Issue Position: Economy and Wall Street

Issue Position

Today, too many hard-working Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to make ends meet, going deeper into debt and worrying that the American Dream is further and further out of reach. Stephen Lynch believes we can solve these problems.

Lynch is committed to strengthening our economy and creating jobs. He is a strong supporter of investing in our nation's critical infrastructure, which will put people back to work while performing much-needed repairs on our roads and bridges.

Stephen Lynch believes we must hold Wall Street executives accountable for their actions, and he's fighting for hard reforms to the banking system to ensure that we don't pay for their mistakes again. He opposed the Wall Street bailout, which rewarded bankers and executives for risky behavior that drove our nation into recession. Lynch is a supporter of the Dodd-Frank legislation reforming Wall Street and fought for stronger regulation of the risky derivatives market.

He has opposed Republican efforts to defund regulatory agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Future Trading Commission and is working to ensure that these agencies have the tools needed for proper market oversight.

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