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December 12, 2025
This weekend, Jewish families across Chicago, the country, and the world, are celebrating Hanukkah. The Festival of Lights is a time for reflection and celebration – a time to find gratitude for life’s blessings. As we celebrate the resilience of the Jewish people, we must also recognize the struggles the community continues to face.
Issues:
Government Transparency
November 28, 2025
To celebrate Small Business Saturday coming up this weekend, I joined dozens of local business owners at a Small Business Roundtable in Wicker Park. We discussed the impacts of Trump's tariffs and ICE raids, as well as other issues facing our community.
November 22, 2025
Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), along with Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) , Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Inn
November 21, 2025
On Tuesday, I voted to release the Epstein Files. Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile, sex offender, and human trafficker. He abused, trafficked, and threatened over 1,000 girls — some as young as 14 — causing irreparable harm to their physical and mental health.
November 18, 2025
Today, I voted to release the Epstein Files. Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile, sex offender, and human trafficker. He abused, trafficked, and threatened over 1,000 girls — some as young as 14 — causing irreparable harm to their physical and mental health.
November 14, 2025
On Monday, the Senate passed a partisan spending bill that lets health care costs skyrocket. On Wednesday, I voted no. Republicans must extend tax credits that make health care more affordable, restore Medicaid funding, and prevent Trump from making illegal funding cuts in the future. This shutdown "deal" does none of those things.
November 13, 2025
We lost a tireless environmental advocate with the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. From establishing the modern understanding of chimpanzees to empowering people worldwide to protect our planet, she devoted her entire life to nature.
Issues:
Animal Welfare
Energy and Environment
November 12, 2025
Republicans have proven time and again that they don’t care about Americans’ healthcare prices, and they can’t be trusted to keep their promises. I cannot support legislation that makes no progress on our goals and instead depends on the hope that Senate Republicans and Speaker Johnson will do the right thing.
November 10, 2025
Millions of Americans are about to see their health care costs skyrocket, and we have nothing more to reassure them with than the hope that Senate Republicans and Speaker Johnson will do the right thing.
November 7, 2025
I am deeply grateful to Speaker Pelosi for her lifetime of public service and the years I have been fortunate to serve alongside her. She has more than earned a restful retirement and the eternal gratitude of our entire nation.