As of October 3, 2024, Christina D Sappey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Christina has previously worked in the private business sector and as a senior staffer for three state legislators.

Christina Sappey is a state representative for District 158. She was elected in 2018 and is serving her third term. 

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Believes in making better use of tax dollars and cutting waste rather than increasing taxes.

Believes in cutting wasteful spending rather than increasing taxes.

Believes in developing a responsible business climate to make Pennsylvania attractive for starting and growing businesses that create family-sustaining jobs.

Believes in developing a business climate that makes Pennsylvania an attractive place to for start a business. 

Believes in expanding multi-sector opportunities statewide to address income inequality and support middle-class growth.

Supports state budgets that fund programs and support small and mid-sized businesses.

Advocates for funding programs that support small and mid-sized businesses.

- Believes in cutting wasteful spending rather than increasing taxes.
- Believes in developing a business climate that makes Pennsylvania an attractive place to for start a business. 
- Believes in expanding multi-sector opportunities statewide to address income inequality and support middle-class growth.
- Advocates for funding programs that support small and mid-sized businesses.

Economy

Supports accessible abortion care and birth control. Believes abortion bans disproportionately affect poor women, women of color, and women with children, risking lives and careers of healthcare professionals.

Supports abortion and birth control access.

Believes healthcare is a universal human right and that pre-existing conditions should not exclude anyone from receiving healthcare coverage.

Supports access to mental health services for everyone and ensuring families and healthcare providers have tools to access resources, including telemedicine.

Advocates for making mental health services more accessible through resources such as telemedicine. 

- Supports abortion and birth control access.
- Believes healthcare is a universal human right and that pre-existing conditions should not exclude anyone from receiving healthcare coverage.
- Advocates for making mental health services more accessible through resources such as telemedicine. 

Healthcare

Supports increased state funding for K-12 education to support underfunded schools, prevent local tax hikes, enhance special education, mental health resources, job training, and early childhood education.

As a state representative, voted to increase state funding for education to support underfunded schools, prevent property tax hikes, expand special education, provide mental health resources and job training, and expand early childhood education.

- As a state representative, voted to increase state funding for education to support underfunded schools, prevent property tax hikes, expand special education, provide mental health resources and job training, and expand early childhood education.

Education

Supports policies that promote and incentivize renewable energy production, distribution, and research throughout Pennsylvania.

Supports policies that incentivize renewable energy production, distribution, and research.

Believes Pennsylvania can achieve economic growth and job creation through businesses that support carbon reduction and environmental sustainability.

Believes businesses that support carbon reduction and environmental sustainability contribute to economic growth and job creation. 

Supports public transportation, believing it benefits everyone and helps reduce fossil fuel use.

Supports public transportation to help reduce fossil fuel use.

Supports increasing funding for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to improve efficiency in permitting and enforcement processes through machine learning and mechanization.

Wants to increase funding for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). 

Believes preserving open space is crucial for Chester County's uniqueness, economic policy, and healthy ecosystems, and as a representative, secured over $4 million for conservation projects.

As a state representative, secured over $4 million for conservation projects and advocates for protecting open space.

- Supports policies that incentivize renewable energy production, distribution, and research.
- Believes businesses that support carbon reduction and environmental sustainability contribute to economic growth and job creation. 
- Supports public transportation to help reduce fossil fuel use.
- Wants to increase funding for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). 
- As a state representative, secured over $4 million for conservation projects and advocates for protecting open space.

Energy & the Environment

Supports "common sense" gun safety legislation.

Believes Pennsylvania should enhance efforts to facilitate lawful immigration of "hard-working, law-abiding Chester County residents" and supports acting as a resource for immigrants by collaborating with federal legislators.

Advocates for humane treatment and due process for asylum seekers. 

- Supports gun control. 
- Advocates for humane treatment and due process for asylum seekers. 

Public Safety

Supports reforms like gift bans, transparent expense reporting, and more efficient legislative committee processes.

Supports reforms such as gift bans and transparent expense reporting. 

Believes an independent redistricting commission is essential for "truly representative government."

Supports an independent redistricting commission to make government more representative.

- Supports reforms such as gift bans and transparent expense reporting. 
- Supports an independent redistricting commission to make government more representative.

Voting & Elections

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Christina D Sappey

Christina Sappey currently serves as the State Representative for State Assembly District 158. She was first elected in 2018 and is in her 3rd term. 

Supports equal pay for women and believes affordable childcare will help families and grow the economy.

Believes a strong partnership between families, communities, teachers, and administrators is essential to producing a 21st-century-ready workforce.

Believes a "strong, reliable economy" is essential for job creation, which in turn creates opportunity for families.

Believes in renewing infrastructure and creating a sustainable growth economy for the 21st century.

Believes healthcare is a "universal human right."

Believes healthcare is a universal human right.

Supports access to comprehensive healthcare, including reproductive health, and women's health issues.

Supports the Committee to Protect Healthcare.

Supports lowering costs for small and mid-sized businesses so pre-existing conditions and mental healthcare support are affordable coverage options.

Supports policies that aim to create and retain talent in the county.

Believes there is a "unique opportunity for machine learning and robotic process automation" in education.

Believes vibrant, safe public schools are essential for communities, the economy, and the future.

Supports implementing training with first purchase and enforcing stronger background checks.

Supports HSDPA, High School Democrats of PA.

Promises to protect the interests and needs of Chester County residents.

Believes funding public and multi-modal transportation infrastructure in Pennsylvania is crucial for reducing fossil fuel use.

Supports sustainability by minimizing single-use plastics, using recyclable materials, and prioritizing digital over paper communications.

Supports creating industries that address the needs of the elderly population in Pennsylvania.

Believes in fostering a "prosperous economy" through sustainable energy and environmental policies.

Believes quality education, healthcare, physical and economic security, and environmental preservation are critical issues.

Believes "children need to be with their parents" and supports welcoming asylum seekers.

Supports the preservation of rural areas.

Believes the public has the right to clean air, water, and natural resources.

Believes in upholding the Pennsylvania State Constitution, Article 1, Section 27, which ensures the right to bear arms.

Said, "I love nature. I have walked and participated in hikes for many miles in the fields and hills of our county. For more than two decades, I have cultivated my garden during three of the year."

Supports banning bump stocks and high-capacity magazines.

Supports environmental conservation efforts.

Said, "La política de inmigración es, desafortunadamente, la jurisdicción del gobierno federal, no del gobierno estatal. Estoy totalmente en desacuerdo con todas las políticas federales actuales de inmigración que salen de Washington."

Supports voting rights and fair elections.

Supports policies that promote and incentivize the production, distribution, and research of renewable energy.

As of October 1, 2024, Christina D Sappey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Christina D. Sappey was elected in 2018 to the PA House of Representatives to serve the 158th legislative district. She has worked in the community, the private business sector, and as a senior staffer for three state legislators.

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