Policy Positions
Climate(10)
Supports aggressively funding new clean-energy projects including solar, wind, grid upgrades, and battery manufacturing while protecting existing energy jobs.
"Protect existing energy jobs while aggressively funding new clean-energy projects — solar, wind, grid upgrades, battery manufacturing — so workers can transition into better jobs, not unemployment."
Supports stricter environmental regulations to hold polluters accountable, particularly for air and water quality in frontline communities.
"Enforce stricter environmental regulations to hold polluters accountable for air and water quality, especially in frontline communities in the Mon Valley and river towns in PA 12."
Supports a balanced transition away from fossil fuels but opposes abrupt facility shutdowns without plans for affected workers and communities.
"Oppose policies that simply shut facilities down without a plan for the workers and communities left behind."
Supports building clean energy technology industries in Western PA as part of a manufacturing and economic revitalization strategy.
"Secure federal investment to create jobs and revitalize manufacturing in Western PA, with a focus on AI, robotics, and clean energy technologies, so the new economy is built in PA-12, not overseas."
Supports environmental protections to ensure clean air and water for healthy communities.
"Forgie believes clean air & water is necessary for healthy neighborhoods, infrastructure must connect & protect, and clean energy needs smart fossil-to-future energy transitions."
Supports clean energy with a transition away from fossil fuels.
"Forgie believes clean air & water is necessary for healthy neighborhoods, infrastructure must connect & protect, and clean energy needs smart fossil-to-future energy transitions."
Supports transitioning to clean energy while managing the shift away from fossil fuels.
"clean energy needs smart fossil-to-future energy transitions."
Advocates for a smart transition from fossil fuels to clean energy rather than immediate elimination.
"clean energy needs smart fossil-to-future energy transitions."
Acknowledges fossil fuels but supports a managed transition toward clean energy rather than immediate elimination.
"clean energy needs smart fossil-to-future energy transitions."
Member of Climate Power, indicating support for strategic action on climate politics.
"Member, Climate Power - Strategic communications on climate politics."
Criminal Justice(3)
Supports increased federal funding for police, fire, and EMS tied to training, recruitment, and accountability standards.
"Increase federal funding for police, fire, and EMS departments, tied to strong training, recruitment, and accountability standards."
Opposes the school-to-prison pipeline, supporting education funding to dismantle it.
"Protect and expand Title I, Head Start, Pre-K, and Special Education funding to close achievement gaps and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline."
Supports career training and reentry programs to break generational cycles and reduce repeat offenses.
"Breaking Generational Cycles – Promoting career training and reentry programs that provide real second chances and reduce repeat offenses."
Economy(10)
Strongly supports defending and strengthening unions and collective bargaining rights, as well as project labor agreements, prevailing wage, and Buy American standards.
"Defend and strengthen unions and collective bargaining rights so workers share in the prosperity they create. Fight for federal oversight and investment in major industrial transitions, such as the U.S. Steel/Nippon Steel merger, to protect union jobs and keep mills open in the 12th District. Support project labor agreements, prevailing wage, and Buy American standards on federally funded projects."
Supports securing federal investment to revitalize manufacturing in Western PA, with a focus on AI, robotics, and clean energy technologies.
"Secure federal investment to create jobs and revitalize manufacturing in Western PA, with a focus on AI, robotics, and clean energy technologies, so the new economy is built in PA-12, not overseas."
Supports targeted small-business grants, tax incentives, and workforce training partnerships to back small tech and manufacturing startups.
"Back small tech and manufacturing startups with targeted small-business grants, tax incentives, and workforce training partnerships with community colleges and unions so local kids can fill local jobs."
Supports pathways that prepare graduates for union jobs in labor and trade fields.
"Pathways that prepare graduates for good-paying union jobs in the labor and trade fields."
Opposes tariffs that raise costs on everyday goods, supporting anti-tariff measures to stabilize prices.
"Support anti-inflation and anti-tariff measures that stabilize prices instead of raising costs on everyday goods."
Supports partnering with unions, community colleges, and employers to retrain workers from legacy energy sectors into clean-energy and infrastructure careers.
"Partner with unions, community colleges, and employers to retrain workers from legacy energy sectors into high-demand clean-energy and infrastructure careers."
Supports a public health insurance option specifically designed to help small-business employees access affordable coverage.
"Back a public option people can choose to buy into — especially small-business employees, gig workers, and people between jobs."
Supports strong unions and organized labor, drawing from personal experience with his father's union stewardship and his own role as union president.
"He knows how devastating layoffs can be, how hard families work to survive, and how critical it is to have strong unions, responsible development, and fully funded public schools."
Supports union jobs and worker protections as part of a fair economy.
"Forgie will fight for a fair, flourishing economy with good-paying union jobs, future-focused industries, and main streets that feel alive again."
Supports good-paying union jobs as part of a fair economy.
"Forgie will fight for a fair, flourishing economy with good-paying union jobs, future-focused industries, and main streets that feel alive again."
Education(9)
Supports restoring and strengthening the U.S. Department of Education and protecting Title I, Head Start, Pre-K, and Special Education funding to close achievement gaps.
"Restore and strengthen the U.S. Department of Education so it supports schools and protects students' rights rather than undermining them. Protect and expand Title I, Head Start, Pre-K, and Special Education funding to close achievement gaps and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline."
Supports curricula that teach the full truth about genocide, the Holocaust, hate speech, and civic responsibility, as well as age-appropriate gun safety education.
"Support curricula that teach the full truth about genocide, the Holocaust, and the dangers of hate speech, division, and political violence. Champion civic education that prepares young people to vote, serve, and lead, not just take tests. Promote age-appropriate gun safety and awareness education, paired with the training and resources schools need to deliver it effectively."
Supports investment in community colleges and public universities to allow students to earn credentials without incurring crushing debt.
"Support for community colleges and public universities to ensure students can earn credentials without crushing debt."
Supports a Modern GI Bill providing free college or credential tuition and loan-forgiveness incentives for students who commit to careers in essential fields for 10 years.
"Free college or credential tuition for students who pursue degrees or training in essential fields: teaching, nursing, EMS, firefighting, and public safety. A 10-year service commitment in exchange for federal investment in their education. Job placement support, mentorship, and loan-forgiveness incentives to help participants succeed and stay in the professions that keep communities safe."
Supports expanding loan forgiveness for doctors, nurses, and mental health professionals who serve in underserved communities.
"Expand incentives and loan forgiveness for doctors, nurses, and mental health professionals who serve in underserved communities in and around Pittsburgh."
Supports targeted federal funding to strengthen schools and incentivize teaching as an essential profession through free tuition and service commitments.
"Targeted federal funding to strengthen schools, hospitals, and public safety departments most in need."
Supports fully funding public schools as a foundation for fair education.
"Forgie is for fair paths from first grade to first job. This requires fully-funded public schools & future-ready education inclusive of vocational careers."
Supports fully-funded public schools as part of his education platform.
"Forgie is for fair paths from first grade to first job. This requires fully-funded public schools & future-ready education inclusive of vocational careers."
Supports fully funded public schools as a critical need for working families.
"He knows how devastating layoffs can be, how hard families work to survive, and how critical it is to have strong unions, responsible development, and fully funded public schools."
Guns(2)
Supports universal background checks, safe-storage incentives, and closing loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to obtain firearms.
"Support universal background checks, safe-storage incentives, and closing loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to bypass the law."
Supports protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens for hunting, sport, and self-defense.
"Protect the rights of law-abiding citizens to own firearms for hunting, sport, and self-defense."
Healthcare(11)
Supports empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, capping insulin and life-saving drug costs, and cracking down on pharmaceutical price gouging.
"Empower Medicare and the federal government to negotiate drug prices for more medications, not just a small list. Cap insulin costs and other life-saving drugs so no one is rationing medicine or skipping doses. Crack down on price gouging and junk fees from Big Pharma and insurance companies."
Supports protecting and strengthening the ACA, expanding subsidies, and closing coverage gaps for working- and middle-class families.
"Protect the Affordable Care Act and oppose any attempt to rip coverage away from Western Pennsylvania families. Support expanding subsidies and closing coverage gaps so more working- and middle-class families can afford premiums."
Supports protecting Medicare and Medicaid from cuts or privatization.
"Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security from cuts or privatization."
Supports requiring mental health and substance use treatment to be covered like physical health, increasing funding for school mental health professionals, and expanding inpatient treatment capacity.
"Require mental health and substance use treatment to be covered just like physical health — same networks, same copays, no more loopholes. Increase funding for school counselors, psychologists, and social workers, so students and teachers have support in the classroom. Expand inpatient and dual-diagnosis beds so people can get treatment when they're ready, not sit on a waiting list."
Supports a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, including access to abortion, contraception, and IVF, and supports federal protections to restore nationwide rights.
"Defend a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, including access to abortion, contraception, and IVF. Support federal protections that restore nationwide rights undermined by recent Supreme Court decisions."
Supports lowering prescription drug costs, capping insulin and essential medication prices, and taking action against corporate price-gouging.
"Push for lower prescription drug costs, caps on insulin and essential medications, and tougher action against price-gouging by giant corporations."
Supports a public option that people can choose to buy into, but explicitly rejects forcing anyone off private plans, opposing a fully universal/single-payer system.
"Back a public option people can choose to buy into — especially small-business employees, gig workers, and people between jobs. Keep private plans. If you like your employer or union plan, you keep it — no one forced off a plan that works."
Supports ensuring individuals and families have access to meaningful mental health and substance use resources.
"Strengthening Mental Health Support – Ensuring individuals and families have access to meaningful mental health and substance use resources."
Believes healthcare must be accessible and affordable for all working families.
"Healthcare must work for everyone and would benefit from some common sense measures."
Believes healthcare must work for everyone and supports common sense measures to achieve that.
"Healthcare must work for everyone and would benefit from some common sense measures."
No position on reproductive healthcare is stated on this page.
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Immigration(3)
Supports a merit-based legal immigration system that values skills, family unity, and America's historic role as a nation of immigrants.
"Advocate for a merit-based legal immigration system that values skills, family unity, and America's historic role as a nation of immigrants."
Supports reforming asylum procedures to prevent abuse while ensuring safe haven for legitimate refugees fleeing persecution.
"Reform asylum procedures to prevent abuse while ensuring safe haven for legitimate refugees fleeing persecution."
Supports cracking down on employers who exploit undocumented labor and undercut wages for American and legal immigrant workers.
"Crack down on employers who exploit undocumented labor and undercut wages for American and legal immigrant workers."
Social Issues(5)
Supports marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights, ensuring fair treatment in law, employment, and public life.
"Support marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights, ensuring families are treated fairly in law, employment, and public life."
Supports abortion access as part of reproductive freedom and personal autonomy, and supports federal protections to restore rights undermined by the Supreme Court.
"Defend a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, including access to abortion, contraception, and IVF. Support federal protections that restore nationwide rights undermined by recent Supreme Court decisions."
Supports defending civil rights including protections against racial discrimination and combating racism and other forms of hate.
"Defend voting rights and civil rights, including protections against discrimination based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Work to combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and all forms of hate, building on his deep engagement with Holocaust and genocide education."
Supports environmental justice policies that prioritize investment in underinvested and overburdened communities.
"Support environmental justice policies that prioritize investment in underinvested and overburdened communities."
Supports rights being defended and accessible to everyone, framed under equity and dignity.
"rights only matter if they're defended & accessible to everyone."