Chrissy Houlahan
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
Pennsylvania - District 6
Current Position: US House Representative PA-6
Running For: House Representative - District 6
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against Trump's sweeping tariffs; supports returning to narrow, targeted tariffs that protect critical industries
- For restoring Congress' traditional role in approving and overseeing tariffs
- For imposing punishing tariffs on countries or companies that break trade rules or steal American intellectual property
- For closing tax loopholes and revoking government benefits for American companies that move U.S.-based jobs overseas
- For investing in public transit and bringing more federal funding to systems like SEPTA
- For supporting passenger rail including keeping Amtrak investments strong and restoring passenger rail to Reading
- For passing bipartisan legislation to encourage building housing near public transit
- For investing in HUD programs supporting affordable housing, rental assistance, and first-time homeownership
- For providing tax credits to encourage developers to build affordable homes
- For federal assistance for home repairs to help families stay in their homes
- For using federal funding to encourage local governments to relax zoning rules for housing near public transit, schools, and job centers
- For withholding federal funds from states that don't reform restrictive permitting and zoning laws for high-density residential buildings
- For expanding LIHEAP programs to help people cover heating, cooling, and energy efficiency costs
- For creating a bipartisan commission to reduce long-term debt while protecting Social Security and Medicare
- For repealing tariffs on construction materials used in residential buildings
- For providing tax credits to developers who convert empty commercial buildings into residential housing
- For transforming vacant federal buildings into residential housing
- For investing in federal programs that help individuals and families experiencing homelessness, including veterans and emergency housing assistance
- For restoring programs that buy food from local farmers for food banks
- For supporting federal funding for the SNAP Program
- For restoring tax credits for electric vehicles and rooftop solar to lower energy costs
Business & Labor
- For expanding apprenticeships through the bipartisan National Apprenticeship Act
- For the bipartisan Trucker Bathroom Access Act to ensure truck drivers can use restroom facilities
- For providing career counseling, skills translation, and apprenticeships for veterans transitioning from active duty
- For restoring tax credits that lower energy bills and support clean energy production
- For funding SBA programs including Women's Business Centers, Small Business Development Centers, SCORE mentoring, and Veterans Business Outreach Centers
- For paid leave programs that remove financial burden from small businesses
- For enhancing small business child care tax credits and incentivizing pooled resources for child care
- For reauthorizing the Small Business Administration and streamlining loan applications
- For strengthening funding for Community Development Financial Institutions
- For holding the SBA accountable to meet contracting goals for women, veterans, and entrepreneurs in underserved communities
- For raising limits in SBA's '504' loan program for small businesses to invest in energy-efficient upgrades
- For the RAMP for Innovators Act to ensure taxpayer-funded small business research reaches the market
- For the STEM RESTART Act to help small businesses hire talent and retrain workers
- For the National Apprenticeship Act to expand access to apprenticeships
- For providing federal help for small and mid-sized businesses to transition into employee-owned companies
- For allowing family farmers the right to repair their own tractors and equipment
- For creating one million new apprenticeship opportunities over five years
- For pay raises for military personnel and improved housing and childcare for military families
Health Care
- For guaranteeing every veteran access to high-quality VA health care and investing in VA facilities rather than privatizing care
- For expanding access to mental health services by hiring more doctors and counselors at VA facilities
- For strengthening the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid
- For protecting tax credits that help low- and middle-income families afford insurance
- For providing a 'public option' government-run health insurance program
- For protecting Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices, limiting annual prescription costs to $2,000, and expanding these benefits to people outside Medicare
- For protecting the 340B drug pricing program providing discounted prescriptions to low-income patients
- For strengthening the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid
- For a public option government-run health insurance program
- For allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and capping annual out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000
- For ensuring TRICARE covers fertility treatments and reproductive health services for all servicemembers
Education
- For expanding federal funding for a nationwide free school lunch program for k-12 students
- For federal support for universal Pre-K programs
- For expanding and strengthening the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
- For expanding Pell Grants to make college more affordable
Environment
- For requiring pipeline companies to replace outdated plastic pipes and implementing NTSB safety recommendations
- For reforming the permitting process to build clean energy projects like wind, solar, and transmission lines more quickly
- For bipartisan permitting reforms to accelerate clean energy projects
- For fully funding the National Park Service and EPA to protect public lands and environmental protections
- For the Critical Minerals Security Act to reduce dependence on foreign adversaries
Civil Rights
- For creating a WWII Women's Memorial on the National Mall
- For reinstating Roe v. Wade and protecting women's reproductive health
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For restoring the ability of Presidents to be prosecuted for crimes committed while in office
- For narrowing presidential pardon power to prevent self-pardons and pardoning family members
- For requiring Executive Orders to be approved by Congress within 90 days or expire
- For mandatory nonpartisan redistricting and open primaries in every state
- For making voting by mail permanent in every state
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For requiring partner nations to meet American labor and environmental standards in future trade agreements
- For reversing cuts to foreign farm workers allowed into the U.S. and allowing H-2A visa system to work year-round
- For establishing a program for agricultural workers to earn legal status through continued agricultural employment
- For modifying the H-2A program to make it more user-friendly for employers
- For prohibiting family farms from being sold to foreign investors and giving local farmers right of first refusal on farm sales
- For strengthening NATO and UN ties through multilateral diplomacy
- Against China's threats to Taiwan and for treating China as a strategic competitor
- For continued military aid to Ukraine and economic sanctions against Russia
- For a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while maintaining strong US-Israel relationship
- For comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to permanent residency for undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than five years
- For allowing Dreamers to apply for permanent residency with eventual path to citizenship after five years
- For increased border security including upgraded technology, physical barriers, and additional Border Patrol officers
- For requiring employers to use E-Verify to confirm work eligibility
Public Safety
- For universal background checks for all gun purchases including gun shows and online sales
- Against ghost guns; supports making unregistered or homemade guns illegal
- For restoring the federal assault weapons ban
- For raising the federal minimum age to purchase firearms to 21
- For mandatory safe and locked storage of all firearms