Policy Positions
Economy(15)
Supports tax breaks for the middle class and opposes tax breaks for the wealthy.
"I support tax breaks for the hard working middle class, not billionaires."
Supports helping small businesses access capital, obtain health insurance for employees, and reduce red tape, including assistance with SBA loans.
"I have sat down with business owners across Central Pennsylvania and I have heard over and over that they need help accessing capital and getting health insurance and benefits for their employees... in Congress I will ensure my office helps with SBA loans and I will advocate to cut through red tape so our small businesses can thrive."
Wants to roll back tariffs as part of rural priorities.
"Passing a Farm Bill and rolling back tariffs are among congressional candidate Janelle Stelson's top goals on rural policy."
Supports helping small businesses access capital, obtain health insurance for employees, and cut red tape, including assistance with SBA loans.
"I have sat down with business owners across Central Pennsylvania and I have heard over and over that they need help accessing capital and getting health insurance and benefits for their employees... Small businesses are key to Central Pennsylvania's economy and in Congress I will ensure my office helps with SBA loans and I will advocate to cut through red tape so our small businesses can thrive."
Opposes Pennsylvania's $7.25 minimum wage as outrageous and supports raising it, arguing workers deserve better pay.
"The minimum wage of $7.25 in Pennsylvania is outrageous. It's lower than any surrounding state, including West Virginia. At PA's minimum wage, an hour's worth of work barely buys a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread."
Supports investing in small businesses and family farms.
"She will work with Republicans & Democrats to lower costs, invest in small businesses and family farms, and ensure we have access to affordable housing and child care."
Opposes the current tariff policy, arguing it raises prices for consumers and hurts small businesses and jobs.
"he supports the chaotic policy of ever changing tariff-taxes that raise prices and kill jobs."
Supports raising the minimum wage above the current $7.25 level in Pennsylvania, calling the current rate outrageous.
"The minimum wage of $7.25 in Pennsylvania is outrageous. It's lower than any surrounding state, including West Virginia. At PA's minimum wage, an hour's worth of work barely buys a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread. Central Pennsylvanians deserve a Representative who will fight for policies that create good-paying jobs."
Supports tax breaks for the middle class rather than the wealthy, and opposes a new national sales tax.
"I support tax breaks for the hard working middle class, not billionaires. We need bipartisan problem-solving to pass laws that lower the cost of necessities— including food, gas, housing, prescription drugs and more."
Supports keeping good-paying jobs in the U.S., particularly vocational and trade jobs that cannot be outsourced.
"We need to concentrate more on vocational and technical training in our schools. We need more mechanics, plumbers, electricians, woodworkers, and tradespeople in general. These jobs pay family-supporting wages and cannot be outsourced to China."
Opposes tariffs, characterizing them as taxes that raise prices; wants to roll back tariffs.
"He supports the tariff-taxes that are raising prices in Central Pennsylvania."
Opposes budget decisions that add trillions in new debt, characterizing it as mortgaging children's future.
"He was the deciding vote on a budget that slashes food assistance, raises utility bills and adds $3.3 trillion dollars in new debt, mortgaging our children's future."
Opposes the current tariff policy, characterizing it as chaotic and harmful to small businesses and consumers, while supporting holding foreign countries accountable for unfair trade practices.
"he supports the chaotic policy of ever changing tariff-taxes that raise prices and kill jobs... Scott Perry's tariff war has led to price spikes for Central Pennsylvanians on everything from goods to groceries, and make it harder for small businesses to compete in the global marketplace. We must level the playing field and hold foreign countries accountable for trying to rip us off."
Opposes tax cuts for billionaires, framing them as funded by cuts to Medicaid and food assistance.
"Scott Perry voted to gut Medicaid and slash food assistance, all to pay for tax cuts for billionaires."
Opposes budget decisions that add trillions in new debt, framing it as mortgaging children's futures.
"He was the deciding vote on a budget that slashes food assistance, raises utility bills and adds $3.3 trillion dollars in new debt, mortgaging our children's future."
Education(6)
Supports expanding vocational and technical training in schools to prepare workers for trade jobs that don't require college degrees.
"I think a lot of those jobs should not require a college degree. We need to concentrate more on vocational and technical training in our schools. We need more mechanics, plumbers, electricians, woodworkers, and tradespeople in general."
Supports ensuring teachers and school staff receive the pay and respect they deserve.
"We should prioritize educating our children and making sure teachers, ESPs, meal servers and bus drivers have the pay and respect they deserve."
Supports better pay and respect for teachers and school support staff.
"We should prioritize educating our children and making sure teachers, ESPs, meal servers and bus drivers have the pay and respect they deserve."
Supports public schools as community foundations and advocates for fair pay and respect for teachers and school support staff.
"Schools are the bedrock of our communities and the foundation of America. We should prioritize educating our children and making sure teachers, ESPs, meal servers and bus drivers have the pay and respect they deserve."
Supports public schools as the bedrock of communities and prioritizing children's education.
"Schools are the bedrock of our communities and the foundation of America. We should prioritize educating our children and making sure teachers, ESPs, meal servers and bus drivers have the pay and respect they deserve."
Advocates for vocational and technical training as an alternative to college degrees, supporting pathways to good-paying jobs that don't require a four-year degree.
"And I think a lot of those jobs should not require a college degree. We need to concentrate more on vocational and technical training in our schools."
Healthcare(9)
Supports allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices to lower costs.
"I support lowering the price of prescription drugs by allowing the government to negotiate prices."
Supports allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices to lower costs for patients.
"I support lowering the price of prescription drugs by allowing the government to negotiate prices."
Supports protecting Medicare and Medicaid from cuts.
"Janelle will fight for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and a woman's right to choose."
Supports women's right to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions and opposes bans on IVF.
"Women should make their own health care decisions with recommendations from their doctors. But Congressman Scott Perry thinks politicians should be able to tell you when, where and how to start a family. It's why for years he has sponsored a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the woman. He even supports a law that would ban IVF."
Opposes cuts to healthcare coverage, noting that her opponent's deciding vote would cut healthcare for nearly 20,000 people in the area.
"Scott Perry was the deciding vote on a bill that would cut health care for nearly 20,000 people in our area. This bill is devastating and will worsen the doctor shortage, threaten our hospitals, and raise premiums."
Opposes cuts to health care coverage, citing a bill that would cut health care for nearly 20,000 people in the area.
"Scott Perry was the deciding vote on a bill that would cut health care for nearly 20,000 people in our area. This bill is devastating and will worsen the doctor shortage, threaten our hospitals, and raise premiums."
Opposes measures that raise health insurance premiums and supports lower health care costs, referencing her opponent's vote against reducing insurance costs.
"Scott Perry voted against lower health care costs and said reducing the cost of health insurance would be a 'colossal mistake'."
Supports affordable, high-quality health care and opposes measures that raise insurance premiums, including for small business owners.
"I support high-quality, affordable health care... Scott Perry voted to increase insurance premiums that many small business owners rely on. I would do the opposite."
Implicitly supports protecting healthcare access and opposes healthcare cuts highlighted under Perry's record.
"Janelle says it's time to make Pennsylvania affordable again... tackle soaring costs, health care hikes, and what she calls Perry's partisan politics."
Immigration(6)
Supports a secure, well-funded border with modern technology to prevent drug trafficking and better control who enters the country.
"We need to properly fund a secure border— including the latest technology, to make sure drug dealers are not slipping through the cracks. At one point in 2024, nearly one third of the cameras were out of service on the southern border. We must do better."
Supports deportations focused on violent criminals but opposes current deportation practices, calling for investigations into ICE killings and opposing the arrest of legal U.S. citizens.
"Deportations should focus on those who have committed violent crimes and that is clearly not what is happening right now. There need to be independent and thorough investigations into every killing involving ICE agents. ICE should also not be rewarded for arresting legal U.S. citizens."
Supports a secure border with proper funding and the latest technology to prevent drug trafficking and criminal activity.
"I will work with anyone from any party to strengthen our immigration system and better control who is coming into this country. We need to properly fund a secure border— including the latest technology, to make sure drug dealers are not slipping through the cracks."
Supports deporting violent criminals but opposes the current deportation approach, calling for investigations into ICE killings and opposing arrest of legal U.S. citizens.
"Deportations should focus on those who have committed violent crimes and that is clearly not what is happening right now. There need to be independent and thorough investigations into every killing involving ICE agents. ICE should also not be rewarded for arresting legal U.S. citizens."
Opposes open borders and supports due process and rule of law in handling those crossing the border.
"I oppose open borders because it is unacceptable to allow criminals and life-stealing drugs across the border. We have the right to feel safe in our communities... Due process and our laws must be followed."
Opposes open borders and supports reforming the immigration system, emphasizing due process and rule of law must be followed.
"I oppose open borders because it is unacceptable to allow criminals and life-stealing drugs across the border. We have the right to feel safe in our communities... Due process and our laws must be followed."
Social Issues(4)
Supports restoring the federal protections of Roe v. Wade and opposes a nationwide abortion ban, defending women's right to make their own healthcare decisions.
"In Congress, I will fight to ensure the protections guaranteed under Roe are once again the law of the land."
Supports restoring the federal protections of Roe v. Wade and opposes nationwide abortion bans and restrictions on IVF.
"Women should make their own health care decisions with recommendations from their doctors... In Congress, I will fight to ensure the protections guaranteed under Roe are once again the law of the land."
Supports a woman's right to choose and opposes a national abortion ban.
"Janelle will fight for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and a woman's right to choose."
Opposes a national abortion ban with no exceptions, contrasting her position with Perry's.
"Perry supports a national abortion ban with no exceptions"