2024 Representative in Congress Ninth District
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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Bill Keating
(Dem)
What is your position on abolishing the Electoral College and how would you build support for your position within the House?
What are your two top priorities related to climate change? How would you create equitable, climate-resilient communities?
How would you address the rising maternal and infant mortality rates in the US? What do you consider to be the most important factors causing this national health crisis?
What steps, if any, would you take to strengthen federal regulation of firearms and lower the death-by-gun rate?
What are your top priorities to reform US immigration policy on children and families? Please be specific.
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Two of the last four U.S. Presidents lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College, and the consequence of that is that they left behind a majority-conservative Supreme Court that could last for decades to come. The Electoral College is undemocratic, outdated, and should be abolished. While the National Popular Vote Compact is a novel solution to this issue, I would vote in favor of a Constitutional Amendment that moves our Presidential elections to a popular vote.
My top priority on climate change is to ensure that we are continuing to recognize the global threat that climate change presents. Climate-linked migration is a real issue that will impact the United Sates, as is the risk of armed conflict as a result of resource scarcity driven by climate change. I have advocated this position as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and I continue to work on the Armed Services Committee, with success, to ensure that our bases around the world are adapting to climate change. Climate resilency is a big issue in the 9th Congressional District, and we must continue to focus on ensuring that climate-adaptation is affordable for everyone.
I am a proud co-sponsor of the Black Maternal Health MOMNIBUS Act, which provides a comprehensive set of policy solutions and a roadmap for addressing maternal health disparities. I am also proud to support the Biden-Harris Administration's extension of post-partum maternal benefits from 2 to 12 months, the launching of the National Maternal Health Hotline, and increased training for maternal care providers on the topic of substance abuse, among other initiatives. We need to increase access, and we need to make sure that maternal health is priortized at home and around the country. That includes continuing to support local mothers, maternity nurses, and doctors in protecting our existing maternity care and expanding access.
I would push to pass an assault weapons ban on DAY ONE of the next Congress, requiring background checks to purchase a gun and ensuring that our strong gun laws in Massachusetts are not threatened by loose rules in other states. We should all be embarrassed that guns are the leading cause of death for children in our country. We must pass strong laws that respect law-abiding gun owners while keeping guns out of the wrong hands.
An important first step is to pass the bipartisan immigration reform package that was already negotiated between both parties and is ready for a vote in Washington. It wasn't until the GOP nominee for President decided it would hurt his election prospects that this package was taken off the table by Republicans. Specifically on the topic of children and families, we need to streamline the immigration system and ensure that adjudication of immigration status is both thorough and speedy. The current system incentivizes desperate people to do whatever it takes to enter the United States, and that includes hiring traffickers that are only focused on making a profit.
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