John,

This weekend, we celebrated and honored Martin Luther King Jr’s work for liberation.

He famously said: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplit is approaching spiritual death.” Our nation has done just that.

Last year I was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the $858 billion so-called defense budget, the largest ever in the history of our country. How can we justify this spending—$45 billion more than President Biden even requested—when our neighbors are struggling to put food on the table, fighting to keep a roof over their heads, and rationing their medication?

Now, Republicans in the House want to cut important social services.

Add your name now to call on Congress to cut the Pentagon budget and increase funding for social programs.

Republicans are calling to cut government spending, but they keep rubber-stamping trillions for the Pentagon while cutting billionaires’ taxes. Instead, they want to cut the social programs our communities depend on, which we instead need to expand.

It’s outrageous that every year, we spend more on our military, weapons, and war than the next nine countries combined. All while there are at least 40 million people across our country living in poverty.

I was sent to Congress to fight to enact policies that would make a meaningful difference in our residents’ lives. Since I’ve been in Congress our military spending keeps going up, while essential programs like the expanded Child Tax Credit have ended.  

I will continue to call on Congress to rein in military spending, invest in working families, and commit to advancing diplomacy and peace over the military industrial complex. Will you join me?

Please add your name now to call on Congress: We need to cut Pentagon spending and expand funding for social services.

Thank you. We must dismantle our country’s military-industrial complex so that we can finally put a stop to forever wars, and instead reinvest in providing our communities with the resources they need and deserve.

In service,

Rashida