This is why I voted against the FY26 budget. This is what happens when you lead for the few and not the many, leaving our people - quite literally - out in the cold.

We need real data-backed solutions that center the safety & dignity of our young people.

Last week, young people & youth groups shared great ideas with council.

I'm proud to be holding a hearing next month on a bill that extends the hours at rec centers evenings & weekends.

Homes and Hearts increases DC's local match of the federal earned income tax credit and converts it from an annual payment to a monthly one.

The mayor's last budget effectively eliminated planned increases. Now, the DC Council found a way forward.

Let's continue to build upon our progress!

If the federal government is going to fail working families, the local government will have their backs.

I've long believed and worked to make sure working families have the support they need. That's why several years back, I proposed and the council passed Homes and Hearts.

Special shout out to the C.A.N Foundation for providing scholarships, as well as Dr. Cox for your leadership and invitation to be witness to our students taking this important step!

Congrats to the honorees, including @freedcproject.bsky.social. Free DC has trained DC defenders like no other.

DC is better because of leaders like y’all 👏🏾 !

People want to talk about supporting our Black, native Washingtonians. Then they strip the very laws that our people have benefited from for decades - and pay lip service in the process while stealing opportunity from straight under their feet. Shame.