This taxpayer-funded ad campaign is completely unacceptable. President Trump and Republicans in Congress told the American people they needed this money to keep them safe. Instead, the President is using these funds to boost his agenda ahead of the midterm elections. It’s not the first time we’ve seen DHS misuse funds for self-serving commercials, and it has to stop. Americans deserve a Department of Homeland Security that is working to protect our nation – not promote the President and his political allies.

I led nearly three dozen of my colleagues last week calling on Secretary Mullin to drop these requirements, and to halt DHS’s election interference efforts. The court did the right thing, but this clearly shouldn’t have become policy in the first place. Now, FEMA needs to immediately release this funding to help keep communities safe.

The Supreme Court upheld the law and denied the Trump Administration’s demands to rewrite the rules for absentee ballots just weeks before the election. As I have repeatedly said, the Postal Service does not administer elections and they have no legal authority to issue this rule. I will continue the fight to protect access to the ballot box.

ICE must be held to the same standard as our local law enforcement. Unfortunately, DHS has not shared any corrective actions that have been taken related to the killings of Mr. Pretti and Ms. Good. Instead, we have seen the agency double down on violent tactics from Maine to Texas, resulting in more people being killed.

The Trump Administration’s disregard for PFAS contamination is a danger to our environment and public health. We need to better protect Americans from these toxic chemicals. I’m continuing to fight back against Trump’s EPA for ignoring PFAS safety in our country.

Millions of Americans have voted by mail, including President Trump. His fearmongering is an attempt to undermine the upcoming elections because he knows his policies have hurt Americans and he’s worried about the results.

Senate Republicans just rubber-stamped a bill that gives ICE and CBP $70 billion without requiring any new guardrails or meaningful reforms. At a time when Americans are struggling with rising costs from the President’s war in Iran, spending billions more taxpayer dollars on President Trump's extreme immigration enforcement agenda makes no sense. This is simply not a responsible way to govern.   My Democratic colleagues and I fought to include measures to improve transparency, strengthen accountability, and help ensure DHS personnel are held to the same standards as our local law enforcement officers. Instead, Senate Republicans side-stepped the bipartisan appropriations process, blocking every commonsense reform we proposed, and voting to keep the President’s $1.7 billion slush fund for rioters who attacked law enforcement in place. Congress should do its job to act as a check on this Administration. Unfortunately, Senate Republicans will only cower to President Trump’s demands.    I voted against this partisan spending legislation and will continue to work with my colleagues to fight rein in ICE and this Administration’s reckless policies.