Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - New Jersey 9th Congressional District in 2020 New Jersey Primary Election.
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Get StartedWe will oppose all attempts to undermine Roe v. Wade. We will never give in to Republican hysteria on issues that are invented to undermine the laws of our land and play politics with human bodies. We will fight for all of our constituents. Learn more
We have to be compassionate and open our doors to those who need us. We have to reform our immigration system to accommodate and admit LGBT refugees. We have to treat our own LGBT citizens with the respect they deserve. We will fight to pass bills that prohibit discrimination against our LGBTQ citizens. We will advance policies to ensure LGBTQ students can attend school without fear of bullying. Learn more
We will fully fund and expand Veterans Affairs. We will expand mental health services for our veterans. We will make sure our veterans are compensated faster by improving how compensation claims are processed. We will expand the Caregivers Program. We will expand affordable housing for our veterans and help them better transition into civilian employment with jobs that match their skills. Learn more
Unfortunately, a few billionaires are lobbying to redirect public education dollars to private programs in every way possible. We will not allow voucher systems and school tax credits to drain our precious public education resources. Separately, we will freeze charter school expansion until we can increase the resources of our severely underfunded public schools. We will guarantee universal pre-kindergarten for every child in America. We will defend our public schools and our teachers’ unions for the sake of special needs children, children of color, LGBTQ children, and economically disadvantaged children. Learn more
We must cancel the shocking student debt that plagues an entire generation of young Americans. How can any economy thrive when an entire generation of young people are unable to start families and buy homes? Many young Americans are in mountains of debt because of predatory lending practices and collusion between lenders and colleges in the first place. We need to provide relief to millions of victims now and uplift an entire generation of young Americans. Learn more
Every American should have the opportunity to attend a local college or local trade school without student loans. Our best chance to build up a globally competitive workforce is to make public colleges and trade schools free regardless of income. This will benefit communities whose children are unable to afford college or trade school, and it will benefit workers transitioning from one profession to another in the middle of their careers. At a time when the rest of the world is catching up to us economically, technologically, and militarily, we must be committed to building a highly educated and value-added workforce. Learn more
Climate change is an existential threat to our future on this planet, and we have a moral obligation to come up with a version of the Green New Deal that is feasible. We need to transform the Green New Deal from a broad proposal to concrete policy. Learn more
I want to enact a single-payer universal healthcare system. The system will be publicly funded and privately serviced, and every American will carry a Federal Health Card. The federal government would be the single-payer to avoid another for-profit health insurance disaster for American families. A single-payer universal healthcare system would allow the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drug prices and negotiate with healthcare service providers to lower the prices of healthcare services. Learn more
We will enact an immigration amnesty. We will provide legal status and a path to citizenship to the 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, and develop a humane border policy for those who seek asylum. We will abolish ICE and spin off the Homeland Security Investigations division, which focuses on transnational organized crime, as a separate agency under the Department of Justice. Learn more
We will close loopholes and eliminate exemptions to end the practice of corporations making huge profits but paying zero federal corporate income taxes. We will enact new taxes on the wealthiest Americans who have been avoiding taxes for generations. We will focus on taxing wealth and not income in order to protect hardworking families. Learn more
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