Marie is fighting to ensure every woman can see a doctor whenever she wants, for whatever reason. Because that is her right, and once freedom is limited, it’s lost. She is protecting access to critical medical care and the freedom of women to choose what is right for their families and themselves. Marie will do whatever it takes to prevent a national abortion ban, which would override the will of the people of Washington State.

Marie will always fight to make sure state and local law enforcement agencies have the resources they need to keep Fentanyl and illegal guns off of our streets. Marie believes we need to provide more federal funding to boost officer and firefighter pay to improve retention rather than furnish departments with unnecessary line items like night-vision goggles.

Marie and her husband have run an auto repair shop, so she knows firsthand how important it is to be able to repair your own equipment. She is working to stop manufacturers of farm and consumer equipment from gouging their customers by forcing them to pay the original manufacturer for repairs.

Marie and her husband built their home by hand to save money and brought their child to work because daycare was too expensive. In Congress, she is working to bring down the cost of housing, increase choices for childcare options, and cut out the middlemen who jack up the cost of healthcare.

Marie is in Congress to fight for working people — not special interests. Her campaign doesn’t take money from special interests (like drug companies). She also believes that we need to ban our Representatives from other behaviors that erode public trust, like trading individual stocks.

Marie has been working in Congress to combat unfair business practices — like opposing mergers of major grocery chains and opposing deceptive “Shrinkflation” food packaging. She believes a well trained workforce and higher wages for workers will increase the labor force and stabilize consumer prices across the economy. She believes abundant and cheap energy from traditional and renewable sources will provide further pricing relief to consumers.

Marie believes that climate change is real and is man-made. She also believes that increasingly severe weather events caused by climate change disproportionately affect the working class. Marie has also championed tax-rebates for energy efficiency upgrades for working class families, like weather skirting for mobile homes.

Marie is committed to making childcare more accessible and increasing flexibility for working families — particularly in rural communities. She supports re-introducing and expanding the Child Tax Credit, which makes it easier for parents to make the choices that best work for their families, whether that’s paying a family member or going to a traditional daycare.

Marie believes in fighting the drug crisis through increased border security, stricter punishments for sale and possession, expanded access to treatment and rehab, and better job opportunities. She believes it needs to be easier to find help getting sober than it is to find a dealer.

Marie knows Washington has some of the best workers in the world. She is supporting efforts to create American jobs and making sure American workers have the training needed to do those jobs at good pay. She is fighting unfair trade and work practices by competitors like China to create a level playing field for American workers.

As someone who ran an auto repair shop, Marie knows the hoops small business owners jump through to start, run, and grow their business. When her shop applied for a loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA), the application was the size of a phone book and took almost a year to complete. That’s why in Congress she’s fighting to streamline the application process for SBA loans and empower young people in the trades to start their own small businesses.

Marie knows many good jobs don’t require a 4-year degree. In Congress, she is working to increase access to apprenticeships and technical training and reduce the number of jobs that require applicants to have expensive college degrees. She is also working to allow Pell Grants to apply to job training, not just college degrees.

Marie is working to make sure Southwest Washington is getting its fair share of tax dollars back from Washington D.C. She worked to secure $600 million in funding needed to replace the 100-year-old I-5 bridge. This financial support is a down payment and essential to repair the bridge and avoid the need for tolls.

Marie knows Social Security and Medicare are the backbone of the middle class. She will protect the benefits that seniors in Southwest Washington are counting on for their retirement and that they’ve paid into their whole working lives. Marie supports common sense legislation to strengthen the Social Security program for the long-run without raising the retirement age or reducing benefits.