Lucy McBath (D)
October 28, 2020
COVID-19
- Supports passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act as a means to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Supports additional supplemental funding to combat the virus with an increased focus on state and local governments.
The Economy
- Supports expanding middle class and small business tax cuts.
- Supports reforms to tax code for families.
- Supports increasing federal minimum wage.
Climate Change
- Supports larger investments in clean energy.
- Supports increasing subsidies for homeowners who use clean energy.
- Opposes shoreline drilling off of the coast of Georgia.
Racial and Social Inequality
- Supports increased legislation to address racial inequalities.
- Supports gun control as a policy to address racial inequality.
LGBTQ and Women’s Rights
- Supports legislation such as the Equality Act, which would prohibit the discrimination of LGBTQ+ individuals in the workplace, housing, and credit and financial assistance.
- Against Handel’s position of defunding Planned Parenthood
- Supports funding programs to increase access to contraception and Planned Parenthood.
- Supports policies to close the gender wage gap