Training and Experience
Veteran, Former US Air Force Science and Acquisitions Officer
All my initiatives boil down to one objective: “Restore the American Dream”. Bring “high-skill, high-pay, high-dignity” union jobs that are not subject to the whims of a single employer but based on a robust industrial hub made up of locally-owned businesses driving the engine of progress. Reinvigorate our public education system, ending the failures of “teaching to the test” and focusing on the “Whole Person Concept” from PreK-12. Give our teachers and parents the resources they need to see to our children’s success. Lastly, I will not abandon those south of US-30. I will free our farmers from BigAg control: They are entitled to own the seeds they grow, fix the equipment they use, and keep the land they work free from the threat of BigAg.
The notion that our elections are stolen or insecure is an utter farce. Nefarious agents through the media are infecting our citizens with tales they freely admit are lies when under oath in the very courts they use to attempt to undermine our democracy. I will put an end to all this by overturning Citizens United, passing the John Lewis VRA Act, and instructing the FEC to make their voting access standards on a per capita basis and not an administrative one – land doesn’t vote, people do. The chronic under-serving of voters in urban areas and long waiting times must come to an end. Our citizens deserve an end to gerrymandering, thus I will drive legislation giving the People and not politicians the sole right to determine district lines.
Politicians who promise “to secure our border” are completely out of touch with the realities of the situation nor do they understand the logistical demands of “manning the border” as if we were in some kind of James Bond film. The alleged immigrants “invading” our nation are none other than asylum seekers who we are bound by law and international treaty to accept. Any “crisis” is of our own doing when the GOP gutted the DHS and Judicial Branch’s budget. I will restore these budgets so that our law enforcement and legal system can efficiently process these refugees and monitor migrant activity throughout Latin America and not just our southern border. If a border must be manned, let it be the much more manageable southern Mexican border.
When we saw protestors in the Arab Spring, Ukraine, or Hong Kong rise up against their oppressors, we saw them wave the American flag. While we may bicker at home, abroad American Exceptionalism means something as our ideals are not just American but ideals for all mankind. To maintain this view, we must honor our commitments and defend our allies against the Axis of Evil that is Russia, China, and Iran. We must restore the preeminence of our diplomatic corps and expand our int’l aid to fight Communist Chinese influence. We must bolster our industrial base to provide all the means to resist tyrants. This is not an either-or choice; we are capable of helping ourselves and our allies bathe in the Light of Liberty. These I will fight for.
I will not entertain any debate on the existence of climate change nor the anthropological causes of it – this is settled science. The DoD has stated that this is their primary national security risk and I will not accept inaction nor obstruction in Congress. China right now is leading the world in green tech development. If we fail to act, we are in danger of losing this new economic sector to them, costing us more jobs overseas as others trade with them instead of us. I will launch 2 megastructure initiatives bringing jobs to Ohio: Instruct the Dept of Int to devise a national water resource management mega-project to divert excess rain from flood- zones to those drought-stricken, and direct the DoE to finally commercialize fusion energy.
I will expand Medicare to all and restore the guarantees of Social Security weakened by the GOP – your health & retirement are not a matter of political debate. Shoring up national healthcare is the most surefire way to reduce your monthly expenditures and put money directly back in your pockets. Healthcare assurances will be broadly applied and I will not tolerate any exceptions based on sex nor accept the encroachment of religious thought on the well-being of 51% of Americans – a woman’s body is NOT the domain of the government to legislate. I will also use our industrial hub mentioned above in answer #1 to focus on advanced medtech development to increase commercial activity between the national medical hub of Cleveland and our district.
The Equal Protection Clause of our Constitution is the single greatest defender of our inalienable rights that has stood the test of time from repeated assaults by reactionary forces as even the current SCOTUS has upheld the “strict scrutiny” standard. I will revive the national discourse on passing the Equal Rights Amendment which will elevate women’s and LGBTQ+ rights to this strict standard. I will leverage the power of my Office to provide internships and federal civics experience to our youth of ALL ethnicities and work with NGOs supporting such causes to provide professional networks to nurture career development and upward mobility. Our national motto is “E Pluribus Unum” – our diversity is thus one of our greatest assets.
Training and Experience
Former Stark Co. Young Dems. President
Bring infrastructure funding to Eastern Ohio, bring high paying jobs of tomorrow to our area, improve funding for public education and ban charter schools from federal dollars. I will also protect and defend a woman's right to choose how she deals with her own reproductive system. An old white man
in D.C. or Columbus shouldn't be deciding how you receive medical care, that should be between you and your doctor. In Congress, I will make sure to protect Social Security and Medicare from defunding attacks and remove the Social Security Tax wage cap.
Every American needs to exercise their right to vote, in every single election. Elections should be secure, as I believe they are, as well as easily accessible. More early voting locations would be a good start. We have BMV Kiosks in grocery stores now, why not expand voting capabilities in a similar fashion? We should also be providing free IDs to people who cannot afford them if we are going to require them for voting too.
We must ensure our border is secure and fill the hundreds of unfulfilled judicial seats in the Immigration Court system to improve the speed of immigration hearings. There also needs to be a clear path to citizenship for those people who want to contribute to American society, without having to jump through hoops.
We need to focus on improving things here at home, such as housing our veterans and providing mental health services and support, before we poke our nose in anyone else's business. But with that being said, we should stand by our brothers and sisters in democratic countries and help them when possible. Protecting all democracies should be a priority to anyone who lives in a democracy.
We should be transitioning to clean energy, but that's not going to over happen overnight. We need to look at carbon capture techniques and technologies that will help us transition to the energy and economy of the future. I believe every car produced since 2020 should've been a hybrid, this technology has been around for over two decades now. It's time the automotive world catch up. We need effective legislation to make these goals happen. Ohio has vast water resources that we need to protect. As the climate changes, we will see people seeking our water rich regions, such as Eastern Ohio.
I'm in favor of a Universal Healthcare system. We have a failing for-profit healthcare system that is charging people too much money, and it's because of Corporate Greed.
The Supreme Court already gave the go ahead to discriminate against gay people. So we already have a mess on our hands here, I don't think there is a good answer to this question. At the end of the day, if someone is going to discriminate against me, I'm not going to give them my money. I'll take my money elsewhere and patronize another local business
