Dan Koh

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

Massachusetts

Current Position: Former Deputy Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Running For: House Representative - District 6

Policy Positions

For affordability measures including capping childcare costs at $10/day, capping rent at 30% of income via a Renter's Tax Credit, capping energy bills at 6% of income, expanding access to primary care, and reducing child poverty
For restoring and expanding the Child Tax Credit and implementing Universal School Meals
For federal investment in transit infrastructure, including electrifying the Newburyport/Rockport Line, modernizing North Station, and expanding regional rail and Blue Line service
For expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and increasing federal investment in affordable housing development
For expanding affordable housing by supporting easier permitting for building additional housing, expanding the low-income housing tax credit, zoning changes to allow seniors to age-in-place with smaller/affordable housing options, and collaboration across government levels to grow housing stock
For increased investment in public transportation infrastructure and against cutting mass transit funding from the Highway Trust Fund

For strengthening labor unions, including fair representation, expanding union-backed jobs, supporting fair contract negotiations, and passing the PRO Act

For universal healthcare through a Medicare for All system that enrolls all Americans by default while preserving the option of private insurance
For lowering prescription drug costs, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and capping insulin costs for seniors at $35
For reinstating expanded ACA subsidies

For increased public education funding, raising teacher pay and benefits, and opposing Trump's education cuts

For increased federal investment in coastal resilience, flood protection, and climate adaptation infrastructure
For federal support of the commercial fishing industry, including disaster relief and protections for Gloucester's working waterfront
For aggressive climate action, including reinstating Inflation Reduction Act benefits, rejoining the Paris Climate Accords, supporting clean energy transition and jobs, protecting fishermen's livelihoods, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels

For abortion rights; opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade and supports codifying abortion protections through legislation such as the Women's Health Protection Act
For confronting systemic racism and civil rights violations, including opposition to unlawful ICE operations, deployment of the National Guard against communities, and attacks on fair housing, labor protections, public education, and environmental justice
For DEI programs in schools; against conservative attacks on DEI and efforts to tie federal funding to discriminatory policies
For LGBTQ+ rights, including support for marriage equality, opposition to discrimination, and ensuring transgender Americans have access to healthcare, education, and safe communities

For campaign finance reform; refuses corporate PAC money, supports the Democracy for All Amendment to overturn Citizens United, and supports banning stock trading by Members of Congress
For the Freedom to Vote Act, including expanded early voting, mandatory mail-in ballots, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, online voter registration, and limiting voting lines to under 30 minutes

Against Trump's immigration and ICE policies; supports comprehensive immigration reform, hiring more immigration judges and asylum officers to process claims humanely, opposes restrictions on legal pathways to citizenship, and supports expanding avenues for immigration

For comprehensive gun violence prevention laws to keep schools safe
For gun safety measures, including supporting an assault weapons ban, universal background checks, and red flag laws; supported the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act