Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Congressman Auchincloss Statement on Re-election

Jake Auchinchloss for Congress

"I am honored to represent the District I grew up in, and I thank my constituents across the Massachusetts Fourth.

Next term, I intend to use my voice & vote to advance work that represents the values & priorities of our District:

  • Lowering the cost of living, particularly in healthcare & housing
  • Holding accountable the social media platforms that attention-frack our youth
  • Passing gun-safety measures that protect children from their leading cause of death
  • Interdicting fentanyl exports from China, which poison 100,000 Americans to death annually
  • Delivering infrastructure funding for the 35 cities & towns of the District
  • Protecting democracy from autocrats at home & abroad.
This term, I have led bipartisan legislation to rein in the Fortune 20 drug-pricing middlemen, known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), that price-gouge prescription drugs and bully independent pharmacists.
Next term, I will continue to drive legislation that lowers co-pays & premiums for prescription drugs and creates a level playing field against the self-dealing, greed, and malfeasance of PBMs.
 
This term, I have co-led bipartisan legislation to force TikTok's divestment from Chinese Communist control, while taking the lead on complementary bipartisan legislation to create a duty of care for all social media platforms relative to cyberbullying, defamation, intimate privacy violations, and other torts.
Next term, I will continue to fight back on behalf of parents against the ferocious lobbying of Big Tech to demand accountability of Meta, X, and more. These leviathans have profited by plundering the attention spans of our youth, impairing their sense of self & society.

This term, my political action committee, Beyond Thoughts & Prayers, has supported Democrats with more than $900,000 to win a gun-safety majority in Congress. J.D. Vance claims gun violence is a 'fact of life'. He's wrong: it's a fact of policy.
Next term, I'll fight against the GOP and the gun lobby to pass the policy that saves lives: background checks, safe-storage laws, an assault-weapons ban, red-flag requirements, resourcing for federal ghost-gun & crime-gun enforcement, and more.

This term, I have served as the co-chair of the Fentanyl Working Group, drafting bipartisan policy to interdict fentanyl exports from China through the Mexican drug cartels.
Next term, I will continue working in good faith with anybody – regardless of politics – to use sanctions, money-laundering, and customs authorities to stop the state-sponsored poisoning of Americans by the Chinese Communist Party.

This term, my office has delivered tens of millions of dollars in water and transportation funding to the 35 cities & towns of the Massachusetts Fourth. The funds have fixed bridges, cleaned water, and unlocked land for housing.
Next term, I will continue working closely with state & local officials to bring home federal dollars to fast-track infrastructure projects & economic development, particularly the construction of more housing, which is the Bay State's most pressing imperative.

This term, I have defended democracy wherever it's under attack. For Ukraine, against Russia. For Israel, against Iran. For the free world, against the Chinese Communist Party. And, of course: for Kamala Harris, against Donald Trump. 
Next term, I will continue to make the case for freedom & democracy in a fractured media landscape, by taking tough questions in front of skeptical audiences to meet people where they are. 


Thank you for the opportunity to represent you in the People's House. 


-- Jake Auchincloss


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