• Provide Universal Childcare

  • Accessible childcare is incredibly important, especially for mothers who want to raise children while still pursuing their careers. Childcare in Massachusetts costs upwards of $20,000 a year for many parents. Yet among the richest 41 countries in the world, many of which offer heavily subsidized or even free childcare, the United States ranks 40th in quality of care. This is ridiculous. The government must do more to subsidize childcare and make it free and universally accessible for everyone who needs it. 

• Guarantee Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave 

  • The U.S. is the only rich country in the world without a paid parental leave program. In one of the wealthiest nations in the world, Congress must provide paid parental leave and require that companies hold job positions open while parents take time to raise their children. I fought for this while leading the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, and will keep fighting for it in Congress. 

• Support the Pro Act, Protect Workers, and Punish Union Busting Corporations

  • I will support the PRO Act and all efforts to protect and promote union organizing.

  • When companies illegally fire workers for engaging in union organizing, the government must have the power to immediately reinstate those employees. 

  • Corporations must not be able to punish, fire, or demote managers and senior officials for being “too weak on unions.”

  • Employees should never be compelled to sit through hours of meetings, completely irrelevant to their jobs, that force them to watch and consume anti-union content. 

  • We must ban and override all “Right to Work” laws that only harm unions and employees. 

  • Punishments need to be strengthened for companies who engage in illegal union busting tactics. Too often, companies threaten and fire employees for attempting to unionize, or offer rewards for those who do not; while these tactics are illegal, companies realize they will only have to pay small fines as punishment. Such fines must be exponentially increased, to a level far higher than any costs a company may incur as a result of workers choosing to unionize. 

• Raise the Minimum Wage to at Least $20

  • Every full time worker should make enough money to support themselves and their family. We need to raise the federal minimum wage, ensure everyone makes a living wage based on where they live, and tie the minimum wage to inflation so that all families can put food on the table, keep a roof over their heads, and live lives they’re proud of. 

• Bring Back and Expand Federal Jobs, Reject Trump’s Job Cuts

  • The government should be working to expand and grow the workforce, not shrink it. In 2025, the federal government cut almost 240,000 positions, at a time when many are already struggling to get jobs. We need to bring back jobs in the Education Department, the National Weather Service, the Forest Service, and much more. We also need to expand the number of available federal jobs, especially as we seek to build more environmentally friendly infrastructure, improve transportation networks, and provide better schools for our youth. It will take a lot of people to help manage and carry out these projects, so we'd better get hiring soon. 

• Provide Transparent Pay

  • Companies should be required to post transparent pay ranges for all of their job openings, ensuring that new hires get equal pay, regardless of their characteristics, and helping employees compare their salaries with those of new hires in similar positions. 

• Ensure Union Involvement in Government Contracts 

  • Whenever the federal government is considering new contracts, it should first turn to union labor. When the East Wing of the White House, or the reflecting pool needs to be rebuilt, they must be rebuilt by union workers. I will fight to enshrine this in legislation. 

• Incentivize Reforms Here in Massachusetts

  • The federal government cannot compel state legislators to stop taking bribes, but it can condition grant money on ending the practice. I propose creating a pool of additional funding available for infrastructure improvements based on whether a state legislature is subject to public records law, whether its votes and committee votes are public, and whether its members are required to uphold certain ethics standards regarding campaign expenditures and pay. This will force legislators to choose between their careers and their corrupt finances. 

• Ban Congressional Stock Trading 

  • Members of Congress are using insider information to trade stocks and profit from their positions. In 2025 alone, members of Congress made over $630 million worth of trades, while simultaneously passing almost no legislation, allowing Trump to trample them, and letting Americans suffer. This should be illegal. 

• Overturn Citizen’s United

  • We need to overturn Citizen’s United and ban Super PACs. While a normal person can only donate $3,500 to one candidate, if they even have the money to do so, a Super PAC can receive and spend an unlimited amount of donations on an election. They often take money from dark money groups, functioning to obscure the transparency necessary to democracy. I’m one of only two candidates in the race who has taken the People’s Pledge and I will always reject these corrupt donations, even while my opponents receive millions from AIPAC aligned donors, Silicon Valley, and the Epstein Class. 

• Get Dark Money out of Politics 

  • Certain organizations, which classify themselves as social welfare groups or trade associations, are allowed to receive and spend unlimited amounts of money on races, so long as they don’t explicitly say to vote for or against a specific candidate. They never have to disclose their donors. This allows billionaires to buy elections while never exposing their identity. This practice needs to end. All money spent on elections should be transparent.

• Prohibit the Bribery of Committee Chairs and Committee Members

  • Committee members must not be able to receive campaign donations from the very companies they are tasked with regulating. Every election cycle, the healthcare industry gives an average of $270,000 to every member on the health subcommittees tasked with overseeing those very companies. It’s plain to see that committee membership and leadership translate directly to political donations, which then influence and buy the votes of membership. This helps explain why the healthcare industry, the fossil fuel industry, and others continue to get support and protection even as they scam Americans and destroy the country. I will fight to end this.

• Strengthen the Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court

  • Supreme Court justices should not be able to hold or trade stocks, nor accept gifts such as yacht rides from billionaire donors with a stake in their decisions. They must be forced to recuse themselves from decisions when they or someone close to them has personal or financial ties to the case. There must be basic oversight of their conduct. These unelected justices already serve for life; we need to at least make sure they serve the public. 

• Impose Term Limits on the Supreme Court

  • If elected to Congress, I would support imposing term limits on court membership, such that no member could serve more than 20 years. We must replace justices like Clarence Thomas, who has served on the court for almost 35 years, and has demonstrated his loyalty to profits and a lifestyle of luxury rather than to the Constitution and the American people. 

• Amend Presidential Pardons

  • Presidents should use their pardoning power to provide relief to those who are innocent of their crimes, or those being punished for acts that should never have been considered crimes. They must not be allowed to dish out pardons to the highest bidders, to their friends who have committed white-collar financial crimes, or to more than 1,500 hundred rioters who tried to help them overthrow democracy. While pardons are baked into the Constitution, I’d work with my colleagues to impose common-sense reforms, even if that means amending the Constitution. 

• Reform the Government Contract System

  • Like pardons, the President should not be able to give out government contracts and American tax dollars to his friends, with no oversight. All contracts should involve a competitive bidding process, such that the company who can do the work for the least amount of money gets the job. Trump must not be allowed to hand hundreds of millions of American tax dollars to small start-up companies that just happen to be owned by his son. 

Artificial intelligence has begun to alter the ways in which we live our lives. AI poses a real danger in displacing the existing labor force in this country, and will inevitably lead to more and more jobs being lost. Billionaires like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman are permitted to run amok without any regard for the long-term consequences of AI. This is in large part due to Congress not regulating the AI industry. That must change. 

The development of AI data centers in neighboring communities like Lowell have already had a devastating impact on the environment by tainting our water and accelerating climate change at a rapid pace. The vast majority of Americans do not support a data center being built in their homes. In Congress, I will support a moratorium on AI data centers and will sign on to Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act. I will push to pass legislation that criminalizes the perverse or corrupt use of AI.

• Provide Universal Pre-K

  • Students who attend preschool are shown to be more likely to graduate high school on time, less likely to fail classes in high school, and more likely to attend college. This benefits everyone and creates tremendously better outcomes for low-income students, English language learners, and society at large. Preschool must be included as part of the public education system, so that all parents can enroll their children for free. 

• Establish Universal School Meals 

  • Hungry children, worried about their next meal, can’t focus on their education. That’s why children across the United States must have guaranteed access to free breakfast and lunch when they come to school. Many families are burdened by the cost of paying for school meals, and far too many kids go hungry each day. Research shows just how important addressing this would be for attendance, behavior, and educational outcomes. Massachusetts is helping lead the way, but we must make sure this program is permanent and guaranteed everywhere.

• Provide Free Education at Community Colleges and State Schools

  • Higher education must be available to everyone. A high school education is simply not enough for most Americans at a time when living is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and research shows the crucial positive impact college has on employment and earnings. Once again, Massachusetts is helping to lead the way, but community college and state schools must be free everywhere, and must be free permanently. 

• Forgive and Ease Student Loans

  • Total student loan debt in the United States is approaching a staggering $2 trillion. We must ensure students can get the education they need to support their families and create generational wealth without being trapped in a prison of debt for the rest of their lives. The federal government should provide students with 0 interest loans to help finance their education, and use taxes on Wall Street and billionaires to forgive existing student loan debt. 

• Raise Teacher Salaries

  • Teachers are the foundation of our society, and yet most of them receive a truly disrespectful amount of money. We need to divert more of our tax money toward teachers, and not toward the military industrial complex, greedy pharmaceutical companies, or the pockets of the billionaires and Epstein class. I support the American Federation of Teachers in their demand that teachers receive $60,000 a year and support staff receive at least $45,000, with regular and significant pay raises. Teachers should also receive paid family and medical leave, childcare assistance, student loan forgiveness and support, and more generous retirement benefits. 

• Improve School Buildings

  • Children in schools across Massachusetts and across the US are suffering from miserable heat, mold, polluted drinking water, and worse. Over 36,000 U.S schools need updates or replacements for their HVAC systems. That doesn’t make it very easy for our children to learn. We need major renovations across the country, our youth deserve nothing less. 

• Promote Teacher Diversity

  • Evidence shows that students who interact with at least some faculty who look like them are projected to have far better educational outcomes. Yet only about 20% of public school teachers in the United States are people of color, despite a majority of public school students being non-white. This is an unsettling trend that has persisted since Brown v. Board of Education, when many African American teachers were forced out of their jobs. We must invest in recruiting and training a diverse workforce for our public schools, so that we can best serve the children who will be our future. 

• Support Students Before and After School

  • Many students need a safe place to go when school is not in session, while others need access to extra help in order to catch up with their studies. By helping support schools or 3rd party organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs, the YMCA, and numerous local organizations to provide programming outside of normal hours, we can keep students safe and improve educational outcomes. 

• Support the Green New Deal

  • The Green New Deal represents our last best chance at mitigating the obvious effects of global warming. It contains many measures which, if implemented, will gradually reduce our dependence on fossil fuels without the need to sacrifice our lifestyle. The increasing intensity of storms, floods, and destruction from unprecedented weather events is obvious. We are seeing 100 year storms every 10 years. We cannot continue on the path towards ever increasing use of CO2 based fuels to support our lifestyle. As your Representative in Congress I will work to get this long delayed legislation enacted.

• Protect Our Communities from Environmental Disasters 

  • We’ve already seen the terrible impacts climate change is having on the district, from flooding in Salem to erosion on Crane Beach. The unfortunate reality is that climate change has already begun, and it will shape our lives and the lives of our children. We must be prepared for hotter temperatures, extreme precipitation events, flooding, and worse that will come as a result. While serving in the State House, I helped secure $2.5 million in funding for Crane Beach to protect it from climate change. In Congress, I will bring federal funding to the district to help our communities adapt to rising sea levels, keep our homes cool during increasingly hot summers, and defend against the coming El Niño event that threatens significant environmental destruction. 

• Protect National Parks, Wildlife, and the our District’s Beautiful Nature

  • I have long been committed to preserving and defending nature as a strong advocate for our district’s rivers and watersheds. As a state representative, I won the Ipswich River Defender Award for my environmental leadership. I will keep up that fight in Congress. The Trump administration has been engaged in a full-scale assault on our federal lands, selling them to his friends and donors to help with their drilling projects and oil sales. Our country’s vast beauty is worth more than all the money these greedy CEOs can offer or donate. As your congresswoman, I will do everything to reverse his attacks and preserve our land. 

• Support the Electric Vehicle Industry

  • Electric vehicles are the future. They are better for the environment, cheaper to recharge, and easier and more affordable to maintain. Advancements in battery technology are also making them cheaper to manufacture, with BYD in China selling cars for as low as $10,000. We must ensure the American auto industry can keep up with these developments by reviving IRA tax credits, expanding EV charging infrastructure, and helping to subsidize research and manufacturing in the United States while our companies catch up. As a state rep, I fought hard to aid the industry, and obtained funding to support charging networks across the state. I will keep up that fight in Congress. Our investments will be rewarded generously with employment, domestic manufacturing, and environmental benefits. 

• Revitalize and Expand Public Transportation

  • Transportation emissions make up 28% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and transportation costs Americans an average of over $13,000 per year, one of the largest household expenditures. Both of these burdens could be lessened through investment in high-speed electric rail and increased bus service, making it faster, cheaper, and easier for Americans to travel. 

• Promote Offshore Wind Development 

  • The federal government must establish a simple, consistent policy for leasing offshore wind development sites, enabling clean energy companies to provide us with low-cost energy while lowering national emissions and creating thousands of jobs. We have to stand against the Trump administration as it attempts to tamper with companies like Vineyard Wind, harming Massachusetts workers and consumers. 

• Support the Solar and Wind Industries 

  • Solar and wind technologies, while lowering our emissions, are also becoming increasingly cost effective. They are reaching a point at which they produce less expensive energy for American consumers than fossil fuels. To capitalize on this technology, protect the environment, and lower costs for Americans, we ought to revive clean energy tax incentives and make it easier for clean energy companies to obtain permits, build, and connect to the electrical grid. 

• Incentivize Geothermal Heating

  • The residential sector accounts for about 20% of our country’s emissions. This will likely get worse as Americans are forced to use more energy and pay far more money to keep their homes cool in the summer and warm in the winter. I will advocate to revive incentives and subsidies for geothermal heating which were cancelled by the Trump administration, enabling ordinary Americans to afford a clean and efficient method of heating their homes, which will significantly lower their energy bills in the long run.

• Regulate the Coal Industry

  • Coal mining destroys the lungs of miners, poisons local water supplies, and pollutes the air, leading to disastrous health impacts. It produces alarmingly high emissions and costs more than wind and solar to maintain. Instead of bailing out rich coal billionaires, our government needs to focus on phasing out the industry, protecting community health, and helping miners and workers to find safer, high-paying jobs. 

• Protect Our Air and Water 

  • Everyone in America should have clean water to drink and air to breathe. I will fight to make polluters pay for damaging the environment, and hold the fracking companies pumping chemicals deep into our Earth accountable. Amidst the immense rise in lobbying from AI and tech companies, I will stand up against the data centers dumping their wastewater into any drinking supply across the country. Our air and water is precious for everyone; nobody should be allowed to poison it. 

• Expand the Electrical Grid 

  • Right now, numerous developers are waiting for permission to connect their energy projects to the electric grid, with a combined capacity to generate and store 2,600 gigawatts of electricity. 95% of those projects are wind, solar, and battery projects capable of doubling our total electricity generation, meeting our growing demand, lowering prices, and significantly decreasing our emissions. I will take on the fossil fuel interests in their way and fight to make this process of permitting and building easier for them, in order to make our electricity cheaper and greener.

• Block Arms Sales and Military Support to Israel

  • Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and supporting violent expansion in the West Bank. I have been on the record calling out these human rights abuses throughout my political career – including at the end of my term as a State Rep. in 2023. Now, the United Nations has recognized this genocide, and placed Israel on a blacklist for allowing soldiers to carry out rape and sexual violence against men, women, and children. Members of Israel’s parliament have continued to defend this sexual abuse, saying that “Everything is legitimate.” As your representative, I would not support any weapons sales or military aid, offensive or defensive, to Israel. 

• End These Irresponsible Trump Tariffs

  • The Constitution reserves the power to raise taxes on Americans for Congress, yet our inactive legislature has allowed Trump to unilaterally force Americans consumers and companies to pay egregious extra fees on everything imported to the United States. As a result, in 2026, the average American household is on track to pay an extra $2,500 to the government. Retail prices have also increased by 7% as a consequence, burdening American consumers. What tangible policy benefits have we gained as a result? I will fight to make sure Congress reasserts its constitutional authority, and removes these costly taxes that have harmed every family, jeopardized our international standing, and produced no benefits. 

• Prioritize Diplomacy and Reject War

  • We cannot repeat the mistakes that led us into twenty years of war. The Constitution explicitly grants Congress the power to declare and initiate war, not the president. This separation of powers is fundamental to our democracy. I will stand against Trump, and any president who sparks illegal, imperialist wars abroad. I will fight to end the illegal war of choice in Iran. I will reject Trump’s attempts to spark the war he clearly craves just off our coast in Cuba and across South and Central America. I will fight to end the war in Ukraine. I will continue to stand firmly against bankrolling the genocide in Gaza. 

• Rebalance the Military Budget 

  • A large portion of our military budget needs to be redirected to supporting American families and not foreign countries or endless wars. There’s no reason that we should be spending as much on our military each year as Russia and Ukraine, who are in an active war with each other, as well as China, India, Germany, and more, all combined. We spent about a trillion dollars last year on the military, and the war in Iran has cost over a billion each day. There is always money for bombs, but never money for you. Rather than using such a ridiculously large portion of our tax dollars for violence and war, we should be investing in education, healthcare, the environment, and American families. 

• Abide by International Law and Promote Peace

  • The United States has an obligation to uphold international law and support peace, prosperity, and collaboration across the world. The U.S. must finally join the International Criminal Court, not place sanctions on it as Trump has done. We must hold leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity accountable. The U.S. must also abide by the International Court of Justice, which helps countries resolve disputes through diplomacy and litigation rather than violent conflict. We must work with our allies and adversaries to build peaceful relationships, rather than fund forever wars. 

• Ban the Sale of Assault Rifles 

  • When assault rifles are used in mass shootings, the number of deaths and casualties is much higher. Assault rifles have been used in 59% of mass shootings in recent years, and the deadliest shootings on record within the United States have involved assault weapons. They have become the weapons of choice for school shooters in the United States. Still, Congress has failed to legislate in favor of protecting people over profit. It is shameful and unjust. The bottom line: No AR-15 or assault weapon that has the potential to be used in an active military zone should be available for purchase.

• Ban the Sale of Bump Stocks and Large Capacity Magazines 

  • While machine guns are heavily regulated in the United States, bump stocks still remain accessible in many states. Even the NRA acknowledges the need for its regulation. Bump stocks allow shooters to fire at a much faster rate and have been used in some of the worst mass shootings, enabling AR-15s to fire at a rate of about 800 bullets per minute. The 2017 Las Vegas Massacre involved both a 100-round magazine and a bump stock. There is no reason that either of these attachments should be commercially available. 

• Buyback Assault Weapons Still on the Street

  • To get assault rifles off our streets, I would propose a buyback program using the funds already allocated to the military’s bloated weapons budget. Gun owners who currently own assault-style weapons would receive financial incentives to donate their weapons to be used or disposed of by the US military and government. Those who currently own guns would be allowed to keep the ones they have, but they would be prohibited from selling them. 

• Strengthen Background Check Laws

  • In many states, people can still buy firearms from unlicensed gun dealers online or at gun shows without conducting a background check. As a result, those prohibited from buying guns, due to a history of domestic abuse or felony convictions, can still easily get their hands on dangerous weapons. We must strengthen our laws so that every legal firearm sale requires a background check. 

• Hold gun manufacturers accountable 

  • The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA)shields firearm manufacturers, distributors, and dealers from most civil liability lawsuits when their products are distributed unlawfully and used for criminal activity. It’s time to repeal this law and allow victims to hold gun manufacturers and distributors accountable when it is shown they have acted with negligence.

  • Active shooter drills can cost municipalities more than $15,000 annually to administer. This is $15,000 more that could go toward books, transportation, or special education needs. The horrific mass shooting epidemic has caused children in our schools to have to take time away from their learning to practice hiding from and fighting active shooters. Our multi-billion-dollar gun industry has caused this problem, and so it must be their responsibility to pay for this training. 

• Mandate Registry

  • There are estimated to be more guns circulating in the United States than there are people, and more enter into circulation every day without anyone knowing who they belong to. All guns should be registered to people, so the owners can be questioned and held accountable during a criminal investigation. Requiring all gun ownership to be entered into a registry would also minimize the channels through which criminals could obtain guns. 

• Mandate Training

  • My family, who have served in the military, all had to go through intensive training before ever being allowed to load a gun. So why is it that in some states, people can walk into stores like Walmart and buy a deadly weapon without learning how to use it? I would advocate for all states to adopt stronger background checks and license-to-carry laws. I would also advocate for states to develop training and education programs, so when people buy a gun, they understand how to load and operate it, safely conceal it, and the consequences of mishandling it. The education program would also include informational resources on where to find help for mental illness. 

• Invest in our communities

  • Modernizing regulations is only one piece of ending gun violence in America. I know that if we’re serious about making our schools and streets safer, we need to invest in our communities. As your congresswoman, I’d be a partner in strengthening the 6th district's community centers, after-school programs, and educational centers. I would also prioritize constituent services and ensure everyone who calls my office looking for help or resources gets what they need. 

• Ban Ghost Guns

  • Despite a Biden-era regulation and an ensuing Supreme Court decision, it remains legal for companies to sell ghost guns, and the Trump administration is considering making it easier. I will support federal regulation on the sale of gun kits and 3D printed firearms, which allow individuals to buy parts and assemble firearms that are not serialized and do not require background checks. 

• Pay it forward 

  • Six out of 10 gun deaths every year are suicide, accounting for an average of 27,000 people. 87% of these people are men. While we cannot bring back those we have lost, we can pay it forward by ensuring that every potential gun owner will learn about emotional support systems. I would propose a 4.5% additional excise tax for manufacturers of firearms to support a mental health and community trust fund. Half of the revenue collected would go toward a trust fund to aid mental health education and mental illness recovery services, and the other half would go toward community and educational investment to rebuild communities that have suffered from gun violence and steer youth away from violence.

• Build Housing!

  • Before anything else, I will fight to make sure we are using all available levers to build quality, affordable housing. All Americans must have the opportunity to buy and own a home, and be able to do so without making immense personal and financial sacrifices. 

• Ban Large Institutional Investors from Buying Homes

  • Real estate investors are gobbling up homes and raising prices across the country. As of 2025, investors owned almost 20% of the single-family homes in the United States. Large institutional investors, like Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, own over 1.5 million single-family homes. I will take on these institutional investors and work to ban their national efforts to outbid young families and artificially inflate housing prices. 

• Promote Starter Homes 

  • There is currently a shortage of low-cost, smaller starter homes in the United States. In the early 1980s, around 40% of all new homes constructed were under 1,400 square feet, but due to unjust and restrictive zoning laws, over 90% of all new homes being constructed are now much larger than this, and thus far more expensive for young families looking to enter the market. I will push to create a system of financial incentives and penalties that motivate states and localities to be more permissive toward the construction of starter homes and townhouses, so that more families can turn their dream of owning a home into reality.

• Grow and Expand the Family Self-Sufficiency Program

  • The Family Self-Sufficiency Program is a proven policy that helps people receiving housing assistance to achieve economic independence by financially rewarding those who increase their incomes. The Trump administration has foolishly worked to cut and cancel the program, despite the benefits it provides for numerous Americans. I will work hard to strengthen and promote the program so that everyone who receives federal housing assistance has a better chance of improving their financial situation and owning a home. 

• Protect Veterans 

  • Homelessness among veterans has become a terrible epidemic in the United States, with over 35,000 veterans experiencing homelessness between 2022 and 2023, with over 15,000 of them not even being in a shelter. This is a shameful way to treat the people who risked their lives for our country. As your congresswoman, I will fight to greatly expand and improve the resources available to veterans, ensuring they have access to housing, career training, mental health services, and all the guidance they might need. No American should have to live without a roof over their head. 

• Invest in Senior Housing 

  • Around 12 million seniors are spending more than half of their income on housing. In recent years, the share of older Americans experiencing homelessness has increased by almost 40%. Many seniors live in housing that is outdated, but are unable to afford serious and necessary renovations. These Americans, who have dedicated their lives to building and improving our country, must not be forgotten. We need to lower the cost of living for seniors, increase federal funding for senior housing, and expand programs to renovate and improve their homes. 

• Develop Transportation Infrastructure 

  • I will advocate for improvements to transportation infrastructure, particularly in regard to train networks throughout and beyond Massachusetts. Upgrading our infrastructure and building high-speed and electric rail would have a massive return on investment, translating to hundreds of thousands of new jobs and housing units in Massachusetts alone. With this infrastructure, residents could much more easily commute into cities like Boston, while being able to live further out of the city in more affordable housing, allowing them to potentially increase their salaries while decreasing their costs for housing. I will push to make this a reality by using federal funding on projects that actually improve the lives of everyday Americans.  

• Fight Back Against Gentrification

  • I will always keep in mind those who currently rent and live in neighborhoods facing changes in housing development. Too often, the arrival of new houses, apartments, and condominiums prices out of the market people of color and low-income families who have long lived happily and comfortably in their neighborhood. This is unjust, and we must ensure we protect these families, renters, and homeowners when promoting any new development. 

• Promote Rent Stabilization Policies Across the United States

  • As your congresswoman, I will do everything in my power to fight the real estate lobby and prevent unfair rent hikes. Once apartments have been built and established for well over a decade, rent should increase no more than inflation each year, and renters must not be subject to arbitrary and unjust rent increases that price them out of their apartments. Rent stabilization policies are currently illegal in 37 states, despite the overwhelming majority of Americans across both parties supporting them and the policy receiving support from many economists. I would propose federal grants and tax incentives to incentivize states to legalize rent stabilization and landlords to keep their prices low. 

• Ban Algorithmic Rent Setting

  • Some large institutional landlords have begun using software programs that allow them to collude with each other to raise rents– a practice recognized to be anti-competitive and unfair. States like New York and California have acted to regulate the practice, and in 2025, Massachusetts joined an antitrust lawsuit to prevent it. I would fight to outlaw these software programs and anything similar to them, to help empower tenants to find and negotiate lower rents. 

• Protect Tenants’ Right of First Refusal

  • I will always protect the right of tenants to live and remain in their apartments. When landlords decide they want to sell their units to people other than members of their family, tenants must have the first chance and a fair opportunity to purchase the home in which they live. This can be a game changer in a renter’s path to homeownership. I will work to federally guarantee a right of first refusal, giving tenants more stability and an easier path to owning their home.  

• Decriminalize Homelessness

  • Due to a 2024 ruling by the Supreme Court, many municipalities have been enabled to criminalize homelessness and fine and arrest people found sleeping in vehicles, tents, or on the streets, even when local shelters are completely full. This is a nonsensical policy that only serves to trap people in a cycle of poverty by strapping them with unnecessary fines and making it harder for them to eventually get a job. I’d work to ban such legislation, ensuring that we help, not harm, those who are most down on their luck. 

• Increase Access To Quality Homeless Shelters

  • In 2024, almost 800,000 Americans, and almost 150,000 American children, were experiencing homelessness. There are many reasons people experience homelessness, but the primary driver is economic, as a result of rising housing costs and stagnating wages. Until we can comprehensively address and prevent homelessness, I will push to improve the safety net for Americans down on their luck, whether they be veterans, victims of domestic abuse, people suffering from poverty, or those dealing with mental health issues or addiction. Everyone has a right to housing, so we must invest federal funds to increase bed capacity, staffing, and the quality of homeless shelters, ensuring every American has a safe place to sleep. We also must eliminate certain barriers to entry that are keeping families on the street while our shelter beds are empty. 

• Support Immigrant Communities

  • As a proud Syrian-American, immigration is integral to my family’s story. I began my political career interning in Joe Moakley’s office, advocating for stronger work protections and a streamlined immigration processes. Then, as a member of the Information Technology Association of America, I worked with Senator Ted Kennedy’s office to create clearer pathways for foreign workers to obtain permanent residency. 

  • Immigrants always have been, and always will be crucial for the success of our country. They are contributors to social security at a time when the funding is threatened, they lower crime rates in our communities, and they play a large role in economic growth. But more important than any of that, they are human beings. I will fight for a country where immigrants feel welcome, safe, and supported. 

• Strip ICE of Funding 

  • We cannot allow masked agents to come into our communities and terrorize our neighbors. ICE has become a paramilitary organization, used by the Trump administration to inflict fear and harm our neighbors. The organization recently received almost $40 billion dollars, which for comparison, could be used to renovate every Massachusetts school in need more than twice over. Instead that money is being used to kidnap children out of their schools. I will never support sending a single dollar to ICE. 

• Prosecute ICE

  • ICE agents have been able to act with impunity, unlawfully entering homes, killing people, and kidnapping members of our community, like Rümeysa Öztürk. Rümeysa was Tufts student who did nothing but speak up against the genocide in Gaza. Agents who act outside the authority of the law must be held accountable. 

• Speed Up and Improve Immigration Processing 

  • Legal immigration must be a more efficient, timely, and clear process. There are 3.1 million people waiting to see only a few hundred judges at this moment, and wait times can take as long as 20 years for some. We must invest in hiring and training more immigration judges, increasing the number of staff in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and providing consistent, clear, and sensible policies for families wishing to move here and improve their lives.

• Provide and Protect a Path to Citizenship for Children Who Grew Up Here

  • We must create a clear and accessible path to citizenship for Dreamers, the undocumented immigrants who arrived here as children and have spent their entire lives here. These people want to be able to contribute to their communities and pay into our tax base – we must let them do so. 

• Support Asylum Seekers

  • As of 2025, there were over 2.5 million asylum applicants living in the United States, running from persecution and looking for a better life. Because our system is poorly managed and understaffed, it often takes up to 7 years to process their applications. During those years, asylum-seekers face numerous legal obstacles to finding employment. Many become impoverished and stuck in the shelter system, reliant on public support when they would rather be working. Others are exploited to work for lowered wages under the table. This is a great injustice to these refugees and to our country. We must remove these obstacles and let them work so they can contribute to their communities, take care of themselves and their families, and live lives they’re proud of. 

• Punish Corporations that Exploit Undocumented Immigrants

  • When businesses seek out undocumented immigrants to pay low wages and mandate long hours over paying citizens and abiding by labor laws, they must face harsh consequences. We must protect immigrants from exploitation and strongly enforce our labor laws. These practices in corporate greed and cruelty are deeply unjust. 

• We Can Do All of This and Keep Our Country Safe

  • None of these proposals conflict with keeping our country safe. It is more than possible to support the families running from poverty and violence while still providing good, high-paying jobs for Americans, keeping the border safe from trafficking and the drug trade, and supporting American families who grew up here. I will do everything in my power to accomplish all of those goals and support immigrants and the immigrant community. 

• Fight for Medicare for All 

  • When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I was laid off from my job and told I’d have to pay more than $1,000 per month to keep my health insurance through COBRA. Nobody should be denied access to essential care because of their employment status, or spend more than 10% of their weekly paycheck on health insurance. I will advocate for accessible, affordable health care through a single-payer system that covers routine care, hospital visits, mental health services, reproductive care, and prescription drugs across all 50 states. 

  • Countries across the world like Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Denmark have already done this, allowing them to provide better healthcare at a more affordable price. Studies show that Medicare for All would save hundreds of billions of dollars a year in healthcare spending and save tens of thousands of lives a year. Working families would see a roughly 14% decrease in healthcare costs. At a time of rising costs and increasingly terrible outcomes for Americans, I will fight for Americans, not corporate interests. 

• Codify Access to Abortion Care 

  • Democrats have had numerous opportunities to codify Roe v. Wade and failed. When basic rights are treated as political bargaining chips, women and families pay the price. I do not play politics with bodily autonomy. I didn’t do it in the Massachusetts State House, and I will not do it in Congress. As your congresswoman, I will demand the national codification of abortion care.

• Cap the Price of Prescription Drugs

  • The price of prescription drugs has continued to increase in the United States compared to peer countries, despite nearly a third of Americans saying that high costs prevent them from taking their prescribed medication. American companies know that they can raise their prices as much as they want, because  Congress will never have the spine to stop them. And you will always need to buy your medicine. In 2020, the manufacturer price of insulin was about $9 in Europe, and about $99 in the United States. A vial can cost as little as $2 to make. I will do everything in my power to stop these greedy companies from trampling Americans and to stop Congress from allowing them, by tying the maximum price of prescription drugs in America to prices in similar countries. 

• Increase Price Transparency and Prevent Hospital Price Gouging

  • It costs an average of $1,400 dollars to ride an ambulance in the United States, while in our neighboring country, Canada, it costs an average of about $250. Similarly, it can cost about $14,000 to give birth in the United States, compared to about $3,000 in Canada. Insurance may cover large portions of these costs, but the proliferation of these egregious and nonsensical rates results in incredibly high insurance prices and out-of-pocket costs for Americans. These services, and many others, simply cannot cost the hospitals nearly as much money as they charge for them. I will stand up to greedy price-gouging and increase price transparency.

• Expand the Health Care Workforce 

  • Under the Big “Ugly” Bill, the Trump Administration is making it harder than ever to access financial aid for professional and medical degrees. This will limit the next generation's ability to achieve upward mobility and squander the growth of our workforce. I will help build a stronger education-to-workforce pipeline by funding traineeships between technical high schools and hospitals and doctoral practices. Students who choose to go into nursing and medical school will have their degrees subsidized. Public colleges and universities will receive incentives to create and strengthen health care-related career development programs. 

• Promote Research for Mental Health and Addiction

  • With recent uncertainty surrounding funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, it is more important than ever to promote funding research to improve how we understand mental illness, substance use, and the environmental factors impacting our mental health. But I will also be a vocal advocate for programs that are already known to work, like peer recovery programs and transitional support services. In 2024, the CDC reported that 40% of high school-aged students felt so sad and hopeless that they stopped meaningfully engaging in their daily lives. I will also advocate for improving mental health screening and education in American schools to support the growth of students and their surrounding communities. 

• Restore Canceled Research Funding

  • The Trump administration has engaged in a full assault on science, research, and medicine that will need to be ambitiously addressed. As of January, almost 8,000 research grants have been frozen or canceled, and about 25,000 scientists have been removed from the federal government. Almost 6,000 of those grants were for the National Institute of Health, and some of the largest grants were for clinical trials and cancer centers. There is still so much progress to be made in the field of medicine, and so many advancements we must strive to make for current and future generations. I will be ambitious in reviving U.S. research funding, promoting science, and building a healthier America. 

• Provide Full Access to Addiction Treatment Services 

  • Under my plan, addiction treatment services will be fully covered and not subject to prior authorization. I’ve witnessed firsthand how Americans seeking addiction treatment services are treated like numbers on spreadsheets when her own family member, seeking treatment for mental health and substance use disorder, was abruptly kicked out of his rehabilitation facility due to a lack of insurance. I understand the importance of listening to and bolstering the voices of recovery and will support funding for harm reduction programs and emergency medicine. I will also encourage community partnerships with law enforcement to end the stigma surrounding the life-threatening disease and support youth programs to deter adolescents from reactive violence. 

• Implement A Multimillionaire and Billionaire Tax

  • People with over 50 million dollars in wealth must be required to pay a wealth tax of at least 2% each year. This tax would provide trillions of dollars in the coming years, allowing us to significantly improve the quality of life for all Americans while doing very little harm to the wealthiest of our country. 

• Make the Wealthy Epstein Class Pay Their Fair Share

  • We have to repeal the corporate tax breaks in the Big Ugly Bill, do away with unfair corporate tax loopholes like the carried interest loophole, and raise taxes on the wealthy and powerful corporations. It is not fair that working Americans pay large portions of their income in federal taxes, while companies like Tesla, Disney, CVS, and many others paid nothing last year. 

  • We must also ensure that companies provide higher wages and better benefits by supporting unions and enforcing policies like mandatory paid maternal leave. The U.S. must catch up to the rest of the world. 

• Divert Funding From the Military Industrial Complex 

  • Our tax dollars must not be used to line the pockets of wealthy Palantir and Lockheed Martin executives. They must no longer be used to bankroll the wars and genocide of Israel, a country with universal healthcare, while our own people go without crucial treatments and medications. In 2025, the U.S. spent almost a trillion dollars on war – more than China, Russia, India, and many of our allies combined. Trump planned to spend $200 billion on the illegal war of choice with Iran, which could instead be used to build a thousand schools or support free college. This is a national tragedy. Instead of buying our billionth bomb to waste on pointless, poorly planned conflicts, we must invest in education and healthcare. 

• Divert Funding From the Fossil Fuel Industry

  • Not only does the fossil fuel industry receive federal tax breaks and incentives, it also receives direct funding from the federal government through subsidies. These subsidies alone amount to almost $30 billion a year, and are often given for projects that already would have been profitable. This is money that could be directed toward Green New Deal policies, to creating new jobs, and to protecting our communities from climate change. Chevron will be just fine without our yearly donations. I will never support giving your tax money to fossil fuel corporations. 

• Lower The Price of Goods 

  • There are so many ways to make the goods we pay for cheaper and our tax burden much lower. We could cut the cost of Medicare and Medicaid significantly if we cap the price of prescription drugs, implement a single payer healthcare system, and crack down on price gouging. We could lower electricity prices by speeding up permitting and building more environmentally friendly energy projects through the Green New Deal. We could lower the cost of housing by taking on private equity companies, controlling the cost of rent, and reforming our zoning. We can do much to make life more affordable, we only need the political will to do it.