Michael Farrell

Immigration

I will also sponsor legislation that will slash funding for ICE (or its successor), the Department of Homeland Security, and Customs and Border Protection, prohibit the use of masks by any federal agents, require higher recruitment and training standards (including strict oversight by Congress) for federal agents, and eliminate immunity from prosecution for all federal agents who violate the law. Learn more

Abolish ICE. Learn more

Legislation

I will sponsor legislation making time off cheaper by guaranteeing every worker two weeks of paid vacation time. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation making prescription drugs cheaper by establishing a a federal program to directly manufacture generic drugs—such as insulin, asthma inhalers, naloxone, epinephrine auto-injectors, and antibiotics—and offer them to Americans at a discounted price. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation eliminating tax subsidies for health insurance purchased through an employer, increasing the additional Medicare taxes imposed on wages and investment income of high-income taxpayers, expanding Medicare to include full dental, vision, and hearing coverage, lowering the age of Medicare eligibility to zero, and enrolling all U.S. Residents into Medicare. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation requiring a full, independent audit of the Pentagon to root out waste and fraud. Learn more

I will sponsor the Fair Representation Act, which will provide for multi-member districts for Congressional elections, ranked choice voting in these elections, and new requirements for Congressional redistricting. Learn more

I will co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which will strengthen unions by making it easier for workers to organize, facilitating first contract negotiations, and penalizing employers for violations. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation prohibiting and abolishing for-profit corporations from forming Political Action Committees (or PACs). Learn more

I will sponsor legislation making utilities cheaper by cracking down on for-profit utilities overcharging consumers, saving the average family 500 a year. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation making housing cheaper by providing increased federal funding to build millions of new homes, banning corporate ownership of residential homes or apartments, offering every first-time homeowner 20,000 in downpayment assistance, expanding rental assistance, increasing funding for federal homeless assistance programs, creating a renter’s refundable tax credit, and converting the home mortgage interest deduction into a refundable tax credit benefiting all homeowners equally and not simply the wealthiest. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation making groceries cheaper by cracking down on big grocers who fix prices and on companies that abuse seed patents to make farming more expensive. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation making childcare cheaper by guaranteeing no family pays more than 7% of its income – under 10 a day for most families. Learn more

I will sponsor legislation to abolish ICE. Learn more

I will co-sponsor the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act, which prohibits members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks and requires full divestment or a qualified blind trust. Learn more

I will also sponsor legislation increasing federal funding for K–12 public education and ending the overreliance on local property taxes that create unequal schools, establishing a national minimum teacher salary, providing for broad federal student debt cancellation, and capping interest rates for federal student loans at 0%. Learn more