Dear Friends,

Thank you to our Volunteers in Politics – our amazing grassroots VIPs who have been phone banking with us for months now to Save Our Health Care! I am so grateful for you.

Every day of every month I am proud to represent San Francisco. It is a special privilege to do so during Pride Month as I bring our San Francisco values of love, respect, unity, and community with me everywhere I go.

We celebrate and cherish the beauty, bravery and brilliance of our LGBTQ+ community. Pride Month is a powerful reminder that love triumphs over hate – and that our march for justice, dignity and equality continues on. And this Pride month is a celebration of our values, as they are under attack and attempted erasure by the Trump Administration.

Dear Friends,

Last week, House Republicans narrowly passed their Big Ugly Bill filled with cruelty, greed, and lies — by just one vote. Now that their plan is out in the open, they can no longer hide from it and must be held accountable.

You, our grassroots VIPs — Volunteers in Politics — are making that happen with your steadfast commitment to Save Our Health Care. Our phone banks have generated over 140,000 calls (and counting), taking the fight directly to swing seat House Republicans in California who are more interested in tax scams to benefit their wealthy donors than the health and wellbeing of their constituents. Your personal stories are being heard, and we must keep sharing them because they are having a great impact.

To Republicans in Congress, the cruel cuts they advanced in this bill are simply numbers that they describe as “waste, fraud and abuse.” But people are not “waste, fraud and abuse.” As I made clear at an AAPI round table with community leaders, no human being is waste, fraud, and abuse, they are children in need of health care and food assistance, seniors who depend on long-term care, persons with disabilities, veterans relying on their earned benefits, and cancer patients in need of life-saving treatment.

Dear Friends,

Here they go again. Republicans are fighting to make billionaires even richer by making hardworking Americans sicker and poorer as Democrats are fighting for working families,. During the President’s disastrous first term, the only major Republican bill that the Republicans passed and he signed into law was a GOP Tax Scam that gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1% and added more than $2 trillion to the national debt.

The Republicans’ Reverse Robin Hood Scam making its way through the Congress now would take from those with the least and give it to those who already have the most. Just yesterday, House Republicans voted to cut $700 billion from Medicaid, $500 billion from Medicare, along with $300 billion from SNAP – literally taking food out of the mouths of babies. The impacts of Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill will hurt America’s children, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, working families and rural communities that will see many of their hospitals close. And the harm from the Republicans’ monstrous budget will land squarely on the backs of our nation’s most vulnerable – or what Republicans are calling “waste, fraud and abuse.”

Dear Friends,

Republicans just unveiled their deadly plan to cut at least $715 BILLION to destroy Medicaid and rip away lifesaving health care from millions of Americans and nearly $300 BILLION from SNAP, the supplemental nutritional assistance program for millions of Americans.

How horrible that Republicans are laser focused on cutting more than ONE TRILLION DOLLARS from our Safety Net, literally taking food out of the mouths of babies and health care from families, seniors needing long term care, veterans and those with disabilities — all of this cruelty so they can give a massive tax cut to billionaires like Elon Musk and Trump’s MAGA donors.

Hours ago, the House Budget Committee voted DOWN this monstrosity — but only because Republicans on the Committee felt it did not CUT Medicaid benefits ENOUGH.

Dear Friends,

Thursday night, I had the honor of discussing Pope Leo XIV while saluting the work ethic, dedication and courage of San Francisco union workers who day in and day out are the heartbeat of our City. I was pleased to receive my jacket, becoming an honorary delegate of the San Francisco Labor Council.  Along with so many in America and across the globe, I am overjoyed at the election of the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. I am more excited that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has already started leading the Church by signaling his commitment to peace, justice and service, in the tradition of his namesake, Pope Leo XIII who was a champion for workers and unions, and of our beloved Pope Francis.

As we continue our fight to Save Our Health Care, mindful of the millions of Americans who depend on Medicaid to live, may we find inspiration from and shared purpose with the election of our new Pope.

Dear Friends,

This week marked 100 days of Trump chaos, corruption and cruelty brought upon our communities at the hands of Donald Trump, his unelected Co-President Musk and Congressional Republicans.

Trump and Republicans have put in place crushing tariffs that have brought higher costs to consumers. Through DOGE, Trump and Musk slashed jobs and snatched your personal data. Shamefully, Trump attacked due process and ignored basic human rights and has set his sights on passing tax breaks for the ultra-rich on the backs of our most vulnerable neighbors.

Strongly, the American people are rising up and speaking out – and it is having an impact. Your personal stories are being heard and some Republicans have told their leadership they cannot support anything that guts Medicaid – calling budget cuts “politically toxic.” Mind you, Republicans have voted for the budget outline – they’re just starting to feel the heat now that their constituents know that these budget cuts are not just numbers on a page – they are hospital closures in rural districts, seniors unable to access medication, and disruption of earned benefits in economically uncertain times.

Dear Friends,

Today, I bring you greetings on my way to Rome to pay final respects to His Holiness Pope Francis, a beacon of hope and love for all people of faith. He rekindled the faith of Catholics worldwide, with a triumphant message of peace that has inspired a generation.

Pope Francis personified our sacred responsibility in the Gospel of Matthew to honor the spark of divinity in the least of our brethren — championing the poor, the worker, the refugee and the immigrant. His Holiness reminded us of our inescapable duty to those struggling to escape poverty and persecution and called on all of us to be good stewards of God’s Creation. I am honored to attend his service on behalf of my constituents from the City of St Francis — the Saint from whom His Holiness drew his papal name and inspiration.

As we celebrate Passover and Easter Week — sacred celebrations of renewal, community and freedom — we are reminded of the need to take care of one another and to live out our morals in our words and in our actions. Right now, there is no starker contrast to our shared Democratic values than what is happening at the hands of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.

In partnership with San Francisco community leaders and advocates, we organized a public forum earlier this week to raise awareness about how the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE are putting Social Security benefits at risk. Republicans say, “We’re not touching benefits” but they are closing offices and shutting down the phones. These moves threaten whether new beneficiaries will be able to access their benefits and whether continuing beneficiaries will receive THEIR OWN MONEY.

Dear Friends,

Last weekend, we saw the power of the grassroots on full display as millions gathered peacefully from coast to coast — from Scranton to San Francisco – demanding that Republicans keep their HANDS OFF OUR SAFETY NET — Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, veterans care and other vital service for millions of Americans.  

Thank you for speaking out, sharing stories and showing up for our Democratic values.

This week, we pushed back forcefully against Trump’s reckless tariffs that were tanking our economy in a self-inflicted disaster that penalizes hardworking American families — driving prices sky high, draining retirement savings and unnecessarily pushing us to the brink of recession.

Friends,

Thank you to our Volunteers in Politics for the tremendous victory for Judge Susan Crawford, for Wisconsin and for our country on Tuesday. The hard work of volunteers making calls, sending texts, and communicating with voters made all the difference. You proved, once again, that the power of people organized around our values can overcome even the deep pockets of the richest man on Earth. The millions of dollars spent by Republicans and Trump Co-President Elon Musk proved no match for the voter turnout generated by volunteers to secure this resounding victory. 

When we vote, we win. When grassroots VIPs turn out the vote, we win. When we work to mobilize voters with Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler — the best organizer in the country — Judge Susan Crawford wins. When Judge Susan Crawford wins, Wisconsin and America win.

Friends,

It is crucial that Wisconsin voters elect Judge Susan Crawford to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 1st – and we can help!

Judge Crawford respects our freedoms and Constitution and stands for a fair judiciary, unlike her opponent Brad Schimel, an election denier whose MAGA extremist views favor powerful interests over ordinary people. As Scott Walker’s Attorney General, Schimel even tried – and failed, thankfully – to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which would have harmed millions of Wisconsinites.

This election will impact Wisconsin and our country as a whole. Trump Co-President Elon Musk who is spending untold millions to back the MAGA Republican in the race even said that the outcome of this election “might determine the future of the entire country,” and Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson said “we have to thank Elon” if Schimel wins the race. Trump and Musk are backing Schimel to push their extremist agenda to undermine the ACA, crush Medicaid, cut Social Security, and attack vital initiatives for children, seniors, veterans and working families – to give massive tax breaks to their billionaire pals and further enrich themselves.

15 YEARS OF THE ACA AND WE’RE STILL FIGHTING TO SAVE OUR HEALH CARE!

Friends,

This week we are commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by recommitting ourselves to doing everything in our power to Save Our Health Care — and to strengthen it!  Today, we welcomed House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and our intrepid VIPs – Volunteers in Politics – to the Plumbers Hall for a very special Politics and Eggs mobilization.  Fueled by grassroots energy, personal storytellers and an ACA birthday cake, we vowed to keep up the fight for the dignity, health and well-being of all.

Friends,

House Democrats, with the leadership of Hakeem Jeffries, reject Trump and his unelected Co-President Elon Musk’s false choice of a government shutdown or blank check that harms veterans, obliterates our health care and attacks working families across America. Neither option is acceptable — a message that was echoed today by several hundred of my San Francisco constituents at a Reproductive Freedom for All event earlier. Democrats must fight for a better way!

This is a critical time for the American people and for our country. Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are working frantically to decimate Medicaid, gut Social Security and Medicare, defund Veterans Care and completely dismantle our safety net — a destructive and horrific agenda straight from the pages of Project 2025. As I have said before, Republicans want to make America sicker and poorer to make the ultra-rich even richer — and they have set their sights with alarming precision on obliterating Medicaid. Democrats know that Medicaid is a lifeline for 72 million Americans but Republicans are playing with people’s lives and trying to rip Medicaid  away from their own constituents. In my home state alone, the 9 Republicans who remain in California’s 52-member delegation are threatening the health care of more than 2.5 million of their constituents who rely on Medicaid.

It’s up to us to make sure that voters in Republican-held districts know who is fighting for them and who is selling them out so they can hold them accountable at the ballot box.

Fighting Alongside Our Veterans To Save Our Health Care

Dear Friends,

Right now, we are in a critical battle. Trump, Musk and MAGA Republicans are gleefully trying to obliterate Medicaid, cut Social Security and Medicare, harm Veterans Care and dismantle our safety net. Democrats are fighting for veterans; we are fighting for women; we are fighting for families; and we are defending these vital lifelines of health and economic security For The People. Democrats will always defend those who serve America as we strive to leave no veteran behind.

Since Trump barged back into office, more than 6000 veterans have already been fired by him and his unelected Co-President Elon Musk and now there are reports that they are scheming to snatch away the jobs and financial security of more than 80,000 workers at Veterans Affairs.

Democrats didn’t ask for this fight, but we will fight this fight and prevail – because ensuring the health and financial security of our veterans and of the American people is a Democratic value. The contrast between our Democratic Party and Trump’s Republican Party could not be more stark. Democrats want to strengthen Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and veterans care. Trump and Musk want to make America sicker and poorer, all to make the ultra-rich even richer — while adding up to $4 trillion to the national debt.

Dear Friends,

This week, House Republicans voted for one of the worst bills ever. That terrible bill obliterates Medicaid, threatening health care for 72 million Americans who depend on Medicaid’s lifesaving coverage. We cannot let this stand.

With that cruel vote, Republicans set the wheels in motion to rip away health care from the most vulnerable Americans so they can give a massive tax scam to Trump’s billionaire backers – while still ballooning the national debt by up to $4 trillion. Strengthened by the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid is a lifeline for more than half of America’s children, for people with disabilities, for low income and middle income seniors in nursing homes, and for all residents of rural communities that would see their hospitals and community health centers close without Medicaid funding.

Save Our Health Care: Stop The TrumpMusk Raid on Medicaid!

Most Americans support Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and SNAP food assistance and oppose cuts to these essential programs, yet the House Republicans' budget proposal confirms that they are on the chopping block. Medicaid, which provides health coverage for 72 million Americans, is at specific risk of drastic cuts. The connection between Trump’s tax scam for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations and Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid is clear.

Medicaid is popular across party lines and essential for Red State and Blue State Governors’ state budgets – including the 41 Red and Blue states that expanded the program through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion. After a close election in which Democrats gained in the House, Republicans do not have a mandate from the American people to gut Medicaid. According to recent polling, 62% of Americans believe it is important to protect essential programs that people rely on and 81% of Americans oppose any cuts to Medicaid, specifically.

Republicans need to understand that millions of Americans are watching to see who is on their side and who is working to take away vital support from their families.

Join Us To Save Our Health Care

Dear Friends,

Trump and his unelected Co-President Elon Musk are attempting a hostile takeover of our federal government but House Democrats will not allow them to take over the role of Congress – laid out without ambiguity in Art. I of our Constitution. Congress alone has the power of the purse.

House Republicans may have relinquished their authority to Trump and Elon Musk, but House Democrats are fighting their illegal power grab in the courts, in the Congress and in our communities – with your help. 

In his first term, Trump made many promises that he failed to fulfill – a wall, infrastructure week, a health care plan to replace our lifesaving Affordable Care Act. He did keep one major promise, however: his Republican Tax Scam that gave massive tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations, with 83% of the benefit going to the top 1% and adding $2 Trillion to the national debt.

Tragically, Trump is committed to doing it again with a $4.5 Trillion tax cut for billionaires and big corporations that Republicans would partly offset by ripping away health care from millions of Americans. Just this week, we got confirmation that Medicaid and coverage through the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion are the prime targets of their drastic cuts.

Together – we will STOP them and Save Our Health Care!

Dear Friends,

It has only been two and half weeks since Donald Trump took office but, step by step, he and his Unelected Co-President Elon Musk are already trying to dismantle our government and crush vital organizations and programs established and approved by Congress for the health and security of the American people. Trump’s cruel, disruptive and unconstitutional actions have affected the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color, assaulted our Constitution’s separation of powers, and sowed chaos, confusion and fear in San Francisco and across our country.

Dear Friends,

Our hearts are with everyone who has been impacted by the deadly aircraft collision over Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening. We pray for the souls onboard, their loved ones and first responders who work with courage and commitment to save lives, when possible, and to honor the lives of those tragically lost with dignity and respect in the recovery process.

As we learn more about this heartbreaking tragedy for our country, it is essential that we operate on facts alone, come together to support the families and communities impacted directly and ensure the safety of the American people. Americans across our country must be able to trust that their elected leaders will work together on their behalf after large scale accidents or natural disasters, without regard to geography, politics or party.

Dear Friends,

It has been a busy week of organizing to Save Our Health Care, demand veterans’ health care, protect the ACA and support firefighters.

This week, thousands of you answered the call to help SAVE OUR HEALTH CARE:
- Boosting social media messages
- Visiting SaveOurHealthCare.org to share your personal stories
- Donating money to spread the word