Kamala Harris in PBS News Hour

On Abortion: Don't limit abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy

On Civil Rights: Let transgender people access the bathroom of their choice

• Same-sex marriage should be legal. Transgender people should use the bathroom of their choice. States need not necessarily pay for sexual reassignment surgery.
• On gay rights, Harris refused to defend California's law banning same-sex marriage while she was attorney general.
• She believes same-sex marriage should be legal and filed a court brief supporting transgender people's position that they should have access to the bathroom of their choice.
• She does not support states necessarily paying for gender reassignment surgery of transgender inmates, and once filed a court motion seeking to block the procedure in California.

On Corporations: New fees on banks and financial institutions

• Tax Cuts: Reverse some measures in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Instead, create new direct tax breaks for middle and lower classes.
• Harris has proposed the LIFT the Middle Class Act, which would give a $3,000 refundable tax credit [to the middle class].
• She would pay for the multitrillion-dollar plan by eliminating some of the tax cuts put in place by the Republican-sponsored Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and by creating a new tax or fee on some banks and financial institutions.

On Education: Free tuition at four-year public colleges

• Education: Free tuition at four-year public colleges for most Americans. Create national prekindergarten program.
• Harris would enact the "College for All Act" proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
• That would create a government funding program that would pay for tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for students with incomes of $125,000 a year or less.
• This would be funded by a fee on Wall Street firms of 0.5 percent per stock trade.
• She supports expanding Head Start and Early Head Start, and would create a "national universal prekindergarten," though she has not yet offered specifics for that plan.

On Energy & Oil: Don't withdraw from the Paris climate accord

• California's attorney general, Harris launched an investigation into Exxon Mobil in 2016, after reports that the oil and gas giant lied for decades about the risks of climate change.
• Harris criticized President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
• Additionally, Harris opposed the Trump administration's proposal to reverse Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks.

On Environment: 100% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters

On Health Care: End private health insurance with Medicare for All

• Health care: Move to universal, government-run health care, or "Medicare for All."
• Harris backs the "Medicare for All" bill sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
• That bill would establish government-run health care system that allows every American to have access to care and end private health insurance as it currently exists.
• The bill would pay for that system in part with a 6.2 percent charge on employers, a 2.2 percent fee on most families that would vary at some income levels, increased marginal tax rates for incomes $250,000 and higher, increased taxes on capital gains, and an increased estate tax for the wealthiest.
• Harris has also introduced bills to increase access to mental health care and address high maternal mortality rates for black women.

On Immigration: Re-examine ICE & start from scratch

• Regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Harris believes it's time to "re-examine" the agency and "probably think about starting from scratch."
• She has not joined other Democrats--including 2020 rivals Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand--in explicitly calling for ICE to be abolished.
• Harris was a vocal opponent last year of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, which led to thousands of migrant children being separated from their families at the southwest border.
• Harris co-sponsored the "REUNITE Act," legislation that aimed to reunite families separated at the border.
• Also, Harris introduced a bill to improve oversight at immigration detention centers, and a bill to strengthen protections for unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. custody.
• Harris opposes Trump's border wall proposals, and has called on the White House to end the shutdown and agree to reopen the government.

On War & Peace: Time for a political solution in Afghanistan

• Afghanistan: Wants a "political solution" to end the war, bring troops home.
• After a trip to Afghanistan last month, Harris said she supports a "political solution" to the war that would allow U.S. troops to return home.
• She has not taken a public position on Trump's planned U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria.