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The black bags pile up at the UPS drop-off spots across the Capitol's campus, whether it's the weekend after the White House Correspondents Dinner or the Monday that Congress is set to return from a long recess.
As part of the August district work period, Future Forum Vice-Chair U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., hosted Future Forum Chair U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., in Los Angeles to meet with local immigrant rights advocates, learn more about the music industry, and discuss the best way to engage young voters on the issue of gun violence.
U.S. Representatives Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., and Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., hosted a forum in Yorkville, Ill. This week to discuss challenges young Americans face with mental health.
Underwood and Kennedy are members of Future Forum, an influential group of young members of Congress who advocate for issues and opportunities important to younger Americans.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Lauren Underwood (Ill.) and Joe Kennedy III (Mass.) hosted a forum in Yorkville, Ill. to discuss challenges young Americans face with mental health. Underwood and Kennedy are members of Future Forum, an influential group of young Members of Congress who advocate for issues and opportunities important to younger Americans.
U.S. Reps. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, and Joseph Kennedy III, D-Massachusetts, held a public forum Wednesday in Yorkville focusing on mental health issues facing young people.
An overflow conference room of young people, mental health professionals and members of the community registered to attend the meeting at the Kendall County Health Department.
"Think of this as a beginning of a conversation where people can talk openly," Underwood said.
No one should have to suffer in silence or in isolation, she told the group.
Members of Congress fought to the (virtual) death Wednesday night while their staffers, drinking beer and scarfing down cheeseburger sliders, watched. Don't worry: It was live-streamed.
The setting was a dimly lit reception room on Capitol Hill. The occasion was a video game tournament, put on by the Entertainment Software Association, that ran on the streaming site Twitch. As some huddled intently around screens to play their own side games, a battle for Florida or New York supremacy was unfolding — a Rocket League showdown between Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Hakeem Jeffries.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure to increase funding for youth suicide prevention championed by Future Forum, an influential group of young Democratic Members of Congress who advocate for issues and opportunities important to younger Americans.
WASHINGTON – Future Forum, an influential group of young Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives led by Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., has named Dao Nguyen as its new Executive Director for the 116th Congress. Nguyen replaces former Future Forum Director Sarah Kaplan Feinmann, who helped build and lead the caucus since its inception in 2015 under the leadership of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.
WASHINGTON – The incoming leaders of Future Forum, led by U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., today sent a letter to House Speaker-Designate Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader-Designate Steny Hoyer calling for the inclusion of a provision expanding automatic voter registration (AVR) in H.R. 1—democracy reform legislation that is set to be a top priority in the 116th Congress. Future Forum is an influential group of young Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who advocate for issues important to younger Americans.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the founder and chairman of Future Forum, and other members of that group on Thursday unveiled a policy paper entitled "Cures in Our Lifetime" – a plan for harnessing technology, funding and innovation to save American lives.