I’m compelled to share my thoughts and opinions with my readers each week, mainly because I value being part of the public discourse and writing helps me clarify (and sometimes solidify) my own thinking on certain topics. However, I also want to influence the course of society in a direction that reflects my respect for nature and humanity. That said, I feel I would be falling short of my mission if I didn’t also write to lawmakers who ultimately create the laws from policy platforms that shape our country. So, I have written a letter to my congressional representative, Julia Brownley, and I share it with you hoping you will be inspired to write to your own representatives.
September 20, 2026
Dear Representative Brownley,
I am one of your constituents. Although lately, under Republican rule, it has felt that we Americans no longer have people in Congress who actually represent them. For several years, I feel like your voice has been silenced by the majority leader and his refusal to care about the needs of the people you were all sent there to represent. Instead, the House of Representatives has become nothing more of an observer and rubber stamp for the destruction and corruption of Donald Trump. I’m voting and hoping that this November successfully ushers in a true House of Representatives who will work on behalf of
the citizens and in keeping with the Constitution and the rule of law.
There are specific things that I petition you to consider taking up should the Democrats become the majority. First, is reasonable regulation of AI that protects us from the potentially catastrophic harm it can do. I’ve heard about the mishaps, and I’ve seen the whistleblower warnings and the uncertainty confirmed by executives at these tech companies and I am worried about the future. Like many Americans, I want the potential upside where AI can help cure diseases, discover vaccines, solve climate change, help farmers and help with many other solutions to lingering human problems. Please create legislation that stops AI companies from allowing computers to impersonate real people, to act as companions and counselors to our youth, to supplant all but the least dangerous jobs, to invade our privacy through surveillance, to prevent hacking, to prevent models from developing biological weapons, and from choosing military targets. The chaos that is about to be released upon the world is frightening and begs for your immediate intervention.
The second most pressing thing I want a Democrat House to take up is the restoration of the rule of law through accountability. The level of lawlessness and corruption and self-dealing coming from Trump, his administration and his family is an affront to our national reputation, a drain on our resources, and a threat to our future faith and security in the rule of law. Lawlessness at the top leads to lawlessness everywhere.
The third thing I want a Democrat House to do is ensure our civil rights across the nation. This includes restoring a woman’s right to reproductive healthcare, voting rights, and ensuring ICE no longer acts with brutality while it denies suspected undocumented immigrants their due process. These detention centers should not be places of torture where human rights are ignored and women are raped. Stop this madness. This is not who we are as a nation and Congress must act to stop these actions.
And my final petition is to restore public health by creating access to affordable healthcare for every American, providing paid family leave, restoring medical research funding, providing food security, promoting scientific expertise over conspiracies, regulating guns, and ensuring clean air, water, and food throughout the nation. We also need to ensure that people have access to relief from natural disasters.
Of course there is much more to be done like immigration reform, campaign finance, and age restrictions on Congress and the Supreme Court, but these are my most pressing priorities, and I wanted to express them to you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Juanita A. Hall
Voting citizen