industry is making from the war with Iran, the president's personal holdings in oil and gas are now worth between $22.5 million and $81.6 million, compared with $12.6 million to $46 million at the end of 2025, according to a new report by Democrats on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. cbsn.ws/47IN9un
Wonder why beer isn't $5 anymore? Laney told me how her brewery would order tap handles and the tariffs would INCREASE mid-shipment.
The tariff would be as expensive as the product itself by the time it gets to them! A Democratic majority would fight to END Trump's trade wars.
Trump's solution to affordability? Cut back on your doll purchasing budget.
As if people are blowing their budgets on dolls. We need a Congress that will put an end to Trump's tariffs and actually work to LOWER prices for the American people.
Trump could not say it more plainly: he doesn't "give a damn" about the American people suffering because of his illegal war.
VOTE!
Just outright disgusting and hateful garbage.
Trump is focused on spewing this garbage instead of doing anything to make life more affordable for Americans.
A total disgrace.
From measles to foodborne illnesseses, Trump and RFK Jr. have torn apart public health and completely disregarded basic science.
I'm working to fix it.
Washington state: it’s time to make your voice heard.
Fill out your ballot and bring it to a drop box near you now through Election Day – the earlier the better.
$4,700 more. That’s how much extra Trump’s tariffs and Trump’s war have cost the average American family.
Republicans promised lower prices on day ONE. It's been 600+ days.
Trump is weaponizing America's Department of Justice to argue that elections can only be certified if Republicans win.
This is historic corruption, but he doesn't get the final word. We do at the ballot box. VOTE!
BREAKING: DOJ is suing Alaska to block certification of election results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
politico.com/news/2026/10/23…
Republicans think the only way to save Social Security is to cut benefits—they just talk in euphemisms.
Democrats have better solutions, like finally scrapping the cap and making billionaires pay their fair share.
Trump is literally trying to use marriage and birth rates to decide how much federal funding YOUR community might get for transit projects.
He is weaponizing federal grants to wage his regressive culture war, and your commute is collateral damage.
Parents can’t go to work if they can’t find child care. Child care IS infrastructure.
Let's PASS universal child care.
Cutting Medicaid doesn’t save money. It closes rural hospitals.
Democrats will push to repeal Trump's $1 trillion health care cuts.
This is the most corrupt President in history. Trump is trying to extort voters—saying he won’t help veterans if this state doesn’t vote his way.
We’ve already seen him illegally withhold funds from “blue” states.
We can send this crook a message with our votes and our voice.
NO. Congress funds FEMA to respond to disasters that REQUIRE federal support.
Trump's already politicized disaster relief—an unforgivable and unAmerican transgression that I don't plan on forgetting.
He doesn't get to wave a magic wand and abolish FEMA. I'm fighting back.
BREAKING:
Trump's head of FEMA just told states to prepare to handle disasters on their own.
The Trump admin's disaster chief told state officials they must increase their financial reserves and emergency capabilities to handle most disasters on their own — without federal help. politico.com/news/2026/10/20…
Women are 50% of the population, but less than 0.1% NIH's budget is spent on menopause and just 8% on women's health overall.
I talked to @drrachelrubin and Dr. Kelly Casperson about why we need more research on menopause and how my bipartisan bill would do that.
So we are "fighting fraud" by establishing a NEW slush fund where Trump personally decides payouts?
What a grift. Trump is serious about fraud—serious about committing it!
Trump: "When you do these things, sometimes there's a dispute about who turned them in and who is supposed to get what and when. So I am going to do something which I think people will like -- I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions. I'll determine whether the person is deserving ... there's nothing in this for me"