Madeleine Dean
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
Pennsylvania - District 4
Current Position: US House Representative PA-4
Running For: House Representative - District 4
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For protecting and expanding Social Security and Medicare
- For infrastructure investment including the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2)
Business & Labor
- For raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour (Raise the Wage Act)
- For workers' collective bargaining rights and supporting the PRO Act
Health Care
- For universal healthcare and supporting the Affordable Care Act
- For allowing generic buprenorphine medications to come to market for opioid treatment
Education
- For universal preschool and affordable childcare
- For universal pre-k and robust funding for K-12, special education, college, and technical training
- For capping student loan interest rates at 3% and providing $10,000 in education debt relief during COVID-19 pandemic
- For allowing permanently disabled private student loan borrowers to discharge their debt
- For two years of tuition-free community college through America's College Promise Act
Environment
- For rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and achieving 100% renewable clean energy
- For moving quickly to carbon neutral emissions
- For banning manufacturing and processing of PFAS chemicals and requiring EPA regulation of their disposal
- For robust funding of the Environmental Protection Agency
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights and protecting access to reproductive healthcare; opposes attacks on Roe v. Wade
- For pay equity initiatives and supporting women's workforce development programs
- For broadening anti-discrimination laws and expanding ADA requirements
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For a path to citizenship for immigrants and reinstating DACA for Dreamers
- Against family separation policies and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers
- For tariff negotiations that hold China accountable for exploiting international trade relations
- For maintaining strong U.S.-Israel relations and security assistance to Israel
Public Safety
- For the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act expanding protections for survivors
- For universal background checks for firearm sales (H.R. 8)
- For enhanced background check requirements for firearm transfers (H.R. 112)
- For extreme risk protection orders and banning bump stocks
- Against weapons of war being available for civilian use
- For federal funding for gun violence research as a public health issue
- For increased funding for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and expanding access to medicated assisted treatment for opioid addiction
- For the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which mandates reporting of police use of force, prohibits racial profiling, bans chokeholds, and mandates police body cameras
- For making police chokeholds a civil rights violation through the Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act
- For ending the cash bail system and limiting imprisonment for non-violent crimes, especially minor drug convictions
- For rolling back mandatory minimum sentencing
- For expanding special veteran and drug courts
- For criminal justice system reform to address inequities impacting Black and Brown populations