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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)

(Washington, D.C.) — On Friday, December 12, 2025, Congressman Al Green delivered remarks on the House floor to confront the threats posed by Donald John Trump to democracy and the Constitution and to commend the courageous Members who voted to advance his impeachment resolution. 

You can access and listen to Congressman Al Green’s speech on his official YouTube page or by clicking here. The floor speech highlighted is also accessible on various social media platforms, including Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly known as Twitter).

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)

(Washington, DC)—On Wednesday, December 11, 2025, Congressman Al Green issued the following statement regarding H.Res.939, a privileged resolution calling for the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. After consideration, the House voted 237-140 to table the measure, with 47 members voting “present.” A copy of the members’ votes is accessible by clicking here. See Congressman Green’s response below: 

Congressman Al Green stated, “Donald John Trump’s pattern of threatening rhetoric, disregard for democratic norms, and harmful behavior towards lawmakers and federal judges cannot be ignored. Today’s vote reflects the reservations Members of Congress have about Donald John Trump’s conduct and the danger it poses to our nation. While the House ultimately voted to table my impeachment resolution, the diversity of support for this impeachment includes ranking members of full committees, subcommittees, and persons from different political caucuses. This should send a powerful message to President Trump. He should understand now that targeting people is not only harmful to the people he targets, but also harmful to the continuation of his presidency.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)

Congressman Al Green made a promise and commitment to bring a vote to the floor of the House of Representatives to impeach Donald John Trump before the Christmas break. He is true to his word, and until the vote is taken, he will stage a sit-in by taking the same seat he had on the floor of the House of Representatives during the Joint Session of Congress when he told Donald Trump that he didn’t have a mandate to cut Medicaid, Medicare, or Social Security. 

He will explain more about this impeachment effort during the 10 o’clock hour EST today on C-SPAN. 

You may also click here to listen to his one-minute speech calling for impeachment last night from the floor of the House of Representatives.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)

(Washington, D.C.)— On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, I filed H.Res.939, to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States. This resolution asserts that President Trump is an abuser of presidential power who, if left in office, will continue to promote violence, engender invidious hate, undermine our democracy, and dissolve our Republic, and that he is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Article I pertains to President Trump calling for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers, all of whom are currently serving in the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives, and who previously served in the U.S. Military or in U.S. Intelligence communities. Article II describes how President Trump has fostered a political climate in which lawmakers and judges face threats of political violence and physical assault, has made threats and vituperative comments against federal judges, putting their safety and well-being at risk, and is undermining the independence of our judiciary.

Congressman Al Green’s rationale for filing these articles of impeachment and bringing them to a vote is explained in the letter accessible here. Additionally, a copy of the articles of impeachment can be accessed by clicking here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)

On Saturday, November 22, 2025, Congressman Al Green participated in the “Remove the Regime” rally in Washington, D.C., alongside activists and faith leaders. During his remarks, Congressman Green spoke about his moral imperative to defend democracy, condemned President Trump’s threats against sitting Members of Congress, and declared that he will bring new articles of impeachment to the House floor for a vote prior to the Christmas Recess. 

You can access a recording of his speech by clicking the link here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Dwight Evans (2nd District of Pennsylvania)

Says similar cooperation – plus a ‘sense of urgency’ – needed for 24 million Americans’ health insurance

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed Congressman Richard Hudson’s (NC-09) H.R. 860, the Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act, a bipartisan bill with Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) to extend the Congressional Award Program through fiscal year 2028.

“The Congressional Award has helped generations of young people set goals, serve others, and push themselves to achieve more,” said Rep. Hudson. “This bipartisan bill ensures the program can continue to recognize the dedication of future leaders.”



The Congressional Award Program is Congress’s official youth recognition program, honoring Americans ages 14 to 23 for achievement in community service, personal development, physical fitness, and goal-setting.

Hudson and Dingell’s bill ensures the program can continue operating without interruption. It makes a small modernization update to allow flexibility in how award medals are produced, while preserving the prestige of the Congressional Award.

The legislation is bipartisan and aligns with a Senate companion bill that passed unanimously, reflecting broad support for encouraging civic engagement and leadership among young Americans.

Read the full bill text here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Contact: Luis Botello Faz

202-494-4620 

Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) led colleagues in requesting immediate answers from State Secretary Marco Rubio regarding the Trump Administration’s approach to U.S. foreign assistance. They were joined by 120 House members and 5 Senators. After shuttering USAID and rescinding most of its funding, the Trump Administration had $1.8 billion in remaining appropriated funds to which it has sought a $2.9 billion addition to establish the America First Opportunity Fund for “flexible” foreign aid spending. This would purportedly be used toward vaguely defined initiatives advancing Trump’s “America First” agenda. 

“Since the Administration has refused to provide a meaningful explanation as to how these foreign aid funds are being used, we are seeking answers to provide the oversight that this Republican Congress refuses to provide,” said Rep. Doggett. “Taxpayer dollars should not be used as a slush fund to reward Trump’s billionaire friends and political allies while pursuing his latest whim.  Let’s assure that there really is no waste, fraud, and abuse.”

“President Trump illegally rescinded billions of previously appropriated foreign aid dollars and is currently sitting on nearly $2 billion in unspent funds for foreign assistance, after taking a chainsaw to USAID and our international development architecture. And yet, his Administration has asked Congress for nearly $3 billion more for vaguely defined so-called ‘America First’ initiatives. Given this Administration’s track record and Congress’s power of the purse, we need answers on how they intend to use these taxpayer dollars,” said Senator Chris Van Hollen.

In the letter, the Members wrote, “After the Administration justified its dismantling of USAID to eliminate ‘waste, fraud, and abuse,’ it may be creating an unaccountable foreign aid system highly susceptible to the very corruption it claimed to have addressed…It is critical that Congress maintain effective oversight over the world’s largest foreign aid budget that encompasses vital national security priorities like military assistance, arms agreements, and counterterrorism efforts.” The letter seeks answers regarding the reallocation of USAID funds and the proposed America First Opportunity Fund.

Today’s full letter can be read here.

 

The letter is cosigned by Cory Booker (NJ), Andy Kim (NJ), Jeff Merkley (OR), Bernard Sanders (VT), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Gabe Amo (RI-01), Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Donald Beyer (VA-08), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Suzzane Bonamici (OR-01), Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), André Carson (IN-07), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Troy Carter (LA-02), Greg Casar (TX-35), Sean Casten (IL-06), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Judy Chu (CA-28), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Jason Crow (CO-06), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Christopher Deluzio (PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jesús García (IL-04), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Al Green (TX-09), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Henry Johnson (GA-04), Julie Johnson (TX-32), William Keating (MA-09), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Summer Lee (PA-12), Susie Lee (NV-03), Mike Levin (CA-49), Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), John Mannion (NY-22), Doris Matusi (CA-07), Sarah McBride (DL-AL), James McGovern (MA-02), Robert Menendez (NJ-08), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Dave Min (CA-47), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Joseph Morelle (NY-25), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Nellie Pou (NJ-09), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Emily Randall (WA-06), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Deborah K. Ross (NC-02), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Bradley Schneider (IL-10), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Brad Sherman (CA-32), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Darren Soto (FL-09), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Thomas R. Suozzi (NY-03), Mark Takano (CA-39), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Dina Titus (NV-01), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12),  Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Derek Tran (CA-45), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Gabe Vazquez (NM-02), Marc A. Veasey (Tx-33), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), James Eugene Simon Vindman (VA-07), Walkinshaw (VA-11), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Maxine Waters (CA-43), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Nikema Williams (GA-05)

Full text below: 

We write regarding the Administration’s actions over U.S. foreign aid, including the State Department’s plans to reallocate nearly $2 billion that Congress had appropriated for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) toward vaguely defined initiatives aimed to advance President Trump’s “America First” agenda. This follows the Administration’s request to establish the $2.9 billion America First Opportunity Fund (A1OF) for “flexible” foreign aid spending in May, despite its appeal that Congress rescind $8.3 billion in previously appropriated foreign aid in June and unilateral cancellation of $5 billion in foreign aid already signed into law in August. Given the Administration’s pledge to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” in U.S. foreign aid, we request more information on the potential transformation of these Congressional budget accounts into multi-billion-dollar funds that your Department has argued “make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous” without providing any further explanation. 

The Department’s September 12 notification to Congress outlines that the $1.8 billion previously appropriated for programs implemented by USAID would instead be obligated for State Department-run programs, including countering “Marxist, anti-American regimes” in Latin America, supporting “U.S. immigration priorities” in Africa, and “economic development and conservation work” in Greenland. Meanwhile, the cancellation of at least $19 million in emergency food assistance for famine-stricken Sudan and $27 million to counter deadly infectious disease in the conflict-afflicted Democratic Republic of Congo risks infectious disease outbreaks and global conflict that endanger Americans, running counter to the President’s stated mission. 

The President’s FY2026 Budget Request to Congress indicated the A1OF would utilize $2.9 billion to “focus on strategic investments that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous” and fund “new activities to strengthen America’s national security priorities.” Unlike previous Congressional Budget Justifications, it did not specify what those activities would be nor the amount of funding allocated for each activity. The Administration suggested the A1OF could be used for initiatives as varied as U.S. contributions to the United Nations; international peacekeeping; international security assistance; loan guarantees; global disease outbreaks; or anything else the President deems necessary. 

After the Administration justified its dismantling of USAID to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse,” it may be creating an unaccountable foreign aid system highly susceptible to the very corruption it claimed to have addressed. Considering our constitutional responsibility to serve as stewards of taxpayer dollars, we request your prompt answers to the following questions by December 30. 

Regarding the reallocation of USAID funds: 

1. Knowing that the $1.8 billion had to be obligated by September 30, did the Administration have a plan for what specifically to fund before it abruptly cancelled USAID programs in July?

2. Regarding the $1.8 billion obligated by September 30, please provide an itemized list of every country and/or organization that is receiving funding, the amount, and the purpose. 

3. What specific activities will be supported by funding dedicated to “[confronting] the Marxist, anti[1]American regimes of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua”? 

4. What specific activities will be supported by funding dedicated to “U.S. immigration priorities” in Africa? Will this include deporting third-country nationals from the United States to African countries? 

Regarding the A1OF: 

1. Who is the individual responsible for recommending to you any awards? 

2. What governs the agreements under the A1OF? Will there be a competitive, open process for making awards? Will these be contracts, grants, or compacts? 

3. What policies or procedures are being developed to ensure that A1OF funds will be administered with internal control standards comparable to those in place for foreign assistance programming prior to January 2025? 

4. The A1OF proposal references investment funds. How do you classify waste, fraud, or abuse under an investment fund? What are the reporting requirements for these funds? 

5. How will A1OF funding be monitored in conflict zones? How and to whom will waste, fraud, or abuse be reported? 

6. The A1OF proposal directly references India and Jordan as potential funding recipients. What other countries are being considered, and under what criteria?

7. Are you consulting with local organizations and communities in deciding which projects to fund? 

8. If funds are to be invested via private firms, how do you ensure for-profit programs are not advantaged over nonprofit programs? 

9. What are the criteria used in awarding funds? 

10. What are the branding and marking requirements under the agreements that indicate that funding was provided by the U.S.?

It is critical that Congress maintain effective oversight over the world’s largest foreign aid budget that encompasses vital national security priorities like military assistance, arms agreements, and counterterrorism efforts. We look forward to your prompt responses justifying where, why, and how the Administration intends to spend billions of taxpayer dollars around the world. 

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Contact: Luis.BFaz@mail.house.gov

(202) 494-4620

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, renewed efforts to safeguard Americans’ most confidential data collected by the federal government from misuse by the Trump regime.

“As he grasps for more and more power, Donald Trump has been pursuing an unprecedented project to combine all federal data on every American into a master file on every citizen,” said Rep. Doggett. “Essentially a digital ID, a dossier, tracking where you live, where you work, your earnings, your bank accounts, your health information, even child support agreements – and much more. This would permit him to target opponents and manipulate others.”

With House Republicans having delayed consideration of his June 11^thResolution of Inquiry, which was joined by every Democratic Member of the Ways and Means Committee, Doggett forced a vote on a similar inquiry with an amendment offered to H.R. 2716, the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act. He would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to produce to the Committee all records and communications pertaining to SSA’s sharing of Americans’ private data with Palantir Technologies, Inc. for the purposes of developing a centralized federal database of Americans’ information. Republicans have twice resorted to extraordinary measures to block the Committee from considering the resolution, opting to keep Americans in the dark about who has access to their personal data. While the amendment was defeated 16 to 24 on a party-line vote, Doggett has committed to continue pressuring the need for answers on this dangerous Trump plan.

You can read the amendment text here.

To watch Rep. Doggett’s remarks, click here.

Demand Progress, a group that helped lead the efforts to successfully block the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) endorsed Rep. Doggett’s amendment. 

“The American people deserve to know how their Social Security data is being used, especially if it’s being used for an Orwellian government tracking system,” said Demand Progress Policy Director Emily Peterson-Cassin. 

Rep. Doggett’s remarks, as delivered, are below:

Donald Trump has been pursuing an unprecedented project to combine all federal data on every American into a master file on every citizen. Essentially a digital ID, a dossier, tracking where you live, where you work, your earnings,  your bank accounts, your health information, even child support agreements, and much more to obtain more insight into the extent of this massive project, this massive invasion of our privacy by someone who daily professes his desire for revenge and persecution of anyone that doesn’t laud him as the great leader that he thinks he is. 

I introduced months ago a resolution of inquiry. It was joined by every Democratic member of this committee. Our resolution simply asked the administration to turn over all materials related to this massive data aggregation effort and its chosen contractor, Palantir, a company that one Silicon Valley executive once accused of, quote, building the infrastructure of the police state.  

And that’s precisely what we are concerned with preventing. With a president whose top priority is revenge, personal enrichment for himself and his family, and self-glorification, this is deeply concerning.

But beyond furthering the machinery of a police state and beyond enabling Trump to target his enemies, this centralization of data creates immense risk for every American family.  It takes some of the same confidential information that’s held anywhere in the federal government, Social Security earnings, histories, bank account, Medicare and Medicaid records, tax data, and it places it into a master file that is vulnerable to any malicious actor or outside threat. There’s reason to be concerned about exposing our personal data to hackers.

And there’s more reason, given the fact that a whistleblower has divulged that Social Security records of 300 million Americans were uploaded by DOGE into an unsecure cloud environment that lacked adequate security.  Internal federal reviews have found alarming weaknesses in Palantir’s systems. One internal U.S. Army government report described that platform as, quote, very high-risk warning.

So we’re exposing ourselves not only to the dangers of Donald Trump, but the dangers of hackers everywhere. And while Palantir denies these findings, they raise alarming concerns about how the most sensitive data could soon be linked together in one place.  Despite the gravity of these issues, House Republicans don’t want to deal with them.

And so they found up, came up with a nifty way to deal with it.  On two different occasions with rules that they have passed on totally unrelated subjects, they have simply postponed the consideration of our resolutions of inquiry. So that they can’t be considered about these data.

I do want to acknowledge one Republican, Warren Davidson, who has said Trump’s arrangement with Palantir is, quote, dangerous, saying, quote, when you start combining all these data points on individuals into one database, it essentially creates a digital ID and a history that shows that power will be abused. He is correct about that. And that’s what we’re inquiring about.

And here is something notable.  Palantir has met with my staff and they say they support this resolution. So if it’s Palantir you’re concerned about and they say they have nothing to hide, then support this amendment.

It is a vote that would be consistent with their claims. This amendment offers one small but meaningful window into how this secretive project operates.  It would require disclosure of how Social Security data has been used or misused in creating a digital ID on every American.

Safeguard privacy of Americans with a little transparency, a little sunlight by adopting this reasonable amendment. I yield back.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Judy Chu (CA2-27)

Letter responds to RFK Jr.’s CDC panel’s vote to drop the longstanding recommendation for the universal administration of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) led 108 of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that it conduct a comprehensive study on the public-health, economic, and equity impacts of eliminating the universal hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation. 

This comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), appointed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, voted 8-3 to eliminate the long-standing recommendation.

“For more than three decades, the universal birth-dose has been one of the most effective public-health interventions in the United States. Since its adoption in 1991, annual childhood hepatitis B infections have declined by more than 99 percent…The vote to abandon this universal standard raises profound concerns about the health and safety of newborns nationwide,” said the Members.

They continued: “These concerns are especially acute for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, who comprise only seven percent of the U.S. population yet account for approximately sixty percent of chronic hepatitis B cases.”

The letter requests that GAO’s study evaluate projected public-health impacts of increased infant infections, including long-term liver disease and cancer; assess equity impacts, especially for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities; analyze the economic and health-system effects, including downstream Medicaid and Medicare costs; and evaluate ACIP’s evidence and decision-making process.

The Members concluded: “Given the magnitude of this policy shift and the risks it poses to public health, a thorough GAO review is essential to ensure transparency, safeguard scientific integrity, and inform Congress as CDC leadership considers whether to implement the ACIP recommendation.”

The full letter is available here.

The letter is signed by 108 Members: Reps. Gabe Amo (RI-01), Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Wesley Bell (MO-01), Donald Beyer (VA-08), Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Troy Carter (LA-02), Sean Casten (IL-06), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Gilbert Cisneros (CA-31), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Steve Cohen (TN-09), Herbert Conaway (NJ-03), Angie Craig (MN-02), Sharice Davids (KS-03), Danny Davis (IL-07), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jesús García (IL-04), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Daniel Goldman (NY-10), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Henry Johnson (GA-04), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Greg Landsman (OH-01), John Larson (CT-01), George Latimer (NY-16), Summer Lee (PA-12), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), John Mannion (NY-22), Doris Matsui (CA-07), Lucy McBath (GA-07), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Robert Menendez (NJ-08), Grace Meng (NY-06), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Dave Min (CA-47), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Scott Peters (CA-50), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Janice Schakowsky (IL-09), Bradley Schneider (IL-10), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Adam Smith (WA-09), Darren Soto (FL-09), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Thomas Suozzi (NY-03), Eric Swalwell (CA-14), Mark Takano (CA-39), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Dina Titus (NV-01), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Norma Torres (CA-35), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Derek Tran (CA-45), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Marc Veasey (TX-33), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), George Whitesides (CA-27), and Nikema Williams (GA-05).

The letter is endorsed by 20 organizations: the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Hepatitis B Foundation, National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, The Pride Center at Equality Park, Justice in Aging, Protect Our Care, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), Doctors for America, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Families USA, Equality California. National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces, National Hispanic Medical Association, American Kidney Fund, Trust for America’s Health, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL) Infectious Diseases Society of America

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