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Reproductive healthcare should be recognized as a right of bodily autonomy under the Section 1 of 14th Amendment. I believe the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment is relevant in this issue as well. Freedom of choice regarding reproductive healthcare is the majority opinion of the American people and the federal government should reflect the majority view of the citizenry.
This is the existential issue of our time and has been politicized for far too long. Climate change is anthropogenic, we are currently living with the results and are directly affected by them. Climate justice and social justice are interconnected issues and the federal government is the institution most suited to address them.
The interrelated issues of social, educational and economic inequality are what drive crime and incarceration rates which make America first among industrialized nations in these areas. Early childhood education, universal childcare, real equity in public education, paying public educators a wage commensurate with similarly accredited professionals, a culture of service, easier access to post-secondary education would be the first ideas off the top of my head.
The backlog of asylum applications must be mitigated by a dramatic increase in judges and staff to do so. I believe in a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and properly vetted asylum seekers and immigrants who want to work and contribute to our society and economy. I believe the exploitation of migrants and particularly child laborers are a “pull factor” because they are getting paid and employed illicitly. Businesses and corporations are complicit in violations of the laws and must be punished and fined accordingly.
By all means necessary: social media, town halls, speaking and listening engagements. I plan on being accessible and accountable as a public servant.
I’m new to politics but I’m not new to life. I have made it my responsibility as an adult to know the issues of the day and to be able to speak to them. This is how I express my patriotism. I have cultivated a lifelong interest in social issues and history. I earned my B.S. History degree (‘11) at the University of Southern Indiana and was a Teacher Candidate. I’m a family man, a businessman and a professional musician. As an artist I have interacted with all socioeconomic groups, milieus and peoples. I’ve been living in Southern Indiana for 25 years but have the world-view of a native New Yorker as I was born and bred in Manhattan and lived and worked there until I was 29 years old. I have a unique experience and perspective to share.
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Personally If I were to father a child I would want to protect that unborn child at all costs. Not every woman has a guy like me by their side though. I’m also not a woman and I’m not going to pretend to know more about their bodies than they do so I also support reproductive rights. Now with that said I do believe there should be some restrictions while also leaving the door open for exceptions to those restrictions that should be between a patient and their healthcare provider. As a father of 3 I am blessed but if my wife was for example raped and got pregnant I don’t know how I’d feel. So Something else to go along with all this that I feel we need to look at is the adoption system in our country the process and why it is so expensive.
I am an Eagle Scout. A steward to the environment. I personally feel the climate has changed to what it was when I was younger. It’s much more extreme (kind of like politics). We need to be more proactive in responding but there are a lot is skeptics out there when it comes to climate change so the federal government can unfortunately only do so much in responding to the environmental and climate issues. For now the best thing we should do is take what we can get as far as implementing green policies, renewables energy and innovative ways of recycling. While a lot of money is still to be made though on fossil fuels any changes are going to be incremental and we will have to respond to situations that arise due to climate issues accordingly.
Great Question! I feel as a society we need to do a better job on teaching our children right from wrong and there needs to be more of a focus on behavior and accountability like following the rules and respect for others. Perhaps we could implement some of this in the educational curriculum. I strongly believe this is where we need to start as a preventative measure.
Next we need to take a look at the crimes being committed and focus on the root cause of those crimes to determine what actions are needed. It’s kind of like when I use to work in a factory and a part would be returned from the customer with a defect. 9 times out of 10 it was operator error but that wasn’t an acceptable answer and has to come up with a more technical solution
This is one area where I have to agree with the other side. It’s time to shut down the border until we get a handle on things. We should not allow people to be entering our country illegally first and foremost. I think there is a need for added barriers along the boarder and people should remain in Mexico until they have been legally declared to enter. We should also pressure Mexico to take more of an active role in helping prevent the caravans traveling up through their country to our border.
My door is always open! Call, text, email, social media, write a letter or just stop on by.
One of the things though I would implement is an office website with a way of voting/polling where constituents could log in and give their input on how I should vote on an issue and regardless of my personal opinion or party affiliation whatever the results are that the people say is how I would vote.
I would also make random phone calls or go knock on some people’s doors to people throughout the district to get their take on things. There’s always Walmart too as you’re standing in line waiting to check out. A good place for conversation with others. I don’t expect people to come to me. I’ll be the one coming to them.
I am the only democrat candidate born and raised here. I am the best chance democrat candidate that could win in the general election in a primarily red district. I am in the middle what I like to say the purple candidate. I have the common sense and tenacity to do what it takes. I also believe in accountability and doing the right thing. I’m a school bus driver where I am entrusted to get your children to and from school safely. I also get to see our neighborhoods and infrastructure needs throughout.
