The Issues

AFFORDABILITY

Rising costs make living here more difficult

• Living year-round on Cape Cod is expensive and becoming more costly.
• We need new money for our roads, schools, housing, and wastewater facilities to limit town tax increases.
• I’ll work to deliver more funding to the district from the state budget and towards re-examining state-aid formulas for our towns, including for schools.

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

Guaranteeing real choices

• Everyone should freely choose if and when to become a parent.
• It’s too difficult for women here to access reproductive healthcare, including abortions.
• I’ll work for laws expanding women’s access to care, increasing funding for service providers, and ensuring protection from misinformation or harassment.

TRANSPORTATION

New bridges, big costs

• The Sagamore and Bourne Bridges are the only way to and from Cape Cod by car.
• We must find $4.5 billion dollars to replace those functionally obsolete crossings without unnecessary disruptions to residents and visitors.
• I’ll work with other state and federal representatives to convince the U.S. government to pay those costs by investing state dollars to successfully make that case.

WATER QUALITY

Cape Cod can’t exist without clean water.

• The quality of water is declining as pollution increases and the proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod poses new risks.
• We need more funds to help towns pay for wastewater infrastructure and water quality remediation projects and to support homeowners paying for hookups to town sewers.
• I’ll work on laws that provide new funding to clean up past contamination, prevent future damage, and oppose construction of the planned gun range.

HOUSING

New laws and funding for local solutions

• We don’t have enough attainable homes for our residents, workers, and young adults.
• Our laws and regulations must lower the costs of building and redeveloping housing.
• I’ll work to find innovative solutions that empower towns to partner with the private sector to create needed homes.

FOOD INSECURITY

Ensuring access so no one goes hungry

• We’re paying the largest amount of our income for food in a generation.
• We need laws to ensure the availability of healthy food to all residents and reduce food waste.
• I’ll work for continued funding to make sure no child goes hungry – and everyone has access to the food they need.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Upholding the inherent dignity of all individuals

• Everyone should have the freedom to live as they choose.
• Incidents of bullying and discrimination are increasing.
• I will work to make sure our district and Massachusetts are diverse and welcoming places, and our laws provide tools to prevent bullying, intimidation, and violence based upon our differences.