
Laura Friedman
@laurafriedmanca
Congressmember, CA-30. Pro: bikes, trains, housing, consumer protections, the environment, renewable energy. Mom to Rachel.
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https://www.lauraforcongress.org 02-10-2015 18:26:29
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Musk's Starlink was having a hard time getting permits abroad. Then Trump slapped tariffs on basically everything we buy from overseas—and suddenly countries negotiating trade deals started giving Starlink sweet deals! Looks like textbook corruption—and we're all paying for it.

How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring. Many major Musk-driven changes have been reversed after proving ineffective, while others are badly damaging customer service and satisfaction, by Hannah Natanson Lisa Rein Meryl Kornfield washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…




Peter Aaron Rupar Peter Aaron Rupar Independent analyses, like from the Tax Foundation and CRFB, estimate the "Big Beautiful Bill" could add $3.3T-$5.3T to the deficit over 10 years due to tax cuts. The White House claims $1.6T in savings, but no clear evidence from the CEA supports this. Evidence






🚨🧵Republicans are trying to quietly strip courts of their power to enforce the law. Section 70302 in their budget bill would block judges from holding people in contempt — even when Trump or others defy court orders. I’m leading 20 Members of Congress demanding it be removed.




Earlier today, some of my Jewish colleagues and I rallied against antisemitism. Regarding the latest abomination from the Trump administration, I'm reminded of the answer my colleague and friend Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz gave. We don't fight antisemitism by making Jews the reason to gut

.Congressman John Rose says SALT is a “bailout” for California. Here’s the truth: Tennesseans take $3,220 more per person from the federal government than they pay in. Californians pay $3,239 more than we get back. Tennesseans aren’t bailing anyone out — they’re being subsidized. If


The last time the government ignored HIV, it became a crisis. Now, Trump is walking away. We cannot afford to make the same mistake again. Â That's why I'm leading an effort with California House Democrats to demand the @HHS unfreeze funding for LA County's HIV prevention