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Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present
Former Member, Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present
Former Member, Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives
Member, Energy and Commerce
Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade
Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy and Commerce)
Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce)
Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce)
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Health policy expert
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan?
- Yes
2. Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan?
- Yes
1. do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
2. do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
3. do you support reducing Medicaid spending?
- No
4. do you support reducing Medicare spending?
- No
5. Is balancing the budget a legislative priority?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
3. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
4. Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- Yes
5. Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- Yes
My highest priority is implementing a comprehensive national energy policy that increases conservation and efficiency and accelerates a shift away from fossil fuels and toward renewable sources. While I would prefer to limit offshore drilling wherever possible, I recognize that a broader national plan is likely to allow some further domestic production of fossil fuels in the short term. I would work hard to ensure that any new drilling is done prudently and is subject to responsible review and oversight.
- Joseph Kennedy III. A Comprehensive Energy Policy for the 21st Century. 19 September 2012. "I support prudent and responsible development of domestic fossil fuels today, while working to transition away from them in the medium term. The keys to responsible development of domestic fossil fuels are proper oversight and fair rates for leasing federal land, as well as the effective and efficient permitting of projects to avoid potential irreversible impacts to land and water supplies." (joekennedy2012.com)
1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No
2. Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
2. Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin?
- Yes
3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?
- No
Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes
2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- No
1. Agriculture
- Greatly Decrease
2. Arts
- Maintain Status
3. Defense
- Slightly Decrease
4. Education
- Slightly Increase
5. Environment
- Maintain Status
6. Homeland Security
- Maintain Status
7. International aid
- Maintain Status
8. Medical Research
- Slightly Increase
9. Scientific Research
- Slightly Increase
10. Space exploration
- Maintain Status
11. United Nations
- Maintain Status
12. Welfare
- Maintain Status
13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
14. Capital gains taxes
- Slightly Increase
15. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status
16. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Maintain Status
17. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Slightly Increase
18. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Maintain Status
19. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status
20. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Maintain Status
21. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
22. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Increase
23. Payroll taxes
- Maintain Status
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes
Latest Action: Senate - 06/19/2019 Received in the Senate.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Tracker:By William J. Barber II and Joe Kennedy III The Rev. William J. Barber II is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. Joe Kennedy III, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts's 4th District in the U.S. House. A month ago, they were called "service workers": the people who prepare our food, deliver our packages, drive our buses, clean our offices and staff our nursing homes. Then, the coronavirus changed this country's collective vocabulary. Now, these people are "essential workers." They may not be paid a livable wage or have access to dependable health care. They may even be forced onto public assistance. And the rest of us cannot survive without them. It is heartening to see our language accurately reflect the dignity of this work. Covid-19 forced low-wage workers who do not have the luxury or liberty of staying home to put their lives on the line for the rest of us. Their sacrifice and their service are a moral calling for all of us: It is past time for federal policy to acknowledge what is unequivocally essential for any man, woman or child to survive. Food is essential. In the richest nation on Earth, nearly 40 million people are considered food insecure. And that was before this crisis. Depending on which definition of the term you use, between 17 million and 54 million Americans live in food deserts. Millions of immigrants are denied basic nutrition because they do not qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Moms and children lucky enough to be covered by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) now must search for vital items in picked-over grocery stores. The existing injustice of the U.S. food ecosystem has been compounded by this crisis to devastating effect. Shelter is essential. Popular culture is filled with graphics and hashtags telling Americans to stay home. What if you don't have one? On any given night, half a million Americans sleep on the streets. Another 3 million live in shelters at some point each year. And there is not a county in the country where someone earning minimum wage can afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment. We need a nationwide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures immediately, and looking forward, we need to reconfigure the policies that have kept so much housing unaffordable. Health care is essential. Never have the inadequacies of our health-care system been more visible. Early on, experts called this disease an equalizer. Now we know it is anything but. The people contracting and dying from this disease are disproportionately poor and black and brown. Millions of Americans are losing their jobs, and with those jobs, their health insurance; tying coverage to employment has always been foolish, but in a pandemic that requires us to shut down our economy in response, it is madness. We need Medicare-for-all. Financial security is essential. Before this crisis, roughly 140 million Americans were poor or low-income, struggling to get by month to month. The $1,200 stimulus checks couldn't arrive soon enough for these families. Many Americans have continued going to work because they have to. We need hazard pay for these essential workers. We need a living wage for all. We need guaranteed sick days, paid family leave, universal child care and public transit worthy of the most powerful country in the developed world. Clean air and clean water are essential. As a respiratory illness tears through our communities, some people are shocked that it is having a disparate impact on communities of color. But you know who isn't the least bit surprised? The 68 percent of black Americans living within 30 miles of a coal plant and those in the low-income communities where extreme heat increases the risk of asthma and heart disease. Communities of color and low-income workers were battling a natural disaster, often without help from their governments, long before covid-19 arrived. We need to confront climate change with policies that put those communities at the forefront of our efforts. Belonging is essential. While a one-time relief check from the federal government is good news to tens of millions of Americans, we know that 11 million of our undocumented neighbors will not receive anything from the federal aid that has been allocated thus far. Many are agricultural and construction workers, deemed essential, who have paid taxes in the United States for decades. But still we shamelessly exploit their labor. We need justice for immigrant workers, families and communities. The objections to these essential policies are well-known. Some say they cost too much. But the trillions of dollars we have found to shore up Wall Street and financial markets are evidence that our government has capacity to invest in the things we consider essential. Others say they cannot be pursued because Republicans in the Senate and the White House will block them. But Americans who may have to risk their lives to go to the polls this fall deserve to know who is willing to pursue these essential policies and who is not. If these workers are essential, then their lives are, too. Their humanity is, too. If there is anything covid-19 has revealed, it is how deeply our fates are tied. The task before us is enormous, but we must not flinch from it. More than tragedy, more than grief, more than fear -- the commitment to one another must be the legacy of this time.
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