Summer was raised in the Mon Valley where she attended Woodland Hills public schools. She has a bachelor's degree from Penn State University and a law degree from Howard University School of Law.

Summer is an attorney. She has worked as an organizer for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

Ballotpedia, Summer Lee

Summer Lynn Lee currently serves as US Representative for Congressional District 12. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her 1st term. She previously served as State Representative for State House District 34 for 2 terms. 

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Supports equitable school funding and fair pay for teachers.

Supports universal free pre-kindergarten and early childcare.

Believes in safeguarding public school curricula from "right-wing attacks."

Supports canceling all existing student loan debt and making public colleges, universities, and vocational programs tuition-free.

As a state representative, co-sponsored the Universal School Meals Program Act to provide daily breakfast, lunch, and snacks for children in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.

- Supports equitable school funding and fair pay for teachers.
- Supports universal free pre-kindergarten and early childcare.
- Believes in safeguarding public school curricula from "right-wing attacks."
- Supports canceling all existing student loan debt and making public colleges, universities, and vocational programs tuition-free.
- As a state representative, co-sponsored the Universal School Meals Program Act to provide daily breakfast, lunch, and snacks for children in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties.

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Supports access to abortion and would pass the Women's Health Protection Act to make it a federal right.

Believes in investing in midwifery health care coverage, education programs, and workforce to address the Black maternal health crisis.

Advocates for investing in midwifery health care coverage, education programs, and workforce to address the Black maternal health crisis.

Supports the Hazard Pay for Health Care Workers Act, which would provide hazard pay for health care workers during public health emergencies.

Supports the creation of a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect the rights of transgender and nonbinary people.

- Supports abortion access.
- Advocates for investing in midwifery health care coverage, education programs, and workforce to address the Black maternal health crisis.
- Supports the Hazard Pay for Health Care Workers Act, which would provide hazard pay for health care workers during public health emergencies.
- Supports the creation of a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect the rights of transgender and nonbinary people.

Healthcare

Supports expanding the Supreme Court and ending lifetime appointments for justices.

Supports federal automatic voter registration, early and mail voting, federal holidays for election days, and same-day voter registration.

- Supports expanding the Supreme Court and ending lifetime appointments for justices.
- Supports federal automatic voter registration, early and mail voting, federal holidays for election days, and same-day voter registration.

Voting & Elections

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Supports providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including "Dreamers" and those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Supports comprehensive immigration reform to ensure fair treatment of immigrants and address system backlogs.

Supports a ceasefire in Gaza and "conditioning" US military aid to Israel.

Supports a ceasefire in Gaza and conditions on US military aid to Israel.

- Supports providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including "Dreamers" and those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
- Supports comprehensive immigration reform to ensure fair treatment of immigrants and address system backlogs.
- Supports a ceasefire in Gaza and conditions on US military aid to Israel.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Opposes "corporate polluters" and supports sustainable, clean energy union jobs.

Supports investing in renewable energy and green technologies.

Supports The Green New Deal for Health Act, which aims to ensure sustainability and support for patients, providers, and communities as the health care system responds to climate change.

Supports a $25 million clean energy grant to help Pittsburgh deploy reliable, affordable, and equitable clean energy systems.

Supports the Fossil Free Finance Act, which would prohibit federal employees from investing in fossil fuel companies.

- Opposes "corporate polluters" and supports sustainable, clean energy union jobs.
- Supports investing in renewable energy and green technologies.
- Supports The Green New Deal for Health Act, which aims to ensure sustainability and support for patients, providers, and communities as the health care system responds to climate change.
- Supports a $25 million clean energy grant to help Pittsburgh deploy reliable, affordable, and equitable clean energy systems.
- Supports the Fossil Free Finance Act, which would prohibit federal employees from investing in fossil fuel companies.

Energy & the Environment

Believes mass incarceration and police brutality harm community safety and social justice, advocating for reallocating funds from prisons to education and essential services like food assistance, housing, and healthcare.

Advocates for reallocating funds from prisons to education and essential services like food assistance, housing, and healthcare.

- Advocates for reallocating funds from prisons to education and essential services like food assistance, housing, and healthcare.

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James has a bachelor's degree in international economics from Georgetown University, a master's in economics and policy from Princeton University, a master's in business administration from the University of Chicago, and a doctoral degree in management from Case Western Reserve University. 

James is a business executive. He previously worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia.

Ballotpedia, James Hayes

James Kevin Hayes' campaign for US Representative in Congressional District 12 is his 1st run for public office. 

Supports school vouchers, which permit parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

- Supports school vouchers, which permit parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Supports ending "overregulation" to protect union jobs and confronts "anti-job radicals" in Congress to support manufacturing and family-sustaining employment.

Supports reducing the regulatory burdens to protect union jobs.

Supports Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel, believing it will benefit Pittsburgh and maintain a sustainable regional steel industry.

- Supports reducing the regulatory burdens to protect union jobs.
- Supports Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel, believing it will benefit Pittsburgh and maintain a sustainable regional steel industry.

As of September 30, 2024, James Kevin Hayes’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports term limits for Congress members.

Opposes labeling Israel as an "apartheid state."

Supports law enforcement and opposes defunding the police.

- Supports law enforcement and opposes defunding the police.

James Kevin Hayes

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Pennsylvania currently has 19 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Pennsylvania for at least seven years before their election. 
- US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.