We must expand the Family and Medical Leave Act to guarantee paid leave for all workers, including caregivers and part-time employees, so families can care for a newborn, a sick loved one, or themselves without risking financial ruin.

Childcare shouldn’t cost more than a mortgage payment—or anything at all. We must guarantee universal, no-cost childcare by dramatically expanding federal funding, paying early childhood educators a living wage, and ensuring high-quality childcare options in every community.

Expanding the Child Tax Credit is one of the most effective tools we have to fight child poverty. When it was expanded nationwide, child poverty dropped by nearly 50% in just one year. I support permanently expanding the Child Tax Credit and making it fully refundable so every family gets a fair shot.

As a father of 3 daughters, I’m fed up with Big Tech treating our kids like data points to exploit. We need to force these companies to put children’s safety first by defaulting to real protections, blocking strangers, and cutting off the addictive algorithms designed to hook them.

We need to strengthen programs like SNAP and WIC to help put food on the table for families who need it most, while boosting local economies and supporting farmers. We should expand eligibility, link benefits to cost of living, and cut red tape.

Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome makes one thing painfully clear: America is failing people with disabilities. We need to strengthen and expand the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure equal access to healthcare, good jobs, housing, and education. We’ll fully fund accessibility programs, strengthen workplace protections, and make sure our systems open doors, not close them.

Ensuring students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to succeed means fully honoring the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). That requires fully funding special education so schools can deliver the services IDEA guarantees, enforcing accessibility standards so students can actually access classrooms and learning materials, and equipping teachers with the training and tools to meet diverse needs.

Flexible attendance and scheduling are core disability accommodations, not special favors. I support fast, clear, ADA-compliant processes that help workers with disabilities and chronic illness stay employed without sacrificing their health and give employers consistent, workable standards.

We should shift disability benefits administration to the state level—with clear federal oversight, baseline standards, and strong civil rights enforcement—to improve efficiency, speed up decisions, and fix the communication failures that make the current system so inaccessible.

We need full funding for the Supplemental Security Income program so it can eliminate unnecessary hurdles, fix chronic communication failures, and actually serve the people who rely on it.

We can’t solve the housing crisis without building more homes. We need to invest in building out supply and encouraging smart, sustainable development near jobs and transit that will lower costs, reduce sprawl, and make homeownership possible again for an entire generation.

Housing is a basic human need, not a speculative asset for Wall Street. We need to limit the ability of corporations and hedge funds to buy up single-family homes, drive up rents, and price working families out of their communities.

Having been a renter for the last 20 years, I know every renter deserves stability, transparency, and a safe home they can afford. We need to pass a National Renters’ Bill of Rights to protect tenants from price-gouging, unfair evictions, and predatory fees.

We need to fully fund our public schools and pay teachers what they’re worth. Educators shape our future and it’s time our budget reflected the value they bring to our communities.

We need to create a universal pre-K program so every child, no matter their background, can start school ready to learn and thrive.

We need to make higher education accessible to everyone, not just those born into privilege. That starts with making community college tuition-free and passing the SAVE Act, so students aren’t buried in debt before they even start their careers.

We need reform the Smith Hughes Act and Vocational Education Act of 1963 to increase investment in trade schools, apprenticeships, and vocational programs that prepare people for good-paying, high-demand jobs.

We need to codify Roe v. Wade, protect access to contraception, and ensure that IVF and fertility treatments remain safe and legal. Reproductive healthcare is healthcare, and it must be protected under federal law.

As a bisexual man, I understand the fear that can come with being open about who you are. We need to pass the Equality Act and expand hate-crime protections so every person, no matter who they are or who they love, can live free from discrimination and violence.

We must defend marriage equality against any legal or political challenge. Love is love and I will fight to protect it from any attempt to roll it back and ensure the federal government defends every couple’s right to equal recognition under the law.

Protecting transgender Americans’ access to gender-affirming care requires coordinated action at every level of government—including federal shield laws, expanded insurance coverage, and real enforcement of nondiscrimination protections. Basic rights like updating IDs, accessing appropriate healthcare and facilities, and being free from discrimination shouldn’t depend on what state someone lives in. It’s time to guarantee these protections nationwide.

No one should have their image weaponized against them, whether through deepfakes or non-consensual sexual photos. We need to hold anyone who makes, distributes, or profits from this abuse accountable at the federal level to protect people’s autonomy and give survivors a real path to reclaim control over their lives.

We need a single, unified non-partisan immigration agency operating with a clearly defined mission, strict oversight, and firm limits on authority. This would replace Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and centralize all immigration and enforcement functions under one agency.

We need to end programs like 287(g) that deputize local law enforcement as federal immigration agents. These partnerships undermine community trust, divert local resources, and create fear that makes neighborhoods less safe.

We need a clear, fair path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. That includes protecting Dreamers, reforming visa and asylum processes, and ensuring families aren’t separated by an outdated, unjust system.

Our border policy is filled with confusion, partisan infighting, and bureaucracy. Corporations lobby to maintain this state in order to endlessly exploit those seeking a better life. We need a border policy that prioritizes humanity, safety, and responsibility. That means modernizing technology at ports of entry, improving staffing and training, and focusing resources on real threats like human trafficking and drug smuggling.

We need to strengthen the Clean Air Act and invest in clean energy infrastructure that protects our planet and secures our future. By expanding renewable energy and ensuring families can afford the transition, we can reduce pollution, cut carbon emissions, and preserve our environment for generations to come.

Technology drives progress, but it must also serve sustainability. We need to hold large tech corporations accountable for their environmental footprint by requiring renewable energy for data centers, reducing water consumption and waste, and promoting responsible e-waste recycling and right-to-repair initiatives.

America’s power grid was built for a different era, and we must modernize our energy infrastructure to make it cleaner, smarter, and more secure. A stronger grid means fewer outages, lower emissions, and a safer, more sustainable future for everyone.

The Clean Water Act has protected our nation’s water for more than 50 years. We must strengthen and modernize it to address new sources of pollution, hold violators accountable, and ensure that every community has access to clean, safe, and reliable water.

For decades, polluters have treated environmental fines as the cost of doing business. We need to strengthen enforcement, hold corporations financially accountable for the harm they cause, and elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to a Cabinet-level department to reflect the reality of what is at stake.