Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(4)
Supports ambitious climate policy, having authored the Green New Deal which centers climate action in national policy.
"I wrote and launched the Green New Deal, bringing climate policy to the center of the national conversation."
Supports converting PG&E into a public utility by enforcing the Raker Act, ending private utility price gouging and improving public oversight of energy infrastructure.
"It is time to turn PG&E into a public utility that serves the people. San Francisco already has the power to do this through the 1913 Raker Act, yet PG&E has successfully lobbied politicians and regulators for over a century to not enforce this. In Congress, I will use my position to finally enforce the Raker Act and oversee a deal that ends PG&E price gouging once and for all."
Supports developing clean energy technologies through federal funding for a public utility to replace PG&E.
"I will fight to ensure our public utility has federal funding to develop cutting-edge infrastructure and clean energy technologies."
Supports public power and lower energy bills as part of a clean energy agenda tied to the Green New Deal.
"finally deliver affordable housing, Medicare for All, and public power — without corporate donors in the way."
Economy(5)
Supports attaching strong union wage and labor protections to federal rail spending.
"Ensure every rail dollar comes with strong union wage and labor protections"
Supports restoring $4 billion in federal grants for California high speed rail and completing the San Francisco to Los Angeles line as part of a national rail strategy.
"Introduce legislation to restore the $4 billion in federal grants and repeal the defunding provision"
Supports making rent payments tax-deductible to level the playing field between renters and homeowners.
"I'll also support making rent payments tax-deductible — just like mortgage payments are — to level the playing field between renters and homeowners."
Supports federal assistance for tenants unions as a worker/renter protection measure.
"provide federal support for tenants unions"
Opposes corporate landlords engaging in price-fixing and predatory speculation, and will use Congressional position to take action against them.
"I will use my position in Congress to go after corporate landlords that engage in price-fixing and predatory speculation. Housing should be for people to live in, not for big corporations to gamble with."
Education(2)
Supports making public colleges, community colleges, and trade schools tuition-free by supporting the College for All Act, and expanding Pell grants and work-study programs.
"In Congress, I'll support the College for All Act to make public colleges, community colleges, and trade schools tuition-free. I'll also fight to expand Pell grants and work-study programs so students can afford housing, books, and living expenses while in school."
Supports comprehensive debt relief for low-income Americans, zero percent interest rates on federal student loans, and removing student loan debt defaults from credit scores.
"I support legisaltion to provide comprehensive debt relief for low-income Americans, zero percent interest rates on all federal student loans, and removing student loan debt defaults from credit scores."
Healthcare(6)
Strongly supports a Medicare for All system that provides high-quality healthcare to all Americans without premiums or deductibles, and advocates for expanding beyond insurance to government-provided healthcare.
"I believe that the best way to guarantee high-quality healthcare for all Americans is with a Medicare for All system. Medicare for All would provide Americans with high-quality healthcare without monthly premiums or deductibles."
Supports allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and creating a public corporation to manufacture and sell generic drugs at cost to combat price gouging by pharmaceutical companies.
"I will fight back against corporate price gouging by supporting legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for all drugs. Furthermore, I will propose legislation creating a new public corporation that manufactures common generic prescription drugs and sells them to the American people at cost — no more insane markups for lifesaving drugs."
Supports expanding Medicare for All to include hearing, dental, vision, in-home care, and mental health services, and advocates for expanding government-provided healthcare modeled on the VA.
"I will also make sure that any Medicare for All plan covers hearing, dental, vision, in-home care, and mental health and substance abuse treatment."
Supports Medicare for All as a key policy priority.
"finally deliver affordable housing, Medicare for All, and public power — without corporate donors in the way."
Supports protecting the ACA by using congressional leverage to force restoration of ACA funding.
"organize a caucus that withholds its votes during budget and debt-ceiling fights to force restorations of ACA, Medicaid, SNAP, and clawbacks of ICE funding"
Supports protecting and restoring ACA provisions, including using congressional leverage to force restorations of ACA funding.
"Saikat is working with a dozen or so insurgent candidates likely to win alongside him to organize a caucus that withholds its votes during budget and debt-ceiling fights to force restorations of ACA, Medicaid, SNAP, and clawbacks of ICE funding"
Immigration(2)
Opposes ICE funding and supports clawbacks of ICE resources through congressional action.
"organize a caucus that withholds its votes during budget and debt-ceiling fights to force restorations of ACA, Medicaid, SNAP, and clawbacks of ICE funding"
Opposes ICE funding and seeks to claw back ICE funding through congressional budget leverage.
"force restorations of ACA, Medicaid, SNAP, and clawbacks of ICE funding"