Kim Schrier
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
Washington - District 8
Current Position: US House Representative WA-8
Running For: House Representative - District 8
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For making wealthy corporations pay higher taxes without raising taxes on middle-class families
- For increased federal investment in scientific research and development
- For infrastructure investment including public transit and universal high-speed broadband access
Business & Labor
- For a federal minimum wage that provides a livable wage for families
Health Care
- For ending surprise medical billing and strengthening the ACA
- For giving Medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices and capping insulin at $35/month for seniors
- For veterans' healthcare expansion; voted for the Honoring our PACT Act expanding care to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxins
Education
- For universal pre-K education funded publicly
- For expanding access to school meals and healthy food programs for children
- For targeted student debt forgiveness to channel graduates into high-need careers such as mental health, education, and nursing
Environment
- For immediate action on climate change, including reducing carbon emissions, staying in the Paris Climate Accords, and recognizing farm conservation as a climate strategy
- For protecting clean air and clean water regulations
- For permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; believes in protecting a woman's right to choose and keeping politicians out of private medical decisions
- For abortion rights; self-described pro-choice, voted twice to pass the Women's Health Protection Act to codify Roe v. Wade into law, and opposes a national abortion ban without exceptions for rape, incest, or life of the mother
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For the USMCA free trade agreement with worker protections
- For comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform including a path to citizenship, border security, codifying DACA and the DREAM Act, expanded worker visas, and a path to citizenship for farm workers
Public Safety
- For gun safety measures including universal background checks, keeping guns from domestic abusers and violent offenders, safe storage, and repealing the Dickey Amendment to allow CDC research on gun violence; supports Second Amendment rights for responsible gun owners
- For maintaining and increasing law enforcement funding; opposes defunding the police, voted to increase law enforcement and public safety funding by $500 million, supports body-worn cameras, mental health professional integration, and tripling COPS grants