PRIORITIES
HEalthcare
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE AND MEDICARE FOR ALL
We need Medicare for All. And until we get there, Scott will tackle healthcare affordability in Congress just like he has in the Legislature: by capping insulin at $35/month, forcing insurance companies to cover mental healthcare, reducing prior authorizations, lowering prescription drug prices, and working to reverse Trump's cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Immigration and fighting ICE
FIGHTING TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
When masked agents began disappearing people off the streets, Scott passed first-in-the-nation legislation to make it illegal for ICE to wear masks, and he is now working to end impunity for ICE by allowing you to sue them when they violate your rights — it’s currently nearly impossible to sue them under federal law. In Congress, Scott will fight to protect our immigrant neighbors and ABOLISH ICE!!!
HOUSING
LOWERING HOUSING COSTS AND BUILDING 8 MILLION NEW HOMES
Scott is a nationally renowned leader on housing, authoring California's most consequential streamlining laws resulting in the construction of tens of thousands of homes — including 3,000+ below market rate, affordable homes in San Francisco. He helped build the statewide YIMBY movement and turned a political third rail into policy reality by taking on the status quo and Sacramento insiders.
Tech Policy
AI & TECH SERVING PEOPLE, NOT VICE VERSA
Congress hasn’t passed significant technology regulation since the floppy disc era. In Congress, Scott will pass a comprehensive data privacy law, bring regulations into the 21st century by passing real social media protections, and take his landmark California net neutrality law national to ensure the internet works for everyone, not just big tech. AI is the most transformative technology in human history, and it deserves leadership that matches that moment. Scott will fight for smart governance that keeps America ahead without leaving safety and our workforce behind.
Reproductive Health & Freedom
PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS AND ENSURING EVERY PERSON CAN ACCESS THE CARE THEY NEED
Scott has fought for reproductive freedom his entire time in public office because he believes decisions about pregnancy, abortion, and contraception belong to individuals — in consultation with their doctors — not politicians. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal government began actively attacking reproductive health care, Scott responded by fortifying California's defenses — protecting providers, shielding patients, and ensuring the state remained a refuge for people seeking care. In Congress, Scott will fight to protect reproductive freedom in California and across the United States.
Transportation
WORLD CLASS PUBLIC TRANSIT & A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
As a 29-year daily Muni rider — and frequent BART rider as well — Scott secured billions in state funding to keep Bay Area transit running and authored laws to fast-track clean energy projects. Scott is California’s leading advocate for affordable and reliable transportation and in Congress, he’ll fight to expand federal funding for transit and cut red tape to deliver projects faster and at lower costs.
LGBTQ RIGHTS
PROTECTING LGBTQ PEOPLE FROM MAGA’S ATTACKS
Scott is one of the foremost champions for LGBTQ equality in the country, authoring the nation's first trans state of refuge law and passing landmark protections for LGBTQ youth, LGBTQ seniors, and people living with HIV. As San Francisco’s first gay member of Congress, he will take his fight against Trump's unprecedented assault on LGBTQ people — even at his own personal risk.
Defending Science
FIGHTING TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON SCIENCE AND KEEPING CALIFORNIA A GLOBAL SCIENCE LEADER
Scientific research is key to California’s success. As Trump dismantles federal research funding, Scott is leading a coalition to build a new California state science grantmaking agency to fund our research infrastructure and biotech leadership. In Congress, he’ll fight to restore our science agencies and build them back even stronger to help us tackle the challenges ahead.
Climate
100% CLEAN ENERGY & TAKING ON CORPORATE POLLUTERS
Named a TIME100 Climate Champion, Scott passed a first-in-the-nation law requiring large corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. Scott has taken on the giant corporate polluters and the status quo to protect Californians, and he’ll do the same in Congress.
Education
SECURING THE EDUCATION EVERY STUDENT DESERVES
Scott believes every child deserves a high-quality education that meets their needs. He’ll fight back against attacks on our public schools, and push the federal government to meet its responsibility and give schools the resources, workforce, and protections they need for kids to thrive.
Foreign Policy
A FOREIGN POLICY ROOTED IN PEACE, DEMOCRACY & COOPERATION
For too long, our foreign policy has been driven by bloated defense budgets and interventionist impulses. Trump has demolished U.S. standing abroad by alienating our closest allies, withdrawing the U.S. from critical international bodies and agreements, destroying USAID (and thus causing a huge number of deaths and spread of disease), and an impulsive return to forever wars that are destabilizing the world, killing civilians, and driving prices up for working people. To protect innocent lives and prevent ruinous economic consequences, America urgently needs to become a force for peace and democracy in the world again.
Defending Democracy
PROTECTING OUR CORE VALUES WITH BOLD ACTION
Our democracy is under attack and it goes beyond Trump and MAGA. For over two decades, Republicans have been chipping away at our democracy: flooding our system with money, stacking the Supreme Court with partisans, and breaking every norm in the book. Democrats have been weak in their response to this ongoing crisis. Scott will respond to these attacks with bold action that they demand.
Public Safety
KEEPING SAN FRANCISCANS SAFE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
Scott championed conservatorship reform to get people in crisis the care they need, closed the "locked-door loophole" that let car break-in perpetrators avoid accountability, and worked with street vendors to stop the sale of stolen goods disrupting our neighborhoods. We can have both compassionate and sensible solutions to public safety, and in Congress, Scott will continue leading that fight.
Criminal Justice Reform
BOLD ACTION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Scott authored laws ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses, eliminating the most overused sentence enhancement, and ensuring innocent people wrongly convicted of crimes can be exonerated and released. In Congress, he’ll support reforms to reduce police use of lethal force, make it easier for the wrongfully convicted to prove their innocence, and ensure our laws are rooted in compassion and rehabilitation.
