I met with graduate students, deans, and financial aid experts to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to limit access to graduate student loans. A financial aid officer summed it up: "It's directly impacting students...it's absolutely heartbreaking."

Portland's Central Eastside is full of innovative businesses and local favorites, including produce and food distributor Pacific Coast Fresh and the creative reuse store SCRAP. Thank you for the amazing visits!

Thank you to the FLIP Museum in Hillsboro for the visit and tour! Children's museums help kids foster essential social, creative, and learning skills and I'm grateful that we have FLIP in the community. I look forward to seeing them expand into Portland.

It was great to get an update on TV Highway’s safety improvements in Forest Grove! I secured federal funding for this important infrastructure project that's making it safer for pedestrians, drivers, and kids on their way to school.

It was an honor to join West Tuality Habitat for Humanity to cut the ribbon at Countryman Estates and help celebrate the completion of the first homes in this affordable housing development in Forest Grove. 🧵

Grocery costs are skyrocketing and kids need healthy meals year round, not just during the school year. I partnered with the City of Portland, Portland public schools, and Portland Parks and Recreation to serve summer meals to kids in SW Portland.

Life is more expensive for Oregonians while Trump builds gilded monuments to himself. I will keep fighting this corruption.

The Trump administration is limiting access to graduate education in fields like nursing, teaching, and social work and calling them “unprofessional.” 🧵

ICE officers are not making our communities safer. Their aggressive tactics create fear and cause harm, and it’s made worse because they wear masks but not identification or body cameras. And now they have emboldened rogue actors. 🧵

The arts help us find healing, joy, and community. Thank you to Hand2Mouth Theater for the tour and discussion and for your commitment to building connection through the arts.

It’s another beautiful day in Beaverton!☀️ Mayor Lacey Beaty and I walked the Beaverton Loop to see how the project is continuing to improve safety and create business opportunities in the heart of the city. I’m grateful to have secured multiple rounds of funding for this project.

ICE and CBP received more than 240 billion in taxpayer dollars and are using it to terrorize communities and separate families.🧵

Thank you to advocates from Blood Cancer United for meeting with me and for all you do to raise awareness and support for blood cancer research and treatment.

Health care is a human right, and no one should go without the care they need. Under Medicare for All, every American will finally have access to universal coverage and will no longer fear going bankrupt or going without care when they get sick or injured.

We need Medicare for All now to put an end to the untold human cost of not having healthcare. @jayapal.house.gov @debbiedingell.house.gov @repbonamici.bsky.social @reprashida.govpeeps.us

The mass shooting last night in Seattle is a tragedy that has become far too commonplace. I mourn with those who lost loved ones or were injured. Once again, thoughts and prayers are not enough. I will continue to advocate for policies that make communities safer and free from gun violence.

Seattle Center mass shooting leaves three dead, four injured, including toddler

One suspect was taken into custody immediately following the shooting, but police say they are still looking for at least one other suspect.

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We had an amazing time at @thornsfc.com Pride Night! Let’s go Thorns! ⚽️ 🥀

Trump’s director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy came to the Science Committee and announced that the administration is shifting millions of dollars to “The Genesis Mission,” which Trump created by Executive Order with the goal of transforming research with AI. 🧵

The corruption in the Trump administration continues. Oregon lost more than $400 million for projects that would make electricity cheaper and employ rural workers. 🧵

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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The Education Secretary says the Department shouldn't exist because it "doesn't educate a single student." Well, the Department of Agriculture doesn't grow crops and the Department of Transportation doesn't drive our buses or fly our airplanes, but no one is suggesting we get rid of them. 🤔

In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court held in the Olmstead case that people with disabilities have the civil right to live in the community rather than in institutions. 🧵

Durbin, Duckworth, Wyden, Sanders, Scanlon, Dingell, Simon Lead 100 Members Of Congress In Calling On DOJ To Rescind Opinion Undermining Olmstead | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois

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Students can’t learn when they’re living in fear. ICE raids and brutality have left many children afraid about their families and friends and themselves. I’m leading the Right to Learn Act with @chuygarcia.house.gov to protect public schools from harmful immigration enforcement activity.

Here’s a few things that happened in Congress this week.

ICE is lawless, violent, and harmful to kids and families. My legislation will take the $70 billion Republicans added to the bloated Department of Homeland Security budget and put it toward something that will actually help families -- affordable child care. #DaycareNotDetention

It’s shameful that the Trump administration and their allies in Congress are spending billions of dollars on ICE and CBP to tear apart and terrorize families.

AI is reshaping how we learn, teach, and work. But just putting AI tools in schools won’t address the real challenges of AI; we need safeguards and a comprehensive strategy. 🧵

Once again Republicans used committee time to attack and make life miserable for trans kids and young adults. 🧵

Typically large corporations dominate the conversation when it comes to making rules and setting standards on technology and how it should be operated, tested, and kept safe. 🧵

Bonamici Amendments to Include More Diverse Voices in Creating Tech Standards Pass

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Sec. McMahon and Republicans: "Test scores have gone down since the Department of Education was established,” Some of my colleagues need a science lesson 🔬🧪: correlation ≠ causation.🧵

Living with grandparents or extended family and friends can provide children with the stability they need to thrive when their parents aren’t able to care for them. We must support these essential caregivers, who often face additional barriers. 🧵