EDUCATION is key to a good jobs and opportunities. From Pre-K through College to trade schools and apprenticeships,everyone should have access to the education they need to achieve success. We need to make higher education accessible and affordable to everyone.
CLIMATE CHANGE poses a real urgent threat to our planet. Clean environment and green energy investment is good for our county, state, and country. It is essential for the future of our economy and for our people. Investments in green energy today will help us have a clean environment, energy independence and a strong economy in the future.
VOTER PROTECTION is essential, so voters have the right to cast their ballot free from intimidation and disenfranchisement. It is important that all voices are heard. We need to protect citizens right to vote by mail or in person.
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL is a right not a privilege. Strengthening & expanding our existing healthcare programs is an important first step in assuring all Americans have access to the preventative care and treatment they need. We need to give Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.
SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE need to be strengthened and protected. These programs are a promise our society made to all Americans, and that promise must be kept. Social Security and Medicare are lifelines for millions of Americans.
RURAL BROADBAND should be available in every corner of the Upper Peninsula, the Lower Peninsula and across the country. No parent should have to park in a McDonalds parking lot for their kids to have access to the internet to do their homework.
WOMEN’S HEALTH & REPRODUCTIVE rights should be between her & her healthcare providers. We need to protect women’s right to make their own choice.
INFRASTRUCTURE & ROADS are in serious need of repair or replacement. Crucial improvements are needed to our streets, roads & bridges to keep our residents safe.
PROTECTING WORKER’S RIGHT TO ORGANIZE and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. Strong unions foster a vibrant middle class with the protections, rights and wages that unions secure.
VETERANS and their families should have access to basic life necessities and entitlements that will increase stability and self-sufficiency – including the right to government benefits, access to employment, housing, and health and mental healthcare.
OUR LBGTQ+ COMMUNITY needs protection against discrimination because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We must make sure the expansion of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act remains in place.
