My priorities; their priorities

Well, we have started our work in the new Congress, now under Kevin McCarthy's leadership, and I have to tell you... it is not looking good.

The first actions taken by the new Republican majority include:

• A radical attack on abortion rights
• Slashing customer service staff at the IRS, making it harder for regular folks to get answers
• Slashing auditors at the IRS, making it easier for the wealthy and big corporations to dodge paying their fair share of taxes
• Gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics, making it much tougher to hold Members of Congress accountable when they break the rules or misbehave
• Denying the permanent extension of the child tax credit to reduce poverty

Those are not my priorities, and I know they are not yours.

Even as I am voting "no, no, no" on all the nonsense, here are my priorities and what I'm doing for my neighbors in Northwest Washington and folks across the country:

• Staying focused on transportation, including getting answers from the FAA and the airlines about unforeseen delays and canceled flights

• Demanding accountability for public services, including the unacceptable delays in mail delivery in our communities

• Ensuring that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers on creating good, family-wage jobs and tackling the climate crisis

• Protecting voting rights across the country

• Protecting Social Security and Medicare

If that sounds good to you, I hope you will make an early investment in our 2024 campaign to help us build the campaign we are going to need to take back the House.

It will make a critical difference!

Rick