Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Massachusetts 9th Congressional District in 2018 Massachusetts 2018 Primary Election.
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Get StartedThe Every Child Deserves a Family Act will prevent any agency receiving federal funding from discriminating against potential foster or adoptive parents based on sexual orientation, marital status, or gender identity. Learn more
The Student Non-Discrimination Act and Safe Schools Improvement Act will both increase protections for the LGBTQIA+ community in all educations institutions that receive any form of federal aid, prohibiting bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Learn more
Everyone deserves equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Learn more
At the federal level, I support legislation such as the Equality Act would provide specific and necessary protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for the LGBTQIA+ community in areas such as employment, housing, and credit. Learn more
What if we invested that money into our neighborhoods, our schools, our housing and job training, long before that individual ever stepped into their jail cell for the first time? A well-implemented system of social justice will do wonders to reshape the system of criminal justice. Learn more
Additionally, we must create and expand programs to re-train our service men and women in order to facilitate transition into living wage jobs Learn more
A FJG will establish a baseline of earnings and benefits for our nation’s chronically unemployed and underemployed, providing a starting pay of $15 per hour and adjusted for inflation. In addition to significant training and experience, the FJG would include fully covered medical and dental care, as well as paid parental leave. Learn more
For too long, a massive portion of our economy has been controlled by special interest lobbyists working for defense contractors. The military industrial complex has perpetuated a cycle of endless war for profit, creating a bloated, wasteful military budget and cost the lives of thousands of our fellow Americans. We need to move towards ending our dependency on a war-based economy and reinvest the saved tax revenue towards industries that help everyday Americans. The additional revenue should be invested into infrastructure, renewable energy, and other growth industries. Additionally, we must create and expand programs to re-train our service men and women in order to facilitate transition into living wage jobs. Learn more
Given that a bachelor's degree is equivalent to a high school diploma in years prior, tuition-free public college must be treated as a right. The current for-profit system limits access, burdens students with insurmountable debt, and hurts the economy. At a minimum, all student debt must be converted to zero interest loans, repayable using formulas based on income. It is also essential that local governments have adequate funding to meet the challenges of providing a quality education from K-12. To that end, the federal government must step in to provide monetary assistance to offset lower tax revenue in low income areas. Learn more
It is beyond time to take climate change and the threats we face as a globe seriously and deal with this crisis swiftly. Learn more
We MUST end subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, and instead creative tax incentives for industry and consumers to implement zero or low carbon footprint technologies, such as solar, wind, hydro and geothermal to produce renewable energy Learn more
Additionally, it is promoting technologies that include carbon sequestration (removal) from our atmosphere, effectively, first halting, then reversing the impact greenhouse gases are having on our atmosphere, weather and ocean levels. Learn more
Candidates and campaigns must be grassroots and focus on listening and talking to voters, not donors. Learn more
Overturning Citizens United is an important first step in fixing our broken political system. Learn more
A Federal Jobs Guarantee (FJG) is a solution that is long overdue and badly needed if we are to take the war on poverty seriously. Learn more
I support paper ballots, automatic voter registration and a renewed Voting Rights Act to ensure and empower all people to be able cast their vote with the least number of obstacles possible. Learn more
Election integrity is of utmost importance in restoring and protecting our Democracy. Learn more
Making all fully automatic assault-style weapons illegal and modifying any weapon to fully automatic (bump stocks, etc.), also illegal. Learn more
Mandatory gun class with temporary permit, until successful completion. Learn more
Biometric trigger locks Learn more
Mandatory 1 week cooling off period with national background check, all law enforcement agencies, all states. Learn more
2 year - license renewal with full background check Learn more
I believe that healthcare is a human right. In the richest nation on Earth, it is unconscionable that we have nearly 30 million individuals who don't have health insurance. Additionally, we have as many as 45,000 Americans dying every year due to lack of insurance coverage. At a time when we're spending nearly a trillion dollars on our defense budget, we need to take a stand and demand that our tax dollars go toward our health and wellbeing, and not into the pockets of billionaire defense contractors. We must also repeal the restrictions imposed on the importation of safe prescription drugs from Canada, an absurd regulation written at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, intended to keep our drug prices artificially inflated. Allowing the importation of prescription drugs will force drug manufacturers to lower prices to remain competitive, and will benefit all Americans. Learn more
My Return The Favor Act will take, by eminent domain, foreclosed unoccupied homes under bank ownership for more than 30 days and provide them for affordable housing. Learn more
This is a nation of immigrants and while we must ensure that our borders are safe, we absolutely cannot continue to scapegoat immigrants as ‘others’. Learn more
There’s far more to supporting our Senior Citizens than just protecting and fully funding Social Security benefits. Learn more
I support the greatly expanded creation of worker owned cooperatives to address grotesque income inequality. Learn more
will work to promote the availability of low-interest Federally guaranteed loans for worker-owned cooperatives. Learn more
A FJG will establish a baseline of earnings and benefits for our nation’s chronically unemployed and underemployed, providing a starting pay of $15 per hour and adjusted for inflation. Learn more
believe that women's rights are human rights, and that to achieve true equality for women we must include paid family, medical, and caregiver leave as requirements under the law. Learn more
he Federal Wage Gap Guarantee (WGG) plan provides a geographically indexed Living Wage Learn more
n addition to being a strong advocate for organized labor, Learn more
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