My Commitment To You
An Economy that Works for Everyone
We can create an economy where ingenuity and fairness move together. I will fight to guarantee living wages that rise with the cost of living, expand the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, and unleash small businesses and local entrepreneurs with federal microloans, procurement access, and tax credits for job creation.
I will advocate for federal seed funding and incentives for clean tech, while building national incubators and accelerators so startups can scale everywhere. We will expand infrastructure jobs so that innovation is not limited to coastal cities but reaches every community from Denver to America’s heartland.
Through universal STEM education, apprenticeships, and workforce training, every American will have a clear path to prosper in the next economy.
Education For All Generations
Education and Opportunity for Every Colorado Student
Education changed my life. I became a college graduate because of Pell Grants. That opportunity shaped every step of my future. As a CU Regent, I see every day how education lifts students, strengthens families, and fuels Colorado’s economy. In Congress, I will fight to make sure every student has the same chance to succeed that I had.
Protect Pell Grants and Strengthen Federal Support
Pell Grants opened the doors of higher education for me and for millions of students who are not born into wealth. I will protect Pell Grants and expand them so more Colorado families can send their children to college without fear of lifelong debt.
I will also protect and reinstate a strong Department of Education that stands with students, teachers, and families. Colorado deserves a federal partner committed to civil rights, public education, and real investment in our future workforce.
Make College Affordable
I support a national College for All plan that makes public four year colleges tuition free for families earning under one hundred twenty five thousand dollars a year. That covers most households in Colorado. Community college should be free for everyone. Student loan borrowers should have access to lower interest rates and the ability to refinance. Education should be a pathway, not a burden.
Put Colorado Students First
Our public campuses should prioritize qualified Colorado students. Taxpayers fund these institutions and our kids should be first in line for admission and support.
Strengthen K through 12 Classrooms
Colorado classrooms need real investment. That includes special education services, arts and music programs, updated technology, and fair funding for Head Start. Every child deserves the foundation that prepares them to thrive.
Move Beyond High Pressure Testing
A strong education builds critical thinkers. Students learn best through project based learning, teamwork, and creativity. I support reducing over reliance on high stakes testing so teachers can focus on helping students grow into lifelong learners.
Guarantee Early Learning for Every Child
Universal preschool changes outcomes. When children can read at grade level and achieve math fluency by third grade, the path ahead becomes far brighter. I will support federal legislation to expand early learning access, especially for our most vulnerable families.
Respect Local Voices and Elevate Teachers
Schools succeed when parents, teachers, and administrators work together. Accountability should support collaboration, not punishment. We need affordable teacher training programs and higher teacher pay to attract and keep top talent in our classrooms.
Grow Colorado’s STEM and STEAM Workforce
Colorado’s future economy runs through science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. Every student should have pathways into these fields. I will champion programs that open doors for girls and under represented communities and connect students directly to real job opportunities across the state.
Homes People Can Afford and Communities that Thrive
A good home is the foundation of dignity. I will expand the National Housing Trust Fund, grow Housing Choice Vouchers, and offer first-generation homebuyer credits so families can build wealth.
Humane, Modern Immigration Reform
I will fight for a path to citizenship for Dreamers, farmworkers, and long-term essential workers. Smart, technology-driven border security can stop drugs and trafficking without tearing families apart.
Healthcare as a Human Right
Health care should never depend on wealth. I will move us toward Medicare for All, and give Medicare the power to negotiate the cost of life saving medicines. Community health centers and mobile clinics with guaranteed language access will bring care to every neighborhood.
Defend Democracy and Demand Integrity
Democracy is not self-executing. It lives or dies by our choices. I will vote to codify Roe v. Wade, protect contraception, strengthen the Voting Rights Act, and end dark money. I will press for sweeping anti-corruption reforms including bans on congressional stock trading and strict limits on lobbyist influence because public trust is the backbone of a free society.
Honor and Support Veterans
As a Navy veteran, I know service does not end when the uniform comes off. I will fully fund VA health care, modernize clinics, and expand job training, entrepreneurship programs, and mental health and suicide prevention services for those who served.
Confront the Climate Crisis and Lead on Clean Energy
Climate action is both moral duty and economic opportunity. I will accelerate investment in renewable energy, energy storage, and next generation clean technologies. Rebuilding America’s energy grid and expanding electric vehicle infrastructure will create good paying jobs while protecting clean air, water, and public lands.
Why This Vision Inspires American Ingenuity
This campaign is about fairness and shared prosperity because people who work hard deserve decent wages, safe neighborhoods, health care they can trust, and a home they can afford.
It is about innovation and future readiness meeting the challenge of AI, automation, and climate change and ensuring that American science leads the world.
It is about ethics and democracy ending insider stock trades, dark money, and lobbyist dominance so government serves people, not the powerful.
It is about urgency and real world impact bringing technology to places left behind, reconnecting Democrats with working class voters, and delivering policies that touch daily life from housing and childcare to health care and clean energy.
Above all, it is about American ingenuity the belief that our creativity and determination can build a nation where everyone, in every community, shares in the promise of the future.
This is not typical political talk.
This is a call to action.
It is the work of building a country that is fair, fearless, and ready for what comes next.
