Friend, Republicans in Washington are once again putting politics over people – this time by shutting down the government and jeopardizing 24 million Americans’ health care coverage.

While Democrats are working to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits that help keep health care affordable for those who need it most, Republicans are prioritizing the MAGA agenda and their special-interest donors over the needs of everyday Americans.

This is what happens when career politicians like John Cornyn and Ken Paxton care more about being in the president's good graces than fighting for working families.

Securing government funding is about health clinics in the Rio Grande Valley not having to shut their doors.

It’s about schools in Waco losing the funding they need to help our kids learn and grow.

And it’s about folks in Dallas missing the resources they need to keep food on their families' plates.

Republicans are deliberately putting our families through pain just to prolong this shutdown. I refuse to play that game. I'm not a cheap date, and I won't give in when Texans' futures are on the line.

That's why I'm asking you to add your name to my petition and demand that D.C. Republicans like John Cornyn end this government shutdown and stop holding people's health care and livelihoods hostage. Will you join me by being one of the 10,000 people I need to sign my petition before midnight?

Thank you for standing up for what's right.

– Colin