$9.4 BILLION! That’s how much funding we protected for education, health care, housing, and other services that Washington families rely on. Together, we helped pass SB 5813, which will increase the capital gains tax on mega-millionaires and billionaires, SB 5294, which will close tax loopholes for special interests, and HB 2081, which will boost taxes on big businesses with taxable income over $250 million.

As lawmakers in Olympia debate how to handle our state’s $12 billion budget gap, one thing is clear: We can’t cut our way out of this hole. Luckily, there are plenty of resources here in Washington to fund the programs that we rely on. All we need to do is ask the wealthy to pay what they owe in taxes – just like the rest of us do.