Affordable Healthcare for All Americans
Believes that affordable healthcare is a fundamental right
Protect affordable and quality health care
* All Americans must have access to affordable and quality healthcare in Urban and Rural areas
* Strengthen and Support Medicare and Medicaid
* Mandate lower prescription drug prices
* Protect Americans with pre-existing injuries
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
This goal will be achieved when everyone enjoys: the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards, and equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work
* Prevent environmental abuses and strengthen environmental protections and education
* Protect our air, land and water
* Support efforts to immediately reduce carbon emissions
* Mitigate man made factors causing climate change Strengthen the Clean Water Act
* Provide adequate funding to the EPA and Forest Services
* Protect our Forests and National Resources
* Protect national parks and natural preserves from drilling and fracking
* Stop the dumping of toxic chemicals and radioactive waste in our water supplies
* Provide increase resources for Environmental Justice to vulnerable, marginalized and minority community
Criminal and Social Justice Reform
.Criminal justice reform on the National level flowing to the local levels.
a. Revamp federal sentencing guidelines
b. Change the drug sentencing policy surrounding the war on drugs
c.Push for fair sentencing for all
d.Prioritizing rehabilitation of offenders, especially juvenile offenders
e. Abolish Private prisons
f.Support restorative justice programs
g. Abolish racial profiling and illegal searches and seizures
h.Abolish police brutality
i. Stop “school to prison” pipeline
.Protect the First Step Act
. Protect Constitutional Rights for all citizens to include:
a. Freedom of speech and assembly
b. Freedom to bear arms.
c. Equal Protection for all
d. Right to Due Process
Recruiting and attracting 21st century, hi-tech and green jobs into the district
Support the Expansion of Savannah Ports to increase jobs and revenue.
Promote upgrading the infrastructure to include roads, bridges and drainage system
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Economic Empowerment
Encourage job training programs
Encourage job training programs