Eric Sorensen
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
Illinois - District 17
Current Position: US House Representative IL-17
Running For: House Representative - District 17
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against any legislation that privatizes or makes any cuts to Social Security and Medicare
- For efforts to increase Social Security benefits for seniors and make the program solvent for future generations
Business & Labor
- For protecting jobs at the Rock Island Arsenal and ensuring the base employs Illinoisans
Health Care
- For protecting the freedom of patients to travel across state lines for health services and ensuring Illinois clinics have the support they need
- For everyone having access to quality and affordable health care
- For lowering the cost of prescription drugs for working families and seniors by protecting and expanding Medicare’s ability to negotiate prescription drug prices
- For cracking down on big pharma delay tactics that increase prices
- For defending and improving the Affordable Care Act to protect health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions
Civil Rights
- For codifying Roe v. Wade and permanently restoring a woman’s right to choose into law
- For increasing grants to help disabled veterans afford home accessibility upgrades, such as ramps for wheelchairs and other improvements
Public Safety
- For supporting our law enforcement
- For increased funding for fentanyl screening at the border and resources for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to go after traffickers