Paige Cognetti

Liberal

Democrat

N/A

Pennsylvania

Current Position: Mayor of Scranton

Running For: House Representative - District 8

Policy Positions

For directing more federal funding directly to municipal and county governments to support local control
Against broad-based tariffs
For targeted, narrowly tailored tariffs to protect domestic manufacturing

For antitrust action to break up monopolies, including "Big Box" retailers, to protect small businesses and consumer choice
For strengthening unions and making it easier to organize and start a union
For protecting small business access to the healthcare marketplace and broader healthcare coverage as a workforce issue
For capping credit card fees and cracking down on hidden consumer fees
For reshoring manufacturing jobs to the U.S., including expanding defense manufacturing in Northeastern Pennsylvania
For cutting regulatory red tape and reforming the permitting process to accelerate infrastructure projects, including streets, bridges, and passenger rail

For preventing healthcare industry middlemen from denying care or medications prescribed by doctors
For reforming the insurance system to ensure coverage delivers protection in healthcare and flood-related claims

For banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks
For rejecting corporate PAC money in campaigns
For auditing the federal government to cut waste, fraud, and abuse through targeted reforms rather than across-the-board cuts