Dean Phillips in Survey of 2018 House campaign websites
On Abortion:
Supports reproductive rights, paid family leave
Dean supports paid leave policies that would allow women--and men--to care for a newborn or aging family member without risk of losing their jobs. Dean supports the protections provided in the Affordable Care Act that prevent women from being charged
more than men, and he opposes efforts to repeal or undermine them. He is pro-choice and will work to ensure that women have access to comprehensive, high-quality and affordable care--including reproductive care--throughout their lives.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Civil Rights:
Restore faith in our democracy and increase participation
Dean believes Election Day should be a national holiday to afford more Americans the opportunity to exercise their right and responsibility to vote.
He also supports electoral reforms--?including requiring states to establish independent, multi-party citizen redistricting commissions, and expanding same-day voter registration nationwide.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Crime:
Prosecute and deport violent criminals
Dean believes that anyone who commits a serious or violent crime should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, without exception, and undocumented immigrants should be deported after serving their time.
Local law enforcement should be focused on stopping the real threats to public safety--violent crime, gangs and terrorists--rather than enforcing federal immigration law.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Education:
Ensure education & training after high school is affordable
Dean's Priority: Jobs and the Economy: Over two-thirds of 21st-century jobs will require education beyond high school, but not every student needs a four-year degree to earn a good living. That's why
Dean will work to ensure that all types of education and training after high school--including college, apprenticeships and work-based learning--are affordable and accessible to Minnesotans of all ages. Read more here.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Energy & Oil:
Expand incentives for clean-energy production
Climate change is a global problem that requires global solutions, and Dean believes the U.S. should be a leader in global negotiations on climate change--as it was until President Trump was elected. Dean will actively work to provide a check on this
Administration's reckless and shortsighted attacks on the environment, and restore America's role as an international leader in curbing climate change.
Dean will work to incentivize renewable energy from wind and solar, and for infrastructure investments to develop a clean and reliable electrical grid.
He supports extending the 30% federal tax credit for solar and other renewable energy, rather than letting the credits decrease after 2019 and disappear altogether after 2021, as they will under current law.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Environment:
Keep aquatic invasive species out of our lakes and rivers
Invasive species have infested lakes in and around Minnesota. Preventing international ships from dumping their ballast water in the Great Lakes and spreading invasive species requires federal action. Dean will work to build on multi-state
compacts and cooperation between governments at all levels in the Great Lakes region. Dean will support federal research into new treatment methods, so that infestation by aquatic invasive species will no longer be a death sentence for a lake.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Free Trade:
Expand markets for businesses through fair trade agreements
Dean knows how important well-negotiated trade deals are for American businesses. Businesses and economies expand when middle-income families have more money to spend, and when American products and services can access overseas markets.
While Dean supports renegotiating sections of existing trade deals to make them more fair to American businesses, Dean opposes the current Administration's dangerous and arbitrary tariffs and escalating trade war.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Government Reform:
Disclose all election spending, including online ads
Dean's Priority: Campaign Finance Reform: Dean believes we must shine a bright light on the massive amount of so-called "dark money" being poured into our elections. That starts with passing the DISCLOSE Act, which would require public disclosure of all
spending in elections. Dean also supports the Honest Ads Act, which would apply the same disclosure standards to online ads that are applied to all other political ads and would help curb foreign influence in online political advertising.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Government Reform:
End "revolving door" between Congress & lobbyists
Dean will work to close the so-called "revolving door" that exists between members of Congress and individuals working in federal government who then cash in on their connections and influence by taking lucrative lobbying jobs.
He also supports barring political appointees from lobbying for five years after serving in the Executive Branch.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Gun Control:
Pass background checks & assault weapons ban
Gun-Violence Prevention: Over 77% of Republicans and 90% of Democrats agree on the need to close the gun-show loophole and require background checks on all firearm purchases.
Dean is not beholden to the gun lobby and will be a vocal advocate for such commonsense, bipartisan policy.
Given that we don't allow hand grenades, bazookas or machine guns on our streets, there is precedent for the same sort of reasonable approach to assault weapons that will save lives.Dean believes we must declare gun violence a national health
and public safety crisis. He will work to provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the funding necessary to thoroughly investigate the causes of gun violence ?and offer potential solutions.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Health Care:
Provide VA resources for physical & mental health care
The VA must have the resources necessary to meet the increasing needs of veterans and enable it to serve effectively as the medical home of every veteran in its care. A significant percentage of veterans, especially those who served in Iraq and
Afghanistan, suffer from major depression, PTSD, or TBI. The VA must have sufficient resources for veteran outreach to identify those who need help and to perform the essential research that enables prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
America built its middle class post-WWII in large part with a generous and effective GI Bill. Those education benefits have eroded in the ensuing years, presenting less opportunity to today's veterans. America owes opportunity to those who
have served honorably and must provide sufficient education benefits that enable our returning veterans to reintegrate into civilian life and continue to make contributions to American society.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Health Care:
Fix and improve the Affordable Care Act
Dean supports bipartisan proposals to stabilize insurance markets established by the ACA and bring more competition to areas lacking insurance options. Dean supports the expansion of Medicare as a public option for all Americans--while preserving
the protections established under the ACA. This way, more would benefit from the lower cost, higher quality care provided by Medicare--and those Americans with employer-provided care that works for them would maintain the freedom to keep it.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Health Care:
Strengthen Medicare by controlling rising healthcare costs
Cutting benefits is not the answer; working to control and reduce healthcare costs is the only way forward. Dean supports redesigning the care delivery model by rewarding prevention and health rather than procedures and hospitalizations.
Dean will fight hard to ensure that Medicare can negotiate prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, which would save American taxpayers approximately $240 billion over 10 years.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Health Care:
Support mental health programs for children
Dean understands that our public schools lack the resources necessary to provide adequate numbers of mental health professionals and counselors who can help identify and treat children suffering from mental illness, and he will work to fix that.
He also believes we need stronger anti-bullying measures--like Minnesota's Safe and Supportive Schools Act?--?in all public schools.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Immigration:
No to border wall; yes to effective border security
We need to stop criminals, gangs and terrorists from crossing our borders, but 21st-century threats require 21st-century technology--not an ineffective border wall that will add over $100 billion to our deficit by 2028. Dean supports
giving law enforcement the technologies, tools and resources they need to combat illegal border crossings, such as surveillance cameras, drones and underground sensors, so we can prevent anyone who poses a threat to our country from crossing at all.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Immigration:
Create fair pathways to earned, legal citizenship
Dean will advocate for bipartisan immigration reform that secures our borders and provides an earned pathway to citizenship for otherwise law-abiding, undocumented immigrants who work hard and pay taxes.
Comprehensive reform should include streamlining the naturalization system so those who work to enter the U.S. legally don't have to wait decades for citizenship.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Jobs:
Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to combat wage discrimination
The Equal Pay Act was passed more than 50 years ago, and yet a substantial wage gap still exists between men and women--and particularly women of color. Dean will work to address this
through increasing the minimum wage, making it easier for women to have families without jeopardizing their careers, and passing the Paycheck Fairness Act to combat wage discrimination.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Social Security:
Protect Social Security from being privatized or reduced
Dean's Priority: Retirement Security: Dean will fight to protect Social Security from being cut, privatized, or reduced for Minnesota seniors. He'll also work to ensure that Social Security benefits keep up with the rising costs faced by our
parents, grandparents, and veterans. As a place to start, Dean is an advocate for a mechanism by which wealthier retirees may voluntarily redirect their benefits to lower-income retirees.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
On Tax Reform:
Make middle class tax cuts permanent, end special giveaways
Elements of the recently passed tax bill were positive, including the reduction in the corporate tax rate to make U.S. businesses more competitive. Dean believes it's bad policy when approximately 83% of the benefits flow to the top 1% of earners.
While cuts for those at the top are permanent, the cuts for the middle class expire. Dean supports making those tax cuts permanent and ending the special giveaways and sweetheart deals for wealthy special interests in the bill--and in the tax code.
Source: 2018 MN-3 House campaign website PhillipsForCongress.org
Apr 28, 2020
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