Currently holds the office of U.S. House of Representatives - Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District until January 3, 2025.
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District in 2024 Pennsylvania General Election.
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Get StartedWith Roe gone and Trump’s Supreme Court now preparing to decide a case to ban medicated abortion nationwide, including in Pennsylvania, we cannot rely on a patchwork of state-level rights. We need to protect abortion rights and guarantee access to reproductive health care at the federal level. Learn more
We must continue fighting back against LGBTQ and gender discrimination in all forms. That’s why I introduced the Equality in Laws Act–because gendered, rather than gender-neutral, language has resulted in further discrimination for women, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex folks. Learn more
In Congress, I’m fighting to stop the book bans and history bans because every reader deserves to see themselves reflected in our literature and every student deserves the freedom to learn. Learn more
Decades of purposeful disinvestment, economic redlining, and discriminatory policy-making have created cycles of harm, poverty, and desperation that make all of us less safe. The only way to make a safer Western Pennsylvania now and for future generations is to address the root causes of violence through long-term, layered investments in key areas: education, economic opportunity, housing, health, community environment, community violence intervention. Learn more
It is a uniquely Western Pennsylvanian value to sacrifice oneself in service of their country and others. However, far too often, the federal government fails veterans with 35,000 veterans nationwide experiencing homelessness, and many more struggling to make ends meet, or receive sufficient care. Learn more
A critical component of the Green New Deal is its focus on a jobs guarantee, a guaranteed living wage, and strengthening the U.S. Labor movement. Transitioning American society to 100% clean and renewable energy will create millions of good-paying union jobs. We have a moral obligation to make that transition to save our planet and ensure that all fossil fuel workers are fully equipped with the skills and training necessary to thrive in a green energy economy. No worker will be left behind. Learn more
I’ve always been vocal in opposition to corporate polluters pumping toxins into our air and drinking water – and I’ve always emphasized the need for sustainable, clean energy union jobs. When there was a fracking proposal in the Mon Valley, we joined with the community to fight back and stopped it in its tracks. Learn more
Ban members of Congress from trading stocks because lawmakers should not be profiting off access to closed-door information about the companies they’re supposed to be regulating. Members of Congress who trade stocks have a clear conflict of interest — that’s why I’m proud to pledge to never trade individual stocks while in office. Members of Congress need to work for the People they represent, not for their own portfolios. Learn more
In Congress, I’ve helped lead the fight to pass an assault weapons ban, expanded background checks, end protections for corporate gun manufacturers and bold gun-safety legislation to stop the mass shootings that have become all too common across schools, synagogues, churches, mosques, stores and cities across America. Learn more
I continue to believe that healthcare is a fundamental human right. No one in this country should fear losing coverage because of preexisting conditions, their employment status, their immigration status, daring to start their own business, or aging off of their parent’s insurance. Our healthcare system is fundamentally broken. Medicare For All wouldn’t just save money, it would save lives. Learn more
No human being is illegal. Our immigration system is a broken web of xenophobic policies that seek to punish brown and Black people and treat them as political pawns instead of building pathways to citizenship. Learn more
Western Pennsylvania has been ground-zero in dealing with our nation’s crumbling infrastructure–with insufficient public transit with infrequent service, continued traffic congestion issues that keep us from our loved ones, sources of energy that continue to pollute our air and water, and public spaces in need of rehabilitation. Learn more
Joining more than 200 colleagues in introducing the Social Security 2100 Act to increase and expand Social Security benefits by 2% across the board, improving COLA adjustments, increasing benefits for low-income seniors, and ensuring its solvency. Learn more
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