Hilary Franz's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Hilary Franz has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "The Supreme Courtâs extreme decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatens the freedom, safety, and dignity of women across America. When Hilary marched in Washington, DC for abortion rights as a college student, she never expected that the young women of today would have fewer rights to bodily autonomy than her generation." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
- "Hilary will fight to ensure that every American can retire and live with dignity. She will always protect our two greatest policies â Medicare and Social Security â and oppose efforts to privatize them or raise the retirement age. And she will protect the right for Medicare to negotiate drug prices." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
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- "Hilary understands the urgency of protecting our democracy and progress we have made to ensure this country lives up to its full potential. In Congress, she will co-sponsor the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ensure every citizen is able to vote and support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision that opened the floodgate of dark money into politics." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
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- "She has passed innovative affordable housing policies at the local and state level. As State Lands Chief, Hilary introduced and prioritized the development of housing on public lands. The Department of Natural Resources is partnering with housing providers and local governments throughout the state and in the Sixth Congressional District, in Tacoma, Silverdale, Forks and Aberdeen, to build affordable housing and workforce housing on state lands for the first time in state history. And she worked with the state legislature to pass critical legislation to make this possible, cutting red tape and making it easier and more affordable to build housing. Hilary will bring this creative, solutions-oriented approach to Congress to fight for additional federal investments to solve our housing crisis and ensure everyone has a safe place to call home." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
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- "Hilary understands the urgency of protecting our democracy and progress we have made to ensure this country lives up to its full potential. In Congress, she will co-sponsor the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ensure every citizen is able to vote and support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision that opened the floodgate of dark money into politics." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
- "In the fight against climate change, Hilary knows we must expand clean energy development and reduce carbon emissions. While on the Bainbridge Island City Council, she led the development of a nationally recognized energy efficiency program. As Commissioner of Public Lands, she authorized the first-ever solar power developments on public lands and expanded wind power generation, part of her commitment to reach 1,000MW of clean energy generated on public lands by 2025. Prior to being Commissioner, she worked to secure the largest investment in transit and bicycle/pedestrian transportation, helping reduce Washingtonâs largest carbon emissions. And she has secured major investments in new innovative technologies that are reducing carbon emissions and creating good paying jobs." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
- "Hilary is a fierce defender of Washingtonâs coast and Puget Sound. When Donald Trump tried to open Washingtonâs coast to offshore oil drilling, Hilary refused to allow any pipelines or drilling equipment to cross our public coastline." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
- "Hilary knows that we donât have to choose between keeping our children safe and responsible gun ownership. She supports common-sense violence prevention policies like universal background checks, banning ghost guns and assault weapons, closing loopholes that allow abusers and criminals to access firearms, and expanding waiting periods to help address the heartbreakingly high suicide rate in this country." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
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- "Iâm so honored to have the sole endorsement of @NationalNOWPAC! In college, I marched for abortion rights with NOW in the other Washington. In Congress, I will work tirelessly to restore federal protections for abortion, pass a nationwide paid leave law, and so much more." (x.com)
- "Hilary will fight to ensure that every American can retire and live with dignity. She will always protect our two greatest policies â Medicare and Social Security â and oppose efforts to privatize them or raise the retirement age. And she will protect the right for Medicare to negotiate drug prices." (www.hilaryfranz.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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