Massachusetts has nine representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives. Each district, representing approximately 710,000 individuals, elects a representative to the House for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen. The base salary for a member of Congress is $174,000.
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There are obvious flaws in the current electoral college system. It should never be the case that the candidate with the most votes LOSES. And in a nation of 330 million people we should not allow just a small handful of States to decide who the President should be.
The electoral college is enshrined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. Abolishing it would
require a Constitutional amendment and, importantly, a bipartisan consensus on a system to replace it.
With the precarious and fragile state of our democracy and the relentless attacks upon our democratic institutions, including our highest court, any attempt to reengineer the electoral system right now is fraught with extreme danger.
As a member of the Transportation and infrastructure committee I was directly involved in the establishing incentives to increase the use of renewable energy sources in the $1.2 trillion Jobs and Infrastructure Act.
We dedicated $1 billion directly to the MBTA to improve rapid transit and my amendment to replace the 287,000 gas- and diesel-powered vehicles owned by the U.S. Postal Service with electric vehicles was supported by the Senate and we are now in the process of retiring the oldest vehicles in the fleet.
The lack of access to primary care physicians in communities of color is exacerbating care disparities. We must expand the number of physicians and health care professionals working within minority neighborhoods and move away from the “emergency room” model where families are in crisis before they engage with the health care system.
One solution is to expand the number of minority candidates in our nursing and physician programs. I have been successful in multiple initiatives to bring federal funding to UMass Boston campus and especially the Manning School of Nursing which is actively working on this problem. Secondly we need to strengthen our Community Health Centers for which I have also been successful in obtaining federal funds.
My family has experienced the trauma of gun violence on two occasions, both fatal and tragic.
I am an original cosponsor of 4 major bills to restrict high capacity assault weapons, large capacity magazines, bump stocks, introduce red flag laws and place prohibitions on individuals whose names appear on “no-fly” lists.
I have visited southern U.S. border on multiple occasions to better understand the challenges there. I have also visited Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to engage with U.S. and foreign law enforcement personnel regarding human trafficking and drug trafficking.
While America is a nation of immigrants and a well-managed immigration system could strengthen our country, I believe we have essentially lost control of who comes across the border and we no longer conduct a meaningful assessment of the true reasons why people are seeking to enter our country. Furthermore we do nothing to set forth any expectations whatsoever among those that we choose to admit. We need to reform our immigration system.
