Policies

Nadia supports eliminating federal income tax on earnings under $100,000.

• Working families need every dollar just to stay afloat. It’s time to stop wasting our tax dollars on endless foreign wars and to keep those resources where they belong—at home with you.
• Nadia will work to stop price gouging, close corporate tax loopholes, and use that revenue to lower costs for working people.
• She will fight to bring Social Security benefits in line with today’s cost of living so seniors can afford to live with dignity.
• And she will vote against sending taxpayer money to fund foreign wars, because every dollar spent on destruction is a dollar not spent on housing, health care, and the future of our communities.

Nadia supports barring corporations from the political process and creating a Federal Charter for big corporations so they are transparent, accountable, and pay their fair share.

• Corporations should not be allowed to buy elections or write the rules.
• Richie Neal has protected greedy corporations from being held accountable while taking the most contributions from big corporations and special interests of any member of the House of Representatives.
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Nadia supports an economic job guarantee so anyone who wants to work can earn a living wage doing work that strengthens our communities. 

• Endless war drains resources from the things that actually keep us safe—health care, housing, infrastructure, and strong communities. Spending money on foreign wars drives up inflation, raises gas prices, and squeezes working families who are already stretched thin.
• Every person deserves an equal opportunity and equal rights to a decent quality of life, and that has to be reflected in how we spend public money.
• For 36 years, Richard Neal has voted to send billions of taxpayer dollars overseas while families in Western Massachusetts struggle to afford groceries, health care, and a place to live. He has taken more money from big corporations and special interests than almost any other member of the House, and it shows in how he votes.
• The working families of the 1st District deserve a representative whose loyalty is to them, not to defense contractors and corporate donors.

Nadia supports strong manufacturing with real standards and producing more of what we consume, especially essential goods like medicines, right here in the U.S.

• Richard Neal supported trade agreements that shipped manufacturing jobs overseas, like supporting China in the World Trade Organization (WTO), costing our district thousands of jobs.
• Nadia supports securing a Federal Medical Manufacturing Zone in the 1st District.
• We must produce generic drugs and hospital supplies right here in Western Mass to end dangerous supply chain shortages. We are the consumers—it’s time we build reliable local jobs and manufacture what we use.
• That means good jobs, strong labor and environmental standards, and supply chains that don’t collapse in a crisis.

Nadia supports protecting Western Mass homes from corporate greed.

• We will lower living costs by capping runaway rents, banning corporate speculators from buying up local neighborhoods, and directing federal funding straight into community housing developments.

Nadia supports kicking corporate insurance out of healthcare.

• Our current healthcare model profits by denying you and your family essential care. By driving popular Healthcare for All legislation, we will drastically lower costs so that you get the medical treatment you pay for.
• Western Massachusetts is also facing a health care crisis of its own. Residents wait four months to a year just to see a doctor, even for urgent needs. Richard Neal helped create this shortage in 1997 by voting to permanently cap the number of physician residencies Medicare supports, and has done nothing to fix it since, despite chairing the committee with direct jurisdiction over health care. At the same time he has taken millions from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries and fought against expanding Medicare access for families who need it most.
• Nadia will work to bring more doctors and mental health professionals to the district, support expanded residency programs, and make health care affordable and accessible for every family in the 1st District. 

Nadia supports ending the genocide in Palestine, and equal rights for all people.

• U.S. tax dollars are funding the destruction of Palestinian lives, and that is not only a moral failure but a strategic one. Destroying communities, killing families, and stripping people of everything breeds instability and blowback for generations. A foreign policy built on violence does not make us safer. Those dollars should be invested in the well-being of people here at home.
• As a Lebanese American who has been immersed in Middle East policy her entire life, Nadia understands the human cost of endless war in a way most politicians never will.
• Her daughter Samya’s last post before she died was “silence is complicity.” Her sons participated in flotillas bringing aid to Gaza and were imprisoned and physically abused by Israel.
• Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is for all not for a select few rich or individuals in certain groups.

As an Independent, Nadia will focus on representing the people and will be uniquely positioned to work with both parties to get things done.

• The two-party system is broken, and the American people are rightfully frustrated with politicians on both sides of the aisle for playing political games while everyday people suffer.
• As your congresswoman, I will set a standard for public service.
• I will work full time for my constituents. I will make my calendar public so you know exactly what I am doing and who I am meeting. I will even have an app available for 1^st District residents so you can interact with me and my office to get any assistance or information you need.

Nadia supports a pledge for 3 terms—not 17. Public service is, not a career.

• Seeing Richard Neal lose his way after being a career politician for 46 years, I will champion term limits for politicians and lead by example, serving no more than 6 years if elected. 
• Running as an independent with a strict 3-term limit means I answer to you, not special interests or the status quo. I have pledged to stay responsive and deliver real results for our district.