Before anything else: thank you.

Thank you for preserving our democracy, whether you're speaking out, hitting the streets, stocking a food pantry, protecting your neighbors, amplifying important stories, or simply uplifting one another. This is a tough chapter for our country. But people like you are the reason I still believe in where we can go next.

Right now, we are doing two things at once:

1. Holding Donald Trump and his allies accountable for the damage they are doing, and
2. Laying the groundwork to take back the House so we can stop that damage at its inception.

Everything we are fighting for right now runs through one simple truth: to stop the madness, we must take back control of the House. As long as Republicans are in charge, the fights I have been leading since January are blocked, delayed, or distorted.

I am doing everything I can with the tools I have. But the truth is, our ability to deliver real change depends on the majority. That is why this first end-of-quarter deadline of the Election Year matters so much. If we are serious about taking back the House and moving this country forward, we need to build the resources right now to compete and win.

I have stood on the House floor to try to stop unauthorized wars before they begin. But without a Democratic majority, accountability is optional, and oversight is weakened.

Since January, I have taken to the House floor again and again in an attempt to shake my Republican colleagues awake to the monster they've created.

I have fought to stop unauthorized wars before they start. The Constitution is clear: Congress decides when this country goes to war. Not the President acting alone. Not political games. I have led efforts to force votes, demand accountability, and push back against another endless conflict that costs lives and drains resources from our communities.