Issues
From lowering the cost of living to protecting Social Security and Medicare, expanding access to affordable healthcare, supporting veterans, and strengthening government accountability — Deborah's platform is built on real solutions for real families.
Affordability, Cost of Living & Housing Stability
- Lower housing costs — rent, mortgages, and homeowners’ insurance.
- Reduce the cost of groceries, prescription drugs, and everyday essentials.
- Improve access to affordable healthcare, childcare, and transportation.
- Expand homelessness prevention efforts and eviction risk support.
- Increase housing supply and stabilize essential living costs.
- Promote economic strategies that strengthen financial security.
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid & Healthcare Access
- Protect earned benefits for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
- Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- Improve access to affordable, high quality healthcare.
- Expand essential medical services that support independence.
- Enhance preventive care and chronic condition management.
- Reduce barriers to care for vulnerable populations.
Women’s Healthcare
- Ensure access to comprehensive women’s healthcare and preventive services.
- Strengthen maternal health resources for safe pregnancies.
- Expand access to OB GYNs, midwives, and specialists.
- Support personal medical decision making with qualified professionals.
- Improve access in rural and underserved communities.
- Promote preventive care that supports long term well being.
- Provide financial support for adoption for women who choose life and seek a loving home for their child.
Immigration System Modernization
- Create a merit based legal pathway for undocumented individuals who self report, pass screening, and contribute to society.
- Maintain a secure, well managed border while expanding lawful pathways.
- Evaluate the financial impact of current enforcement and detention practices.
- Assess economic effects of lost tax revenue and workforce shortages.
- Address the human toll of family separation involving U.S. born children.
- Improve coordination among federal, state, and local agencies.
- Expand employment , education , and service based immigration pathways.
Community Safety & Mental Wellness
- Support safe schools and neighborhoods through strong law enforcement partnerships.
- Expand access to mental health services and crisis intervention programs.
- Advance safety measures that respect responsible gun owners’ rights.
- Improve coordination among schools, law enforcement, and mental health providers.
- Invest in youth mental health and bullying prevention programs.
- Strengthen community based initiatives that reduce violence.
Education, Workforce Development & Global Competitiveness
- Strengthen education from early childhood through college.
- Fully fund IDEA and Section 504 to protect students with disabilities.
- Expand career training, apprenticeships, and high skill job pathways.
- Align education with workforce needs through school employer partnerships.
- Invest in STEM, advanced manufacturing, and emerging technologies.
- Improve access to community colleges and technical programs.
Veterans’ Healthcare, Training & Support
- Expand access to high quality healthcare and mental health services.
- Fully implement PACT Act protections for toxic exposure conditions.
- Strengthen housing assistance to reduce veteran homelessness.
- Maintain support for programs guided by PIT Count data.
- Increase access to career transition training and employment pathways.
- Protect essential benefits that support long term stability.
Scientific Research, Innovation & Shared Economic Benefit
- Allow government, universities, and private investors to share returns from breakthrough inventions federally funded.
- Expand federal investment in research that improves quality of life.
- Advance innovation in healthcare, clean energy, sustainability, and climate science.
- Ensure access to clean water and a reliable food supply.
- Strengthen partnerships among government, academia, and industry.
- Promote responsible intellectual property frameworks.
- Support research that drives public health and economic growth.
Ethics, Transparency & Government Accountability
- Establish standardized ethical guidelines across all branches of government.
- Strengthen rules on gifts, stock trading, donations, and disclosures.
- Expand transparency and oversight of official conduct.
- Explore term limits to reduce concentration of power.
- Revisit campaign finance rules, including Citizens United.
- Enhance oversight to prevent conflicts of interest.
Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability & Deficit Reduction
- Promote responsible federal spending with strong oversight.
- Strengthen systems that detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Hold individuals accountable for defrauding the government or public.
- Evaluate program cost effectiveness to ensure efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
- Develop long term deficit reduction strategies.
- Improve collaboration among inspectors general and auditors.
Respect for Faith, Culture & Individual Beliefs
- Protect every individual’s freedom to celebrate their faith, culture, and personal beliefs.
- Ensure these freedoms do not infringe on others’ rights or safety.
- Promote mutual respect across diverse communities.
- Safeguard individuals from discrimination.
- Support environments where people can express who they are without fear.