Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Georgia 14th Congressional District in 2026 Georgia General Election.
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Get StartedSUPPORT THE WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT This legislation establishes a nationwide right to provide and receive abortion care. Learn more
Increase funding for evidence-based treatments for PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and military sexual trauma (MST). Learn more
Modernize the GI Bill to include emerging technical fields, trade schools, and flexible online learning platforms. Learn more
Mandate and fund full-time women’s health clinics, specialized mammography equipment, and full-time OB/GYN staff at every regional VA hub. Learn more
Integrate military and VA medical records to provide a seamless transfer of medical data and avoid treatment delays. Learn more
Use federal manufacturing opportunities, including the CHIPS Act, to bring long-term production work to Northwest Georgia. Learn more
Enhance stipends, legal aid, and mental health respite care for family members who sacrifice their own careers to care for severely wounded or aging veterans at home. Learn more
Place a dedicated VA specialist in each of Shawn’s three offices to assist veterans and their families, especially spouses. Learn more
Invest in job training that turns real-world military skills into lasting economic opportunity. Learn more
Overhaul the “male default” equipment and prosthetics practice by requiring gender-specific equipment and prosthetics that match female anatomical proportions. Learn more
Expand 24/7 crisis resources, including the 988 Veterans Crisis Line. Learn more
Revamp the Transition Assistance Program so service members get localized career counseling, resume support, and financial literacy training months before they hang up the uniform. Learn more
Prioritize hiring claims processors to reduce wait times for claims and benefits determinations. Learn more
Grow local trauma care, peer-support networks, and suicide prevention programs so no veteran has to struggle alone. Learn more
Support active duty, National Guard, Reserve forces, and veterans alike with the dignity they have earned. Learn more
Raise the maximum loan amounts and income caps so that more low- and medium-income families have access to the 1% interest rate. Learn more
Update the cost-of-living formula to reflect modern day costs and index it to keep up with inflation. Learn more
Redefine commercial fishermen and processers as farmers. Learn more
Mandate margin disclosures and SEC sunshine rules which would require publicly traded companies to detail profits so that the public can see profit was used to cover higher input costs and what was purely to drive up the stock price. Learn more
Provide the same access to USDA programs that are granted to land farmers. Learn more
Removes the middleman along with artificial choke points used by large corporations to inflate prices. Learn more
Review the guidelines necessary to receive HeadStart funding so that smaller non-profits in more rural areas can bring the program closer to home, eliminating the nearly one hour plus drive some participants face. Learn more
Modernize the Federal Work Study program by shifting the focus away from low-wage campus desk jobs to work based learning and apprenticeships in the student’s field of study. Learn more
Develop “Learn and Earn” grants that allow students to work during the day at an apprenticeship while earning graduation credit. This gives students more time to study in the evening and on weekends as they aren’t working a job during those hours. Learn more
Restore the Department of Education. Learn more
Support the “Open Textbooks” program that allows faculty to create, download and distribute Open Educational Resources which are peer-reviewed textbooks that are free to students. This removes over 1000 per year for every student. Learn more
Reconfigure the “Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities” program to focus more on rural areas so that missing the bus doesn’t mean missing the day of school, a factor that largely contributes to high absenteeism in rural districts. Learn more
Youth programs that provide paid internships for high school and college students in the agricultural space. Learn more
Increase focus on the “Youth Registered Apprenticeship” allowing 11th and 12th grade students to work with local unions and private businesses learning the skills they need to exit high school with professional experience and training. Learn more
Standardize the transfer of credits for general education courses so that any college or university has to give you credit for that passed course. This eliminates the retaking of classes and extending the student’s time in school as well as removing redundant costs. Learn more
Increased student loan repayment for those who agree to practice a certain number of hours/years in a high shortage area. Learn more
Subsidize "Dual Enrollment programs. This allows high schoolers to take vocational courses at local community colleges for free, graduating with both a high school diploma and an industry-recognized associate degree or certificate. Learn more
Amend Title I funding to Mandate a percentage be spent on teacher salaries. Learn more
Expand the Workforce Pell Grant program to permanently include low-income students the opportunity to train for high skill, in demand jobs (logistics, commercial driver, welder) in months instead of years and graduating with zero student debt. Learn more
Pesticide disclosures with state as well as federal labeling to ensure farmers can make educated decisions about the products they use. Learn more
Removes the dependence on diesel which takes a huge burden off the petroleum market, lowering prices across the board. Learn more
Provide growth options for farmers who are focused on food to table through “non-traditional” farming methods such as container/warehouse farming, vertical farming, soilless farming (hydro/aquaponics). Learn more
PFAS Mitigation as designed by the American Farmland Trust. Learn more
TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX This immediately reduces the cost of gas by 18 cents per gallon and 24 cents per gallon on diesel. Learn more
Lowers the impact of fuel costs as food travels a shorter distance and arrives fresher. Learn more
Support for farmers who grow the food that every day Americans consume instead of focusing only on commodity crops. Learn more
Ensure small and medium sized farms have the same access to EQIP dollars for traditional farm maintenance projects like fencing and wells. Learn more
Support the ETHICS Act which bans members, spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks, bonds, commodities, or cryptocurrencies. Learn more
Close the “consulting” loophole in federal lobbying law to ensure that former Members of Congress are abiding by the prohibitions on lobbying and influencing policy once they are no longer representing a voting constituency. Learn more
Two 6-year terms in the US Senate. Learn more
Support mandatory Qualified Blind Trusts where the elected official hands control of their money over to an independent financial manager, and they have zero knowledge or say in what is being bought or sold. Learn more
Ban betting on politics and policy. Learn more
Three 2-year terms in the US House. Learn more
I do not support bans on the firearms Americans use for hunting, sport, and self-defense. Learn more
I support the right of law-abiding citizens to carry firearms in public. Learn more
Expand Medicare to include nursing homes for long-term care. Learn more
Support the Rural Residency Planning and Development Act (RRPD). This bipartisan legislation ensures long-term funding for rural hospitals that want to create residency programs of their own, bringing doctors, particularly specialists, into underserved rural areas. Learn more
Fight against block grants that lack the flexibility to address health crises. Learn more
I support requiring any pharmaceutical or medical-device company that receives federal tax credits or FDA fast-tracking to publish fully disaggregated sex data, so we understand how everyone is affected. Learn more
Expand price negotiation opportunities to ensure the lowest possible drug costs. Learn more
Build a Consortium Funding Table. Bring regional health hubs, like Atrium or AdventHealth, together with smaller, independent clinics so they can apply for funds together, giving rural areas more opportunities to host resident doctors. Learn more
Fix the Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding caps. Correct the funding error in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that only provides recruitment resources. Learn more
No vouchers. Vouchers would only shift the financial risk and burden to seniors. Learn more
Diseases that kill women at staggering rates — like cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s, where women make up two-thirds of patients — have long been under-researched for sex-specific differences. I will support legislation that mandates balanced, 50-50 research. Learn more
Invest in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). The NHSC sends medical professionals into rural and underserved communities, with several in the 14th District. Currently, doctors who want to work in rural communities are being turned away. We need to expand, not reduce the funding for these programs so that your healthcare options are not determined by your zip code. Learn more
Increase funding for women-specific conditions like PCOS, endometriosis, and menopause to support earlier diagnosis and treatment. Learn more
30-day First Look for individual buyers on foreclosed properties (generally sold in bulk to finance companies) giving individual home buyers the first chance to buy. Learn more
Raising the population limits in the Farm Credit System from 2500 to 10,000 so that local agricultural lenders can offer low mortgage options to more families in rural communities. Learn more
Grow the “Farm to School” program to include more underserved, rural communities to help local farmers and local schools work together on access to high quality, healthy food. Learn more
Upgrades to aging infrastructure in rural communities for long term sustainability and safety. Learn more
Funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to work with states to ensure that natural waterways (creeks, rivers, etc.) are free flowing and unblocked, mitigating flooding and allowing for easy fish movement. Learn more
Expand LAMP (Local Agriculture Market Program) to help create more local food access. Learn more
Improve disaster and emergency relief for fisheries and fishermen. Learn more
Bring reliable fiber-optic access to unserved rural valleys so education and work-from-home opportunities are real options. Learn more
Relief for private well owners (a large percentage of rural community water access) facing contamination (PFAS) and drought. Learn more
Create more regional food hubs for processing and manufacturing. Learn more
Infrastructure improvements that allow for community growth in housing and job opportunities. Learn more
Making SNAP part of the “mandatory spending” program (like Social Security) that ensures payment during a government shutdown. This includes classifying those responsible for processing SNAP payments as essential workers. Learn more
Pass the EATS Act to allow time spent in class to count for the work requirement required for SNAP benefits. Hunger lowers academic success and raises the likelihood of dropping out. Learn more
Secure grants designed to align local education with high-demand, tech-adjacent industries. Learn more
Americans receive a quarterly “Gas Rebate” check quarterly as the money collected from the tax is returned 100% to the consumer. Learn more
Strip federal tax incentives (interest and depreciation) from corporate entities, making it less lucrative for them. Learn more
Temporary tax aimed at the mega oil companies of up to 50% of their war windfall (the cost of the drilling itself doesn’t change). Learn more
Make sure workers do not have to leave their hometowns for high-paying careers. Learn more
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