issues

Affordable Healthcare

Our healthcare system is broken. To fix it, I support expanding the Affordable Care Act and giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices and cap prescription drug costs for seniors in order to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for everyone in PA-01. When elected, one of my first priorities will be to fight for legislation that would expand the government’s role in drug research and development, which would drastically reduce the cost of generic prescription drugs and help reduce the cost of healthcare at large.

Reproductive Rights for Women and Families

Roe. v. Wade is under attack, which is a threat to women, and to all families who are trying to plan for the future.  As I wrote in an op-ed with the Courier Times, access to abortion is not only an issue for single women, but also families looking to determine their own futures. In fact, many Americans who have an abortion are already parents when they choose to do so. This can have broad economic impacts for women and their families, and access to abortion is essential to protecting the rights of women to freely participate in society.

While our supposedly moderate Congressman, Brian Fitzpatrick, has continuously opposed access to a woman’s right to choose, I will not. I support H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would federally codify Roe v. Wade, and I look forward to casting my vote in its favor in Congress.

The Opioid Crisis

In my lifetime, I have lost some of my family members and my soldiers to drug addiction and mental health disorders. The drug overdose epidemic claims over 70,000 lives every year. This crisis has hit so many people close to home. We must confront addiction with compassion, better access to resources at the federal level, and comprehensive treatment. In Congress I will pursue every avenue and work with my Republican colleagues across the aisle to address the deadly opioid epidemic that has ravaged our communities.