Qualifications: What training, experience and characteristics qualify you for this position?
Economy: What specific policies would you support to address the growing wealth gap between the highest and lowest earners, and what do you see as the appropriate role of the federal government in this issue?
Immigration: What policy changes are needed so the U.S immigration system is both effective and humane?
Balance of Power: The Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances among the three branches of government. As a Senator, what specific actions would you take to preserve the system so that the federal government can serve the people?
Healthcare: What role should the federal government play in promoting a healthy American population, and what steps would you take to ensure that healthcare is affordable and accessible for all Americans?
James Talarico
I’m a former middle school teacher, and I’ve served in the Texas House for eight years. As a Democrat in the Republican-controlled House, I’ve proven that I can fight back and win for working people.
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We need a government that serves working people instead of giant corporations by: closing tax loopholes that billionaires exploit, raising the corporate tax, raising the tax on corporate stock buybacks, raising the minimum wage to $15, and incentivizing CEOs to raise wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker’s salary.
Our border should be like a front porch — a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door. I’d propose modernizing ports of entry to detect threats before they enter the country, hiring more asylum judges to process cases quickly, stopping ICE abuses so they focus on deporting criminals instead of community members, passing the DREAM Act, and creating clear pathways to citizenship.
I will support legislation to ban super PACs, cap campaign contributions, ban partisan gerrymandering and Congressional stock trading, expand voter access by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and impose term limits on Supreme Court justices and hold them to higher ethical standards.
In the legislature, I passed laws capping insulin at $25 and importing cheaper drugs into the US. As Senator, I’ll ensure every American can access a federal healthcare option like Medicare, cap copays for additional prescription drugs, protect reproductive care, and save rural hospitals. I’ll protect Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act and fully fund the VA.
