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Jeff Waldstreicher - Candidate for State Senate - District 18
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Education - it defines our community
Health Care
- Supports single payer system
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- Tough given the representative reality in the MD state legislature
- State needs to step up due to the cancellation of the federal mandate
Politics - a marathon; sometimes outside events can accelerate things
Trump Administration
- Maryland should be a leader pushing back against the Trump administration
Support of the SAFE Act
Planned Parenthood
- The largest provider of mammograms for women in Maryland (and the nation)
- MD passed a bill last year to fund this
Working to champion issues for the disabled
- Proposal to get rid of the Medicaid clawback for ABLE accounts
- ABLE accounts (529 accounts for people with disabilities to save their money and protect their assets w/out sacrificing social security disability benefits)
- The Medicaid clawback sometimes requires people to take money out of their ABLE accounts - damaging ability for people to sign up for these accounts
Complexity as a systemic problem in government
- Healthcare is expensive and difficult to navigate
- The public option for Obamacare would have helped; but would have jeopardized support for passing Obamacare
On building consensus w/divergent political views
Divergent views between the county council / county state delegation
- Council wants more money
- State delegation doesn’t necessarily agree
On Maryland Passing Dedicated Funding for Metro
- 150 million, forever funding
50% vs 100% clean energy bills before the legislature
On writing effective legislation
Bill for public financing of state legislature races
- Complicated by districts that occupy multiple counties
- Bills for statewide financing have failed
On The 2018 Legislative Session
- Maryland Healthy Paid Leave Act
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- Overroad veto on paid sick leave
- So people can get paid leave to care for sick kids / relatives
On Working Family Support
- Co-lead sponsor on fight for 15
- Support Labor / Unions
On Working for Bob Mueller
On professional work in corporate investigations
On Consumer Financial Protections Bureau
- How can we stand up to the Trump admin slashing this department back?
On Amazon coming to Maryland
On the SAFE Act (Details)
- Unconstitutionality of local law enforcement holding immigrants based on ICE detainer requested not backed by a court or independent 3rd party
- Montgomery County is already operating constitutionally
- Other jurisdictions are not operating in this manner
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