Dan Feehan

Education

I support Early Childhood Education as a pathway that gives our children every advantage to develop socially, emotionally, and intellectually. I will work to ensure that there are multiple affordable options for preschool for families within their home communities. Furthermore, I will pursue policies in Congress to ensure that our early childhood educators, especially our child care providers, can still provide critical services at a low cost. I will also work to control the costs of childcare for our working parents, who shouldn’t have to break their bank before their children even start school. Learn more

Preparing skilled workers and lifelong learners: Our K-12 education system must prepare our children to be adaptive learners throughout their lives in a rapidly-evolving economy and society. Our children must have access to STEM, to the arts, to coding, and to the power that internet connectivity and technology brings to the classroom. Learn more

In Congress, I will support legislation that caps student loan rates and expands the job pathways to loan forgiveness. Furthermore, I will work with institutions of higher education to demand transparency when their prices rise. Finally, I will work with labor unions, trade schools, and technical colleges to ensure that our young people have access to high-paying jobs in the trades or technical jobs that don’t require attending a four-year university. Learn more

Environment / Energy

I believe that we need to move towards clean and renewable energy and the rest of the country should take southern Minnesota’s lead with more wind farms, solar panels, and biofuels to ensure that we can address the challenges of climate change together. Learn more

Government Reform

Jim Hagedorn continues to accept money from corporate PACs, including East Coast pharmaceutical companies and out-of-state oil companies. By contrast, I have taken a simple pledge, I will take $0 from corporate PACs — period. No exceptions. This campaign is powered by the people and communities of southern Minnesota, because that’s who I will represent in Congress. By refusing all corporate PAC money, I won’t owe any favors to corporations or dark-moneyed interest. I will only answer to the people of Minnesota’s First District. Learn more

Healthcare

We must ensure there is greater choice for patients and prevent insurance companies from having localized monopolies. For people who like their current private coverage — they must always be able to keep it. For those who don’t, I will work to expand Medicare by lowering the eligibility age to 55 and creating a public option so people can buy in to a program like Medicare. I will also join the bipartisan efforts to build on the successes of the Affordable Care Act and strengthen the individual market, which our farmers, entrepreneurs, and others rely on, making it more stable and more affordable. Learn more

Social Services

I will fight to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare benefits for our seniors in southern Minnesota. People have earned their Social Security and Medicare benefits by paying into it their entire careers. Making cuts to these critical programs would be unfair, but it would also be disastrous for the economic stability and health of our seniors. Too many politicians in Washington, like Jim Hagedorn, would rather give out tax breaks to billionaires and foreign companies than stand-up for our seniors. I won’t sell out our seniors to make billionaires richer. Learn more