U.S. House of RepresentativesCandidate for District 14

Conserving and ensuring access to clean drinking water is of the utmost importance. I was proud to support the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which included over $8 billion for western water infrastructure for aging infrastructure, water storage, water recycling, desalination projects, dam safety, and aquatic ecosystem restoration.

I believe we need to continue authorizing these funding streams so that California can bank on water security for decades to come. That’s why I’m a cosponsor of the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act, a bipartisan bill to authorize $50 billion in direct infrastructure investment over five years to address America’s crumbling wastewater infrastructure and local water quality challenges. 

But we also need to plan proactively for future droughts and other natural disasters. I introduced the Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act, a bipartisan bill to help communities better prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters including those driven by climate change. The bill would make several changes to FEMA’s pre-disaster mitigation grant program by increasing funding, ensuring that communities who need it most — those with high hazard risk and environmental justice communities — get access to this funding, and improving data collection to better track and manage resources before and after natural disasters.

We are a nation of immigrants,  welcoming to people of all faiths and backgrounds. Unfortunately, our current immigration system is not living up to these basic ideals. To bring our fundamentally broken, outdated immigration system into the 21st century, we must implement comprehensive reform. We must provide a road map so that undocumented workers can earn legalized status and citizenship, reduce backlogs and allow families to be reunited, let undocumented kids brought here years ago have the same opportunities as everyone else, and let businesses, including those in the high-technology sector, attract and retain workers from abroad when domestic talent is not available.

I'm an original cosponsor of, voted for, and the House passed H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, to provide vital protections to up to 3.4 million immigrants, many of whom have spent much of their lives in the United States. The bill offers a path to lawful permanent resident status for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status recipients, and Deferred Enforced Departure recipients.

I'm also an original cosponsor of H.R. 1177, the U.S. Citizenship Act, President Biden’s bold, inclusive, and humane framework for the future of the United States immigration system. The bill would provide millions of hardworking, undocumented immigrants with a pathway to earned citizenship, including Dreamers, Temporary Protective Status recipients, and essential workers who have made enormous sacrifices during the pandemic; prioritize family reunification and keeping families together; and bolster the country’s long-term economic growth. The bill would also equip the country to responsibly and effectively manage the border with smart and effective investments, address root causes of migration that force people to leave Central America, and restore the United States’ commitment to human rights. 

And I’m an original cosponsor of H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act, a bipartisan bill that will benefit the U.S. economy by letting American employers focus on hiring immigrants based on their merit, not their birthplace. The bill phases out the 7% per-country limit on employment-based immigrant visas; it also raises the 7% per-country limit on family-sponsored visas to 15%.

Protecting our democracy is of the utmost importance. The Republican Party is trying to undermine free elections and inventing a basis to overturn the results of elections they don’t agree with. Their new agenda pledges to make it harder for Americans to vote, purge eligible voters from the rolls, give extreme state legislatures absolute power to change the rules of elections at whim, and help disrupt polling places and vote-counting. 147 House Republicans voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election on January 6th, even after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol during the certification of our election.

Recently, I voted for the Presidential Election Reform Act, legislation to protect free and fair elections, uphold the rule of law and defend the Constitution. This bill was crafted in response to the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election – including the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol – and will implement several common-sense measures to safeguard votes against any future attempt to interfere with the certification of election results. I’m also a cosponsor of and voted for the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which would bolster our democracy by protecting voting rights, ending partisan gerrymandering, fixing campaign finance, and safeguarding the electoral process.

We have a responsibility to ensure that this country is preparing for a safe, reliable and secure energy future. Overreliance on a limited range of fuel technologies, foreign sources of energy, and finite resources is unreasonable. Our strength will lie in our ability to transition to new, cleaner, more sustainable resources. And we must recognize the impact that our energy choices have on public health and the global environment, now and far into the future. I am working to encourage innovation in the field of renewable energy and energy conservation. Addressing the climate crisis is imperative for our national security, the ecosystems that feed us, our public health and safety, and our future economic well-being.

I was proud to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, the United States’largest-ever climate action by investing in domestic energy production and manufacturing, while reducing costs for energy efficient upgrades. Because of the Inflation Reduction Act's investments, America is on track to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by about 40 percent below 2005 levels in 2030—positioning America to meet President Biden's climate goals of cutting greenhouse gases at least in half in 2030 and reaching net zero by no later than 2050.

In addition, I cosponsored H.R. 848, the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act of 2021, a comprehensive use of the tax code to combat the threat of climate change. The bill builds on current successful tax incentives that promote the deployment of green energy technologies, while providing new incentives for activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

I'm an original cosponsor of H.R. 5423, the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act, to provide tax credits for American manufacturers at every stage of the solar manufacturing supply chain, from polysilicon production to solar cells to fully assembled solar modules. The bill would create tens of thousands of good-paying American solar jobs and free the U.S. from dependence on foreign solar panel manufacturers like China.