✅$9.6 Million Recovered for Philadelphians in 2025; I Voted NO ❌on More ICE/CBP Funding

• Are you one of the many Philadelphians helped by protection for pre-existing health conditions through the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)? If so, I want to hear from you! You can click here to share your story.
• As the Trump-Vance administration’s immigration raids continue, I want to remind everyone that I’ve posted a “Know Your Rights” informational page on my website in both English and Spanish.
• If you’re planning to claim one of the tax breaks from the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” you may be in for a disappointment. Click here to learn more.
• Last week, President Trump accepted ownership of the current economy: “I'm very proud of it,” he said.

$9.6 Million Recovered for Philadelphians in 2025 

Last week, I released my State of the District report covering 2025. One of the accomplishments I’m proud to announce is the total of $9.6 million my office returned to or saved for constituents last year in cases involving federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The 2025 figure brings the total to more than $55.1 million returned to or saved for constituents during my time in Congress. Click here to request help with a federal agency. 

Other key accomplishments and work you can read about in the report include: 

• My constituent advocacy this past year, fighting to protect SNAP food assistance, for Head Start funding, against the GOP health care crisis, and more.
• Key legislation I introduced in 2025, including ‘poverty-busting’ legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit - a bill that would benefit an estimated 14 million Americans, many of them workers who are currently taxed into or further into poverty.

Click here to read the report! 

Let’s Use ICE/CBP Fund for Housing Instead 

A law passed last week limits new funding for the Department of Homeland Security to two weeks as negotiations take place, but that limit was not enough for me. I voted No. After over a year of empty promises, I believe we cannot trust promises of reform from the Trump-Vance administration. I first need to see much-needed guardrails and protections being put into law.  You can click here for my full statement on the legislation. 

And I want to go further – I’m an original co-sponsor of legislation that would redirect the $175 billion ICE and CBP fund Trump created in his “Big Beautiful Bill.” It would reinvest those billions directly into proven solutions that would reduce rents, expand homeownership, and incentivize the building of housing that’s affordable across the country.

Getting a New or Replacement Social Security Card  

Constituents who need a new or replacement Social Security Card may make an appointment to apply for one by visiting www.ssa.gov or calling the Philadelphia Card Center directly at 877- 541-5846. The form is Form SS-5 (12-2024) UF. 

Here to help 

From issues with passports, immigration, the Postal Service, IRS, and Social Security to the Department of Veterans Affairs – my offices are here to help.  

You can contact my offices at 215-276-0340 (Northwest Philadelphia) or 215-254-3400 (Point Breeze) or fill out this form that legally authorizes us to look into your case. It’s important to note that backlogs from the fall shutdown may cause delays in federal agencies’ ability to respond to my office for some time. 

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