Kristen McDonald Rivet
Centrist
Democrat
House Representative
Michigan - District 8
Current Position: US House Representative MI-8
Running For: House Representative - District 8
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For protecting Social Security; opposes privatization, benefit reductions, or raising the retirement age
- For expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit; sponsored legislation expanding Michigan's Working Families Tax Credit from 6% to 30% of the federal EITC for 700,000 households
- For expanding access to affordable child care; introduced the Child Care for All legislative package
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; fought to protect abortion rights for women
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For the Laken Riley Act, which mandates detention of undocumented immigrants accused of certain crimes
- For restricting foreign purchases of U.S. farmland; co-sponsored the bipartisan FARMLAND Act to expand CFIUS authority to review foreign purchases, particularly by entities connected to China
Public Safety
- For gun safety measures; sponsored and passed legislation requiring safe storage of firearms around children, in response to the 2021 Oxford High School and 2023 Michigan State University mass shootings