Laura Ogan

The youth of this country are leading the fight for economic, social, racial and environmental justice. And they made all the difference in this election by voting in huge numbers. Yes. When we stand together we can create a nation based on justice, not greed and bigotry.

What America leads in: #1: Covid-19 cases #1: Medical debt #1: Prescription drug prices #1: Deaths from lack of insurance #1: Student debt #1: Prisoners #1: Gun violence #1: Military spending #1: Trade deficit #1: Billionaires We need to change our national priorities.

The people are crying out against police brutality and murder; the pandemic is spreading around the country and over 30 million workers have lost their jobs. Yet the Do Nothing Republican Senate does nothing. I will be on the floor tomorrow. The Senate must act NOW.

It is outrageous that Trump, in the middle of a pandemic, is working to prevent LGBTQ+ Americans from getting health care they need. Discrimination of any kind has no place in our society. We must defeat Trump, guarantee health care as a right and protect all LGBTQ+ Americans.

Over the past three months of this horrific pandemic, 44 million Americans have filed for unemployment, while the ten richest families in America have seen their wealth go up by $243 billion. We are witnessing the greatest transfer of wealth in the modern history of this country.

Trump wants 15,000 delegates cheering him at his GOP convention in Florida. No social distancing. His rejection of medical advice endangers not only those there but those they come in contact with. Trump's a threat to the health and well-being of the country. He must be defeated.

Trump and too many Republicans and Democrats in Congress want to approve a defense budget increasing military spending to $740 billion a year. Wrong! We should cut military spending and invest in jobs, education, housing and health care. I will introduce legislation to do that.

Congratulations to New Zealand. They listened to science, acted boldly, and had leadership they could trust. In the U.S., Trump downplayed the crisis, attacked science and continues to lie. They saved lives. We lost lives. nytimes.com/2020/06/08/world…

We have a system today where, while millions lose their jobs, struggle to put food on the table, and cannot afford an education or health care, billionaires have gotten $565 billion richer during a pandemic. That is a system we cannot accept.

Trump just had peaceful demonstrators viciously attacked. No, Mr. President. This is not a dictatorship. This is the United States of America. Our citizens have a constitutional right to peacefully protest. It's called the First Amendment.

Racial injustice goes far beyond police brutality. Black families have 1/10th the wealth of white families, over half of Black workers earn less than $15/hour, and Black families are much less likely to have decent health insurance. The fight for justice continues on all fronts.