As they say… allow me to reintroduce myself.

An almost $2 trillion corporation using tax loopholes to get richer off of American taxpayers.

I'm working on a bill to close this now.
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Republican leadership says they have been the most “productive” and “successful” Congress in decades - even though they just canceled Congress for 7 more weeks.

So what have they accomplished? Great question.

Trump's war in Iran has cost Americans $38 billion.
 
With that money, we could've funded more than 3 years of Head Start.
 
We could've paid for almost 5 million people to get a two year degree at a community college.

Republicans kicked millions off their healthcare and food assistance programs with their One Big Beautiful Bill.

But another less talked about provision? Massive corporate tax breaks that AI and data center companies are eagerly taking advantage of.
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Imagine if the president cared about making your life better with the same intensity and dedication he has for trolling and pettiness?

One year since Camp East Montana opened, and there is nothing to celebrate.

DHS rushed this facility into operation in August 2025, and since then at least three detainees have died – including one homicide.

In 2024, I was proud to secure $550,000 in funding to help El Paso purchase dump trucks and a bulk-waste loader.

These vehicles will remove illegally dumped waste from rural areas and county roadways, protect our waterways, and support our community during flooding and other critical emergencies.

I’m pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security has transferred the Socorro warehouses to the General Services Administration (GSA). This means the warehouses will be put up for sale and they will no longer be used by the federal government for detention purposes.

As videos of bulldozers at Big Bend go viral, it’s a sad reminder that back in June, we put forth a proposal on the House Appropriations Committee that would ban a wall at Big Bend National Park.

Every Democrat supported this while every Republican - even those from Texas - voted against it.

Yesterday while conducting an oversight visit at Camp East Montana, I met the wife of an active duty service member being held despite the fact that she was awaiting her immigration case appeal.
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Today, immigrant children will not have legal representation in court because the Trump administration chose to eliminate a program for them.

Over 20,000 children will have to fight deportation alone, and will likely be sent back to the very danger they fled 🧵
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Every El Pasoan knows where they were on August 3rd, 2019. Today remains a solemn day, and despite the passing of time, seven years later our community continues to feel the pain, loss, and devastation from the senseless violence of that day.

Republicans told you they were getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse. 

Instead, they made an already fragile healthcare system much more strained by forcing people off their insurance.
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Over the past two years, Republicans have used their power in DC to:

- Kick millions of people off their healthcare and SNAP

- Give billionaires and corporations massive tax breaks

- Enable another forever war in Iran

- Give ICE billions of dollars

- Blow up our deficit

Republicans are sending nearly $100 billion more of your tax dollars for a war nobody wants in Iran. They are doing absolutely nothing to address the economic crisis created by Donald Trump.
 
Budgets and what we choose to fund are about our priorities, and Republicans aren’t prioritizing you.

“[Authoritarian governments target museums] because they believe that’s where you can control people’s minds. You can sustain a social order. You can control education. You can control the arts. You can control writing and creativity itself.”

- David Blight
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Republicans will see that nearly 600k children in Texas were kicked off SNAP and try to convince you that they and their families were all committing fraud.

The truth is Republicans chose to prioritize tax breaks for corporations and billionaires over feeding children.
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For the last two years, House Republicans have not meaningfully engaged with Democrats in discussions about funding our government. Because they control every lever of government - the House, Senate and White House - Republicans consistently choose to go it alone.

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Mt. Cristo Rey is a religious and cultural landmark that has been central to our community for generations. Rather than working with border communities to advance effective border security, the Trump Administration continues to disregard the people, history, and culture that make our region special.