As she did with Planned Parenthood, alongside Deval Patrick and as a Select Board Member, Jesse will be a Congresswoman who fights Donald Trump’s dangerous agenda at every turn and stands up for a future that everyone in Massachusetts’ Fourth Congressional District deserves.
As Jesse travels our District (virtually and safely in person), she repeatedly hears stories of families confronting this unacceptable choice. She sees the pain and fear in their faces. These tales of personal struggle drive Jesse. She’s angry and frustrated with the physical, mental, and economic toll health care costs take from so many people.
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Reproductive health care must be affordable and accessible for all people. An individual’s right to choose is in jeopardy to an extent not seen for generations. Jesse is grateful to the friends and family in her life who have been open with her about their experiences with the American reproductive health care system, particularly with their personal experiences related to abortion.
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Jesse has led in this campaign by calling for creating a robust safety net that is long overdue and enacting policies that rebuild our economy in a just and equitable way.
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We have seen a rise in hate spurred by Trump’s failed leadership and this global pandemic, especially attacks directed at the Asian American, LGBTQ+, Black and Brown communities, Indigienous people, and the Jewish and Muslim communities.
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While our district is home to world class hospitals, excellent schools, and picturesque New England neighborhoods, it also provides a jarring example of America’s dramatic and widening wealth gap. Median household incomes for some communities are among the highest in Massachusetts while neighbors just a few miles away struggle to keep up. The problems that come with and exacerbate these income disparities are pronounced and, sadly, all too familiar.
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We are experiencing a climate crisis and we’re running out of time to solve it. The effects of this climate crisis – extreme weather events, increased temperatures, rising sea levels, unprecedented fires and flooding – occur constantly across the globe. But the crisis is also having very real impacts here in our communities. Warming ocean waters have led to a decline in fishing jobs and incomes. Our farmers grapple with unpredictable growing seasons. Our coastal infrastructure is either deteriorating, becoming more costly to protect and maintain, or is exposed to potential destruction that will require millions or billions of dollars to fix. And just when we should be acting to build a sustainable future, the Trump Administration has been recklessly rolling back vital environmental regulations and withdrawing from the Paris Accord.
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Jesse believes health care should be affordable and accessible for all – so she will fight tooth and nail for Medicare for All. She championed paid family and medical leave in Massachusetts and will do the same on the national level.
Rising housing costs in and around Boston push renters further and further away from the city, exacerbating commute times and contributing to congestion. And with the supply of available units so low in many communities in the Fourth District, even middle class families are priced out of the market. Housing is often portrayed as a luxury. In reality, it affects so many of the basic elements of our lives: the education and healthcare we receive, the job opportunities available to us, and the communities in which we can engage. That is why Jesse believes housing is a human right.
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And she’s even more frustrated by proposed “solutions,” which so far amount to putting a band-aid on a patient that needs emergency surgery.
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Or concerts. Or movie theaters. Or workplaces. Or houses of worship. Or simply walking down the streets of our neighborhoods or living in their own homes.
According to Everytown for Gun Safety, more than 36,000 people die by guns each year in the United States, including 231 gun deaths in Massachusetts. The majority of gun deaths are suicides. Black children and teens in Massachusetts are seven times more likely as their white peers to die by guns.
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Jesse is running for Congress to live, represent and act on the values that her Grandma instilled in her decades ago: to give back to the community, to care about our neighbors, and to fight for others.
Jesse is running for Congress to live, represent and act on the values that her Grandma instilled in her decades ago: to give back to the community, to care about our neighbors, and to fight for others.
