Ballotpedia: Carmen Goers

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Supports policies that promote competition, support small businesses, and streamline regulations to lower prices and stimulate the economy.

Supports policies that promote competition, support small businesses, and streamline regulations. 

Aims to "work to find common sense solutions to all Americans’ utility and gas costs."

Supports cutting regulations, simplifying the tax code, and reducing federal spending.

- Supports policies that promote competition, support small businesses, and streamline regulations. 
- Aims to "work to find common sense solutions to all Americans’ utility and gas costs."
- Supports cutting regulations, simplifying the tax code, and reducing federal spending.

Economy

Believes Seattle has deteriorated in safety and cleanliness, saying "locals rarely go downtown" due to current conditions.

As of October 7, 2024, Carmen Goers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports drug treatment solutions that prioritize both accountability and support.

- Supports drug treatment solutions that prioritize both accountability and support.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Believes in collaborating with regulatory agencies to address systemic issues contributing to theft, such as organized crime networks and legislative loopholes.

Believes in strengthening enforcement measures, increasing penalties, and implementing stricter regulations to deter illicit drug production and distribution.

Supports allocating federal grants to bolster police forces, viewing it as a "prudent investment in public safety" to enhance resources, training, and personnel for law enforcement agencies.

- Believes in collaborating with regulatory agencies to address systemic issues contributing to theft, such as organized crime networks and legislative loopholes.
- Believes in strengthening enforcement measures, increasing penalties, and implementing stricter regulations to deter illicit drug production and distribution.
- Supports allocating federal grants to bolster police forces, viewing it as a "prudent investment in public safety" to enhance resources, training, and personnel for law enforcement agencies.

Public Safety

Believes in "upholding policies and regulations that safeguard the integrity of female athletics and prevent unfair advantages..."

Opposes transgender women competing in female athletics.

Supports parents having a greater role in their children's education.

Believes public education needs to focus on essentials such as reading, writing, and math and not focus on "divisive cultural debates."

- Opposes transgender women competing in female athletics.
- Supports parents having a greater role in their children's education.
- Believes public education needs to focus on essentials such as reading, writing, and math and not focus on "divisive cultural debates."

Education

Believes in bipartisan efforts to enhance support for military personnel during and after service, and aims to prioritize national security through dedicated service and support.

Supports efforts to enhance support for military personnel during and after their service. 

- Supports efforts to enhance support for military personnel during and after their service. 

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Carmen Goers

Representative Kim Schrier, About

As a House Representative, she introduced a law to address supply chain disruptions by investigating unfair business practices of ocean carriers and preventing them from unreasonably refusing cargo space.

Plans to address unfair business practices of ocean carriers unreasonably refusing  cargo space for agricultural products.

Supports crop insurance for farmers to ensure economic stability, especially amid extreme weather and supply chain issues.

Supports crop insurance for farmers to ensure economic stability, especially with extreme weather and supply chain issues.

Supports increasing investments in scientific research and development to promote innovation.

Supports federal government's investments in scientific research and development to promote innovation.

Plans to prioritize investing in infrastructure, including public transit and high-speed broadband for all households and small businesses.

Plans to investing in infrastructure, including public transit and high-speed broadband. 

Said, "I will bring financial relief to families experiencing these rising costs by finally making sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share of taxes, without raising taxes on middle-class families."

Wants the "wealthiest corporations [to] pay their fair share of taxes without raising taxes on middle-class families."

Supports reducing gas prices by introducing a bill to suspend the gas tax and combating price gouging by oil companies.

As a representative, introduced a bill to suspend the gas tax until gas prices are controlled. 

- Plans to address unfair business practices of ocean carriers unreasonably refusing  cargo space for agricultural products.
- Supports crop insurance for farmers to ensure economic stability, especially with extreme weather and supply chain issues.
- Supports federal government's investments in scientific research and development to promote innovation.
- Plans to investing in infrastructure, including public transit and high-speed broadband. 
- Wants the "wealthiest corporations [to] pay their fair share of taxes without raising taxes on middle-class families."
- As a representative, introduced a bill to suspend the gas tax until gas prices are controlled. 

Believes Central Washington will face environmental challenges like wildfires and species extinction, and supports evidence-based environmental policies to create sustainable jobs and protect clean air and water.

Supports evidence-based environmental policies to create sustainable jobs and protect clean air and water.

Supports reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change impacts.

Wants to reduce carbon emissions and allocate resources to those those most affected by climate change. 

Secured federal funding for flood risk management, water supply, and habitat restoration.

As US Representative, advocated for federal funding for flood risk management, water supply, and habitat restoration.

- Supports evidence-based environmental policies to create sustainable jobs and protect clean air and water.
- Wants to reduce carbon emissions and allocate resources to those those most affected by climate change. 
- As US Representative, advocated for federal funding for flood risk management, water supply, and habitat restoration.

Said, "As a doctor, I will always fight to protect a woman’s right to choose and to keep politicians out of private decisions between a woman and her doctor."

Supports efforts to reduce prescription drug costs, including allowing Medicare to negotiate prices and capping insulin at $35 per month for seniors.

As US Representative, supported Medicare negotiation to reduce prescription drug costs and capping insulin at $35 per month for seniors.

- Supports abortion access.
- Said, "As a doctor, I will always fight to protect a woman’s right to choose and to keep politicians out of private decisions between a woman and her doctor."
- As US Representative, supported Medicare negotiation to reduce prescription drug costs and capping insulin at $35 per month for seniors.

Supports efforts to modernize and secure U.S. voting systems.

Supports efforts to modernize and secure voting systems.

Believes social media services should examine and prevent foreign attempts to influence U.S. elections on their platforms.

Plans to use social media services to look at and prevent foreign attempts to influence US elections. 

As US Representative, co-sponsored For the People Act of 2021 to protect the right to vote, enhance election integrity and security, and reform campaign finance.

- Supports efforts to modernize and secure voting systems.
- Plans to use social media services to look at and prevent foreign attempts to influence US elections. 
- As US Representative, co-sponsored For the People Act of 2021 to protect the right to vote, enhance election integrity and security, and reform campaign finance.

Supports repealing the Dickey Amendment to allow the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence.

Supports allowing the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence as a public health crisis.

Opposes defunding the police and supports providing officers with tools, training, oversight, and accountability to ensure community safety.

Said, "We must implement common sense measures to reduce gun violence and save lives while respecting rights."

- Supports allowing the Centers for Disease Control to research gun violence as a public health crisis.
- Opposes defunding the police and supports providing officers with tools, training, oversight, and accountability to ensure community safety.
- Said, "We must implement common sense measures to reduce gun violence and save lives while respecting rights."

Supports making college more affordable and accessible without long-term debt.

Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs.

Supports high quality, free pre-kindergarten programs.

Supports expanding access to school meals and summer food programs to combat child hunger.

Wants to expand access to school meals and summer food programs to combat child hunger.

- Supports making college more affordable and accessible without long-term debt.
- Supports high quality, free pre-kindergarten programs.
- Wants to expand access to school meals and summer food programs to combat child hunger.

Supports comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship.

Plans to expand and improve worker visas.

Supports Israel and wants to bring hostages home.

Promises to "work to ensure our border is secure and protected."

Supports the 2023 Defense Bill, which included a 4.6% pay raise for some service members.

As US Representative, voted for the 2023 Defense Bill, which included a 4.6% pay raise for some service members.

- Supports comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
- Plans to expand and improve worker visas.
- Supports Israel.
- Promises to "work to ensure our border is secure and protected."
- As US Representative, voted for the 2023 Defense Bill, which included a 4.6% pay raise for some service members.

Kim Schrier

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