Policy Positions
Climate(1)
Supports investments in broadband and clean energy that create American jobs rather than sending work overseas.
"ensure that investments in broadband and clean energy create American jobs rather than sending work overseas."
Economy(5)
Strongly supports unions and opposes Trump administration efforts to weaken them, viewing unions as essential to workers' rights, fair pay, and job security.
"Unions have been America's lifeline for workers rights, fair pay, good and reasonable benefits, job security, safety, fairness and equality. I fervently support unions and will work hard to roll back Trump administration efforts to weaken Unions."
Supports ending predatory lease-purchase programs in the trucking industry that trap small-business truckers in unfair debt.
"Bernadette supports the fight to end predatory lease-purchase programs in the trucking industry, which trap small-business truckers into unfair debt and deny them the freedom of true ownership."
Supports requiring high earners to pay the same payroll tax rate as working families to help fund Social Security and Medicare.
"Starting with fair and common sense changes like requiring high earners to pay the same payroll tax rate as working families, capping Medicare prescription costs and promote preventative care."
Opposes tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, arguing they are unnecessary and come at the expense of veterans' benefits.
"we have too many willing to put Veteran benefits funding at risk by driving up the Debt and giving the richest Americans tax break they don't need."
Opposes driving up the national debt, particularly when associated with tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans that put veteran benefits at risk.
"Unfortunately, we have too many willing to put Veteran benefits funding at risk by driving up the Debt and giving the richest Americans tax break they don't need."
Education(4)
Supports focusing tax dollars on improving public K-12 schools, community and state colleges, and vocational/technical programs.
"She will work to focus tax dollars around improving public K-12 schools, community and state colleges and ensure there is ample investment in vocational and technical programs."
Supports making student borrowing fair and manageable and creating incentives for those entering high-demand fields.
"She will, provide targeted relief to borrowers misled by predatory educational institutions, make student borrowing fair and manageable and create incentives for those working to enter high-demand fields like teaching, nursing, and public safety."
Supports creating incentives for people entering the teaching field as a high-demand profession.
"create incentives for those working to enter high-demand fields like teaching, nursing, and public safety."
Supports targeted relief for borrowers who were misled by predatory educational institutions.
"She will, provide targeted relief to borrowers misled by predatory educational institutions, make student borrowing fair and manageable and create incentives for those working to enter high-demand fields like teaching, nursing, and public safety."
Healthcare(9)
Supports protecting Social Security and Medicare from cuts and wants Medicare to play a bigger role in Americans' health, including through preventative care.
"Bernadette believes Social Security and Medicare are promises to be kept. That is least those who have worked and contributed deserve. She will oppose indiscriminate cuts and work aggressively to find real solutions to the programs financial health. Medicare needs to play a bigger role in American's Health."
Supports protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions and expanding healthcare access in underserved and rural areas.
"In Congress, she will fight to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions, expand healthcare access in underserved and rural areas, and demand cost transparency in billing so that patients know exactly what they're paying for."
Supports protecting access to contraception and emergency reproductive care, and expanding paid parental leave.
"In Congress, she will protect access to contraception and emergency care, expand paid parental leave, and make quality childcare more affordable for working families."
Supports capping Medicare prescription drug costs as part of addressing Medicare's financial health.
"Starting with fair and common sense changes like requiring high earners to pay the same payroll tax rate as working families, capping Medicare prescription costs and promote preventative care."
Supports defending reproductive freedom.
"defend reproductive freedom"
Supports improving and expanding mental health services for veterans through the VA.
"She will work to reduce VA intake time. Improve and expand mental health services. Preserve community-care options and more."
Supports protecting Medicare and Social Security for constituents.
"She will protect Social Security and Medicare."
Supports making healthcare more affordable for constituents.
"She will work to make healthcare affordable"
Supports expanding healthcare access broadly but does not commit to a specific universal or single-payer model, expressing openness to finding 'brilliant solutions.'
"Ensuring all Americans have affordable access to timely, high quality healthcare is a top priority for Bernadette. She believes there are brilliant solutions to make America a Health Care leader, we just need to find them and create legislation to make them happen."
Immigration(1)
Supports securing the border while maintaining humanitarian considerations.
"She will work to secure our borders without sacrificing our humanity."
Social Issues(1)
Believes healthcare decisions should be made by women and their doctors, not politicians, and will protect access to contraception and emergency care.
"Bernadette believes healthcare decisions should be made by women in consultation with their doctors, not politicians. In Congress, she will protect access to contraception and emergency care, expand paid parental leave, and make quality childcare more affordable for working families."