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August 22, 2017
The 21st annual Lake Tahoe Summit brought together federal, California and Nevada elected officials to discuss the importance of continued partnership in the basin-wide fight against tree mortality, invasive species, declining lake clarity — and the global issue of climate change.
Issues:Environment

August 17, 2017
Dreaming of a state-run single-payer healthcare system? Wake up and enter the real world. Want universal healthcare for all Americans? Medicare for all is the solution.
Issues:Healthcare

August 7, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." As Democrats, we will continue our efforts to bend that arc even further by seeking a "Better Deal."

August 4, 2017
Congress has a responsibility to appropriate money to advance American interests and to improve our national security, rather than fulfill an ill-advised campaign promise. A border wall will not do much to take drugs off our streets. Investing in the Coast Guard will.

August 4, 2017
In the longer term, the time is right to think about ways to make access to health care truly universal and cover those who are still left behind. By far the simplest solution is Medicare For All.
Issues:Healthcare

July 26, 2017
It is not often that the interests of a quiet rural community overtake those of the president. But after opposition from veterans, Olympians and children's summer camps, the Coast Guard is retreating from plans to increase security on the Potomac River behind the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia.

June 28, 2017
The blaring headlines this week said the biological opinions issued by the federal government gave what could be a final green light to the California WaterFix.Wrong. There is no green light for this $15 billion boondoggle.