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WHAT KINDS OF POLICIES
WOULD YOU PURSUE TO
MITIGATE THE CLIMATE
CRISIS?
It’s critical that we’re good
stewards of our planet, and we
should work to find solutions
that don’t rely on devastating
our economy. There’s a better
way to get this done, including
with EVs. It takes 500 pounds of
critical minerals to build an EV,
which takes 4 tons of carbon
out of the air. That same 500
pounds can build 90 hybrids
and take 140 tons of carbon out
of the air.
In Congress, I fought to pro-
tect our Great Lakes by working
to ban southern and western
states from siphoning off water
out and by banning drilling.
As senator, I will continue to
fight to protect Michigan’s Great
Lakes and our planet.
HOW WOULD YOU WORK ACROSS THE AISLE, REGARDLESS OF
WHO HAS THE MAJORITY?
It takes respect, strong leadership and hard work to get things done in
Washington. I’ve been there and worked with Democrats the entire time.
I know what it’s like to reach across the aisle, shake hands with a member
from an opposing party and call them “partner,” all in an effort to deliver
for the American people.
As chairman of the Intelligence Committee, I worked with my
Democrat counterpart to cut over $7 billion in wasteful spending. I stood
up to my own party at times because I knew that’s what the people of
Michigan wanted.
As senator, I will work across the aisle just like I did in Congress to
achieve for the Michigan people.
growing middle class is essential to prosperity and stability in the U.S.
To support a strong middle class, there are really three things that I’ve been
working on. Number One is bringing supply-chains back home from places like
China, which will support good jobs with good benefits. Number Two is attack-
ing the primary costs that are burning a hole in people’s pockets — things like
health care, prescription drugs, housing and childcare. And, finally, you’ve got
to keep more of the money that you earn in your pocket, which means ensuring
our tax code supports middle-class families instead of providing breaks to the
ultra-wealthy.
HOW WOULD YOU IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE?
Healthcare is the reason I am a member of Congress today. My mom died of
ovarian cancer in 2011. She struggled to afford healthcare for years because, like
many Jewish women, she had an early case of breast cancer at 31 years old. So,
at the time she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she had what the insurance
companies called a “pre-existing condition,
” and couldn’t afford the insurance
that was on offer to her. When we got my mom’s terminal diagnosis from
Henry Ford, desperately trying to get her life-saving care, that same month we
filled out the paperwork for her to declare bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, stories like mine are all too common, and they’re why the
Affordable Care Act, and the protections it provides to people with pre-existing
conditions, are so important. That is why I have fought to protect and expand
the ACA and defended against repeated efforts to gut this critical law.
But we also need to do more to bring down the costs of healthcare for
Americans today, including the outrageous costs of prescription drugs. That is
why I fought so hard to finally allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug costs,
to cap insulin costs at $35 per month and to limit out-of-pocket costs for our
seniors — major achievements we were able to get over the finish line in 2022.
And it’s why I worked across the aisle to pass a law, signed by President
Trump, that requires insurance companies to show patients what they will actu-
ally have to pay for a drug at the pharmacy counter, bringing some much-
needed transparency to the pharmaceutical industry.
Protections for people with pre-existing conditions and lowering the exorbi-
tant cost of healthcare and prescription drugs are quite literally the issues that
got me into politics, and they remain one of my top priorities.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM,
THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V WADE?
I believe and will always believe that a woman has the right to decide when and
how she has a family, and I did not believe Roe v. Wade should’ve been over-
turned. Unlike others, I have been consistent about where I stand: In the U.S.
Senate, I would vote to codify the Roe standard into law.
WHAT KIND OF POLICIES WOULD YOU PURSUE TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS?
First, we need to make more critical items in America, both to create new jobs
and to ensure that we are in control of our own economic security. Supply-side
shocks like COVID have the potential to wreak havoc on our economy and
middle-class families, so I’m committed to bringing critical manufacturing back
to the United States.
Second, we need to have a tax code and regulatory environment that actually
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