Fact Check
Kamala Harris
Consumer Protection
Took on the five largest banks in America to win a $25 billion settlement for Californians whose homes had been illegally foreclosed on. [1] |
Capping credit card late fees at $8, saving Americans up to $10 billion annually. [25] |
Fighting rent gouging by cracking down on anti-competitive practices and working with the industry to build more housing. [26] |
Pension Funds
Fought to recover over $900 million in missing pension funds that workers had earned. [2] |
Provided billions of dollars to save the pensions of nearly three million workers. [9] |
Secured pension plans that were projected to become insolvent by the end of 2025 [10] |
Pharma Accountability
Won more than $230 million in settlements to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for putting profits ahead of people. [3] |
Introduced legislation to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable by imposing penalties for unfair price hikes on consumers. [5] |
Took on pharmaceutical companies to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors, cut prescription prices, and improve maternal health by expanding postpartum care through Medicaid. [6] |
Worker Protections
Fought for essential worker protections for frontline grocery and meat processing workers during the pandemic. [4] |
Protected the retirement security of over 350,000 UFCW workers. [11] |
Essential Tie-Breaker
Cast a record number of tie-breaking votes on historic legislation, including casting the vote that saved the pensions of more than 350,000 UFCW members. [7] |
Bargaining Rights
Led the administration’s efforts to protect our right to organize and collectively bargain. [8] |
Cast a record number of tie-breaking votes on historic legislation, including casting the vote that saved the pensions of more than 350,000 UFCW members. [8] |
Healthcare
Prioritized Black maternal health, including the approval of $200 million in funding to support women’s health research. [12] |
Prioritized making health care more affordable and reducing racial health outcome disparities by capping seniors’ insulin costs at $35, lowering prescription drug prices for over 5 million seniors, and reducing health insurance premiums by an average of $800 per year. [15] |
Expanding access to health care and lowering the cost of insurance premiums, saving the average family more than $800 per year. [17] |
Fighting to lower costs of child care, elder care and preschool. [18] |
Expanding health insurance coverage for postpartum care from 60 days to 1 year and helping nearly 500,000 women access critical care. [19] |
Leading the fight for guaranteed paid family and sick leave so you don’t lose your job or pay when you have a baby or cancer [21] |
Fighting for equal pay for all workers and dedicating $12 billion in new funding for women’s health research. [22] |
Child care
Delivering funding that kept 220,000 child care programs open—over 90% of which are women-owned. She expanded the Child Tax Credit for 40 million families and continues to work to make the Child Tax Credit permanent [20] |
Education
Supported making historic investments in public education and HBCUs, with more than $16 billion to help HBCUs continue providing high-quality education and nearly $170 billion to address teacher shortages, upgrade school facilities, and ensure students have the resources they need to succeed. [13] |
Canceling student loan debt for 4.3 million Americans including students who attended technical schools. [23] |
Climate change
Securing the largest investment in climate action in world history, putting us on a path to cutting emissions 52% by 2030. [27] |
Agricultural Assistance
Supported Black farmers by approving $2.2 million in financial assistance for farmers who previously faced discrimination, and championing equity in federal government programs. [16] |
Marijuana Decriminalization
Helped decriminalize marijuana and pardoned people with federal possession charges, which disproportionately targeted Black and brown people. [14] |
Fighting to decriminalize marijuana nationwide and championed the White House’s efforts to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, paving the way for further reform. [24] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
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“$18 Billion Earmarked For California Homeowners In Mortgage Settlement.” CBS News, 2/9/2012. https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/states-reach-25-billion-deal-with-banks-in-mortgage-settlement/”; - “UFCW Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Presidency of the United States.” UFCW, 7/22/2024, https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/ufcw-endorses-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-the-presidency-of-the-united-states/;
“California pensions, consumers get $800 million from Bank of America case.” Sacramento Bee, 10/7/2014, https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article2607324.html;
“CalPERS, CalSTRS get $324 million in securities settlement.” Sacramento Bee, 2/3/2015, https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article8990135.html;
“Morgan Stanley to pay $150 million to settle California pension funds’ claims.” Pensions & Investments, 4/25/2019, https://www.pionline.com/article/20190425/ONLINE/190429912/morgan-stanley-to-pay-150-million-to-settle-california-pension-funds-claims; - “Kamala Harris and health policy: Maternal health, abortion rights, the Affordable Care Act, equity and AI.” Chief Healthcare Executive, 7/22/2024, https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/kamala-harris-and-healthcare-policy-maternal-health-abortion-rights-the-affordable-care-act-equity-and-ai;
“ICYMI: Vice President Kamala Harris Hosted First-Ever White House Maternal Health Day of Action.” American Presidency Project, 12/8/2021, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/icymi-vice-president-kamala-harris-hosted-first-ever-white-house-maternal-health-day; - “Why grocery store workers deserve hazard pay.” CNN, 8/6/2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/opinions/why-grocery-store-workers-deserve-hazard-pay-harris-perrone/index.html;
“Essential Politics: Kamala Harris enters a supermarket — and a security bubble.” Los Angeles Times, 3/3/2021, https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2021-03-03/kamala-harris-supermarket-coronavirus-essential-politics; - “Kamala Harris’s plan to reduce prescription drug costs, explained.” Vox, 7/16/2019, https://www.vox.com/2019/7/16/20696192/kamala-harris-plan-prescription-drug-costs;
“Kamala Harris wants to cut drug prices and tax ‘price-gouging’ companies.” LA Times, 7/16/2019, https://www.vox.com/2019/7/16/20696192/kamala-harris-plan-prescription-drug-costs;
“Harris, Colleagues Introduce New Bill To Prevent Large Drug Price Hikes.” East County Today, 2/7/2019, https://eastcountytoday.net/harris-colleagues-introduce-new-bill-to-prevent-large-drug-price-hikes/;
“The legislative record of Kamala Harris shows a loyal Democrat and Trump counterpuncher.” Roll Call, 8/12/2020, https://rollcall.com/2020/08/12/the-legislative-record-of-kamala-harris-shows-a-loyal-democrat-and-trump-counter-puncher/;
“Indivior to pay $385 million to end final Suboxone monopoly lawsuits.” Reuters, 10/24/2023, https://www.reuters.com/legal/indivior-pay-385-mln-end-suboxone-monopoly-lawsuits-2023-10-23/; - “Democrats passed a major climate, health and tax bill. Here’s what’s in it.” NPR, 8/7/2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116190180/democrats-are-set-to-pass-a-major-climate-health-and-tax-bill-heres-whats-in-it;
“Medicare drug price negotiations start after Biden administration makes initial offers.” CNN, 2/1/2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/politics/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-initial-offers/index.html;
“The Inflation Reduction Act caps costs for Medicare patients on insulin. Where the push for broader relief stands.” CNBC, 8/16/2022, https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/16/inflation-reduction-act-to-cap-costs-for-medicare-patients-on-insulin.html#:~:text=Starting%20in%202023%2C%20the%20Inflation,those%20who%20use%20insulin%20pumps;
“More Americans can now get insulin for $35.” CNN, 1/2/2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/01/politics/insulin-price-cap/index.html;
“Biden’s promise to cap insulin prices prompts hope and skepticism.” WGBH, 3/8/2024, https://www.wgbh.org/news/health/2024-03-08/bidens-promise-to-cap-insulin-prices-prompts-hope-and-skepticism;
“Vice President Kamala Harris breaks deadlock in Inflation Reduction Act “vote-a-rama”.” Salon, 8/7/2022, https://www.salon.com/2022/08/07/vice-kamala-harris-breaks-deadlock-in-inflation-reduction-act-vote-a-rama/; - “UFCW Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Presidency of the United States.” UFCW, 7/22/2024, https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/ufcw-endorses-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-the-presidency-of-the-united-states/;
- “8 Ways the Biden Administration Has Fought for Working People by Strengthening Unions.” Center for American Progress, 12/19/2023, https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/8-ways-the-biden-administration-has-fought-for-working-people-by-strengthening-unions/;
“Unpacking Kamala Harris’ record on federal workforce issues.” Government Executive, 7/22/2024. https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2024/07/unpacking-kamala-harris-record-federal-workforce-issues/398226/. - “20 Ways the American Rescue Plan Helps Working People” AFL-CIO, 3/11/2021, https://aflcio.org/2021/3/11/20-ways-american-rescue-plan-helps-working-people; “FACT SHEET: CHIPS and Science Act Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Counter China”, White House, 8/9/2022, FACT SHEET: CHIPS and Science Act Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Counter China; “Biden promotes plan to protect millions of workers’ pensions”, NBC News, 7/6/2022, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-tout-plan-protect-millions-workers-pensions-rcna36841
- “Biden touts 1M pensions saved under American Rescue Plan”, The Hill, 6/21/2024, https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4733184-biden-rescue-plan-pension-protection/
- “UFCW Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Presidency of the United States”, UFCW, 7/22/2024, https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/ufcw-endorses-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-the-presidency-of-the-united-states/
- “Biden signs new executive order to improve women’s health research as reproductive health remains central to reelection pitch”, CNN, 3/18/2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/biden-executive-order-womens-health/index.html; “Biden officials detail maternal health crisis plan”, The Hill, 6/24/2022, https://thehill.com/homenews/3535373-biden-officials-detail-maternal-health-crisis-plan/; “Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional Actions in Response to Vice President Harris’s Call to Action on Maternal Health”, The White House, 4/13/2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/13/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-additional-actions-in-response-to-vice-president-harriss-call-to-action-on-maternal-health/; “Sen. Harris Introduces Bill Aimed at Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality”, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, 8/22/2018, https://web.archive.org/web/20180918034843/https:/www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-harris-introduces-bill-aimed-at-reducing-racial-disparities-in-maternal-mortality
- “HBCUs get historic funding from Biden administration. How has $16 billion been spent?”, USA TODAY, 5/21/2024, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/05/21/hbcus-funding-biden-administration-16-billion/73774449007/; “Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers”, AP News, 5/22/2024, https://apnews.com/article/biden-student-loan-cancellation-debt-forgiveness-60ffeaec17737d6317b4aee188893cc4
- “VP Harris says ‘nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed’ at WH roundtable with rapper Fat Joe”, Spectrum News, 3/15/2024, https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/03/15/vice-president-kamala-harris-marijuana-reform-white-house-fat-joe
- “Promises Made, Promises Kept: President Biden Is Fighting To Eliminate Health Care Disparities Among Black Americans”, Democratic National Committee, 2/20/2024, https://democrats.org/news/promises-made-promises-kept-president-biden-is-fighting-to-eliminate-health-care-disparities-among-black-americans; “ACA Has Led to More African Americans Getting Health Insurance”, AARP, 2/25/2022, https://www.aarp.org/health/health-insurance/info-2022/african-american-uninsured-rate-drops.html; “Here’s How Biden’s Inflation Act Helps Black Americans With Diabetes”, The Root, 8/17/2022, https://www.theroot.com/heres-how-bidens-inflation-act-helps-black-americans-wi-1849424844
- “WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Leaders Across the Country Praise Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Provide Financial Assistance to Farmers Who Experienced Discrimination”, USDA, 8/1/2024, https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/08/01/what-they-are-saying-leaders-across-country-praise-biden-harris
- “Biden-Harris Administration Launches Window-Shopping Ahead of 11th ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment Period”, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 10/25/23, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-launches-window-shopping-ahead-11th-aca-marketplace-open-enrollment
- “Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs”, AP, 5/8/2024, https://apnews.com/article/biden-child-care-eldercare-sandwich-generation-d55328669632640908975f8a6dfe7b06
- “Did the Biden administration expand postpartum Medicaid coverage? | Fact check”, Tampa Bay Times, 2/18/2024, https://www.tampabay.com/news/2024/02/18/did-biden-administration-expand-postpartum-medicaid-coverage-fact-check/
- “Readout of the White House States Convening on Child Care”, White House, 7/19/2023, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/19/readout-of-the-white-house-states-convening-on-child-care/; “Build Back Better’s Child Tax Credit Changes Would Protect Millions From Poverty — Permanently”, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 11/11/2021, https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/build-back-betters-child-tax-credit-changes-would-protect-millions-from
- “Working people who most need paid sick days were least likely to have them”, National Women’s Law Center, 5/17/2023, https://nwlc.org/resource/paid-sick-days-and-the-healthy-families-act/; “What’s in Biden’s budget proposal”, CNN, 3/11/2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/2025-biden-budget-proposal-explainer/index.html
- “FACT SHEET: On Equal Pay Day, the Biden-Harris Administration Announces Actions to Continue Advancing Pay Equity and Women’s Economic Security”, White House, 3/12/2024, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/12/fact-sheet-on-equal-pay-day-the-biden-harris-administration-announces-actions-to-continue-advancing-pay-equity-and-womens-economic-security/; “Biden signs executive order to boost women’s health research”, NBC, 3/18/2024, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-executive-order-boost-womens-health-research-rcna143829
- “Biden-Harris Administration Releases First Set of Draft Rules to Provide Debt Relief to Millions of Borrowers”, U.S. Department of Education, 4/16/2024, https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-releases-first-set-draft-rules-provide-debt-relief-millions-borrowers
- “Kamala Harris’ stance on marijuana has certainly evolved. Here’s what to know.”, USA Today, 7/22/2024, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/22/kamala-harris-marijuana-stance-policy/74495543007/; “Unlike Biden and Trump, Kamala Harris Has Repeatedly Supported Pot Legalization”, Reason, 7/24/2024, https://reason.com/2024/07/24/unlike-biden-and-trump-kamala-harris-has-repeatedly-supported-pot-legalization/; “Biden: ‘Nobody should be in jail for a nonviolent crime’”, Politico, 9/12/2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/12/joe-biden-debate-nonviolent-crime-1493732; “Statement from President Biden on Marijuana Reform”, White House, 10/6/2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/06/statement-from-president-biden-on-marijuana-reform/; “Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington”, AP News, 12/22/2023, https://apnews.com/article/biden-marijuana-pardons-clemency-02abde991a05ff7dfa29bfc3c74e9d64; “President Biden announces moves to relax weed restrictions”, Politico, 5/16/2024, https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/16/biden-announces-marijuana-reclassification-00158408
- “CFPB Bans Excessive Credit Card Late Fees, Lowers Typical Fee from $32 to $8”, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 3/5/2024, https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-bans-excessive-credit-card-late-fees-lowers-typical-fee-from-32-to-8/
- “20 Ways the American Rescue Plan Helps Working People”, AFL-CIO, 3/11/2021, https://aflcio.org/2021/3/11/20-ways-american-rescue-plan-helps-working-people; “Here’s what tenants need to know about Biden’s plan to cap rent hikes for some affordable housing units”, CNBC, 4/3/2024, https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/03/bidens-plan-to-cap-rent-hikes-in-certain-units-heres-what-to-know.html; “Biden targets ‘rent gouging’ landlords as high housing costs factor into 2024 race”, CNBC, 3/19/2024, https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/biden-targets-rent-gouging-landlords-as-high-housing-costs-2024-race.html
- “The Biden Administration Has Taken More Climate Action Than Any Other in History”, Center for American Progress, 3/6/2024, https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-biden-administration-has-taken-more-climate-action-than-any-other-in-history/
Fact Check
Sherrod Brown
Pensions & Benefits
Protecting our hard-earned pensions. Supports family supporting wages. Senator Brown championed the law that rescued the multi-employer pension system when the financial sector collapsed the economy and prevented cuts to retirement benefits for more than 1 million retirees. [1] |
Spent years fighting to secure our hard-earned benefits put at risk by corporate greed and mismanagement. [2] |
Wrote and passed legislation that created $84.9 million in pension restoration funding for local union members like us. [3] |
Passed legislation that saved the pensions of more than 100,000 hard-working Ohioans. [4] |
Secured multiemployer pension plans and retirement benefits for the next 30 years, with no cuts to earned benefits. [5] |
Restored full benefits for retirees in plans that previously had to take cuts and increased the maximum insurance amount. [6] |
Protected retiree’s benefits by requiring that each plan that receives assistance file regular status reports with the PBGC and Congressional Committees. [7] |
Sick Days
Has voted for paid sick days again and again. Senator Brown is a cosponsor of legislation that would guarantee 7 paid sick days and legislation that will create national paid family and medical leave so you don’t lose your job or pay when you have a baby or cancer. [2] |
Better Wages
Supports family supporting wages. Senator Brown opposes so-called “right-to-work” laws which drive down wages and cut benefits. Senator Brown steadfastly supports workers and our right to form unions. He has consistently rejected any efforts to make it harder for us to speak up for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. [3] |
Fair Pay
Fighting for fair pay for everyone. Senator Brown supports legislation to ban pay discrimination and hold employers accountable when they pay women less than men. [4] |
Safer Workplaces
Making our workplaces safer. Senator Brown supports legislation that would make our workplaces safer, protect whistleblowers who speak out against their employers, and increase penalties for frequent violators. [5] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- “Democrats put a spotlight on more than 1 million pensions saved under a 2021 law.” Associated Press, 6/21/2024. https://apnews.com/article/american-rescue-plan-retirement-pensions-e507fa7aa726a81dafb6b9db8dacbb40
- Tribune Chronicle, 7/12/2023. https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2023/07/brown-resumes-fight-to-restore-pensions/, Associated Press, 12/8/2022. https://apnews.com/article/biden-business-united-states-government-and-politics-retirees-09d93d2af8cc68de47eccda4a9ef0250
- The Pike County News Watchmen, 11/22/2022. https://www.newswatchman.com/news/article_50a53202-6a95-11ed-98d3-ff7004c01742.html, Senator Sherrod Brown, 11/22/2022. https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/sherrod-brown-announces-849-million-in-pension-restoration-for-ohio-teamsters-local-52
- The Pike County News Watchman, 4/2/2024. https://www.newswatchman.com/news/article_b087a9b6-f108-11ee-91fb-7f24296c71eb.html, U.S. Senate, H.R. 1319,3/6/2021. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00110.htm
- Associated Press, 6/21/2024. https://apnews.com/article/american-rescue-plan-retirement-pensions-e507fa7aa726a81dafb6b9db8dacbb40
- Pension Rights Center, 4/27/2021. https://pensionrights.org/resource/what-the-butch-lewis-act-will-and-will-not-do/
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, accessed 7/10/2024. https://www.pbgc.gov/arp-faqs
- U.S. Senate, S.337 – FAMILY Act, 2/7/17. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/337/cosponsorsU.S. Senate, S.636 – Healthy Families Act, 3/15/17. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/636/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%5C%22Healthy+Families+Act%5C%22%22%5D%7D&r=2&s=3
- “Brown Fights for Workers, Seeks to Ban Laws That Make it Harder to Form Unions.” Senator Sherrod Brown, 9/20/17. https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-fights-for-workers-seeks-to-ban-laws-that-make-it-harder-to-form-unions
- “Brown Introduces Paycheck Fairness Act to Close Gender Wage Gap.” Senator Sherrod Brown, 1/31/19. https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-introduces-paycheck-fairness-act-to-close-gender-wage-gap
- U.S. Senate, S.2621 – Protecting America’s Workers Act, 3/22/18. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2621/cosponsors?s=1&r=41
Fact Check
Jacky Rosen
Pensions & Benefits
Protecting our hard-earned pensions. Senator Rosen voted for the law that rescued the multi-employer pension system when the financial sector collapsed the economy, and she prevented cuts to retirement benefits for more than 1 million retirees. [1] |
Sick Days
Voting for paid sick days. Senator Rosen is a cosponsor of legislation that would guarantee 7 paid sick days and legislation that will create national paid family and medical leave, so you don’t lose your job or pay when you have a baby or cancer. [2] |
Health Care
Lowering health care costs. Senator Rosen introduced legislation to lower prescription drug costs for seniors, voted to cap their insulin costs at $35, and cosponsored legislation to make health care more affordable for working families. [3] |
Safer Workplaces
Making our workplaces safer. Senator Rosen cosponsored legislation that would make our workplaces safer, protect whistleblowers who speak out against their employers, and increase penalties for frequent violators. [4] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- U.S. Senate, H.R. 1319, Roll Call #110, 3/6/2021, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00110.htm; AFL-CIO, 3/11/2021, https://aflcio.org/2021/3/11/20-ways-american-rescue-plan-helps-working-people;
- U.S. Senate, S. 1195, 4/15/2021, https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-
congress/senate-bill/1195/text; - Senator Jacky Rosen, 5/6/2024, https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2024/05/06/icymi-rosen-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-lower-out-of-pocket-prescription-drug-costs-for-seniors/; Jacky Rosen, Press Release, 3/3/2022, https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2022/03/03/rosen-cortez-masto-co-sponsor-bill-to-cap-out-of-pocket-costs-and-lower-price-of-insulin-for-nevadans/; Catherine Cortez Masto, Press Release, 1/28/2021, https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cortez-masto-horsford-introduce-bill-to-make-health-care-more-affordable-for-families-with-working-children;
- Senator Jacky Rosen, 3/1/2023, https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2023/03/01/rosen-helps-introduce-legislation-to-support-workers-rights-establish-strong-labor-standards/.
Fact Check
Tammy Baldwin
Sick Days
Voting for paid sick days. Senator Baldwin is a cosponsor of legislation that would guarantee 7 paid sick days and legislation that will create national paid family and medical leave, so you don’t lose your job or pay when you have a baby or cancer. [1] |
Health Care
Lowering health care costs. Senator Baldwin supported legislation to lower prescription drug costs for seniors and make health care costs more affordable for working families. She also voted to cap insulin costs at $35 for seniors. [2] |
Fair Wages
Supporting family-sustaining wages. Senator Baldwin opposes so-called “right to work” laws which drive down wages and cut benefits. Senator Baldwin steadfastly supports workers and our right to form unions. She has consistently rejected any efforts to make it harder for us to speak up for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. [3] |
Safer Workplaces
Making our workplaces safer. Senator Baldwin cosponsored legislation that would make our workplaces safer, protect whistleblowers who speak out against their employers, and increase penalties for frequent violators. [4] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
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congress/senate-resolution/636; - U.S. Senate, HR 5736, Roll Call #325, 8/7/2022, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm; Tammy Baldwin for Congress, accessed 7/3/2024, https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-baldwin-reintroduces-legislation-to-lower-health-care-costs-and-expand-access-to-insurance-for-millions-more-americans; NPR, 8/7/2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/1116190180/democrats-are-set-to-pass-a-major-climate-health-and-tax-
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