Policy Positions
Positions as of May 31, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(5)
Supports protecting and strengthening the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act with real enforcement and consequences for polluters.
"I'll also fight to protect and strengthen the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. These environmental laws should not be used as bargaining chips to align with the current administration's political agenda. Enforcement needs teeth. Polluters need consequences, not a slap on the wrist."
Supports real action to cut emissions and invest in clean energy jobs, following science rather than lobbyist influence.
"In Congress, I'll push for real action to cut emissions, invest in clean energy jobs, and make sure our communities aren't left behind as the world changes around us. And I'll do it by following the science, not lobbyists or wishful thinking."
Supports investing in clean energy jobs as part of climate action strategy.
"In Congress, I'll push for real action to cut emissions, invest in clean energy jobs, and make sure our communities aren't left behind as the world changes around us."
Supports investing in clean energy jobs as part of building a stronger economy and cleaner future.
"We can build a stronger economy and a cleaner future at the same time — and I intend to fight for both."
Expresses general support for environmental stewardship and a healthy Earth for future generations, though no specific climate policy is outlined.
"We need someone who is considering an Earth that is going to be healthy and safe for our children, and our children's children."
Criminal Justice(1)
Calls for a justice system that genuinely upholds justice, implying support for reform, though no specific policy is stated.
"We need someone who will fight for a reasonable justice system, one that actually upholds justice."
Economy(9)
Supports raising the federal minimum wage and tying it to inflation so workers maintain buying power over time.
"It's long past time to raise the federal minimum wage — and tie it to inflation so workers never again lose buying power the way they have over the last twenty years."
Supports the PRO Act to protect workers' right to organize, penalize union-busting, expand apprenticeship programs, and require union labor on federally funded projects.
"In Congress, I'll support the PRO Act to protect the right to organize and put real penalties on union-busters. If a business can only survive by breaking the law, it shouldn't be calling itself an American success story."
Supports raising the federal minimum wage and tying it to inflation so wages keep pace with rising prices.
"It's long past time to raise the federal minimum wage — and tie it to inflation so workers never again lose buying power the way they have over the last twenty years. Prices go up every year; wages should too."
Supports progressive income tax policy ensuring billionaires and wealthy individuals do not pay lower effective tax rates than working-class families.
"I will vote to pass tax policy that does not allow working-class families to pay a higher tax rate than billionaires."
Opposes the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's corporate rate reduction and supports raising corporate tax rates back toward historical levels.
"It slashed the corporate rate from 35% to 21%, the largest transfer of wealth from the middle class to billionaires in history... We need to close the 2017 loopholes, tax wealth like we tax hard work, and reinvest that money into PA-16 infrastructure and jobs."
Supports bringing good union jobs back to Western Pennsylvania across manufacturing, energy, construction, trades, and tech sectors.
"I'll fight to bring good union jobs back to Western Pennsylvania. In manufacturing, energy, construction, the trades, tech, and every sector that keeps our region running."
Opposes the 2017 tax cuts which added $2 trillion to the deficit, framing them as a burden on future generations.
"The wealthy got permanent cuts, and their bill added $2 trillion to the deficit, leaving our children to pick up the tab for billionaire tax breaks."
Supports union and worker rights, positioning himself as pro-union and pro-worker against corporate power.
"Veteran. Engineer. Pro-Union. Pro-Worker. Ready to fight for PA-16."
Supports fighting for local labor interests, with the candidate citing his own union membership history as context.
"I believe Western Pennsylvania deserves real representation-someone who will fight for local veterans and labor"
Education(1)
Supports ensuring schools have the resources needed to prepare the next generation of students.
"ensure every school has the tools they need to prepare the next generation"
Healthcare(5)
Opposes any cuts to Medicare or Medicaid and will fight to strengthen both programs.
"I will oppose any cuts to Medicare or Medicaid and fight to strengthen them."
Supports Medicare for All and will co-sponsor and vote to pass the Medicare For All Act.
"I'll push for a Medicare-for-All system so every American can get quality treatment without fear of losing their home, their savings, or their chance at recovery. Send me to congress, and I will co-sponsor and vote to pass The Medicare For All Act"
Supports a Medicare-for-All system and has committed to co-sponsoring and voting to pass the Medicare For All Act.
"And I'll push for a Medicare-for-All system so every American can get quality treatment without fear of losing their home, their savings, or their chance at recovery. Send me to congress, and I will co-sponsor and vote to pass The Medicare For All Act"
Strongly supports reproductive rights including codifying Roe v. Wade, guaranteeing contraception access, ending the Hyde Amendment, expanding Title X funding, and repealing the Comstock Act.
"I will vote to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, ensuring that reproductive freedom is the law of the land, regardless of who sits on the Supreme Court."
Supports ensuring all residents have access to healthcare as part of his platform for working families.
"I believe Western Pennsylvania deserves real representation-someone who will fight for local veterans and labor, for affordability and opportunity for working families, to ensure all of us have access to healthcare"
Immigration(4)
Opposes mass deportation enforcement and calls for total reform of US immigration enforcement agencies.
"I'll fight to end the mass-deportation machine that treats human beings like cargo... Masked agents kidnapping innocent people is not a humane policy. US Immigration enforcement agencies require total reform."
Supports a legal, workable path to citizenship as part of comprehensive immigration reform.
"In Congress, I'll push for a legal, workable path to citizenship, and I'll fight to end the mass-deportation machine that treats human beings like cargo."
Supports both strong border security and humane treatment of people, arguing any real solution must include both strong security and legal pathways.
"We can protect the border and protect people. Any real solution has to do both — strong security, legal pathways, and a system that respects workers, families, and basic human decency."
Opposes brutal detention conditions for asylum seekers and supports humane treatment as part of immigration reform.
"Right now, our immigration system is a disaster. We're tearing families apart, locking people in brutal conditions, and calling it 'policy.' That's cruelty, and it solves nothing."
Social Issues(1)
Strongly supports abortion access and will vote to pass the Women's Health Protection Act to codify Roe v. Wade, and repeal the Hyde Amendment to allow public insurance to cover reproductive services.
"No politician, no judge, and no state legislature should be deciding whether someone is forced to carry a pregnancy to term. I support a strong federal guarantee of the right to choose so that your medical decisions stay between you and your doctor, and not the government."