Bob Brooks
Progressive
Democrat
N/A
Pennsylvania
Current Position: President of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association
Running For: House Representative - District 7
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against private equity firms purchasing large numbers of single-family homes
- For increasing market-rate housing supply and cutting regulatory red tape that slows construction
- For expanding first-time homebuyer assistance programs
- For expanded childcare subsidies for working parents
- For protecting Social Security and passing the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act to remove the payroll tax cap and raise the net investment income tax
- For a billionaire minimum tax
- For repealing the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions benefiting the wealthy and corporations
- For expanding Lehigh Valley International Airport capacity, including parking and runways
- For restoring passenger rail service between the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia, including double-tracking and electrifying the Lansdale–Bethlehem SEPTA right-of-way
- For supporting SEPTA funding
- For repealing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and restoring Medicaid and SNAP funding
Business & Labor
- For cracking down on corporate landlords and rent gouging
- For cracking down on utility monopoly price-gouging
- For passing the PRO Act to strengthen unions and expand collective bargaining
- For strong price-gouging enforcement, antitrust action, and corporate pricing transparency
- For raising the federal minimum wage and indexing it to inflation
- For funding apprenticeships, vocational programs, and trade school training
- For curbing warehouse and data center development near homes, schools, and farmland in Carbon County and Northampton County
- For defending collective bargaining rights for first responders
Health Care
- For Medicare for All
- For reversing federal Medicaid cuts
- For lowering prescription drug prices, including insulin and beta-blockers
- For investing in mental health and addiction services to reduce reliance on ERs and first responders
Education
- For restoring and expanding Head Start funding
- For universal pre-K and publicly funded kindergarten
- For lowering college tuition and expanding financial aid
- Against using federal funds for private school vouchers
- For increased federal funding of public schools, teachers, and staffing
- For protecting teachers' collective bargaining rights
Environment
- For bringing back renewable energy programs cut under Trump
- For stricter EPA oversight of pollution including sewage sludge and mine refuse
- For protecting and enforcing the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act
Civil Rights
- For passing the HELPER Act to extend VA-style home loans to teachers, nurses, and first responders
- For codifying Roe v. Wade and federal legislation to override state abortion bans
- For protecting LGBTQ anti-discrimination laws and defending marriage equality
- For expanding veterans' access to healthcare, mental health services, job training, and housing
- Against mass firings at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For repealing Citizens United via constitutional amendment
- For banning corporate PAC money in politics
- For banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks
- For congressional term limits
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against current ICE enforcement tactics, including masked agents detaining people in unmarked vehicles
- For securing the border and creating a pathway to earned citizenship for law-abiding undocumented immigrants
- For continued U.S. military and financial aid to Ukraine and support for NATO allies
- Against escalation toward war with Iran
Public Safety
- For universal background checks for firearm purchases
- For closing the gun show loophole
- For enforcing firearm waiting periods