issues

Climate Change

As a combat veteran, I view the climate crisis as a national security issue. The Department of Defense has identified climate change as a direct threat to the national security of the United States and stability around the world. Future conflicts could be caused by climate change’s effect on political and resource instability. We must address this threat to our homeland and abroad in a responsible manner.

Green Jobs & the Economy

I am running for Congress to enact policies to fight climate change and turn this threat into jobs and investment all across Pennsylvania. The move toward climate resilience is a great opportunity to expand blue-collar, union jobs right here in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. Green tech and energy jobs, necessary to support families looking to send their children to college, can be incentivized through partnerships between federal, state, and local governments, and as your Congressional Representative, I would do just that.

Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

As your representative, I will advocate for more resources to be allocated to researching new technologies that can solve the myriad challenges posed by climate change, and push for those dollars to return to communities like ours that not only have significant expertise in energy systems, but which house world-class research institutions that can tackle the crisis. 

As a veteran, I also know that one immediate way Congress and the White House could combat climate change is to work to reduce the carbon emissions of the U.S. military, who currently emit more carbon than 140 countries. Working with defense manufacturers, research institutions, and Commanders, we could produce new technologies to not only reduce the carbon emissions of the U.S. military, but do so without sacrificing our ability to rapidly respond to conflict in the field. These technologies could and should be developed right here in PA-01.