Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Texas 20th Congressional District in 2020 Texas Primary Election.
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Get StartedI will push back on any attempts to discriminate against the LGBT community, and any legislation that contains any language designed purposely to infringe in the rights of those most vulnerable. Learn more
Prevent privatization and defunding of the VA system and ensuring that our wounded veterans receive proper care. Learn more
Ensure that all housing for our troops in uniform and their families are safe and free of toxic materials. Demand that any military intervention will have funding to care for any injured soldiers before our men and women are put in harms way. Learn more
Expansion of funding specifically for Corp of Engineers and conversion of military forces to climate disaster relief. Investigate all ties between business, finance capital, and the American security state. Learn more
Fully fund the VA and end military leadership's denial of coverage while knowingly poisoning our people in uniform. Learn more
End war on drugs, legalize marijuana, and promote universal national harm reduction system to rehabilitate substance abusers. Learn more
Learning and access to education should be considered a human right, and with the capabilities of modern telecommunications and information technology, there should be no American left wanting for access to education and information. Learn more
Forgiveness of all student debt. Learn more
I believe that it is the responsibility of our government to coordinate a just transition into a green sustainable economy and to finally bring true democracy to our workplaces and to our economy. Learn more
I will fight to ensure treatment and access to HRT and GRS are available through the Medicare for all program, HR 1384. Learn more
Would immediately support and sign onto House Resolution 1384: Medicare for All Establish a nationally funded paid education program to train new medical personnel to treat new patients from implementation of Medicare for All. Abolish privatized insurance industry. Learn more
Ensure that all Americans have access to mental health care whether they need inpatient or outpatient care. Learn more
We need to make the creation and expansion of efficient multifamily cooperative housing a Federal program as part of the green economic initiative we can prevent gentrification from destroying our communities while converting them to sustainable and efficient spaces that can house all who call America home. Learn more
As part of a universal housing program I would support the local development of housing cooperatives. Learn more
I will fight to defund and abolish ICE and all government contractors that are profiting off of the oppression, incarceration, and tracking of marginalized peoples. A country that claims to be a land of democracy should not be keeping any human being in concentration camps under any circumstance, it is a crime against humanity and those responsible for such atrocities that result as a direct consequence of racist and inhuman policies should be tried for their actions. Learn more
I would also advocate for the government to create a program to wave all taxes and fees that currently prohibit financially disadvantaged women from carrying protection, including free training and certifications. Learn more
Federal support for the creation of and expansion of unions, the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and an end to right to work states. Learn more
Creation of a national internship/apprenticeship program to ensure that workers are no longer forced to pay or work for free to train in a new career field, and to transition our work force into a new green economy that focuses on sustainability, democracy, and social care. Learn more
Demand an immediate increase in the Federal minimum wage to $20/hr and a reduction in what is considered full time employment to 1,560hrs per year or 30hrs per week. Learn more
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