My policies have the underlying value of making our state and community more affordable and our economy sustainable for all residents of New Hampshire. We must be environmentally forward-thinking so we leave behind a planet in which future generations and flora and fauna will thrive. I am always open to working in a bipartisan way to find solutions to problems and make progress as a society.

HOUSING

The lack of affordable housing is an enormous challenge for New Hampshire. We need to invest in making housing affordable at multiple income levels so our children and their children can stay and work here. We need to restore funding to the Housing Champion Program. I am in favor of reformed zoning laws to allow for more walkable communities and increased density.

I believe in public and private partnerships to create incentives for the construction of supportive housing for people with physical or intellectual disabilities, for those struggling with or recovering from addiction, and for seniors who cannot afford for-profit assisted living facilities. By ensuring stabile housing, we can stave off the need for shelters and emergency room visits by vulnerable people who can’t live without some help. The private sector alone will not do this.

I served on a special House Committee that studied the impact of the housing crisis on people with disabilities. I filed and saw passed legislation that made licensing for certain types of this housing easier. I will again file a bill to increase the amount of funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund which was killed in 2025 but with a Democratic majority perhaps it will pass next term.

PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES

I, like most people in New Hampshire, value the beauty of our state’s lakes, mountains, and other natural resources, as well as our farm heritage. I support all legislation to protect these resources including water quality which is threatened by cyanobacteria outbreaks and PFAS contamination. We need to find innovative ways to keep our small farms economically viable. We must balance the need to create more housing and protecting our resources.

We need to shift our energy portfolio and incentivize more renewable sources as has every other New England State. We do not generate any of our own fossil fuels in New Hampshire. We can create some of our own energy to increase supply and bring energy prices down. The prices of these technologies have come down considerably so we must remove barriers to their adoption.

There is growing interest in NH and across the country to have more environmentally friendly practices in death care and final disposition. I will continue to work on legislation to foster natural burials and Natural Organic Reduction. I serve on the Dover Cemetery board where we are considering the creation of a scattering garden as a first step.

HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

I am a firm believer and proponent of Medicare for All. I have twice filed House Resolutions calling on our federal delegation to support this. You can watch my floor speech, here. Popular support for Medicare for All has increased tremendously and I already filed this for 2027 as a key component of our affordability agenda. Medicare for All would save the nation a trillion dollars because overhead for Medicare is only about 6% vs 20% for private insurance. The State of NH will save $1 billion by eliminating poverty-only insurance (Medicaid) as we won’t have the enormous administrative costs of income screening and work requirements. Medicare is a sliding scale system that if expanded to ALL will help offset the costs of caring for our seniors. This is also one tool we have to LOWER PROPERTY TAXES because private health insurance is uncontrolled spending for state and local government that goes up every year. Meanwhile, I will continue to fight against the privatization of Medicare and Medicaid and the anti-vaccine agenda, and for adequate Medicaid reimbursement rates, and to expand protection against discrimination for preexisting conditions and community ratings in the Medicare Supplement markets (regulated by the states).

SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY & PUBLIC SCHOOLS

I stand with the Democratic Caucus in opposing any and all voter suppression efforts. Our country was founded on the right to free and fair elections, and any legislation suggesting the existence of widespread voter fraud only undermines the democratic process. I would support the expansion of independent, nonpartisan election observers, and the protection of poll workers from threats of political violence or intimidation.

The core threat to democracy today is the unlimited influence of money in our politics, driven by huge corporations and the billionaire class. I would like to see real campaign finance reform at the state and national level.

Essential to the future of democracy is public education. While this is not my area of work, I support my caucus to reign in the voucher system if not eliminate it all together. Public education dollars are for public schools. We need to increase state spending for public education and enforce SWEPT so all kids in NH have access to a good public education. I love the concept of magnet schools as an example of creative ways we can make education work for every child, not a voucher program that is subsidizing mainly more affluent people to send their kids to private school.