Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Tennessee 1st Congressional District in 2020 Tennessee Primary Election.
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Get StartedI support a woman’s right to choose all things related to her own medical care, start to finish. They deserve to have every bit of freedom and bodily autonomy we grant to men. No exceptions, and no caveats. This is an issue which has become increasingly politicized in recent years, and it merits no compromise. We have no right to make intensely personal decisions for anyone else. Learn more
I support, wholeheartedly, the rights and freedoms of the LGBTQ community, and I recognize that they do NOT currently get the treatment they deserve nationwide. I will push to have these inequalities corrected, and to restrict discrimination against them in all forms. We're all fellow human beings, it's time we acted like it, and for those that can't find the decency in themselves to treat other human beings with the respect they deserve, they can't continue simply getting a pass. We've recognized gay marriage federally, repealed DOMA, and taken other steps, but there's more to be done. Equal rights for everyone. Period. Learn more
This is another significant priority, close behind health care. Our school system is broken, bottom to top. We have underfunded public school for k-12 all around the state and the nation, we have class sizes which are simply unfeasible for a single instructor to manage, and we have books and facilities which are so old or otherwise unfit for use that it’s an embarrassment to think they’re resources used in a first-world nation anywhere. Then, on a collegiate level, we have schools which are so expensive that students can easily end up tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt before even entering the professional workforce. The situation is all-around unsustainable, and I will work to reform it from the ground up. Learn more
Climate scientists the world around agree, this is a serious issue facing the world today. I will push for green energy and a cleaner environment, either through carbon taxes which get distributed to the customers in the area that polluter serves, renewed subsidies and incentives for pursuing green energy, some combination of those two, or something else entirely. Regardless the solution settled upon, this is an issue which needs to be addressed. Even if every scientist everywhere were wrong, which I don’t believe to be the case, the worst that happens from pursuing this is that we leave our children and their children a cleaner, better world to live in. Learn more
First and foremost in my priorities upon assuming office, should I have the privilege of representing the citizens of the great state of Tennessee, is pressing for healthcare reform. We’re one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and it’s completely unacceptable how easy it is for a family to go bankrupt from one accident due to exorbitant medical costs. We can make single payer coverage for ALL Americans a reality, just as it is in every other developed nation, and I will work to do exactly that. Learn more
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