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Friends, neighbors – We’ve made it through House of Origin cut-off and are back at it in committee – hearing bills sent over by the House, gathering our neighbors’ stories through remote public testimony, honing in on the most effective ...

Friends, neighbors – Friendly reminder that I’m hosting another Virtual Town Hall TOMORROW, Saturday 2/20, from 11am-12pm.  If you had to miss my last virtual town hall, this is another opportunity to connect Live! I can’t wait until in-person gatherings ...

Friends, neighbors –   Earlier this week, we passed a historic $2.2 BILLION pandemic relief package off the Senate floor and on to the Governor – to get immediate, targeted relief to the people and programs who need help NOW. Because we didn’t take any amendments ...

Friends, neighbors –   Week 2 of session has come and gone – and it’s been amazing to see so many of our neighbors across the state participating in remote testimony. We’ve had nurses sharing their thoughts from outside the hospital on a lunch break, teachers offering thoughtful feedback from their cars ...

Friends, neighbors –  Week one of the 2021 session was one for the books. We convened on Monday, working closely with security and staff to keep everyone safe –  in light of the violence that had been threatened against our ...

Friends, neighbors –   After weeks of virtual-committee and virtual-floor-debate practice, after months of gathering community feedback and preparing legislation to answer our neighbors’ most pressing needs, after almost a year of weathering this pandemic together – we’re less than a month ...

Friends, neighbors – What a challenging year this has been for all of us. Between the unprecedented pandemic and the loss of health and economic security that came with it, the killings of our Black and brown brothers and sisters by police, ...

Friends, neighbors— Everyone – regardless of zip code, income, pre-existing conditions – should be able to get the health care that they need, when they need it. That truth is only more relevant now as we endure a pandemic together ...