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Massachusetts needs more housing, but we also need the right mix. Today, too much policy focuses on rental units. I support legislation that encourages a balance of rental and ownership housing, including condominiums, garden homes, townhouses, and duplexes that help families build equity and remain in their communities. I also support streamlining permitting, redeveloping underused properties, and using incentives—not mandates—to increase housing. Growth should be coordinated with investments in water, sewer, roads, schools, and public safety so communities can grow responsibly.
Massachusetts can achieve its clean energy goals without making electricity unaffordable. I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy that expands clean energy while ensuring reliability and keeping costs in check. Every new energy mandate should be evaluated for its impact on household utility bills, the electric grid, and small businesses. I support modernizing the grid, investing in reliable infrastructure, and increasing transparency so residents understand every charge on their bills. Clean energy policies should lower emissions without placing an unfair financial burden on working families, seniors, or those who cannot afford expensive home upgrades.
Massachusetts should focus on lowering the cost of health care, not just paying for it. I support greater price transparency, stronger oversight of hospital and prescription drug costs, expanded competition, and reducing administrative burdens that increase premiums. We should strengthen community health centers, expand access to preventive and mental health care, and ensure public dollars reward quality and outcomes. Affordable health care requires fiscal responsibility, transparency, and policies that put patients not bureaucracy first.
Municipalities should retain greater control over the revenue generated in their communities. I support dedicating a larger, predictable share of state tax revenue to cities and towns, reforming local-aid formulas, and fully funding state mandates. Communities should not have to repeatedly seek Proposition 2½ overrides or compete for grants simply to maintain schools, roads, public safety, and other essential services.
I support requiring voter identification while protecting every eligible citizen’s right to vote. Election security should begin with clear voter rolls, secure ballots, documented chains of custody, public observation, and post-election audits. Massachusetts voters have shown majority support for photo ID, and the state should provide acceptable identification free of charge so cost is never a barrier. Federal agents, political parties, and activist groups should not control polling places or interfere with election administration. Elections must remain under state and local authority, with consistent rules applied equally to everyone.
First, it’s important to distinguish between legal immigrants and those who are in the country unlawfully. Legal immigrants deserve the full protection of our laws and the opportunity to succeed. Everyone is entitled to due process, but immigration laws should also be enforced consistently. My responsibility as a State Representative is to protect public safety, uphold the rule of law, and ensure state resources are administered according to Massachusetts and federal law.
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- Housing: expand supply of housing, particularly affordable and other income-restricted housing
- Childcare: continue to stabilize the early childcare system through grants such as C3, which give a flexible source of funding to childcare providers without the burden falling on parents; increased funding for state Child Care Financial Assistance
- Transportation: continued investment of Fair Share funding into MBTA and regional transit authorities to provide better service and RTA benefits such as fare-free service; increase Chapter 90 funding to cities and towns.
- Utilities: work to reduce fees on utility bills
- Groceries: ensure that programs like SNAP, HIP, and MEFAP are properly funded; continue investment in food infrastructure
The Commonwealth should continue pursuing our clean energy goals, but we need to avoid shifting the cost onto ratepayers. The state should invest directly in grid modernization, energy efficiency, storage, and new sources of reliable clean power. We also need stronger oversight of utility spending and a realistic transition that protects low- and middle-income households. Clean energy policy will only succeed if it is both environmentally responsible and economically sustainable.
While Massachusetts has an outstanding healthcare system and insurance coverage, we should be continuing to pursue true universal healthcare so every resident can access the care they need without facing unaffordable premiums, deductibles, or prescription costs. That means building on our existing coverage system, using the state’s purchasing power to lower costs, increasing transparency, and holding insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and large health systems accountable for excessive price growth. We must also invest in the healthcare workforce by expanding training programs and supporting pathways into nursing, primary care, behavioral health, and direct care jobs.
We should be allocating increased funding in the budget to Chapter 70 and unrestricted general government aid. While this year's funding levels were record dollar numbers, Chapter 70 funding is still lower as a percentage of the budget than it has been, and UGGA has actually declined in inflation-adjusted dollars. These funding levels need to keep up with inflation and/or the growth of the state budget itself. Chapter 90 infrastructure funding should also keep pace with inflation. These are the most direct sources of funding that cities and towns can rely on from the state to take pressure off of municipal budgets and provide the services that residents need and expect.
Fortunately, the Legislature passed several reforms in 2022 intended to strengthen our elections, including no-excuse voting by mail, expanded early in-person voting, a later voter-registration deadline, and improvements to automatic registration. These reforms make voting more accessible, reducing the opportunities for typical intimidation tactic by those who may wish to interfere with an election. We should continue these efforts by passing the same-day voter registration ballot question this fall. However, strong elections ultimately require vigilance and mutual trust, which is not something that can be legislated.
Immigration is a federal responsibility, and Congress must pass comprehensive immigration reform while reining in abuses and excesses by ICE. On the state level, the Legislature has allocated funding for several years for immigration legal assistance, including $8 million in the FY27 budget. I also am advocating for the final passage of the PROTECT Act, which would prevent state and local officials from acting as federal civil immigration agents, bar detention based solely on an ICE civil detainer, limit the sharing of nonpublic information, require judicial warrants for certain immigration arrests, and strengthen protections for immigrant victims and witnesses.
