It is a privilege to serve in the legislature and I have loved my time representing you. My priorities reflect the values of our families and communities, and with your vote I will:
- Continue to create affordable housing options, and seek property tax relief for seniors.
- Address the homelessness and behavioral health crises. There should be no “wrong door” when it comes to behavioral health.
- Ensure working families have childcare, housing options close to services and fair treatment at work.
- Create a strong and compassionate human services safety net.
- Ensure that local governments, law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocates for survivors and safety have the tools they need.
- Reduce gun violence and suicide with effective laws and interventions.
- Protect our planet- our air and water, climate, plants, and animals.
Washington must remain a global economic leader– so we must ensure we encourage innovation, have a talented, well-educated community and a fair, transparent, and predictable tax code.
As a businessperson and formerly local government official, I have experience crafting and implementing thoughtful laws that improve lives. It is imperative that we bring people together – more voices make better policies and we must live our values with civil discourse and by working together to find solutions to our common problems.
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The City of Bellevue, Washington - Government is updating its Affordable Housing Strategy. Affordable housing is a key issue in our area, and it's great to see efforts like this to maintain focus on the issue and adjust plans as necessary to ensure everyone can afford to call our area home.
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A study was published earlier this month that ties an estimated 151 million mental disorder diagnoses in the US to exposure to lead in gasoline. While we largely phased out leaded gasoline usage starting in the 1970s, it is still used today in fuel for aircraft and off-road vehicles. The staggering number of estimated mental health diagnoses is a stark reminder that environmental policies have large generational impacts. And it underscores our need to make major progress in our fight for clean air, safe drinking water, and fewer toxins in our communities. It also means that we absolutely must continue to provide funding for mental health services. I will continue to prioritize our environment and mental health care, with an ongoing focus on reducing pollutants and more robust mental health care infrastructure statewide to protect future generations from similar long-term harm.
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As the start of the new year approaches, I’m thinking about my priorities for the next legislative session. One of the things that is high on my list is continuing to put forward strong gun safety legislation. I have a strong record of bold leadership in fighting for safer communities and responsible gun ownership and have sponsored 25 bills aimed at doing just that. These bills have covered many areas of opportunity to improve gun safety including:
- Requiring firearm dealers to keep inventory safe and secure.
- Standardizing gun purchase records.
- Reporting gun loss and theft in a timely manner.
- Sharing information about guns used in crimes promptly with law enforcement.
- Keeping guns out of the hands of people convicted of certain criminal offenses.
- Regulating the manufacturing, possession, distribution, and sale of high-capacity magazines.
- Prohibiting undetectable firearms.
- Restricting possession of weapons in child care centers, school board meetings, parks, and hospitals.
- Limiting or banning the sale of assault weapons.
- Prohibiting active shooter scenarios in school safety-related drills.
- Holding the firearm industry accountable for protecting the public.
I will continue to work to reduce the number of guns in our communities and to strengthen the weak links in the chain of protection. There is much more we can do to improve the safety of our communities, even while allowing responsible gun ownership.
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