Hello, I am writing to ask you to do everything in your power to secure the release from ICE custody of U.S. permanent resident and student activist Mahmoud Khalil. The headlines that I am reading about Mahmoud are chilling and feel like they are coming out of another country like Russia or South Korea. Mahmoud is a student activist for Palestinian rights at Columbia University. He was abducted from his New York apartment on March 8 by DHS agents in retaliation for his political speech on Palestinian rights. There were no charges brought or warrant for his arrest. Khalil is currently being held in ICE custody and has reportedly already been moved out of New York State. His wife, a U.S. citizen, is eight months pregnant. We need our members of Congress to start fighting back. They are trying to remove a legal permanent resident for his political speech in support of human rights and justice. Everyone in Congress needs to immediately and publicly condemn this action, call for Mahmoud's release, and do everything in their power to protect student activists and immigrants. This is an outrage and Americans won’t stand for it. Thanks.

The Speaker's move to prevent a vote on ending the President's tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China represents a disturbing abdication of Congressional authority. These harmful tariffs are disrupting markets, raising costs for American consumers and businesses, and straining relations with key trading partners. Congress has a constitutional duty to provide oversight and serve as a check on executive overreach. Shielding members from having to take a public stance on this critical issue is an unacceptable dereliction of duty. I urge you to vote against the continuing resolution and force an up-or-down vote to terminate the President's destructive tariff policies. The American people deserve accountability and responsible leadership from their elected representatives in confronting this misguided trade war.

I am your constituent and I want to remind you that 79 million Americans, many in our state require nutrition assistance to not go hungry at night. Nationally, it is 42 million about 13% of us. 79 million of us have Medicaid, otherwise we cannot get afford health insurance. That’s almost 24% of us. I do not want you to allow any cuts to nutrition assistance or Medicaid in the upcoming budgets. Moreover, since core inflation (January 2025) is 3.3%. I want those budgets to go up by 3.3%, at least. You can ease off on tax cuts to the wealthy, have the IRS collect from cheaters, and make corporations pay a fair rate, instead of skating by at 15%. You were elected to protect your constituents not send them to bed at night sick and hungry. I promise I will watch your actions and share what I see and vote accordingly.”

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