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Defense / Veterans

I am advocating to expand services for crucial programs to reintegrate veterans into the workforce with resources like job training and housing assistance. Deployed veterans have a 41% higher suicide risk compared to the general population, and mental health services must be easily available for our veterans. We have to implement more programs to ensure that veterans living with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma can get the care they need. Learn more

Education

We must do everything in our power to make college more affordable including lowering interest rates for government backed loans, expanding the Pell Grant program, allowing students to refinance their loans, just like mortgages and car loans, and pushing universities to keep costs down if they want to continue to receive federal research dollars and other aid. I also believe we should push for two years of tuition-free community college to allow students to further their education or get the career technical skills they need to compete in today’s global economy. Learn more

Environment / Energy

We must do more to bring wind and biofuel initiatives to market, and encourage more efforts for residents to retrofit their homes so they are more energy-efficient and cost-effective for consumers. Learn more

I will continue saying no to new offshore drilling and keep us moving toward cleaner energy solutions that help create new jobs, like we did with solar power facilities in the Cuyama Valley and on the Carrizo Plain, by guiding projects like our first-ever offshore wind project off the coast of Morro Bay. Learn more

Creating clean energy jobs by adding additional EV charging stations, clean transit options, and capping leaking oil and gas wells up and down our coast. Learn more

Guns

We need more commonsense gun safety measures–which is why I’m proud to have helped craft the first new federal gun safety law in 30 years: the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Learn more

Healthcare

I'm also fighting to strengthen our Medicare and Medicaid programs that ensure millions of older Americans and low-income families are not forced to choose between paying their mortgage or paying for lifesaving care. Learn more

Congress needs to focus on improving our health care system and ensuring that everyone can afford lifesaving care and medicine—not on rolling back protections for millions of Americans. Learn more

I’ve been advocating for measures that lower the cost of health care since before I came to Congress. After successfully preventing Republicans from repealing the Affordable Care Act dozens of times, I also delivered lower premiums and out of pocket costs through expansions of ACA tax cuts in our COVID-19 relief bills. Learn more

Housing

We need more affordable housing options in our communities. It’s that simple. I’ve delivered millions of dollars directly to the Central Coast to create more affordable housing units, and I will continue to fight for policies that help renters and homeowners alike keep the Central Coast as their home. Learn more

Infrastructure / Transportation

Repairing hundreds of miles of roads and highways and bridges that are in disrepair or beyond their lifespan Learn more

Expanding high-speed internet to communities that still lack critical broadband connectivity Learn more