9 Oct 2009    A Woman's Place is in the House…of Representatives

I've been saying it for over a month: We need to leave Afghanistan as soon as safely possible. Our brave men and women have performed admirably there. Now it's time to bring them home.

30 Sep 2009    We can't afford to leave health care as is

A flurry of new reports from the Treasury Department, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Robert Wood ohnson Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation underscore something we've known in California for a long time: We can't wait another year for health insurance reform.

11 Sep 2009    Governor's Cuts to Child Services Run Deep

A child goes to school too weak from hunger to cry, much less learn. A foster child is turned out on the street on her 18th birthday, with no shelter, no job, no health care and no one to turn to. Sound familiar?

11 Aug 2009    Time to Exit Afghanistan

At our recent California Democratic Party Executive Board meeting, members voted to support HR 2404, which will require the Secretary of Defense to define an exit strategy for Afghanistan, so we can start bringing our troops home.

22 Jul 2009    Say NO to New Offshore Drilling

As you may have heard, legislative leaders and the governor have reached a tentative budget deal that the Senate and Assembly could vote on as soon as tomorrow. One part of the package is a Republican-written bill that would allow offshore drilling in state-controlled waters off California’s coast for the first time since the devastating 1969 oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast.

7 Jul 2009    Thank Speaker Bass

Yesterday, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass did something bold: She stood up to the governor and refused to participate in fruitless budget negotiations with him.

19 Jun 2009    Stark choices about our state budget

In the coming weeks, our state legislators will face stark choices about our state budget – choices that will touch the lives of nearly all Californians.

16 Jun 2009    Protect All Californians. Stop the Severe Cuts. Support a Balanced Solution.

Protect All Californians. Stop the Severe Cuts. Support a Balanced Solution. Severe doesn't even begin to describe the cuts in the governor’s latest proposed state budget

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