Dear Neighbors,President Biden released his budget this week, and it’s a bold investment in the American people. It builds on the progress we’ve made over the last two years to modernize our nation’s crumbling infrastructure, lower health care and prescription drug costs, invest in a clean energy future, and boost American manufacturing and competitiveness.  I strongly support his plan to strengthen Medicare for years to come and further lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors without raising a penny on anyone making less than $400,000 a year. It’s a commonsense plan that guarantees Medicare will be there for future generations without cutting a single benefit for seniors.  While the President has laid out an optimistic vision for our future, Republicans in Congress are meeting behind closed doors and have yet to put forward their own budget proposal. We know from their past statements and proposals that Republicans are planning to threaten our nation’s economic future. It is clear they intend to manufacture a debt crisis in order to repeal President Biden’s signature legislative accomplishments while cutting taxes for the ultra-wealthy and large corporations.  I’m also deeply alarmed that Republicans appear to be preparing to once again attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make devastating cuts to Medicaid. Republican leaders know these proposals are deeply unpopular, which is why they are hiding them from the public. Republicans are also signaling they’ll continue to align themselves with Big Oil and corporate polluters over the American people. Their policies continue to promote fossil fuels instead of focusing on leading the world in the transition to a clean energy future that creates good-paying jobs here in the United States, lowers costs for consumers, and combats the worsening climate crisis.  What Happened in Washington this WeekRepublican bills on the House floor and in the Energy and Commerce Committee show just how far Republicans are willing to push forward their extreme, partisan, polluter-first agenda, and undermine our nation’s bedrock environmental laws.  I opposed a Republican resolution on the House floor this week that would weaken the Clean Water Act and help polluters. It is a blatant attack on clean water in communities around the country.