Issues
Our country is continuing to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. My top priority remains providing Michiganders continued support and relief throughout the public health emergency. I have called on both the Trump and Biden administrations to stand up a more robust national program for testing and masking supplies. Meanwhile, the unemployment, the lack of childcare, the inability of people to work with adequate safety measures and rights to organize, all point to the dire need for comprehensive relief from Congress.
A path to the middle class starts with high quality education and job training. My America's College Promise Act was inspired by the outstanding institutions of Macomb and Oakland Community Colleges in Michigan's Ninth District. I worked with both colleges during my time as Chief Workforce Officer for the State of Michigan, helping underemployed Michiganders go back to school to earn degrees or certificates leading to in-demand jobs during the Great Recession. The America's College Promise Act would provide two years of free community college for everyone so they can do just that.
Over the past three decades, Michigan has seen unprecedented rises in temperature, heavier rainfalls and more extreme weather events due to climate change.
Every policy decision I make as a member of Congress and as a member of the House Education & Labor Committee in the 117th Congress is about raising the standard of living for working people and guaranteeing economic justice for all. Our country, our economy and our education system must work for every American—not just a wealthy few.
As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and longtime human rights advocate, I am committed to fighting for civil and human rights for all people at home and abroad. Throughout my career I have worked to ensure that peace, justice and respect for human rights are central to United States foreign policy because I know that what we do abroad doesn't just matter "over there;" it has impacts at home too, whether contributing to the fight against climate change, the rights of working people, migration flows, human rights, the treatment of U.S.