Healthcare is a Human Right.
No one should go bankrupt for getting sick. No one should have to drive hours to see a doctor. And no one who served this country should come home to a broken healthcare system.
I believe healthcare is a human right—not a privilege reserved for the wealthy or well-connected. That’s why I’m committed to protecting and expanding the programs that working people, families, and veterans rely on most.
Iowa currently ranks 44th in the nation in physicians per capita, with just 233 doctors for every 100,000 residents. That’s not just a number—it’s a crisis. And it’s one we feel right here in our own district, where rural areas and working-class communities are struggling to access basic care. I will fight to bring federal support directly to the areas that need it most—like ours—by expanding programs that help recruit and retain doctors in underserved communities.
As your representative, I will fight to:
Protect and strengthen Medicaid and Medicare, not cut them. Millions of Americans—including children, seniors, and people with disabilities—depend on these programs to stay alive. We can’t afford to let politicians gut them to give tax breaks to billionaires.
Honor our promise to veterans by fully funding the VA and modernizing access to care, especially in rural and underserved areas. No veteran should be stuck in limbo waiting for the care they earned.
Expand federal assistance to address doctor shortages—particularly in rural communities, low-income neighborhoods, and tribal lands. That means fully funding programs that recruit and retain healthcare workers where they’re needed most, like the National Health Service Corps and rural residency tracks.
Invest in public health infrastructure, mental health services, addiction treatment, and community health centers—because prevention saves lives, and every community deserves access to quality care.
No one in this country should have to choose between going to the doctor and paying rent. Not when billionaires are getting tax cuts big enough to fund a hospital in every rural town.
Not when politicians in D.C. are more interested in protecting profit margins than protecting lives.
Healthcare isn’t a luxury. It’s a basic human right—and if elected, I’ll fight like hell to make sure our government finally starts acting like it.
Equality is what makes us strong.
Everyone deserves basic human rights. Period.
No one should be treated as less because of who they are, who they love, or how they identify. Your identity should never be weaponized—used as a political distraction while the real issues hurting everyday people go ignored.
We’ve got families who can’t afford insulin. Veterans are sleeping in shelters. Parents are working two jobs just to break even. And instead of fixing that, some politicians are spending their time attacking LGBTQ+ communities, banning books, and pretending drag shows are more dangerous than poverty or gun violence.
Let’s be clear: this shouldn’t have to be a political stance, but until we live in a world where dignity and safety aren’t up for debate, I will stand with anyone whose existence is being used as a scapegoat for other people’s hate.
Here’s how I’ll take action to ensure equal rights for all:
Support passage of the Equality Act, which would provide comprehensive protections for LGBTQ+ Americans in employment, housing, education, and public services.
Fight for federal anti-censorship laws that block state-level efforts to ban books or whitewash LGBTQ+ and racial history from schools.
Introduce legislation for a National Anti-Hate Crime Database, requiring law enforcement agencies to report and track hate-based violence and discrimination.
Push for strengthened Title IX protections to include trans and nonbinary students—so no child is denied opportunity or safety based on their gender identity.
Because equality isn't radical—it's the bare minimum of morality
It is time for Raising Wages and Reining in corporate Greed
Wages have remained stagnant for decades—while CEOs rake in record profits and openly brag on earnings calls about raising prices “because they can.” That’s not just wrong—it’s sickening.
Working people are being squeezed dry while corporate executives celebrate and Wall Street cheers. And let’s be real—corporations and corporate money have no business in our politics. None. They don’t vote, they don’t struggle to pay rent, and they sure as hell don’t deserve more influence than the average American.
Greed is the greatest plague on humanity.
It’s behind poverty. Behind unaffordable healthcare. Behind housing shortages. Behind environmental destruction. Behind the constant erosion of our rights and futures.
It’s time to call it what it is—and fight it.
**That’s why I’ve already written the most sweeping pro-worker legislation in a generation—**bold, comprehensive reforms to restore power to workers in the face of union-busting, unsafe workplaces, and corporate exploitation. It includes:
Mandatory rest days after 7 consecutive days of work, with double pay required if employees choose to continue.
Fines for employers who retaliate against workers who demand their rights.
Penalties for companies that refuse to negotiate in good faith during strikes, including mandatory backpay for the duration of the strike.
And that’s just the beginning.
As your representative, I will:
Fight for a $17 federal minimum wage, with automatic increases tied to inflation and the cost of living.
Co-sponsor and champion the PRO Act, to finally give workers real power to organize without fear.
Introduce legislation to cap CEO-to-worker pay ratios for companies that receive federal tax breaks or contracts.
Create a federal corporate watchdog that investigates and publicly reports on price-gouging and anti-worker practices.
Because when everyday people have power, everyone benefits. When corporations hold all the cards, only the rich win—and the rest of us are left behind.
Let’s be honest—the fearmongering around “open borders” is nothing more than thinly veiled racism.
No serious leader is calling for open borders. That’s a myth used to scare people and distract from the real issues hurting working families.
What I do believe is this: the path to citizenship in this country is far too narrow, far too punishing, and far too broken. We’ve welcomed people here to work, pay taxes, raise families, and contribute to our communities—but then we leave them in limbo for years, sometimes decades, with no clear way forward.
That’s why I’ve already written detailed legislation that offers a direct path from legal residency to citizenship—without endless roadblocks, arbitrary delays, or political games.
If you’ve played by the rules, contributed to this country, and built your life here, you deserve a real way forward—not a broken system designed to keep you in limbo.
My bill also includes accelerated timelines for essential workers—especially those serving in high-need roles like healthcare in rural and under-served communities. If you’re showing up for this country in critical ways, this country should show up for you.
And here’s something that should never even need to be said:
Legal residents and visa holders should not be snatched off the street and deported for practicing basic human and American rights.
That’s not justice. That’s not democracy. That’s not freedom.
People I love live in fear of being deported—even though they’re here legally. That fear is real. And it’s a symptom of a system built on scapegoating and cruelty. Because when the people in power realize that deporting immigrants didn’t fix anything, they won’t stop—they’ll just find someone else to blame.
As your representative, I will:
Sponsor and fight for my direct pathway to citizenship legislation—providing a clear, fair, and timely path from residency to citizenship, with reduced wait times for essential workers.
Push for an independent immigration court system, free from political interference and controlled by an impartial judiciary, not the Department of Justice.
Introduce legislation to protect visa holders and DACA recipients from unlawful detention, raids, and deportation without a court order.
Establish a federal legal defense fund for immigrants facing deportation—because due process isn’t a privilege, it’s a right.
We need immigration policies rooted in dignity, fairness, and humanity, not fear.
we stand in solidarity with immigrants.
we need smart gun control.
I’m a gun owner. I grew up in a family that hunted, where firearms were a part of daily life—but so was responsibility. I was taught to respect the power of a gun, not worship it.
And that’s what this conversation needs more of: respect, responsibility, and common sense.
I believe in the Second Amendment. I also believe that no child should fear going to school, no parent should have to memorize exit routes at the grocery store, and no community should be shattered by another preventable tragedy.
Supporting gun ownership and supporting gun safety are not mutually exclusive. We can protect the rights of responsible gun owners while keeping weapons out of the hands of people who pose a threat to others.
As your representative, I’ll work to:
Pass universal background checks to ensure firearms are sold responsibly, no matter where or how they’re purchased.
Enact red flag laws that temporarily restrict access to firearms for individuals in crisis—while preserving due process.
Improve mental health resources and crisis response so that intervention happens before tragedy strikes.
Support safe storage laws and firearm safety education, especially in homes with children, to prevent unintentional shootings and suicides.
Make it a felony to knowingly or negligently provide a child access to a firearm that’s later used in a crime.
Make it a federal felony to possess a firearm within 2,500 feet (½ mile) of the home, school, or workplace of someone who has a restraining order against you—because no survivor should have to live in fear of a violent ex circling the block with a gun and a grudge.
Make it a severe federal felony to brandish, display, or use a firearm to intimidate someone protected by a restraining order, with mandatory sentencing enhancements—because threats aren’t just words when there’s a weapon in hand.
This isn’t about taking guns away from law-abiding citizens.
It’s about making sure no one has to die to prove a restraining order should have meant something.
We can support the Second Amendment and still say that lives matter more than lobbyists.
its time to End Legal Bribery and Clean Up Campaign Finance.
Let’s call it what it is: legalized bribery.
Our political system is drowning in corporate money, and the people writing the laws aren’t working for you—they’re working for the billionaires and lobbyists who cut the checks. Both parties are guilty. And every time they sell out to big donors, the working class gets screwed.
We live in a country where oil companies write energy policy, health insurance execs shape healthcare laws, and Wall Street decides what workers are worth. And they don’t spend millions on campaigns out of the goodness of their hearts—they expect a return on their investment. And they get it.
That’s why housing costs keep rising, wages stay stagnant, prescription drug prices are insane, and billionaires pay less in taxes than teachers. Because the system isn’t broken—it’s rigged.
It’s time to burn this corrupt system to the ground and build something that actually works for the people.
As your representative, I will:
Refuse all corporate PAC money—not a dime.
Support legislation to overturn Citizens United and end dark money in politics.
Fight to Ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office—if you're writing the laws, you shouldn't be profiting off the consequences.
Push for public financing of elections—so everyday people can run and win without selling their soul to the highest bidder.
Fight like hell to stop letting corporations buy politicians and treat our democracy like it's up for auction.
If your campaign is funded by billionaires, you’re not representing your district—you’re just renting a seat in Congress to the donor class.
This campaign is different. It's powered by working people. And I’ll go to Washington to represent you, not the people with yachts, hedge funds, and private jets.
If we don’t get money out of politics, we’ll never get the people back in.
Protect the Environment; There is No Second Planet
Let’s be blunt: the climate crisis is real, it’s here, and politicians have spent decades playing games while the world burns.
We don’t need more watered-down “green” talking points written by fossil fuel lobbyists. We need real action—and we need it now. That means investing in the future, holding polluters accountable, and treating environmental collapse like the global emergency it is.
This isn’t about left vs. right. It’s about survival vs. collapse. It’s about whether our kids grow up breathing clean air and drinking clean water—or watching corporate greed poison everything we depend on.
As your representative, I will:
Support a Green New Deal-style federal jobs program that puts people to work modernizing infrastructure, expanding clean energy, restoring ecosystems, and protecting frontline communities.
Ban new federal fossil fuel leases and end fossil fuel subsidies—because your tax dollars shouldn’t be funding the destruction of your planet.
Hold corporate polluters criminally accountable for dumping toxins into our water, air, and soil. If a company knowingly poisons a community, they should face more than a slap on the wrist—they should face criminal charges.
Invest in clean energy expansion—including solar, wind, geothermal, and battery storage—and support programs that make those jobs accessible to rural, low-income, and transitioning fossil fuel workers.
Protect Iowa’s water and farmland by fighting CAFO overexpansion, runoff pollution, and big agribusiness practices that threaten independent farmers and long-term sustainability.
Create a federal disaster relief fund for farmers impacted by floods, droughts, and wildfires worsened by climate change—because working people shouldn’t be left behind while D.C. debates whether climate change is "real."