(Originally posted August 17th, 2020) – I sat down with DeVon from the Street Roots podcast to discuss the urgent need for the Senate to finally provide long-overdue coronavirus relief to Americans, including some of our most vulnerable neighbors, like the vendors at Street Roots. We also discussed my bill
(Originally posted August 14th, 2020) – I joined Senator Ron Wyden at the Sellwood Post Office to say, “We will fight to defend our postal workers and the integrity of our election!” Thanks to National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and Portland Oregon Area Local, APWU for joining us
(Originally posted August 13th, 2020) – Americans urgently need coronavirus relief. But the Senate and White House have refused to act. We asked Oregonians why relief is critical to them. Here’s what they said.
(Originally posted August 10th, 2020) – Sitting on your hands when the people of America need us—that is not acceptable in the U.S. Senate. Let’s act boldly. Let’s act decisively. Let’s recognize that we must rise to meet this national challenge, and do so now.
(Originally streamed live August 6th, 2020) – Senate Republicans skipped town AGAIN without a plan in place to get much needed emergency relief to workers and families. This lack of urgency is baffling and unacceptable. We need to extend the $600/week, expand SNAP, protect essential workers, and prioritize testing.
(Originally posted August 5th, 2020) – Senate Republicans aren’t treating this moment like the global health crisis it is. They’re not treating it like the historic economic downturn it is. Instead of a pathetic box-checking effort, they need to get serious about beating COVID-19 and getting Americans the support they
(Originally posted August 4th, 2020) – Here’s what Donald Trump just doesn’t get: Using secret police tactics against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters doesn’t make him a defender of law and order; it makes him a violent suppressor.
(Originally posted July 31st, 2020) – Extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrest, violence against indigenous peoples and LGBTQ communities, widespread corruption and human rights abuses – this is what Honduras looks like under its current president, so I asked Sec. Pompeo why this Administration continues to cozy up to Juan Orlando
(Originally streamed live on July 23rd, 2020) – Last night, Senate Republicans were OFFENDED that I dared come to the Floor a second time, asking simply for a vote on my bill to end Trump’s use of secret police. Well I’m back on the Floor now, asking AGAIN. Americans’ rights
(Originally posted July 22nd, 2020) – Donald Trump is taking the secret police tactics of Putin, Erdo?an, Duterte to American streets. We have an authoritarian president who is out of control.
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