Ohio Open Letters

From a verified voter in Vandalia, OH

Urgent action needed at Krome Detention Center

I am concerned about the inhumane living conditions reported at the Krome Detention Center. A viral video shows detainees sleeping on the floor with little to no food or water available. Family members have spoken out, saying detainees are being "treated like dogs" with no air conditioning, lack of

From a constituent in Reynoldsburg, OH

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been criticized for inaccurately reporting budget cuts and concealing these errors, mirroring practices observed at Tesla regarding the transparency of safety data for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features. Researchers, including Brya

From a constituent in Gallipolis, OH

SAVE Act is an attack on women’s suffrage. Congress must reject it.

Please vote no on this dangerous, anti-voter bill and protect our fundamental right to vote. The SAVE Act is a direct attack on our democracy. If passed, it would disenfranchise countless voters . incomes – Especially naturalized citizens, voters of color, voters with disab ilities, young and older

From a constituent in Middletown, OH

Speak out against the illegal seizure and detention of Mahmoud Khalil and the blatant work of this administration to silence dissent. It is a violation of the First Amendment for the government to retaliate against someone for exercising their right to free speech. To arrest someone, take away their

From a verified voter in Columbus, OH

Defund oligarchy

They will turn on you. The MAGA extremists you’ve coddled for their votes hate you, maybe even more than they hate people like me. You are not enough for them. And one day, after you’ve helped them secure the oligarchy you think you’ll benefit from, there will be an American “night of the long knive

From a verified voter in Wellington, OH

Save our government.

Would you remodel your house by tearing it to the ground, living out in the weather, before even making a plan to fix it? Stop allowing it to be done to our government!

From a constituent in West Portsmouth, OH

Please don’t gut VA services for veterans

The proposed cuts to the VA budget pose a severe threat to the essential mental health services that veterans like myself rely on. As a disabled veteran utilizing these services, I fear the potentially life-threatening consequences of reducing access to vital care. The staggering statistic of 17 or

From a constituent in Cleveland, OH

Protect our Constitution NOW!!

You know the Constitution you’re supposed to Admire and Protect?? Why are you allowing this ‘public servant’ and unelected, unvetted self dealing, unethical team dismantle it every single day? Why are you cowering and silent? We love due process and laws here in the United States of America, y

From a constituent in Akron, OH

DO NOT SUPPORT THE SAVE ACT

I am writing to ask that you vote AGAINST the save act. This would make it incredibly difficult for some women and men who change their names after marriage to exercise their right to vote. It would disproportionately affect women, and it seems like a useless way to waste time in government when the

From a verified voter in Clyde, OH

Oppose HHS rule changes, support gender affirming care on ACA plans!

I am a transgender, transfeminine constituent from Ohio, and I ask of you to oppose the proposed HHS rule changes that will drop requirements for insurance providers to cover gender affirming care. Gender affirming care has saved my humanity, and allowed me to live authentically as who I am rather

From a verified voter in Centerville, OH

Keep CEQ NAPA regulations docket #2025-002

From a verified voter in Columbus, OH

Investigate Administration's Defiance of Judiciary and Constitution's Checks

The breakdown of democratic norms and defiance of judicial authority by the current administration is deeply alarming. As members of Congress sworn to uphold the Constitution, it is imperative that you exercise rigorous oversight to rein in flagrant lawlessness from the executive branch. Our nation'

From a verified voter in Columbus, OH

Stop oligarchy, uphold your oath

I’m at your town hall. Where are you? Strategizing how to ignore your constituents and serve your masters like Musk? The thing is, I get it. It’s easier and more lucrative to ignore all the little folks who elected you, and use the oligarchs bribe money to destroy the democratic system you were elec

From a constituent in Xenia, OH

Impeach Trump now an convict/remove him

Impeach this president now. You know that he is burning everything down, and you know that it is wrong. We are social security recipients and will end up on the street after he destroys that system. He is dishonorable and evil, and if you enable him to continue then you are dishonorable and evil

From a verified voter in Willoughby, OH

Defend democracy, investigate Trump's abuses, restore constitutional order

Trump's actions since the start of his second term represent an attempted coup and flagrant violation of democratic norms. By consolidating executive power, undermining Congressional oversight, politicizing the civil service, and granting Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency unchecked aut

From a verified voter in Willoughby, OH

Halt reckless undermining of Social Security's vital role

The proposed changes to Social Security by DOGE are deeply concerning and pose a grave threat to the integrity and functionality of this vital program. Cutting staff, closing offices, and imposing onerous in-person verification requirements will create significant barriers for millions of Americans,

From a constituent in Middletown, OH

I am very alarmed by the attack on the US EPA/Office of Research and Development (ORD). The US EPA/ORD toxicologists, chemists, biologists, risk assessors, and others do very important work and provide essential toxicological information for assessing risk and protecting the American people. Additio

From a constituent in Alliance, OH

Protect Public Libraries in Northeast Ohio

I am writing to you regarding the President’s March 14 Executive Order that seeks to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the only federal agency that funds library services across the country. Through the Library Services and Technology Act - Grants to States Programs, IM

From a constituent in Middletown, OH

Please condemn and oppose the placement of loyalists into positions of authority in our armed forces.  Hegseth is unqualified and along with Trump, has purged the Joint Chiefs, the military academies, and the JAGs under the "DEI hire" guise.  John Dan Caine is so unqualified that Trump had to waive

From a verified voter in Maineville, OH

Veto Senate Bill 1

Senate Bill 1 poses a grave threat to academic freedom and the integrity of public higher education in Ohio. This draconian legislation aims to curtail free speech and open inquiry on campuses by allowing students to record faculty lectures without consent and file complaints about allegedly "divisi

From a constituent in Reynoldsburg, OH

The FBI has initiated investigations into a series of attacks targeting Tesla facilities, including dealerships and charging stations, classifying these incidents as acts of domestic terrorism. The attacks involve Molotov cocktails and anti-Trump graffiti, coinciding with the "Tesla Takedown" protes

From a constituent in Delaware, OH

Reject Ohio Senate Bill 1: Protect Academic Freedom

Senate Bill 1 represents an alarming attack on academic freedom and the integrity of Ohio's public universities. This draconian legislation seeks to gut tenure protections, undermine faculty autonomy, and reshape higher education institutions to align with an ideological agenda. It threatens to erod

From a constituent in Dayton, OH

Protect IMLS from Musk's destructive overreach, preserve libraries

The raid on the Institute of Museum and Library Services by Elon Musk's DOGE team and the Acting Director's intent to dismantle the agency is deeply concerning. Local libraries provide crucial services, resources, and support to communities across the nation, particularly in underserved areas. With

From a constituent in West Milton, OH

Ohio must not detain Spanish-speakers!

Will this happen in Ohio? I’d it illegal to speak different languages now? According to the report, the three family members — a toddler, his mother and his grandmother — were shopping in Milwaukee when they were overheard speaking Spanish U.S. officials, possibly agents from Immigration and Customs

From a constituent in West Milton, OH

USAID NEEDS FUNDING

USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam. This is absolutely devastating for me. My uncle died from complications from agent orange. He got cancer and he died. He left my cousins without a father, a dear aunt without a husband. My mom, without her brother. We need to keep cleaning up th