Joseph Morelle

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

New York - District 25

Current Position: US House Representative NY-25

Running For: House Representative - District 25

Policy Positions

For protecting Social Security and Medicare; supports increasing Social Security benefits, expanding long-term solvency, repealing benefit reductions for public pension recipients, and lowering prescription drug costs
For expanding the Child Tax Credit with monthly payments to reduce child poverty
For expanding affordable housing supply through Low-Income Housing Tax Credit expansion
For subsidized child care; supports capping child care costs and expanding access for low and middle-income families
For strengthening SNAP and food assistance programs, including universal free school meals
For continuing federal funding for affordable broadband internet access programs

For equal pay legislation; co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act to strengthen equal pay protections for women
For raising the federal minimum wage to a living wage

For universal healthcare access; supports protecting the Affordable Care Act, capping insulin costs at $35/month, ending surprise medical billing, expanding telehealth, and protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions
For expanding school mental health services and anti-bullying programs

For public school funding; supports billions in investment to improve educational equity, classroom conditions, and working conditions for teachers and students
For reducing student loan costs; supports eliminating interest on existing federal student loans and capping interest rates for future borrowers
For expanding Pell Grant access for students with disabilities and expanding emergency financial aid for low-income college students

For climate change action; supports carbon pricing via the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas development, reducing single-use plastics, closing Clean Air Act loopholes for oil and gas emissions, and establishing national climate change education programs

For abortion rights; opposes efforts to restrict reproductive freedom, supports overturning the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, co-sponsored the Women's Health Protection Act to guarantee federal abortion access, the EACH Act to cover abortion under federal health insurance programs, and the Abortion is Healthcare Everywhere Act to support abortion services in foreign assistance programs
For access to contraception and assisted reproductive technologies including IVF; co-sponsored the Right to Contraception Act and the Access to Family Building Act
For the Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution
For veterans' benefits and care; helped pass the PACT Act for veterans with toxic exposure, supports expanding VA health care, home-based services for disabled veterans, dental care for veterans, and caregiver support programs
For same-sex marriage equality; helped legalize marriage equality in New York State and supports federal protections for married LGBTQ+ couples
For federal anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, education, employment, public accommodations, and federal funding (Equality Act)
Against conversion therapy; supports prohibiting commercial conversion therapy practices as fraudulent

For protecting and expanding voting rights; co-sponsored the Freedom to Vote Act, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the For the People Act to expand ballot access, prevent discriminatory voting practices, and reduce dark money in politics
For campaign finance reform and anti-corruption measures; supports the DISCLOSE Act, the Democracy For All Amendment to overturn Citizens United, and is leading a discharge petition to ban stock trading for members of Congress, the President, and Vice President
For requiring AI-generated content disclaimers in political ads; co-sponsored the AI Transparency in Elections Act

For gun control measures; supports banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, universal background checks, raising the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles to 21, red flag laws, a 3-day waiting period for handgun purchases, requiring firearm liability insurance, repealing gun manufacturer liability protections, and funding gun violence research
For expanded federal investment in opioid addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery programs; co-sponsored the STOP Fentanyl Act, the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act, and the Mental Health Justice Act