Candidate for U.S. Senate - Georgia in 2020 Georgia Regular and Presidential Primary Election.
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Get StartedDeJesus believes and supports: Raising Teacher salaries to the national median statewide. Reduced classroom sizes making the learning environment a more one-on-one relationship between teacher and student. Providing more Science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses. Statewide childcare and preschool programs to ensure every child has access to quality early education. Investing in our schools infrastructure. Additional funding for Special Education. Creating life skill courses beginning at the 8th grade. Providing vocational and technical training for non- college bound high school students. Funding our public schools and protecting them from privatization. Strengthening the HOPE program. Learn more
Slowing Climate change and protecting the environment. Learn more
Common Sense Gun Safety. Learn more
DeJesus believes and supports: Enhanced universal background checks for all state purchases including all private sales without loopholes. Restricting the general public from accessing assault weapons. Disqualify those who are or have been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence or those with domestic violence restraining orders from lawfully purchasing any firearm. Limiting magazines to no more than ten bullets. Require all gun owners to purchase insurance for their firearms. Holding the gun industry accountable for marketing, sale of guns and ammunition. Mandatory training, permit and licensing for potential gun owners. Learn more
Protecting the ACA. Learn more
DeJesus believes and supports: Every Georgian should have access to affordable healthcare. Expanding Medicaid in Georgia would not only insure some 600,000 women, men but would also assist in creating jobs, benefit rural areas and rural hospitals. Securing and continuous funding for Medicare. A woman’s health and her right to choose. Adequate funding to support mental health programs nationwide. Learn more
Continued funding for Medicare and Social Security. Learn more
Medicaid expansion. Learn more
If we are going to close the gender pay gap we must first: Have an honest conversation about pay gap disparity Engage employers, local, state and federal lawmakers Amend the Equal Pay Act of 1963 Require employers to report a summary pay data by gender, race and ethnicity Create local, state and federal advisory committees on pay equity. Learn more
Competitive pay for Educators. Learn more
Transitioning from a minimum wage to a Livable wage. Learn more
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