Letters to the Trump Administration

The following are letters to the Trump Administration that I have sent or signed onto:

6/5/25 Letter to Secretary Noem and Acting Director Lyons on disturbing pattern of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations at immigration courts

6/4/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy on Operation Stork Speed Concerns

6/4/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio on escalating persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan

6/3/25 Letter to Secretary Noem and Secretary Rubio on termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan

5/22/25 Note to Dr. Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress

5/21/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Urging Retraction of Dangerous Autism Comments

5/15/25 Letter to Speaker Johnson Supporting Medicaid

5/13/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing Threatened Cuts to 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth

5/12/25 Letter to Republican Members of the House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture Committees Urging to Stand with Women and Families

5/9/25 Letter to President Trump Opposing National Science Foundation Staff to Halt Funding to Research Projects

5/7/25 Letter to Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson Regarding Cuts to Medicaid

5/6/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy on Firings and Workforce Reductions at SAMHSA

5/5/25 Letter to President Trump and Secretary Kennedy Opposing the Proposed Elimination of Head Start

5/1/25 Letter to Secretaries Rubio and Noem on Department of State Revoking Student Visas Without Transparency or Notice

4/30/25 Letter to President Trump on Proposals to "Get Women to Have More Babies"

4/29/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy on Disbandment of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Termination of its Workforce

4/28/25 Letter to DHS and FEMA Calling for FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to Be Restored

4/25/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing Cuts to Minnesota’s State Public Health Programs

4/23/25 Letter to SSA Demanding Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open

4/23/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Reversal of AmeriCorps Cuts

4/23/25 Letter to Secretary McMahon Opposing Department of Education Threats to Revoke Title I Funding if State and Local Education Agencies Fail to Eliminate DEI Programs and Activities

4/22/25 Letter to Secretary McMahon Opposing Decision to Dismantle the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)

4/21/25 Letter to Director Janke Regarding Line of Duty Death Federal Benefit Approvals

4/21/25 Letter to FDA Commissioner Makary Requesting Updates on the Status of Regulations the Agency is Required to Promulgate by the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Act

4/20/25 Letter to FEMA Urging Administration to Immediately Lift Pause of Funding for Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP)

4/18/25 Letter to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Demanding Reinstatement of Funding to the Citizenship & Assimilation (C&A) Grant Program

4/18/25 Letter to President Trump Demanding the Immediate Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

4/17/25 Letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Regarding the Freezing of a FY25 RAISE Grant Awarded to MnDOT

4/16/25 Letter to Secretaries Noem and Rubio Demanding Answers on the Illegal Arrest and Abduction of Mohsen Mahdawi

4/15/25 Letter to Secretary Lutnick Emphasizing Importance of Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers

4/15/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio to Protect and Restart the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP)

4/13/25 Letter to AmeriCorps Director

4/11/25 Letter to Secretary Turner on U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Green and Resilient Retrofit Program

4/11/25 Letter to President Trump and Attorney General Bondi Opposing Trump's Revocation of Executive Order Requiring Agencies to Provide Meaningful Language Accessibility

4/11/25 Letter to Administrator Zeldin Requesting a List of Companies Seeking a Presidential Exemption Under the Clean Air Act

4/11/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing HHS Proposed Rule to Take ACA Eligibility Away from DACA Recipients

4/11/25 Letter to President Trump, Secretary Bessent, Secretary Lutnick on Potential Market Manipulation

4/10/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Expressing Concern on Elimination of the Office of Minority Health at HHS and the Office of Minority Health at CMS

4/10/25 Letter to Secretaries Kennedy and Chavez-DeRemer Highlighting Damage to U.S. Health Care System Caused by Trump’s Failed Immigration Policy

4/10/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Demanding Reinstatement of Sanctions Against Individuals Who Perpetrate Violence that Undermines Regional Stability and Security in the West Bank

4/10/25 Letter to President Trump and FTC Opposing the Firing of Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter

4/10/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Regarding the Violent Assault on Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal

4/9/25 Letter to Secretary Lutnick on Elimination of Federal Funding for Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers in Ten States

4/9/25 Letter to President Trump Demanding Elon Musk Resign from Government Position by May 30th

4/8/25 Letter to Department of Interior Regarding the Proposed Cancellation of Leases for MNRRA Headquarters and the Visitor Center at the Science Museum of Minnesota

4/8/25 Letter to Secretary Noem Demanding the Restoration of Oversight Offices

4/8/25 Letter to President Trump Demanding a Stop to the Attacks on Women's Health Research

4/8/25 Letter to DOL Urging Stronger Worker Protections Against Extreme Heat

4/8/25 Letter to Speaker Johnson Requesting Briefing from Musk to Congress Regarding DOGE

4/7/25 Letter to President Trump Demanding Revocation of Anti-Voter Executive Order

4/7/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Urging Halt to the Dismantling of SAMHSA Amid Opioid and Mental Health Crises

4/4/25 Letter to President Trump and Secretary Kennedy Urging Reversal of Termination Decisions at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

4/4/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing the Firing of All Staff at the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

4/4/25 Letter to President Trump Requesting Continued Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukrainians Currently Residing in the United States

4/4/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Rescindment of Executive Order Stripping Away Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights

4/3/25 Letter to Attorney General Bondi Urging Rescindment of Trump Administration’s Cuts to Retention Pay of Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officers and Healthcare Professionals

4/3/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Urging Unfreezing of Title X Funds and Restoration of Access to Critical Reproductive Care

4/3/25 Letter to Secretary Noem on New Requirements on Canadian Travelers in the US

4/3/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Regarding CDC and SAMHSA Funding Recissions

4/3/25 Letter to Director Vought Urging Reinstatement of Laid-Off National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service (NWS) Employees

4/2/25 Letter to Secretary Lutnick on Termination of Probationary Employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

4/2/25 Letter to President Trump Regarding Plans to Fire Federal Employees at the Social Security Administration

4/2/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Reconsideration Executive Order Dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services

4/2/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing the Decision to Authorize Agencies to Bypass Public Notice and Comment Period on Public Matters

4/2/25 Letter to President Trump Condemning Executive Order Targeting the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)

4/2/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Condemning the Firing of US Institute of Peace (USIP) Employees

4/2/25 Letter to President Trump Demanding End to Tariff War

4/1/25 Letter to Secretary Lutnick Urging Exemption of Essential Baby Products from Tariff War

4/1/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy on Mass Firings and the Dismantling of Health Agencies

3/31/25 Letter to HUD Opposing the Sudden Termination of Fair Housing Grants

3/31/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Improvements to U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

3/28/25 Letter to Treasury Regarding President's Executive Order "Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy"

3/28/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing Cancellation of CDC Federal Grants and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Funding

3/28/25 Letter to OPM on Termination of DEI Resulting in Lack of Support for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Federal Workers

3/27/25 Letter to Speaker Johnson Opposing the SAVE Act

3/27/25 Letter to Secretary Duffy and Lieutenant General Graham Urging Adoption of NTSB Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Reduction Strategies for Bridges Across the Country

3/27/25 Letter to HUD Condemning Staffing Cuts and Potential Closures to Field Offices

3/27/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Urging Enforcement of Statutory Prohibitions on Military Assistance to Azerbaijan

3/27/25 Letter to Administrator Zeldin Demanding the Immediate Reversal of Plans to Cut the EPA’s Office of Research and Development

3/27/25 Letter to President Trump Demanding Immediate Reinstatement of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels

3/27/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy on Reining in Harmful Practices Committed by Medicare Advantage Corporate Health Insurers

3/26/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Reinstatement of Executive Order Supporting Tribal Self-Determination

3/26/25 Letter to Secretaries Kennedy and Burgum Demanding Reinstitution of Funding for Unaccompanied Minors' Legal Representation

3/26/25 Letter to USPS Urging Halt of Decision to Fire 10,000 USPS Workers

3/25/25 Letter to IRS and DHS Opposing Efforts to Expose Taxpayers' Private Data for Immigration Enforcement Purposes

3/21/25 Letter to Secretary Rollins Urging Reinstatement of Terminated Probationary Employees at the Department of Agriculture (USDA)

3/21/25 Letter to President Trump and Acting Chair McDonald on the Termination of Funding for National Endowment for the Humanities

3/21/25 Letter to President Trump Opposing the Elimination of the CDC Division of HIV Prevention

3/21/25 Letter to Secretary Lutnick Rejecting Proposed Cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

3/19/25 Letter to SSA Opposing Cuts to SSA Telephone Services

3/19/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Targeted Approach to Tariffs to Support U.S. Steel Manufacturing

3/18/25 Letter to SEC and FINRA Regarding Actions Taken on Meta Materials Series A Preferred Shares

3/14/25 Letter to Minority Leader Schumer Urging Democrats in the Senate to Reject Resolution that will Destroy Agencies and Programs the Serve American People

3/13/25 Letter to Secretary Wright Urging Department of Energy to Deny Export Authorization for Exports that will Raise Energy Prices for Americans

3/12/25 Letter to Administrator Zeldin called for an immediate reversal of any planned cuts at the EPA

3/10/25 Letter to President Trump on Efforts to Privatize USPS

3/10/25 Letter to Chairman Carr on Scrutinizing Wages and Working Conditions in Video Relay Service (VRS)

3/6/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Opposing Staff Reductions at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

3/6/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Demanding Reinstatement of Workers Fired from the Office of Head Start and Office of Child Care

3/6/25 Letter to Secretary Kennedy Regarding Firings of Federal Employees at Department of Heath and Human Services

3/5/25 Letter to Secretary Lutnick Opposing Mass Layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

3/5/25 Letter to IRS on Mass Firings of Probationary Employees Ahead of Tax Season

3/4/25 Letter to Secretary Rollins Regarding the Impact of Paused Disbursements for Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Funds

3/3/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Urging Reversal of the Trump Administration Placing USAID Workforce on Leave and Terminating "Non-Essential" Contractors

3/3/25 Letter to SSA Urging Halt to Field and Hearing Office Closures, and Workforce Reductions

3/2/25 Letter to President Trump Opposing Cuts to SSA Workforce and Urging Reinstatement of Fired Employees

2/28/25 Letter to DOL on Elon Musk Access to Internal Systems and Data

2/28/25 Letter to President Trump, Secretary Rubio, Secretary Pelter Urging Rescindment of Executive Orders Imposing Tariffs on Mexico and Canada

2/26/25 Letter to Secretary Wright Demanding End to Illegal Firings of Department of Energy Employees

2/26/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Rescindment of Executive Order Against Transgender Youth Healthcare

2/14/25 Letter to President Trump Highlighting USAID Cuts' Devastating Impacts on Women and Girls Around the World

2/14/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Urging Reinstitution of USAID

2/14/25 Letter to NIH on Cuts to Critical Research Funding

2/13/25 Letter to National Labor Relations Board on the Firing of Board Member Gwynne Wilcox

2/12/25 Letter to President Trump Urging Comprehensive Federal Response to Collision at Ronald Reagan Washington Airport

2/12/25 Letter to OMB Demanding the Restoration of Public Access to Federal Data Sets

2/11/25 Letter to Director Vought and Secretary Bessent Calling for Removal of DOGE Operatives from CFPB

2/10/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio Urging Immediate Restoration of PEPFAR

2/7/25 Letter to Secretary Bessent Demanding Answers for CFPB Shutdown that Will Harm Working-Class Families

2/6/25 Letter to Secretary Bessent on Elon Musk Access to Payment Systems

2/5/25 Letter to NIH on the Impacts to Clinical Trials and Research

2/5/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio and Secretary Noem to Make Immediate Family Members of Afghan Minor Children in the US Exceptions to the Executive Order Suspending the Refugee Admission Program

2/4/25 Letter to Secretary Rubio on Shuttering USAID

2/3/25 Letter to President Trump on Proposed Canadian Tariffs

1/31/25 Letter to President Trump on Rescinding of Biden Executive Order to Lower Prescription Drug Cost

1/31/25 Letter to President Trump on World Health Organization Withdrawal Proposal

1/27/25 Letter to Trump Administration Demanding Reveal List of Frozen Federal Funds

1/24/25 Letter in Support of REI Workers' Right to Organize

1/14/25 Letter to Secretary Granholm Regarding LNG Export Authorizations

1/14/25 Letter to Department of Labor Regarding OSHA Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings