Gloria’s Priorities

Uphold Democracy:

• Ensure our individual freedoms are protected against all forms of discrimination. It is not the government’s business who we love or how we worship.

• Expand access to voting - Advance the John Lewis Voting Act.

Strengthen Families:

• Restore reproductive rights - trust women to make decisions about their bodies. 

• Expand access to basic quality healthcare.

• Advance affordable childcare – every child should have access to quality day care to establish the foundation for lifelong learning.

• Enhance mental health access for all – it is not a crime it is healthcare.

• Preserve Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.

• Advocate to adjust the federal minimum wage.

• Innovate immigration processing solutions to assess, relocate, employ or deport individuals.

• Support criminal justice equity.

• Find solutions to address affordable housing crisis.

• Protect the PACT Act - the largest expansion of health care and benefits for veterans.

Rethink Education:

• Re-invent k-12 public school education and replace “No Child Left Behind” policies.

• Support teachers – licensure, pay, and development.  

• Strengthen pathways to workforce skill development, i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

Spur Smart Economic Growth:

• Address economic inequality with workforce skill training and living wage job creation.

• Support climate friendly economic growth, i.e., carbon-free energy solutions.

• Provide aid for farmer sustainability.

• Support fair share tax policies.

• Expand infrastructure to support connectivity, i.e., broadband access to rural localities.

Address Gun Violence:

• Close background check loopholes at gun shows, private sales, online sales, and pawn shops.

• Mandated waiting periods before every gun purchase.

• Ban assault weapons.