Lowering the cost of housing and rent through extensive legislative planning will be at the forefront of our policy priorities.

Every American deserves affordable, comprehensive healthcare including dental, vision, and mental health services. I will fight to let medicare negotiate directly pharmaceutical companies, and insurers to bring down the cost of care for everyone.

We must also create a public healthcare option that allows every American to choose affordable, high-quality coverage. This will ensure competition, lower prices, and expand access.

Funding and expanding Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, WIC, and focusing on providing childcare. It is imperative that we raise the income threshold to meet the current economic demands of simply existing in Ohio’s 1st District. The creation and implementation of a step-down program for each of these issues will guarantee families caught in the cycle of poverty a chance at financial independence.

When elected, I will secure and expand VA funding and services (including housing and providing for those housing-insecure veterans, and ensure disabled veterans who are on 50% or greater service-connected receive a living wage and disability benefits. It is tantamount to the survival of the VA, and thus also our military service members, both active and veterans, that we increase VA hiring by 400%.

Social Security can and will be preserved by transferring it en masse to an independent trust.

Expanding SSDI incomes to meet the cost of living is key to a successful society.

A comprehensive audit of SSDI will prevent the small percentage of annual fraudulent claims, and expedite the application process in order to remove certain discriminatory qualifiers.

Raising the FICA income payment cap to $500k as opposed to the current $170k.

The Ohio Department of Education cannot be written off. I will work to ensure that every child in America has access to a fully funded, high-quality public education from pre-K through 12th grade. That means holding all schools accountable to national standards of equity and excellence.

Quality education begins with quality educators. I support raising teacher pay nationwide, with starting salaries between $60,000 and $80,000, and guaranteeing strong retirement security after a lifetime of service.

Ohio was built by unions, and I believe the future of America’s education system depends on protecting and strengthening collective bargaining for teachers. I’ll champion efforts to build a stronger national voice for educators because when teachers thrive, our children succeed.

Every American deserves the freedom to make personal healthcare decisions without government interference. Reproductive Rights include access to contraception, fertility treatments, right to continue pregnancy, and access to abortion up until Fetal viability

I will fight to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade at the federal level and pass legislation guaranteeing a national right to reproductive autonomy..

Protecting the voting rights of the people of Ohio is very serious work. In order to accomplish this, stopping the SAVE Act is vital to not only our freedom as citizens, but also our rights.

When elected, I will push for mail-in voting nationally, and American citizens will be registered to vote as par for the course when they get their state ID, passport, license, or library card.

One of the top priorities of my campaign is to institute student loan forgiveness up to $150,000. Predatory student loan companies will no longer have a toehold in our state.

In addition to this decisive action, I plan to conduct an audit, spanning the last twenty years, which will include every unsubsidized commercial loan taken out, with the end goal of reimbursing every borrower who paid more than five percent interest.

Ohio boasts some of the finest higher-education and trade schools in the United States. There is no reason why our children should have to pay out-of-pocket to attend them. I would make it a first-term goal to offer free in-state tuition to all State Colleges and trade schools for Ohio residents.

When we talk about immigration reform, we must begin with the human story that families are seeking safety, opportunity, and a better life. America’s strength has always come from those who came here to contribute, not from shutting people out.

Real reform means strong borders and fair laws that protect both our national security and our national values. We need to replace broken, punitive systems with modern, humane, and efficient immigration processes that keep families together, ensure safety, and uphold the rule of law.

I support investing in smarter border technology, cracking down on human trafficking and illegal smuggling, and creating clear, legal pathways to citizenship for those who work, contribute, and follow the rules. We can have both secure borders and compassionate policy.

There isn’t an off switch for genocide. There is no negotiating away from it, once it’s started. What can, and will be done, is putting a stop to the genocidal regimes - these callous, dangerous, unhinged men who seek only to destroy for the sake of destruction.

There is no justification for the actions of the Israeli government over the course of the last two years. The constant bombardment has killed Hamas leaders, of course, but it also has slaughtered Innocent lives of both Palestinian and Israelis, and destroyed the infrastructure of Gaza and the West Bank making it inhabitable.

Until there is a ceasefire that sticks, and all responsible parties are brought to The Hague, an embargo, both capital and military should be enacted.

I’ll fight to restore public trust by demanding an independent, bipartisan investigation into congressional insider trading over the past decade. Any credible violations will be referred for full prosecution by independent federal authorities. no exceptions, no special treatment. Members of Congress should play by the same rules as everyone else