It's Tax Day.

For millions of Americans, that means sitting at the kitchen table, going line by line, and doing your best to pay what you owe — on time, in full.

As we all should.

While working families are taxed on every paycheck, billionaires and massive corporations are using loopholes, offshore accounts, and special carve-outs to avoid paying what they owe. And the people at the helm of our government are doing mental gymnastics to make that even easier. They want a completely rigged tax code that rewards wealth and punishes work.

Last week, I conducted an unannounced oversight visit to an ICE facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. Members of Congress have the legal right to inspect these facilities without warning.

I made this visit because the people deserve the truth. When an administration is rounding people up, operating behind locked doors, and refusing to be transparent, Congress has a responsibility to show up, ask tough questions, and demand answers.

Once inside, I spoke with a man who arrived at the facility earlier that day. He's seeking asylum and has been attending his scheduled appointments — doing exactly what we ask of asylum seekers. Then, as he spoke about his wife and children, he broke down and cried. I promised I'd contact his wife as soon as I left the facility — but that's just not enough.

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.