Last week, I traveled home to Milwaukee on Air Force One with President Barack Obama to celebrate our city winning the White House Healthy Communities Challenge. Learn more about the challenge in my newsroom.
I joined members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus in Flint, Michigan, last week for a ‘Speak Out’ event to hear directly from families affected by the city’s ongoing water crisis. Learn more about this delegation on my Facebook page.
Milwaukee’s infant mortality rate rivals that of a developing nation. That's why I recently introduced legislation to develop standardized national guidelines for protocol in death scene investigations, autopsies and the collection of data following an infant or child death or stillbirth. Read more about my bill in Forbes.
As a Budget Committee member, I sent a letter to Chairman Tom Price expressing my concern regarding reports that House Republicans will use the budget reconciliation process to attack social safety net programs. Learn more about this in my newsroom.
I strongly believe that major pieces of legislation, like welfare reform, should be debated through the regular deliberative process and not behind closed doors. Learn more about this important issue in ThinkProgress.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, perhaps best known as a big and complex force in the White House and beyond, died Sunday morning at her home in Los Angeles. My sons were young boys who were profoundly influenced by her "Just Say No" campaign, for which I am eternally grateful. May her memory be a blessing for all Americans. Learn more about her advocacy and efforts as First Lady of the United States on NBC News.
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