Dear friend, As we near the April 18 deadline to file your federal taxes, I wanted to provide you with some helpful tips and resources. Taxes might be more complicated than usual this year because of some of the relief programs Congress put in place through the American Rescue Plan last year. I am here to let you know that there is help available! This week, I hosted a virtual event with representatives from the Taxpayer Advocate Service and the IRS to answer some frequently asked questions abou...
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Dear friend, This week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress virtually as the tragic Russian war in Ukraine enters its fourth week. The images and reporting coming from this conflict are heartbreaking, and I am in awe of the strength and courage of the president and the Ukrainian people in the face of this senseless violence. The U.S. stands with Ukraine. I am thankful that President Biden has already taken action and continues to increase pressure on Putin to hold him accountable. C...
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Dear friend, This week marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing the historic American Rescue Plan into law. The plan was centered on getting shots in arms, money in pockets, kids back in schools, and workers back in jobs. Since then, we have taken meaningful steps forward from making COVID-19 PPE, tests, and vaccines widely available to creating 7.4 million jobs since the president entered office. Much of what the president proposed and accomplished is historic. Here is a break...
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Dear friend, At this week’s State of the Union, we celebrated great strides made by President Biden and Congressional Democrats during his historic first year in office. From passing the American Rescue Plan and bipartisan infrastructure law to strengthening our economic recovery with record job creation, we have accomplished a lot. In his address, President Biden outlined the challenges and work we have ahead as a country to address rising costs for families. As your Congresswoman, I want to he...
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Dear friend, The U.S. Postal Service is an essential institution for our communities, delivering important documents, bills, medications, packages, and other mail to millions of American households every day. But right now, USPS is not serving our communities or its workers as well as it needs to be. Over the past few years, my office has received numerous complaints about slow mail delivery in Lynden and Snohomish, flood-related closures at the Darrington Post Office, the removal of mail sortin...
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Dear friend, Right now, working families across the country are feeling the effects of strained supply chains with goods taking longer to arrive and prices going up. This week, the House took critical steps to ease inflation and make our economy more resilient by advancing the America COMPETES Act. This bold legislative package will accelerate research and innovation, invest in American workers, and help bring critical supply chains home. It also includes several provisions that I secured to spe...
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The 2022 tax season is almost upon us: Filing opens this Monday, January 24, and the deadline to file your taxes is Monday, April 18. The IRS has a number of resources available to taxpayers that can make this process easier and less stressful. I want to share a few helpful tools as you begin to prepare your federal tax return: IRS Free File is an online tool that helps you prepare and file your federal income tax return for free. This guided tax preparation is available for people making $73,00...
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Dear friend, Our sacred and fundamental right to vote remains under attack. Republican state legislatures around the country continue to pass partisan laws that make it harder for Americans to access the ballot box by limiting popular practices such as early voting and voting by mail, and taking over who administers elections. It is our responsibility in Congress to enshrine voter protections by ensuring every American can voice their opinion and that elected officials respect that decision. In ...
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Dear friend, Today, we observe a somber anniversary as we mark one year since armed insurrectionists launched a deadly attack on the United States Capitol with the intent to forcefully overturn the results of the 2020 election. I was there that day and the direct and violent assault on our democracy will go down in history as one of our nation’s darkest days. While our democracy proved stronger than those who carried out the assault, Congress must ensure that events like January 6 never happen a...
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Dear friend, Yesterday, the House passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill and sent it to the President’s desk. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the largest investment in infrastructure in U.S. history, and its passage is a major step forward in enacting the President’s Build Back Better agenda. This legislation will make critical and long-overdue investments in our nation’s infrastructure to address our deteriorating roads and bridges, expand access to affordable broadband, ease c...
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