Our tax dollars should benefit us, not billionaires. That means ensuring truly affordable housing, free child care, Medicare For All, and creating a future where we don’t just survive, but enjoy our lives.

Housing

From Frostburg to Frederick, families are being priced out of neighborhoods they call home, unable to afford housing that costs half their paycheck. Meanwhile, large investors buy up properties and corporate landlords jack up rents. 

I'll push for strong federal tenant protections, including penalties for landlords that neglect their properties, and a cap on rent increases. I'll work to dramatically expand the federal housing supply through direct public investment, not tax credits, and increase support for first time homebuyers in the district.

Healthcare

In a nation as wealthy as ours, no one should ration insulin, skip a mammogram, or stay in an abusive job just to keep their health insurance.

I support Medicare for All. The healthcare industry is one of the largest employers in Maryland's 6th district; but while the industry sees record profits, its workers are being sold out. Medicare for All would increase care, stabilize hospitals and support the workers staffing them.

I’ve worked for a decade with the Debt Collective, an organization that’s abolished hundreds of millions of dollars in medical and student debt. The tie that binds the 99% is that we’re all in debt, often for our basic needs.

Child Care and Early Education

The cost of raising a family in America has become immoral. Monthly childcare bills can rival, or even outpace housing costs for many families and after-school programs are scarce. All the while, the very people we entrust trust with our kids—early childhood educators, after-school workers, paraprofessionals—are paid poverty wages.

While other wealthy countries treat childcare a right for all, we treat it as luxury for the few.

Federally funded, universal childcare is not a radical concept nor are livable wages for early childhood educators, or a dramatic expansion of after-school and summer programming. Working parents shouldn’t have to choose between a paycheck and supervision for their kids. As a mom myself, I know firsthand how steep these costs are—and how much steeper they get when you're navigating a system that wasn't built for you.

Education

Teachers are underpaid, underappreciated, and overworked. And under the current Administration, they face relentless attacks by ideologues who'd rather history be erased than taught. Students deserve to learn about hard truths and develop the critical thinking skills to wrestle with them. We need more federal funding in public schools to create an environment where both staff and students can thrive. 

Public colleges should be free, as they are in the rest of the industrialized world. Robust trade education and quality apprenticeships should also be readily accessible. Federal student debt has kept a generation from buying homes, starting families, and realizing professional goals. As a longtime advocate for student debt cancellation, I won’t stop working until we’ve meaningfully tackled the student debt crisis.

Queer and trans rights

I know what it's like to be told my family doesn't count. I've navigated the legal and bureaucratic roadblocks that make queer parenthood harder. I've watched cruel attempts to erase queer and trans kids from libraries, classrooms, and history.

In Congress, I'll oppose all attacks on trans people, defend access to gender-affirming care, and push back hard against book bans and curriculum censorship. I'll fight for the material conditions queer people most need: secure housing, stable jobs, and accessible healthcare.