Tenure
Before the start of the 119th Congress,Randall placed third in a three way race for freshman class representative for the Democratic Caucus that included Representative-elects Luz Rivas of California and Sarah Elfreth of Maryland. [22] In the first five months of Randall's tenure,she hosted numerous town halls to address constituents' anger and fear over the Trump administration's proposed changes to Medicaid. During a roundtable with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard union leaders,she listened to reports of how the Trump administration's efforts to fire federal employees had caused large disruptions,lowered morale,and led to increased turnover and plans for early retirement amongst senior employees. [10]
On January 22,2025,Randall voted against the passage of the Laken Riley Act. [23] In response to the Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act,Randall posted an "All Gender Bathroom" sign outside of her office welcoming everyone to use her private restroom "regardless of gender identity or expression,political ideology or shoe size." [24] In her first speech on the House floor,Randall denounced House bill 28,the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025" that sought to ban trans women from playing on women's sports teams. [24]
Randall walked out of President Trump's Address to Congress on March 4,2025 while Trump was speaking. [25] She noted,"That decision to walk out was not calculated. Instead,when Trump began uplifting a child cancer survivor while working with Republicans to pass Medicaid cuts that would gut funding for cancer research and children facing cancer,I could not sit through it anymore. I got into politics because I care about healthcare. We should be investing in our rural access healthcare.”She noted that many rural hospitals rely on Medicare and Medicaid to provide services and stay open. [26]
As a co-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus,Randall re-introduced the Equality Act to ensure explicit nondiscrimination protections for all LGBTQI+ Americans. "Queer folks deserve the same rights and protections as every American...But instead of ensuring every American has the tools to build their futures,this administration is hyper-focused on taking away our rights and trying to erase our very existence. But our community cannot be written out of history –because history isn’t made without us,and the future is not built without us.” [27]
In May 2025,Randall introduced the bipartisan Assuring Navigation of Compact Help For Ongoing Relocation (ANCHOR) for Military Families Act along with Republican Rob Wittman of Virginia. The bill would help "ensure military families are informed of their educational rights,school enrollment support,and other key relocation resources—such as housing assistance,spouse employment support,and services through the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)—under the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves." [28]
In June 2025,Randall was one of the four Democrats who did not vote on the initial $9 billion rescission package put forward by the Department of Government Efficiency. [29] The bill targeted reversing $1.1 billion for public broadcasting and $8.3 billion in foreign aid. House Republicans narrowly passed the initial rescission package by 2 votes;however it was changed by the Senate to exclude cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Donald Trump had to re-submit the revised version to Congress in July. On July 18,Randall voted no. [30]
