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Government shutdown and cooperation
- I oppose a government shutdown in 2027 or in any year. Shutdowns are a failure of governance, and those who serve are among the first to pay for it: troops are ordered to keep working without a paycheck, military families miss rent and car payments, and civilian employees who support our bases and VA facilities are furloughed or work unpaid.
- As a Green Party candidate, I would not owe my vote to either party's leadership. Whichever party controls Congress, I would work with any member, and with the administration, on a bill that keeps the government open, and I would not use the threat of a shutdown as a bargaining chip. I also support restoring simple-majority rule in the Senate so that a minority cannot hold the budget hostage and Congress can actually pass appropriations on time.
- If a shutdown does occur, I would push for permanent law, not a one-time fix, that automatically continues pay and allowances for all service members, including the Coast Guard and the National Guard, and for the civilian employees and contractors who support them. VA health care, disability compensation, GI Bill payments, and survivor benefits must also continue uninterrupted. No one who wears the uniform, or who once did, should have to wonder whether their pay or care is coming.
Quality of life
- My campaign calls for a significantly smaller defense budget, but those savings must come from the weapons-contractor side of the ledger, not from the people who serve. The Pentagon has failed every audit it has ever undergone and cannot account for a majority of its assets. Wasteful procurement, contractor cost overruns, and unneeded weapons systems should be cut first. Pay, housing, health care, and family support for our troops should be protected and improved.
- Pay: Ensure that no service member or military family needs food assistance to get by. Junior enlisted pay must be a living family wage.
- Health care: I support a universal, single-payer health care system covering all Americans from cradle to grave, including dental, vision, and mental health care. Military families would no longer face gaps in coverage, provider shortages, or bills when they move, separate, or retire.
- Childcare: I support a universal, federally funded childcare program for preschool and young school-age children, along with expanded Head Start. Military families, who move frequently and often lack local family support, would benefit most.
- Spouse employment: Spouses should not lose their careers every time orders arrive. I support nationwide professional license portability for military spouses and federal hiring preferences, along with protections for remote work.
- Frequent moves: Reduce unnecessary permanent change-of-station moves, give families more advance notice, and fully reimburse the actual costs of relocating.
Veterans’ care
- Health care is a right, not a privilege, and veterans have earned it many times over. I would:
- Fully fund and staff the VA so that veterans receive timely care, and reduce wait times for mental health treatment in particular.
- Expand mental health and substance-use treatment, treat addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one, and fund more services in rural and remote areas, where many veterans live far from a VA facility.
- Make suicide prevention a top priority, including peer-led programs and stable housing for veterans in treatment, so that no veteran becomes homeless while recovering.
- Speed up disability claims and appeals so that veterans are not left waiting years for benefits they are owed.
- Build a smoother transition to civilian life through job training and public-private partnerships aimed at full employment, including clean-energy and conservation jobs well suited to veterans' skills.
- Enforce the ban on discrimination based on veteran status in employment and housing.
Family housing
- In my legal practice I litigate premises-liability and civil rights cases, and I have seen firsthand what happens when landlords ignore dangerous conditions. Military families should not have to live with mold, lead, pests, or broken heating while private housing companies collect guaranteed rent. I would:
- Hold privatized military housing companies accountable through enforceable maintenance standards, independent inspections, rent withholding when repairs are not made, and the termination of contracts with repeat violators.
- Give military tenants the same, or stronger, legal rights as civilian tenants, including a clear process to report hazards without fear of retaliation against the service member.
- Expand the supply of safe, affordable housing on and near bases through a National Housing Strategy and investment in new construction and rehabilitation.
- Ensure the Basic Allowance for Housing keeps pace with actual local rents.
Priorities and experience
- First, permanent shutdown pay protection for service members, military civilians, and veterans' benefits. Second, accountability for unsafe privatized military housing. Third, faster access to VA mental health care. These are the problems most directly within Congress's power to fix quickly, and they cause the most immediate harm to families.
- My priorities are informed by my work as a New York-licensed attorney handling personal injury, premises-liability, and civil rights cases; my earlier career as a Maryland Realtor and mortgage loan originator, which gave me a practical understanding of housing affordability and finance; my service on the Montgomery County Forest Conservation Advisory Committee; and my MBA, which informs my focus on fiscal responsibility and auditing how taxpayer money is spent.
ELECTION REFLECTIONS · IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Looking ahead to Election Day
Brief answers to DutyStation’s questions about hope, America’s future, unity, the next generation and a closing message. The earlier policy answers and their received date remain above.
Hope heading into the election
- Americans — especially young people and veterans — demanding a sustainable, just future over endless war and corporate politics.
Vision for America
- Sustainable. Just. Peaceful.
Bringing Americans together
- Our shared duty to protect this land, care for our neighbors, and honor those who served.
The next generation
- Clean air, clean water, healthy food, affordable homes, universal healthcare, and a debt-free, peaceful nation that puts people and planet first.
Closing message to voters
- To our service members, military families, and veterans — thank you. I will fight for a government that serves you, not special interests: 100% employment, end homelessness, universal healthcare to save 100,000 lives a year, and a reshaped defense focused on real 21st-century threats while cutting wasteful $920B+ spending and investing in peace.