Platform
The Issues We Must Dream Forward
Healthcare | Housing | Utilities | Climate Justice | Peace
Healthcare as a Right, Not a Risk
In America, healthcare still feels like a gamble. Coverage depends on your job, your income, or where you live — not on your needs. Too many families delay care, ration medication, or fall into debt simply for getting sick.
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Elijah believes the North Star must be universal coverage. Everyone should be able to see a doctor and get the care they need, without fear or financial ruin. But getting there requires a realistic path forward.
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That’s why Elijah’s immediate goal is to introduce a strong public option, which would give people the choice to buy into a government-run plan that competes with private insurers — expanding access, lowering costs, and creating real accountability in the system.​​
Affordable Housing
Housing is not a luxury — it’s the foundation of stability, health, and opportunity. Yet across New Jersey and the country, families are being priced out of their communities by rising rents, speculative investment, and policies that prioritize profit over people.
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Housing policy must start from a simple principle: everyone deserves a safe, stable, and affordable place to live. That means treating housing as essential infrastructure — not a commodity designed to extract wealth from working families.
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As a member of Congress, I will support policies that expand the supply of truly affordable housing, protect tenants from displacement, curb speculative practices that drive up costs, and create real pathways to stable homeownership for working families and first-time buyers.
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A fair housing system puts people first — and builds neighborhoods where families can stay, grow, and plan for the future.
Cutting Utility Costs
Access to electricity, heat, and water is essential to modern life. Yet too many families are living one outage, shutoff, or price spike away from crisis — the result of aging infrastructure, fragmented oversight, and utility systems that prioritize profit over reliability and public need.
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Utilities are essential infrastructure and should be treated as such. Our power grid is a natural monopoly, and it must be planned, regulated, and modernized in the public interest. That means long-term investment, public accountability, and coordinated action to ensure reliability, affordability, and resilience — especially as extreme weather becomes more common.
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As a member of Congress, I will support a public-first overhaul of our electric system that strengthens the grid, accelerates the transition to clean energy, protects families from shutoffs and predatory pricing, and ensures reliable service for every community.
A fair utilities system keeps the lights on, protects public health, and treats access to basic services as a right — not a privilege.
Environmental Justice & Sustainability
The climate crisis is already reshaping our lives — from extreme heat and flooding to rising energy costs and threats to public health. These impacts are not evenly shared. Low-income communities and communities of color often face the greatest risks while receiving the fewest protections.
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Climate action must be bold, coordinated, and rooted in the public interest. That means rapidly transitioning to clean energy, modernizing our infrastructure, and reducing emissions across the economy — while ensuring communities are safer, healthier, and more resilient in the process.
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Environmental sustainability is also an economic opportunity. Smart climate policy can create good-paying jobs, lower household energy costs, strengthen domestic manufacturing, and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. A clean economy should work for workers and families, not just corporations.
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As a member of Congress, I will support policies that move us toward net-zero emissions, protect clean air and water, invest in climate-resilient infrastructure, and prioritize communities that have borne the greatest environmental harm. A sustainable future is one where economic security, public health, and environmental responsibility move forward together.
Ending U.S. Support for Genocide
U.S. foreign policy should be grounded in international law, human rights, and respect for human life — not selective morality or endless militarism. Too often, the United States has undermined its own credibility by excusing violations when they are committed by allies, fueling instability and human suffering in the process.
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International law must be applied consistently and without exception. As a member of Congress, I will vote in line with the United States’ obligations under international law and human rights conventions. That includes voting to end U.S. military and political support for Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people and opposing all war crimes, collective punishment, and unlawful occupation — no matter who commits them.
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A responsible foreign policy prioritizes diplomacy over escalation, accountability over impunity, and peace over profit. The United States should use its influence to protect civilians, uphold international norms, and pursue justice — not enable violence or shield governments from consequences.
True leadership means holding ourselves to the same standards we expect of others.
