I was raised to believe that voting is a right. Each and every American citizen, no matter what they believe, has the right to their individual say in our democracy's future.

The unfortunate truth is that, since Day One, those rights have been denied, weakened, and manipulated to preserve an unjust status quo. Generation after generation has fought to expand those voting rights, and our history books celebrate every hard won inch of progress.

Now, Republican politicians in Washington D.C. and across America are trying to drag us backwards. I won't stand for it, and I know you won't, either.

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The west is on fire. The south is flooded. The east is being ravaged by generational storms.

Republican politicians send thoughts and prayers, asking: how is this happening?

I don't know whether they're really that ignorant or if they're just faking it.

And I don't know which is worse.

And I don't care; either way, they've made it clear that they're on the wrong side of this fight.

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I've had my fair share of fights in Congress. Big efforts to end hunger, improve the quality and affordability of health care, and so much more.

But, to me, it always comes back to the beginning: if we can make lives better for families with young children, then we have to do it. That's our job.

A few weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined me at the Rainbow Child Development Center in Worcester, where we laid out a plan to absolutely transform the way our government supports children. Basically the biggest effort I've ever been involved with.