John,
There are so many things Congress could have been working on — but instead, we spent the first week watching the Republican Party’s inability to govern and a 14-time failing McCarthy leading the way.
To quote Cori:
“The Party of Insurrection has selected a Speaker by cutting a deal with its most hateful faction.
But know this — we will fight with everything we’ve got to mitigate the policy violence they intend to inflict.
And in 2024, we will deliver the House back to the people.”
Cori’s sworn in and now it’s time to get to work. What’s on your agenda?
Click on the button that corresponds with your #1 priority to share your answer.
Cori knows what it’s like to be unhoused, living out of her car with her two small children while working a full-time job — and she brings that experience with her to Congress every single day. She is leading the fight to make sure that every single person is able to have shelter and safety by declaring that housing is a human right — and since getting elected, she’s refused to let anyone forget it.
The climate crisis threatens us all, and will disproportionately impact our nation’s most vulnerable populations. Cori introduced the Green New Deal for Cities in 2021 to fund an expansive array of community-based climate and environmental justice jobs and projects — including wind power procurement, clean water infrastructure, and air quality monitoring — by giving funding directly to city, state, local, indigenous, and territorial governments.
Regular, everyday people are being left behind by a system which prioritizes the whims of the rich over the basic, human needs of our community. Whether it’s wage stagnation, inflation, or the exploitation of people at the pump — Cori’s taking action. She’s been fighting for at least a $15 minimum wage since well before she stepped foot in the People’s House. Last Congress, she voted to increase the minimum wage and for the PRO Act to protect workers' rights to unionize.
As a registered nurse and someone who knows personally the consequence of being forced into immoral debt simply for seeking out and receiving needed medical care, Cori believes that health care is a human right. No one should be denied health care based on age, gender, ability to pay, or health status/pre-existing condition. She is leading towards joining every other industrialized nation and passing Medicare for All.
Our democracy is under attack by Republican state legislatures across the country, members of Congress, and others holding federal office. It’s on us to take action to make sure that every single person has the right to vote and to be able to participate in our democracy.
Abortion care is health care and health care is a human right. Yet, across the nation, our reproductive freedom is under attack. In this moment of crisis, we must take action at the state and national levels to codify reproductive rights into law.
Cori is working to keep children and our entire community safe in the face of a gun violence epidemic that’s built on top of the pandemic of preventable poverty. With the People's Response Act, we’re seeking to fund systems of preventative care, mental health resources, community and gun violence intervention programs, and supporting survivors of the current system through legislation like Cori’s Helping Families Heal Act.
Let us be clear, all of these issues — and so much more — need to be addressed by the 118th Congress this year, and each is a key priority for Cori. We’re eager to hear which of these pressing issues is front of mind for you, John.
In solidarity,
Team Cori
