People-First Platform

The economy is not broken for everyone. It works just fine for the ultra-rich, corporate lobbyists, and the politicians who protect them. But for working families, it feels like the deck is stacked against us.

I strongly support a single-payer Medicare-for-All proposal for all Americans. Healthcare is an issue that Democrats have fought for years to strengthen.

The United States should lead the world in delivering the next generation of medical breakthroughs. Too often, progress is blocked by corporate interests that put profits over patients and by the current administration's political appointees who put their agendas above science.

Small businesses are not just part of the economy. They are part of the fabric of our neighborhoods. But too often, they are competing against giant corporations with deeper pockets, more resources, and the ability to undercut prices until local competition disappears.

We need to treat housing as a basic foundation for a healthy community, not just another investment market for big corporations.

We need a national commitment to affordable child care, starting with investments that expand access, improve quality, and support the workforce that makes it possible.

Connecticut families already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Buried in those bills is a “public benefits” charge that subsidizes the Millstone nuclear plant — even though Connecticut produces more electricity than we use.

I will work to restore public media funding, create federal grants to support local newsrooms, and offer tax incentives that help independent and community-based outlets survive.

No one working full time should live in poverty. Yet too many of our neighbors earn wages so low that a single emergency could push their families to the brink.