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Candidate statement
Candidate positionAs a true independent, I won’t be beholden to party bosses or partisan politics. I care about you and your family, and I will fight for you. If elected, I would be one of the first independent candidates ever elected to Congress—and the first woman to do so. Let’s make history together and bring meaningful change to Washington, DC.
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As a true independent, I won’t be beholden to party bosses or partisan politics. I care about you and your family, and I will fight for you. If elected, I would be one of the first independent candidates ever elected to Congress—and the first woman to do so. Let’s make history together and bring meaningful change to Washington, DC.
Tax Relief for Working Families
Candidate positionNadia supports eliminating federal income tax on earnings under $100,000.
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Nadia supports eliminating federal income tax on earnings under $100,000.
End Abusive Corporate Control of Politics
Candidate positionNadia supports barring corporations from the political process and creating a Federal Charter for big corporations so they are transparent, accountable, and pay their fair share.
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Nadia supports barring corporations from the political process and creating a Federal Charter for big corporations so they are transparent, accountable, and pay their fair share.
Invest in Well Being, Not War
Candidate positionNadia supports an economic job guarantee so anyone who wants to work can earn a living wage doing work that strengthens our communities.
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Nadia supports an economic job guarantee so anyone who wants to work can earn a living wage doing work that strengthens our communities.
Bringing Manufacturing Home
Candidate positionNadia supports strong manufacturing with real standards and producing more of what we consume, especially essential goods like medicines, right here in the U.S.
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Nadia supports strong manufacturing with real standards and producing more of what we consume, especially essential goods like medicines, right here in the U.S.
Human Rights
Candidate positionNadia supports ending the genocide in Palestine, and equal rights for all people.
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Nadia supports ending the genocide in Palestine, and equal rights for all people.
Representation That Works
Candidate positionAs an Independent, Nadia will focus on representing the people and will be uniquely positioned to work with both parties to get things done.
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As an Independent, Nadia will focus on representing the people and will be uniquely positioned to work with both parties to get things done.
Integrity & Term Limits
Candidate positionNadia supports a pledge for 3 terms—not 17. Public service is, not a career.
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Nadia supports a pledge for 3 terms—not 17. Public service is, not a career.
End Abusive Corporate Control of Politics
Candidate positionRichie Neal has protected greedy corporations from being held accountable while taking the most contributions from big corporations and special interests of any member of the House of Representatives.Read More >>>
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Richie Neal has protected greedy corporations from being held accountable while taking the most contributions from big corporations and special interests of any member of the House of Representatives.Read More >>>
Invest in Well Being, Not War
Candidate positionEvery person deserves an equal opportunity and equal rights to a decent quality of life, and that has to be reflected in how we spend public money.
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Every person deserves an equal opportunity and equal rights to a decent quality of life, and that has to be reflected in how we spend public money.
Bringing Manufacturing Home
Candidate positionRichard Neal supported trade agreements that shipped manufacturing jobs overseas, like supporting China in the World Trade Organization (WTO), costing our district thousands of jobs.
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Richard Neal supported trade agreements that shipped manufacturing jobs overseas, like supporting China in the World Trade Organization (WTO), costing our district thousands of jobs.
Housing Affordability
Candidate positionWe will lower living costs by capping runaway rents, banning corporate speculators from buying up local neighborhoods, and directing federal funding straight into community housing developments.
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We will lower living costs by capping runaway rents, banning corporate speculators from buying up local neighborhoods, and directing federal funding straight into community housing developments.
Insurance Companies Out of Healthcare
Candidate positionOur current healthcare model profits by denying you and your family essential care. By driving popular Healthcare for All legislation, we will drastically lower costs so that you get the medical treatment you pay for.
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Our current healthcare model profits by denying you and your family essential care. By driving popular Healthcare for All legislation, we will drastically lower costs so that you get the medical treatment you pay for.
Human Rights
Candidate positionU.S. tax dollars are funding the destruction of Palestinian lives, and that is not only a moral failure but a strategic one. Destroying communities, killing families, and stripping people of everything breeds instability and blowback for generations. A foreign policy built on violence does not make us safer. Those dollars should be invested in the well-being of people here at home.
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U.S. tax dollars are funding the destruction of Palestinian lives, and that is not only a moral failure but a strategic one. Destroying communities, killing families, and stripping people of everything breeds instability and blowback for generations. A foreign policy built on violence does not make us safer. Those dollars should be invested in the well-being of people here at home.
Representation That Works
Candidate positionAs your congresswoman, I will set a standard for public service.
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As your congresswoman, I will set a standard for public service.
Integrity & Term Limits
Candidate positionSeeing Richard Neal lose his way after being a career politician for 46 years, I will champion term limits for politicians and lead by example, serving no more than 6 years if elected.
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Seeing Richard Neal lose his way after being a career politician for 46 years, I will champion term limits for politicians and lead by example, serving no more than 6 years if elected.
Tax Relief for Working Families
Candidate positionNadia will work to stop price gouging, close corporate tax loopholes, and use that revenue to lower costs for working people. She will fight to bring Social Security benefits in line with today’s cost of living so seniors can afford to live with dignity.
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Nadia will work to stop price gouging, close corporate tax loopholes, and use that revenue to lower costs for working people. She will fight to bring Social Security benefits in line with today’s cost of living so seniors can afford to live with dignity.
Bringing Manufacturing Home
Candidate positionNadia supports securing a Federal Medical Manufacturing Zone in the 1st District.
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Nadia supports securing a Federal Medical Manufacturing Zone in the 1st District.
Insurance Companies Out of Healthcare
Candidate positionWestern Massachusetts is also facing a health care crisis of its own. Residents wait four months to a year just to see a doctor, even for urgent needs. Richard Neal helped create this shortage in 1997 by voting to permanently cap the number of physician residencies Medicare supports, and has done nothing to fix it since, despite chairing the committee with direct jurisdiction over health care. At the same time he has taken millions from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries and fought against expanding Medicare access for families who need it most.
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Western Massachusetts is also facing a health care crisis of its own. Residents wait four months to a year just to see a doctor, even for urgent needs. Richard Neal helped create this shortage in 1997 by voting to permanently cap the number of physician residencies Medicare supports, and has done nothing to fix it since, despite chairing the committee with direct jurisdiction over health care. At the same time he has taken millions from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries and fought against expanding Medicare access for families who need it most.
Human Rights
Candidate positionAs a Lebanese American who has been immersed in Middle East policy her entire life, Nadia understands the human cost of endless war in a way most politicians never will.
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As a Lebanese American who has been immersed in Middle East policy her entire life, Nadia understands the human cost of endless war in a way most politicians never will.
Representation That Works
Candidate positionI will work full time for my constituents. I will make my calendar public so you know exactly what I am doing and who I am meeting. I will even have an app available for 1st District residents so you can interact with me and my office to get any assistance or information you need.
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I will work full time for my constituents. I will make my calendar public so you know exactly what I am doing and who I am meeting. I will even have an app available for 1st District residents so you can interact with me and my office to get any assistance or information you need.
Tax Relief for Working Families
Candidate positionAnd she will vote against sending taxpayer money to fund foreign wars, because every dollar spent on destruction is a dollar not spent on housing, health care, and the future of our communities.
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And she will vote against sending taxpayer money to fund foreign wars, because every dollar spent on destruction is a dollar not spent on housing, health care, and the future of our communities.
Bringing Manufacturing Home
Candidate positionWe must produce generic drugs and hospital supplies right here in Western Mass to end dangerous supply chain shortages. We are the consumers—it’s time we build reliable local jobs and manufacture what we use.
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We must produce generic drugs and hospital supplies right here in Western Mass to end dangerous supply chain shortages. We are the consumers—it’s time we build reliable local jobs and manufacture what we use.
Insurance Companies Out of Healthcare
Candidate positionNadia will work to bring more doctors and mental health professionals to the district, support expanded residency programs, and make health care affordable and accessible for every family in the 1st District.
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Nadia will work to bring more doctors and mental health professionals to the district, support expanded residency programs, and make health care affordable and accessible for every family in the 1st District.
