My Agenda
Washington is profoundly broken. Money and back room power networks conspired to create a permanent political class, and we are suffering the consequences. I'm tired of excuses and half-measures. I served almost two decades in the Marine Corps and the CIA; I will not sit idly by while our country withers.
We were already long overdue for a new generation of leaders before the Trump era. Now more than ever, we need elected officials who are not beholden to corporate politics or the influence of greed in decision-making. We have to make them remember that "service" requires sacrifice. I have a vision not just for Virginia, but for redefining what it means to be a "public servant."
I want to make them remember their oath. I want to prove to ourselves and the rest of the country that government can, and should, embody integrity and service to others. My platform is below, and if you put me in the game, I promise: I will be the example from Virginia's new 7th district that gets us back to who we claim to be.
1. Restoring Accountability
Greed broke this country. Our government sold us out, bit by bit, to oligarchs, billionaires, corporations, and political insiders. Congressional insider trading, PolyMarket bets on military operations, nepotism and unseriousness at the highest levels of government. This is not who we were supposed to be.
I want our government to stand on moral values, not shareholder value. I want to end the influence of corporate money and political king-making in our political system. I have written policies, in-hand, ready to start on day one: Term limits, income caps for elected officials, campaign finance reform, a general stock trading ban, transparency requirements for all political funding, and true enforcement of standing ethics rules in the House and Senate.
It's not enough to stop the Trump administration; we have to treat the disease that created Trump. And to that end, I will be tireless: I will expose bad actors, I will overturn corrupt legislation like Citizens United, and I will build the kind of coalition necessary to make sure this total capture of the American political system never happens again.
And as a show of good faith to my voters, until we as a country can pass term limits and ethics legislation, I will hold myself voluntarily to the ethical standards we deserve. Here is my personal ethics pledge to every citizen of my district:
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I will voluntarily term limit myself to no more than 8 years in Congress.
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I will neither own nor trade stocks while in office.
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I will donate 50% of any income beyond my salary back to community programs for my district.
- I will make my personal finances available for 24/7 public review.
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I will place all of my personal assets in a blind trust until I leave office.
Our government is broken, but it doesn't have to stay that way. This is my first step back toward sanity in American politics.
2. Building Affordability
"I think affordability is the greatest con job" - President Donald J. Trump
The affordability crisis isn't accidental. Washington has ruined economic opportunity for the majority of Americans for decades. Homeownership remains out of reach, rents skyrocket. Energy, food, healthcare and childcare are becoming unaffordable. We're being choked financially at every turn. All of which has been made worse by massive disruptions to the global economy through war and tarriffs.
Either through inattention or greed, Washington rewards consolidation and allows predatory corporate practices to dictate policy. I will draw a line in the sand. We will build our way to a better quality of life. Affordable homes for first-time buyers, crackdowns on corporate landlord monopolies, investment in local communities to support next generation energy, transportation and healthcare projects. These efforts will be paired with policies that reduce the financial stress of childcare, so working families aren't priced out of their own communities.
Businesses should grow with their communities, not extract value. There are novel, innovative options that Washington has failed to consider, but I will bring to the fore. By harnessing the ingenuity of our communities, we can build our way to a more affordable future.
3. Increasing Access to Healthcare
ACA (Obamacare) subsidies expired on December 31, 2025. Healthcare premiums for an estimated 24 million Americans have now more than doubled. 4.8 million Americans are in danger of losing their coverage completely. This is impacting almost 400,000 Virginians, including tens of thousands of people in the 8th District alone. Families throughout our communities will now be exposed to sudden cost hikes, forcing them to make impossible choices between their healthcare, childcare, mortgages, rent, and groceries. This is completely unacceptable.
Healthcare is a human right, not a profit vehicle for insurance companies, corporations, and shareholders. I support a single-payer healthcare system and a decoupling of healthcare from employment. We need to protect people, regardless of their circumstances, and build a system that delivers high-quality, affordable care for everyone. This means taking on consolidation in the healthcare industry, fighting outrageous drug costs, and investing in clinics, hospitals, and the next generation of doctors, nurses, and caregivers.
This also means reproductive healthcare for women, and giving every American back their right to make personal medical decisions free from political interference. I will always protect access to contraception, prenatal and maternal care, and abortion services as essential components of women’s healthcare.
4. Protecting Education, Building Opportunity
Opportunity, prosperity, and generational wealth all start with investment in education. We need to connect the future of education to the future of work. That includes expanding paid workforce training, modernizing vocational and technical education, and strengthening STEM programs, while honoring our commitment to the arts and humanities which prepare students to be thoughtful citizens.
That means treating educators with the dignity and respect they deserve. Paying teachers competitive salaries, supporting collective bargaining, strengthening unions, and providing the resources, classroom technologies, and materials they need to succeed.
It also means defending higher education from the kinds of political interference and ideological attacks that have become depressingly common under the current administration. Virginia's university tradition is among the oldest and most well-respected in the nation; they should be centers of learning and research, preparing our students to navigate an uncertain world, not battlegrounds for the creep of authoritarianism.
I will also strengthen our community colleges, which play a vital role in creating accessible pathways to well-paying careers across the region. I will support programs that lower the cost of tuition, expand tuition assistance, provide student debt relief, and make education more accessible for middle-class and working families.
This country used to make the world's biggest scientific advancements and the world's greatest artists, all while paying educators their fair due. I think we could be again, and I'm committed to that vision.
5. Supporting Immigrant Communities
A fair immigration system starts with a single admission: Our immigrant communities deserve respect and dignity. They're human beings. They're are our neighbors, colleagues, friends, and students. This admission carries an obligation.
We must expedite pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers who are already contributing to our communities. We have to protect their kids, the Dreamers. We need modernize the immigration court system. Above all, American immigration policies should reflect our values. We are strongest when we choose compassion over fear, and the politics of cruelty must end.
Step one on that path is abolishing ICE. Under the Trump administration, ICE has operated outside the rule of law and human decency. Masked agents of the state have murdered citizens, disappeared immigrants, and torn children from their parents. All the while, operating with a budget bigger than the US Marine Corps.
And when they're called to account for their unconscionable actions, the White House lies, and their administrators sneer at the American public. ICE cannot remain.
I will fight to redirect those resources toward the issues actually ruining communities, like affordability, access, and opportunity. And I will stand my ground to make sure that, whatever immigration enforcement looks like in the United States after these dark times, something like ICE can never happen again.
6. Regulating Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is being pushed into every aspect of our lives faster than we can understand the consequences. Right now a handful of oligarchs, billionaires, and corporations are racing to reshape how we work, what we see, and how we engage with the world, without meaningful regulation or guardrails. This has to change.
In Virginia's 7th District, these impacts are already being felt. Virginia's "Data Center Alley" continues to drive up energy bills, strain water resources, and reshape our communities without the consent of the local community. More alarming, this locks in a model where we, voters and taxpayers, consistently absorb costs while never seeing long-term benefits. Our communities cannot be treated as commodities for shareholders.
I will work to establish legal frameworks to ensure AI developers prioritize the public interest over corporate profit. Through transparent oversight, audits, and careful tracking of AI sector developments, the US government has an obligation to prevent harmful proliferation while remaining supportive of positive innovation. Measures must also include strong federal protections for workers experiencing job displacement and antitrust regulation on data control and access. AI can work for the people, not replace them; it's your legislator's job to make sure that happens.
7. Stopping Forever Wars
For over two decades, we have been drawn into open-ended “forever wars." From the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now Iran. These wars were launched without clear goals, or coherent strategies, or realistic pathways to durable peace. And now we've done it again.
These wars have carried enormous costs: in lives, in public trust, and in wealth that should have gone to our communities. Trump wasted hundreds of billions to fund his war in Iran while at the same time threatening deep cuts to health care and other programs that working families rely on here at home.
When the President is no longer accountable to Congress, the pattern becomes unmistakeable and the American people suffer. We need a foreign policy that rejects forever war, rebuilds global partnerships, restores democratic oversight, and makes clear that military force is never a substitute for careful diplomacy.
In Congress, I will support resolutions to stop unauthorized actions, repeal outdated military authorizations that circumvent checks and balances, and fight for strict limits on any future use of military forces. No president should be able to launch or expand a war without Congressional oversight, a clear strategy, and accountability to the American people.
8. Defending Democracy, Fighting Authoritarianism
Loyalty to the Constitution has been replaced by political nihilism. The next generation of American leaders must demonstrate to their constituents, and the American people, their unwavering commitment to representative democracy. Strongly worded letters were never enough--we need to organize, build coalitions, and translate our values into action. We need to fight the authoritarian project on all fronts.
From January 6, to DOGE, to masked ICE goons, to military deployments in our cities, to illegal operations and the abandonment of our allies abroad, the fractures in the foundation of our democracy are obvious. The United States cannot bend the knee to autocrats, oligarchs, and human traffickers.
My commitment will always be to the Constitution, rule of law, and the independence of our institutions. Reimagining our democratic guardrails is essential to ensure what is happening now never happens again. If we don't take a stand now we risk losing what generations before us sacrificed to build. We have no other choice.