Progressive Caucus

Prices are too damn high. Proud to help launch the New Affordability Agenda as Chair of the Lowering Costs @USProgressives Task Force. We're taking on corporate greed and putting money back in people's pockets.

I’m proud to be celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week this week. I’ve always been passionate about mentoring our future generations. It’s why I became a social studies teacher in the first place and why I’m energized to fight for our educators and students in Congress today.

Wisconsin is seeing its highest-ever fuel prices and Republicans in Congress keep backing away from passing legislation to bring costs down and allow year-round E15. We had bipartisan agreements for E15 at the end of 2024 and THIS January. Just put it up for a vote already!

Well this aged poorly…

"We have now had to suffer through the largest increase in gas prices in a two month period since the 1960s. This war makes absolutely no sense." @CongBoyle

Democrats can’t just be an anti-Trump Party. We need our own pro-worker ideas. We’ve got 10 in the Progressive New Affordability Agenda →

Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! During the month of May, we honor these communities, their rich culture, and countless contributions they have made to our country.

"The day after we have that gavel and have subpoena power, the Trump family is going to be in the spotlight on all of the corruption." @RepRobertGarcia

The AI revolution must work for all of us, not just tech lords. Medicare for All given job displacement. A federal jobs program to hire 1 million Americans. I call it Work for America. An AI for the People agenda.

In the last 17 years, the price of everything has gone up. I’ve gone from too young to rent a car to member of Congress. But the federal minimum wage hasn’t gone up a cent. That’s a scandal.

As Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s Anti-Corruption Task Force, I’m proud to support the CPC’s new Affordability Agenda, because corruption and the high costs Americans are facing are intertwined. Americans are struggling because too many politicians are bought and sold by special interests. We need to unrig the system.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Unveils “Affordability Agenda” Ahead of Midterm Elections democracynow.org/2026/5/1/headl…

The American people do not want this Iran War. Let’s bring the troops home.

This #InternationalWorkersDay, I stand in solidarity with workers everywhere. As Co-Chair of the @Labor_Caucus, I’m in the fight to protect workers’ rights 💪 like fighting for better wages, benefits, and working conditions!

I am in full solidarity with teachers across North Carolina who are speaking out for fair pay and proper school funding. Public school teachers across our state have been ignored for far too long and the challenges they face continue to impact students and communities across our district.   I stand with you in this cause. Please be safe as you engage in your right to make your voice heard. In Congress, rest assured that I will continue to fight for the proper federal funding needed to support our teachers and advancing policies that address the growing economic challenges facing working families.

Making life in America affordable again means taking on price‑gouging corporations and delivering lower costs for housing, groceries, child care, health care, and more. Our New Affordability Agenda does exactly that for working families.

Our country is already facing enough issues with insurance companies rejecting prior authorizations. With the rise of AI, it is critical that Congress ensures that this technology is not being used to approve or deny authorizations without a human in the loop.   I’m proud to cosponsor @RepGregLandsman’s Ban AI Denials in Medicare Act to prohibit implementation of AI models in Medicare if they may influence prior authorization.

"The Supreme Court has been gerrymandered itself and stacked and packed with MAGA appointees." @RepRaskin

Trump's reckless war is driving up prices across the country, but especially in the Midwest, with Michigan getting hit the third hardest of any other state after Indiana and Ohio. All three of those states voted for Trump—and he repaid them by draining their residents' wallets.

Democrats must act boldly and quickly in the next Congress to make life less of a ripoff for families. We need big new ideas to make things cheaper. Proud to see many of the bills I've co-sponsored included in the @USProgressives vision—from expanding childcare to abolishing Super PACs and guaranteeing paid vacation and more 👇