Improve our schools. Protect our seniors. Make Maryland affordable.

I will focus on reducing housing and health care costs. I support legislation to encourage more affordable housing development near transit, reduce red tape, and reform outdated zoning laws. I also support rent stabilization and good cause eviction to protect tenants and promote housing stability for working families. I will continue Del. Cullison's advocacy for prescription drug pricing reform through MD's first in the nation Prescription Drug Affordability Board, which I supported as a grantmaker at Arnold Ventures. I would also cosponsor a bill to end tax breaks on advertising for pharmaceutical companies, and use the savings to extend ACA subsidies for Marylanders.

I will fight to fully fund the Blueprint for MD's Future. We need to expand the number of community schools, increase collaborative time for teachers, and ensure a living wage for our education support professionals. I will also fight to automatically enroll all qualified students (as determined by state testing) in advanced coursework, and to expand career pathways and apprenticeship programs in our high schools.

I will push for common-sense reforms that keep our communities safe and redirect public dollars toward community violence intervention and alternatives to incarceration. I support Gov. Moore’s investment in public-private efforts with philanthropies, like ENOUGH and the Safer Stronger Together Initiative, that focus on prevention, economic development, and improving service delivery for vulnerable children and families. I will also prioritize road and pedestrian safety, a major concern for D-19 given the major arterials that crisscross our district.

Immigrant rights are under assault by the Trump Administration. All of our neighbors deserve the same protection of their civil liberties and access to economic opportunity. I support legislation passed this session that prohibits local law enforcement from working with ICE. I also support legislation to prohibit face coverings for all law enforcement, and to fund legal representation for poor defendants in immigration court. Economic policies that I support include rent stabilization, good cause eviction, and strengthening workplace safety, which will particularly benefit immigrant communities. And I pledge to always listen deeply and intently to the concerns of advocates for the immigrant community.

I will support legislation to speed our transition to renewable energy while keeping costs down for consumers. Factors driving the rise in utility costs in Maryland include a lack of competition in the consumer electricity marketplace, increased energy demand from data centers, and red tape holding up new renewable energy projects. I support the Utility RELIEF Act, which will help to reduce electric bills in the short term by addressing these factors. The state should expedite its approval process and pressure PJM (the entity that manages our grid) to streamline approval for new renewable projects. I will also fight the construction of new data centers that generate air and noise pollution and drive up rates for residents.