Dear Friends and Neighbors, My family and I wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday season! As you celebrate, albeit modified this year, I encourage you to take…
Year: 2020
Community Health and Support During COVID
Dear Friends and Neighbors, I hope this finds you safe and well. It’s an honor to once again represent you in the 41st District! Now that the election year activity…
End of Session Report
Each year, I send a report to your mailbox with the details of what we accomplished during the legislative session. For those of you who didn’t receive one, please check…
A Safe Start to Reopening Washington
Dear friends and neighbors, We hope this e-newsletter finds you and your family staying safe and healthy. We want to let you know this will be our last official e-newsletter…
Helping Families and Small Businesses during COVID-19
Dear friends and neighbors, Each new week during this unprecedented time in history brings unexpected challenges and moments of gratitude. As the sun has come out, it’s been harder to resist the temptations to…
Confronting coronavirus with care and compassion
Dear friends and neighbors, With our state experiencing a growing COVID-19 outbreak and our first confirmed cases in the 41st Legislative District, we want to make sure you are…
Washington state Democrats secure funding to make child care more affordable and accessible
OLYMPIA – Today, the Legislature made major investments in child care and early learning. With passage of the 2020 supplemental budgets, families will be able to better afford child care,…
Environmental protections & coronavirus update
Friends and neighbors, Before we jump into my legislative update for the week, I want to address the evolving situation regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus). On Tuesday, we transferred $100 million from…
Supporting kids and families through policy and budget
Friends and neighbors, Short legislative sessions speed by and this one is no different. This week, we rolled out our House and Senate budget proposals and raced to pass bills…
Confronting our housing and homelessness crisis
Friends and neighbors, Homelessness reaches all ages, all races, all backgrounds. And we know there is no one cause. Too many people are one financial crisis away from being homeless….