Issues
K-12 and CTE Education & Infrastructure
K-12 and CTE Education & Infrastructure
K-12 and CTE Education & Infrastructure
Thriving at any age is built on education opportunities. Too many students in our district don’t have the resources they need. School facilities are aging and failing, and we can't keep asking our communities unsuccessfully to pay more taxes to build and repair our schools with bond money. In congress I will work on legislation to fund c
Thriving at any age is built on education opportunities. Too many students in our district don’t have the resources they need. School facilities are aging and failing, and we can't keep asking our communities unsuccessfully to pay more taxes to build and repair our schools with bond money. In congress I will work on legislation to fund capital projects, Career and Technical Education partnerships for high schools and community colleges, and expanding broadband access for households. By strengthening our educational system, we can provide everyone better opportunity for success.
Affordable Housing
K-12 and CTE Education & Infrastructure
K-12 and CTE Education & Infrastructure
We face a major affordable housing housing crisis across the state, but the solutions for small towns and rural communities looks much different than for Portland. I've worked with partners to learn approaches that are effective for us, and am ready to advocate for Federal supports to do what we can't alone at the municipal, county, or st
We face a major affordable housing housing crisis across the state, but the solutions for small towns and rural communities looks much different than for Portland. I've worked with partners to learn approaches that are effective for us, and am ready to advocate for Federal supports to do what we can't alone at the municipal, county, or state level. We need to empower our leaders to build our communities the way they best know how, and equip neighbors to help neighbors.
I support Harris and Walz plans to aid homebuyers, Senator Merkeley's efforts to get predatory investors out of our homes, and incentives for local builders to develop new fire-wise housing.
Mental Health and Addiction Care
K-12 and CTE Education & Infrastructure
Mental Health and Addiction Care
We deserve better mental health. Since the last elections, it's gotten worse and addiction and overdose deaths are skyrocketing. Oregon ranks near last nationally for youth and adult behavioral health and access to care, according to Mental Health America. I will work on new ways to provide healthcare, from funding mobile clinics and comm
We deserve better mental health. Since the last elections, it's gotten worse and addiction and overdose deaths are skyrocketing. Oregon ranks near last nationally for youth and adult behavioral health and access to care, according to Mental Health America. I will work on new ways to provide healthcare, from funding mobile clinics and community health centers to reach vulnerable populations where they are, to expanding communications infrastructure for telehealth to people's homes. I will push legislation that funds treatment for folks that don't have adequate insurance. I will collaborate with local leaders on transitional housing efforts. With comprehensive and equitable programs, we can thrive together.
Removing Barriers to Well-Being
Fiercely Protecting Rights for All
Mental Health and Addiction Care
Many of our folks don't have access to reliable transportation, making it hard to get to medical appointments, work, childcare, and healthy groceries and necessities. The solution in rural areas is different than urban transit systems, and involves funding homegrown innovation.
Freedom from violence is another important issue. Injuries rel
Many of our folks don't have access to reliable transportation, making it hard to get to medical appointments, work, childcare, and healthy groceries and necessities. The solution in rural areas is different than urban transit systems, and involves funding homegrown innovation.
Freedom from violence is another important issue. Injuries related to firearms are the number one cause of death for students and children in the US, and my position as a school board director means I care about sensible gun ownership.
Fiercely Protecting Rights for All
Fiercely Protecting Rights for All
Fiercely Protecting Rights for All
In the past two years, we've seen our constitutionally-protected civil and medical rights eroded by radicals. This November, let's restore and protect our reproductive freedoms, personal choice and body autonomy, and privacy across the nation.
Decisions between you and your doctor should remain your business, not the government's.
Fighting Climate Change
Fiercely Protecting Rights for All
Fiercely Protecting Rights for All
We need to care for the waters and forests we depend on for our livelihood.
Lopsided water use policies have left the majority of people in our district high and dry, and have had severe impacts on our health and well-being. I will support smarter water use policies that are sustainable, forward-thinking, climate-prepared, and fair.
We can
We need to care for the waters and forests we depend on for our livelihood.
Lopsided water use policies have left the majority of people in our district high and dry, and have had severe impacts on our health and well-being. I will support smarter water use policies that are sustainable, forward-thinking, climate-prepared, and fair.
We cannot reduce extreme wildfires that devastate our towns and industries without also addressing and adapting to our changing climate and adopting better approaches to forest management.