Suzan DelBene

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Washington - District 1

Current Position: US House Representative WA-1

Running For: House Representative - District 1

Policy Positions

Against Trump's tariffs; introduced the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act and Congressional Trade Authority Act to curb presidential tariff powers; cosponsored the RELIEF Act to refund illegally collected tariffs; cosponsored legislation to repeal Section 122 to prevent further tariff abuse
For Child Tax Credit expansion; champions enhanced Child Tax Credit as included in the American Rescue Plan
For affordable housing investment; lead sponsor of legislation to create or preserve more than 2 million affordable housing units nationwide over the next decade via the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
For federal investment in affordable housing; champions legislation to create 2 million affordable homes over the next decade and voted for the Housing for the 21st Century Act
For strengthening Social Security; supports raising the income cap ('scrapping the cap'), opposes raising the retirement age, opposes privatization of Social Security, and co-sponsors the Social Security 2100 Act to increase benefits and improve cost-of-living adjustments
For federal infrastructure investment with mandatory labor protections and community input requirements during permitting processes

For paid family leave, affordable childcare, equal pay for equal work, and raising the minimum wage
For a national consumer data privacy law; authored legislation to establish a federal privacy standard, require plain-language privacy policies, and create strong enforcement mechanisms; opposes DOGE's access to sensitive personal data without oversight

For protecting the Affordable Care Act and expanding it; consistently voted to protect the ACA, championed ACA premium tax credit expansion, and is working to make ACA tax credits permanent
For universal health care coverage; supports giving people a choice between public and private coverage options to achieve universal quality coverage
Against Republican cuts to Medicaid; opposes the Republican Big, Ugly Bill's $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and supports reversing those cuts when Democrats retake the House majority
For protecting Medicare; opposes privatization or dismantling of Medicare; championed government negotiation of lower prescription drug prices, $35 insulin cap, and $2,000 annual out-of-pocket drug cost cap for seniors
Against AI-driven denial of Medicare care; introduced the Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act to cancel a Trump administration program allowing private companies to use AI to delay and deny care for seniors on traditional Medicare

Against dismantling the Department of Education; opposes Trump's executive actions to shutter the department and any efforts to eliminate it through Congress, supports maintaining federal funding for public schools and disability programs
For increasing Pell Grant awards; calls for doubling the annual Pell Grant award annually and co-sponsors the Pell Grant Sustainability Act to restore automatic inflation-adjusted increases

For climate change action; supports transitioning to clean and renewable energy, reducing dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil, and introduced legislation imposing a carbon fee on carbon-intensive imports

For abortion rights; opposes efforts to weaken or restrict abortion access, supports the Women's Health Protection Act to guarantee nationwide abortion access, supports the My Body, My Data Act to protect reproductive health data, and opposes any nationwide abortion ban

Against the SAVE Act; opposes legislation that would undermine eligible voters' constitutional right to vote
For the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; original cosponsor and advocate for protecting voting rights, ending mid-decade gerrymanders, and opposing assault on the Voting Rights Act

Against U.S. military hostilities with Iran and Venezuela without Congressional authorization; voted in favor of multiple War Powers Resolutions directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran and Venezuela
For protecting birthright citizenship; provided legal arguments opposing Trump's Executive Order to end birthright citizenship
For comprehensive immigration reform including an earned path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants with no criminal record who are working in the U.S.
Against blank-check ICE funding without reforms; voted against hyperpartisan bills providing unchecked ICE authority; supports requiring ICE officers to display identification, obtain judicial warrants, undergo independent investigations for shootings, receive proper training, and be held accountable
For protecting immigrants in sensitive locations; cosponsor of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to codify protections for immigrants in churches, hospitals, and schools

For police accountability reform; original cosponsor of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which addresses qualified immunity, bars chokeholds, creates national law enforcement standards, and improves transparency into police misconduct and use-of-force
For gun control measures including expanding background checks, banning semiautomatic assault weapons, implementing red flag laws, allowing victims to sue gun manufacturers via the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act, and limiting online ammunition sales via the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act; supports the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act