I ran for Congress as a first-time candidate to fight to protect everyone with a pre-existing condition, to bring down the skyrocketing costs of healthcare and prescription drugs, to fight for clean drinking water, and to help restore civility and decency to our politics.
As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.
My job is to represent my district. That’s who I’m responsible to and for.
I’m always going to have a strong preference for things that can actually pass into legislation. We can talk about big issues and have big goals while also working on pragmatic things.
I want to be very honest, that I believe impeachment is a very big step - I believe it is something that should not be taken lightly - and it has to be something where we bring people along.
I'm a former CIA officer and Pentagon official. I'm a deep believer in border security, but we have to be a nation of moral - of morals and, like, a moral core.
The thing I get pulled over for in Kroger is the cost of health care and the cost of prescription drugs.
A big reason I ultimately decided to run was because of my family’s experience when my mom was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer and did not have health insurance at the time.
In my district, I have a very clear mandate to work across the aisle.
You take an oath to defend the constitution. Congress is the next chapter of our national service. We pledged an oath to defend the constitution and that means working together to make our constituents’ lives better.
Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.
I am a Midwestern Democrat, which I believe means practical, reasonable, willing to work across the aisle and focused on the economy and the middle class, saving the middle class.
I worked for President Bush and President Obama. I had Democratic bosses and Republican bosses. I believe in order to actually get things done, we do need to buckle down and often reach across the aisle.
You know, because of my military background, I talk to voters who for the first two minutes think I’m a Republican.
Before the Affordable Care Act, one in five bankruptcies in this state was health care related.
That hasn’t been easy, because in order to run a clean and transparent race, I announced in January I was not going to accept any corporate PAC money.
Michigan has always been a swing state, so we understand that the goal is to have two political parties, debating the issues with empathy and respect.
Our American experiment deserves an advocate, and the American people respond best to inspiration, not fear-mongering.
I have a very politically diverse district.
When I was working in the Pentagon, I had to own the recommendations I made up the chain of command.
