Andrea Doria Kale

Criminal Justice / Public Safety

As a mother and a grandmother of six, Public Safety is a top priority for me. I am concerned every day about their safety as well as those in my community. Whether they are in school, at a movie theater, at a parade, sightseeing, or just shopping with their mom, the potential for harm is everywhere. With the increase in mass shootings, extreme weather and fire events caused by Climate Change or, most recently the Global COVID19 pandemic it is critical that we have properly trained and equipped personnel at those government agencies responsible for our safety. A targeted increase in Federal funding and grants for state and local, law enforcement, fire, rescue and emergency services, for training and equipment that adhere to specific standards. Learn more

Defense / Veterans

It is my solemn promise to do everything in my power to address the needs of veterans and their families while serving in Congress. To the many veterans that came back from their service faced with; related physical challenges, disabilities, and medical conditions, including but not limited to, substance abuse and mental health issues, PTSD and suicide, economic challenges including being underemployed, unemployed, lack of work, inability to find work to sustain themselves if they are able to work, lack of adequate or affordable housing and even homelessness; as a member of Congress I will work with my colleagues and across the aisle to never abandon you or your families that have cared for you. Learn more

Guns

Fund and expand research on Gun violence and safety, the impact of the pandemic and the climate crisis has on our Health Care Providers and First Responders including Police and Firefighters. Learn more

Healthcare

Elect me to represent you in Congress this fall and I will fight for everyday Americans like you and your families in CD18. Congress needs to fund and expand Medicaid in all 50 states and U.S. Territories, progressively move the ACA to a single-payer system, and in the interim have a government funded Public Option insurance choice in the ACA Marketplaces. Learn more

Congress needs find ways to expand community healthcare clinics to include rural areas of the country and improve care in poorer communities, and funding for education for healthcare professionals that choose public universities and choose to work in poor and rural communities. Have publicly funded or publicly subsidized access to mental health, substance and alcohol abuse treatment for all regardless of insurance status or ability to pay for treatment. Learn more

Social Services

Congress needs to fund and expand Medicaid in all 50 states and U.S. Territories, progressively move the ACA to a single-payer system, and in the interim have a government funded Public Option insurance choice in the ACA Marketplaces. Learn more

Congress needs to act by protecting and expanding the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs. Learn more

Eliminate the 24-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Medicare medical benefits by making it immediate and retroactive to the date the Administration deemed an individual disabled and eligible. Learn more

Put a stop to SSI’s draconian asset test and marriage penalty, and raise the SSI benefit level to 125 percent of the poverty level that can lift millions out of poverty. Learn more

End the massive and cumbersome disability application process and backlog. Learn more