Last week, the House passed a bipartisan, bicameral housing legislation that will help families afford a house. Now, Trump is holding that legislation hostage unless Congress passes his voter suppression bill. People are crushed under the weight of rising costs, but he doesn’t care. He’s completely out of touch with the needs of American people.
I was grateful to join leaders in Congress this week for a Congressional roundtable discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women's admission to our nation's military academies. Everyone that gathered recognizes the landmark importance of women being allowed into the academies and I will always stand in support of their inclusion and object to any attempts to limit their participation.
I also joined a press conference with my fellow Democratic veterans in Congress and spoke about my extreme opposition and concern over legislation that hurts our nation’s veterans. I will always support legislation that expands our veterans’ quality of life and protects their access to the compensation and benefits they’ve earned, but H.R. 9237 accomplishes neither of those goals. Instead, this package would cut at least $60 billion from veterans' benefits over the next ten years. If House Republicans were serious about taking care of our veterans, they wouldn’t combine a critical bipartisan bill with harmful legislation that cuts veteran's disability ratings and increases the burden on veterans facing home foreclosure.
