Meanwhile, Washington is playing games with our health care. That’s why I teamed up with colleagues to make sure vaccines stay covered by insurance. As a nurse, I know vaccines save lives and money.
Locally, people are worried about the threat of President Trump deploying federal troops to our city. They’re also concerned about his extremist immigration policies — policies that make us less safe and are crushing our local economy. Pennsylvania communities are being torn apart, and local farmers can’t find workers — leaving crops to die on the vine and dairy farmers to sell off their cattle.
I hear these concerns loud and clear, and I’m ready to stand up and fight back — anywhere and anytime — to protect our community and keep Pennsylvania families strong.
I’m also deeply concerned about the rising tide of political violence. Last week, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. This followed the murder of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home; the attempted assassination of then-candidate Trump at a rally in Butler, PA; and attacks targeting Governor Shapiro and his family and Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in their homes.
As I said during the 9/11 ceremony at Gorgas Park: political violence is not how we resolve our differences in America. We debate, we work together, and we vote. I’ll keep working in a bipartisan way to find common ground — even on issues that divide us.
