Issues and Priorities

Democracy is under attack, at home and abroad.

Jake’s first speech in Congress was to advocate impeaching Donald Trump, and he continues to fight Trumpism at every turn. Jake has also been one of the strongest congressional supporters of Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific allies in the global contest against tyranny, terror, and totalitarianism.

As a member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Jake has pressed for U.S. investments in science, education and infrastructure as the surest means of outcompeting the Chinese Communist Party. On the Financial Services committee, he was one of the earliest proponents of energy sanctions on Russia, which the administration has since employed. And Jake has been a strong defender of Israel’s right to protect its citizens against terrorist attacks. 

Support for democracies overseas must be matched by support for democracy at home. Jake has consistently pointed out that Xi Jinping’s best day in office was January 6, 2021 – and that the greatest threat to the United States is no foreign power, but the specter of another Trump term and the disaster that would entail for the rule of law and the Constitution.

To improve the integrity of U.S. politics, Jake is a supporter of legislation to end the distortions of dark money, gerrymandering, and stock-trading by members. He is also in favor of term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court.