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Raphael Warnock

Progressive
Democrat
Senator
Georgia

Current Position: Senator from Georgia

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

Economic Policy

  • For federal debt forgiveness for small farmers and supporting agricultural equity for Black and minority farmers
  • For investing in infrastructure including roads, bridges, broadband, and clean energy transportation
  • Against Washington tax breaks that benefit the richest while leaving behind poor and working families
  • For maintaining strong national defense and military funding; supports keeping military installations operational in Georgia
  • For suspending the federal gas tax to lower costs for families

Business & Labor

  • For investing in domestic semiconductor manufacturing to reduce reliance on foreign nations like China
  • For legislation addressing price gouging by shipping companies

Health Care

  • For Medicaid expansion to provide healthcare coverage for over 646,000 Georgians
  • For protecting the Affordable Care Act and its provisions including coverage for pre-existing conditions and allowing those under 26 to remain on parent's insurance
  • For capping insulin costs at $35 per month and allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices
  • For expanding healthcare access through a public option and early Medicare buy-in while allowing people to keep private insurance
  • For expanding veterans' benefits and healthcare access; supports legislation to improve care for veterans in state homes
  • For allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and capping insulin costs at $35 per month for Medicare recipients

Education

  • For student loan forgiveness and increased funding for HBCUs
  • For expanding vocational training, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs as alternatives to college
  • For transitioning school bus fleets to zero-emission vehicles

Environment

  • For combating climate change through investment in clean energy infrastructure and addressing climate justice for marginalized communities

Civil Rights

  • For removing barriers to social re-entry for formerly incarcerated individuals
  • For LGBTQ+ equality and civil rights protections; cosponsors the Equality Act to protect against housing, financial, and employment discrimination
  • Against discriminatory federal practices that prevent transgender people from serving in the military
  • Against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade; supports reproductive choice and believes healthcare decisions should be left between patients and doctors
  • For hate crime legislation to combat discrimination against immigrant communities

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • For federal voting rights protections; against voter suppression laws including Georgia's S.B. 202

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • For comprehensive immigration reform that provides a reasonable path to citizenship and keeps families together
  • Against the use of privatized prisons in immigration enforcement
  • For protecting Dreamers and providing them a path to citizenship

Public Safety

  • For criminal justice reform to end mass incarceration and reduce disproportionate imprisonment of people of color
  • For responsible police funding while supporting police training, community accountability measures, and independent prosecutors for police-involved shootings