Did you catch this message from Rick?

Today marks just three weeks for Congress to pass a budget bill to avoid a government shutdown that would impact countless families in Washington state and nationwide. We should have been making progress on this, but MAGA Republicans opted to stir up nonsense instead.

Now, it's never been more apparent: we must take back the House majority.

So much is at stake, whether it's a looming government shutdown, environmental impacts of climate change, defending reproductive freedom, or rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure — Rick is ready and willing to do the work.

Will you help us keep him in Congress fighting for what matters most to Northwest Washington with a contribution to our campaign to reelect Rick?

Together, we can stand up to attacks on our rights from guys like Speaker Johnson and work toward a better, brighter future for everyone.

Team Rick

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From: Mark Hatton [[email protected]]
Date: Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Subject: It has been a real cast of characters
To: [email protected]

In the last 22 days of the chaos caucus' in-fighting, we have met a lot of characters — from McCarthy to Scalise, Scott, Donalds, Jordan, Emmer, and now Louisiana's Mike Johnson.

With every new name they threw in the hat, we learned a little bit more about the direction the GOP wants to go with leadership in Congress. Here is what you need to know about their newly-elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson:

1. On Democracy: Mike was an architect of the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He filed the amicus brief for Texas to sue Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin over their election rules and results.
2. On reproductive freedom: Mike supports a sweeping nationwide abortion ban, outlawing critical reproductive health care from the moment of fertilization.
3. On LGBTQIA+ rights: Mike opposes LGBTQIA+ civil rights, and has penned support of damaging conversion 'therapy' approaches. Johnson introduced deeply problematic legislation similar to the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, that would prohibit public schools and libraries from mentioning gender.
4. Science: Mike chooses to disregard science on the most pressing issue of our time — climate change. Despite ample evidence, he denies climate change exists at all.

As a reminder: House Democrats are eager to get back to work. We must take expedient action to pass a budget, to lower costs for working families, to tackle climate change, and make our communities safer. It is abundantly clear: we have to head into this election season strong and ready to take back the House majority if we are going to accomplish anything. Will you make a contribution of $3 to my campaign today?

More soon,

Rick