Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Illinois 3rd Congressional District in 2020 Illinois Primary Election.
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Get StartedCreate an economic development council for the 3rd District called 20Up with a two-pronged responsibility to: Identify businesses with a need for full and part-time skilled workers to fill $20/hr or higher positions and pair those students to those positions. Partner with industry leaders in technology, manufacturing, and transportation with local community and city colleges to teach students critical, transferable industry skills. Learn more
Create a network of partnerships with small businesses and government in a variety of industries across IL-3, ensuring government always contracts to small and family-owned businesses when possible and that small business owners have access to free promotional services. Develop and advance legislation which works to enhance small business competitiveness in the market. Learn more
Expand funding and community outreach efforts for the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide low-interest, government backed loans and grants to existing and new small business owners. Work with the U.S. Small Business Administration to ensure that requirements for loan qualifications are reasonable and fair. Learn more
Work to drastically reduce the cost of higher education. Learn more
Develop and introduce The Blend Program, aimed at providing vocational training and teaching high school students real world skills including financial literacy. This will prepare students with the skills they need to slot into industry positions immediately after graduation. Learn more
Work to ensure that every school, from the suburbs to the inner city, have the resources they need to provide successful outcomes: including funding for upgrading facilities, new classroom technologies and their associated trainings, comprehensive health education, and after school programs. Support STEM programs across IL-3, including advocating for federal and private sector grants. Learn more
Support legislation shifting fossil fuel subsidies to clean energy subsidies, while protecting workers and local economies. Expand funding for clean energy sources like wind and solar, as well as funding research into other forms of sustainable, renewable energy. Learn more
Expand and promote tax credits to families utilizing solar energy, as well as electric vehicles. Develop and advance legislation to ensure that all federally supported construction and infrastructure bids have a sustainable, environmental approach. Support legislation tightening enforcement of environmental standards. Learn more
Taking assault rifles, high capacity magazine clips, and other weapons of war completely off our streets. Learn more
Creating harsher federal sentences for those who buy and sell illegal guns. Learn more
Implementing the most thorough and transparent set of federal background checks for those wishing to purchase a firearm. Learn more
Provide a low-cost, public option for every uninsured American as well as those who would like to switch. Learn more
I support the Medicare for America Act as proposed by Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Jan Schakowsky. Medicare for America would provide coverage for every uninsured American and lower costs for those already insured by doing the following:. Learn more
Allow Americans who like their insurance plans to keep them. Learn more
Push for a reallocation of federal funding to support the creation of sustainable, sliding scale mental health clinics and rehabilitation centers, particularly in underserved areas. Learn more
Partner with existing sliding scale mental health clinics and rehabilitation centers across IL-3 and create an outreach and transportation plan for underserved communities. Learn more
Allow for expanded coverage through Medicare Advantage. Learn more
Support Comprehensive and Fair immigration reform to make our immigration system simpler, more accessible, particularly for non-native English speakers, while retaining the highest level of security. Expand my work personally to create and market a large network of pro-bono immigration attorneys to assist undocumented families in gaining legal status. Learn more
Stand first and foremost for human dignity. Support sanctuary cities and asylum seekers as asylum is an internationally recognized human right. Learn more
Introduce a federal hard-cap model, whereby the FEC determines a hard-cap funding limit for each Federal race. This ensures no candidate has an unfair spending advantage over their opponent, and it is simply the best ideas that will succeed. Develop and advance legislation which would strictly limit campaign spending to campaign committees, such that no committee can have a peripheral influence on a race. Support legislation which would repeal the Citizens United ruling, and eliminate dark money. Learn more
Support Equal Pay for Equal Work. Learn more
Support living wages for teachers. Learn more
Support a system which moves the minimum wage to a living wage that will scale with the average cost of living. Learn more
Support paid family leave. Support and advance workers’ rights. Learn more
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