Many American cities and towns struggle to fund basic services of government. They do not have the resources to pick up the trash, police local communities, or even respond to fires and emergencies. Despite a strong economy, many
communities continue to struggle to meet their basic obligations, impacting the basic standard of living for millions of American families.
I urge you to join me as an original cosponsor of the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act. Now more than ever, it is critical that people know that we are fighting for them—not for the corporate interests and big money that has corrupted our federal
government and eroded the trust of the American public. Lobbyists and moneyed interests have enjoyed cozy relationships with every branch of government for far too long, and this bill, which has been introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren in the Senate, will
help close loopholes that have allowed the voices of our constituents to be drowned out.
Please join me in cosponsoring the Helping America Re-Develop High-Quality Accessible Training (HARD HAT) Act of 2018. This legislation will help ensure those contractors doing business with the federal government to revitalize our national infrastructure
are also training and reinvesting in our workforce through high quality apprenticeship programs.
For over 240 years, the United States Postal Service and our dedicated postal workforce have performed the essential government function of “providing postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary,
and business correspondence of the people.” In furtherance of this mission, the Postal Service and its more than 500,000 clerks, letter carriers, mail handlers, and other employees deliver the mail to over 157 million residential and business customers
six days a week nationwide. Given the effectiveness of the Postal Service in fulfilling its critical public service mission, it is not surprising that the American people have consistently ranked the Postal Service as our most trusted government agency.
In a
recent Gallup poll, an overwhelming majority of Americans also rated the Postal Service as “doing an excellent or good job.”
While women, veterans, and minorities represent the largest share of new small business start-ups in the country, they still face tremendous institutional barriers. To help address this problem, I am introducing legislation to cut the upfront fees for certain
small business loans, making it easier for small business start-ups to access the loans without paying high guarantee fees.
I invite you to join me in improving the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA) by cosponsoring H.R. 6427, the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution
Improvement (READI) Act.
Many American cities and towns struggle to fund basic services of government. They do not have the resources to pick up the trash, police local communities, or even respond to fires and emergencies. Despite a strong economy, many
communities continue to struggle to meet their basic obligations, impacting the basic standard of living for millions of American families.
Please join me in support of H.R._, a bill to designate the mail facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11158 Highway 146 North in Hardin, Texas as the Lucas Lowe Post Office. This bill will honor the late Lucas Maurice Lowe, Chief Warrant
Officer 2, who passed away December 28, 2016 during a training flight with the Army National Guard.
I invite you to join me in cosponsoring a resolution congratulating this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners, Dr. Denis Mukwege and Ms. Nadia Murad, who have tirelessly fought against those who use sexual violence as a weapon of war. The resolution would also encourage
greater action by the U.S. and international community to end this scourge.
I write to you with a still heavy heart, only a few short weeks after a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, my home, and took the lives of 11 innocent people.