Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Wisconsin 3rd Congressional District in 2024 Wisconsin General Election.
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Get StartedUnabashedly support the upholding of Roe vs. Wade. Learn more
Advocate for ending the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits abortion coverage for individuals on Medicaid or Medicare. Learn more
Ensure our two regional Planned Parenthoods in western Wisconsin remain open, federally funded and that Planned Parenthood locations nationwide remain federally supported. Learn more
Create a regional fund that seeds dollars for second stage growth – investing more deeply in start-ups that are ready to grow, create more jobs and manufacture in Wisconsin. Learn more
Provide federal funding to individuals looking to purchase vacant farmsteads to jumpstart our dairy industry and provide new training for folks who didn’t inherit land and skills, but want to learn and earn it. Learn more
Continue to advocate for funding for important ag pipeline programs like 4-H and FFA within our school districts and counties. Learn more
Incentivize formation of rural cooperatives that have a proven history of bridging the gap and ensure smaller farmers see a greater share of profit. Learn more
Advocate for change with funding formulas at the state level to redistribute funding where it needs to be (i.e. Poorest districts currently get the least, should get the most). Learn more
Create a work study pipeline that is rooted in community and connection with employers – not just to the university, in order to offer real world experiences for students. Learn more
Treat student loans like mortgage rates, offering the opportunity to refinance when interest rates decline. Learn more
Double the value of Pell Grants for low to moderate income families. Learn more
Expand resources to support the mental health of students and teachers in schools. Learn more
Increase funding to early childhood education like Head Start and preschool. Learn more
Address our teacher shortage crisis by offering pay increases and signing bonuses. Work with state legislators to advocate for removing the cost of living pay increases, but having salary commensurate with experience in the classroom and increased each year by industry standard set by unions, not 1-2% annually. Learn more
Work with regional stakeholders and policy makers to rapidly address the PFAS issue in our water – including more testing, remediation and research. Learn more
Finally enacting the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which would restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, make voting more accessible, end partisan gerrymandering, bolster ethics rules for Members of Congress and eliminate dark money in politics. Learn more
End Citizens United and crack down on the prevalence of corporate dark money in our elections. Working class people like me face barriers running for office and it’s left our country to be run by the ultra rich. Learn more
Banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office. Learn more
Expand Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing – the very things that deteriorate as we age. Learn more
Work to improve the Affordable Care Act and healthcare exchange as it exists by providing more tax credits to lower premiums, creating more options on the exchange and simplifying the process to make obtaining health insurance less confusing. Learn more
Annually lower the age that Seniors can start receiving Medicare benefits – each year expanding the number of Americans covered by Medicare. Learn more
Increase access to long-term care facilities in rural communities and provide tax incentives so Seniors can stay in the communities where their families live and that they’ve called home for decades. Learn more
Take on prescription drug companies, ensuring Seniors can get the drugs they need at prices negotiated through Medicare and that drug companies can’t inflate their prices based on brand or speciality of the drug. Learn more
Tax credits to organizations willing to build low-income and mixed-income housing projects throughout the region to address our lack of affordable housing. Learn more
Help families buy their first home by deferring property tax payments for first-time home buyers for up to five years. Learn more
Expansion of federal community block grants that offer dollars for affordable housing projects, particularly in rural communities in west central Wisconsin where current housing is aging out or doesn’t accommodate growing populations. Learn more
Invest in mass transit – like the elusive high-speed rail we’ve been working to connect west central Wisconsin to bigger marketplaces – increasing tourism and lowering emissions from commutes. Learn more
Expand grants and support to rural electric cooperatives who go the last mile to bring broadband to the last house on the road, because they’re doing the right thing for their members – not the corporate bottom line. Learn more
Explore new technologies – like satellites – to places where running fiber is too difficult to reach. Learn more
Restructure the Farm Bill with a greater focus on agriculture and the farming community itself versus the bulky package it has become. Learn more
A constituent-centered office with case workers on staff that are seasoned in working to address the issues of constituents. It’s also having a Chief of Staff based in the District, putting the needs of CD-3 first. Learn more
Repeal the tax on Social Security for Seniors who are already receiving benefits. Learn more
Increasing the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour – which is just the start for creating living wages in our state – with a rolling implementation plan starting with corporate players first, midsize businesses and then small businesses. Learn more
Support Davis-Bacon prevailing wage protections and working to ensure that every federally funded project that comes to my District has a project labor agreement attached to it. Learn more
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