A State Representative has three main areas of focus: Crafting the annual and supplemental state budgets Preparing and/or advocating for passage of legislation to improve our lives – everyone’s life – in the Commonwealth Constituent services While budget and legislative work benefit millions of residents, constituent work aids specific families, individuals and small businesses. It […]

Throughout my tenure in the legislature, I have served on the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs to better the lives of older residents.  I have focused on providing better wages to the home care workers and home health aides whose work, paid for with state funds, is essential for enabling thousands of older residents and […]

A majority of Democrats, Republicans, and independent voters throughout the country want to amend the Constitution to nullify the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. This would return authority to the states to regulate campaign spending and stop the same treatment corporations and other non-human entities have as people.  The Citizens […]

Now that the legislature passed the 2050 roadmap to a clean and thriving Commonwealth, we need to meet our milestones and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2045.  I was proud to vote for a landmark climate bill in 2022 that focused on electrifying vehicles and transit, reducing carbon emissions in new construction, and incentivizing […]

While we have a Clean Air Act and a Clean Water Act, there is no Clean Earth Act at the federal or state level. Glyphosate is the new DDT (an insecticide banned in the last century and subject of Rachel Carson’s acclaimed book, A Silent Spring).  Glyphosate, the world’s bestselling herbicide, has now been banned […]

My top two funding priorities remain Chapter 70 state aid to cities and towns for K-12 education and unrestricted local aid. Education is the best investment we can make for our children. I have successfully fought for more Chapter 70 financial aid and tuition and fee free community college, which are the foundation of state […]