Jeff Waldstreicher's guest appearances

Jeff Waldstreicher

The Activist - Montgomery County, Maryland & Beyond

Center Maryland Presents: The Lobby

Jon Foreman

Jim McGee

Bill Conway

Tim Willard

Danielle Meitiv

Bill Cook

Brandy Brooks

Dalbin Osorio

Mila Johns

Andrew Friedson

Helga Luest

Ashwani Jain

Dana Beyer

Ron Franks

Kristy Daphnis

OwlTail

Education - it defines our community Health Care  Supports single payer system   Tough given the representative reality in the MD state legislature   State needs to step up due to the cancellation of the federal mandate  Politics - a marathon; sometimes outside events can accelerate things Trump Administration  Maryland should be a leader pushing back against the Trump administration  Support of the SAFE Act Planned Parenthood  The largest provider of mammograms for women in Maryland (and the nation) MD passed a bill last year to fund this  Working to champion issues for the disabled  Proposal to get rid of the Medicaid clawback for ABLE accounts ABLE accounts (529 accounts for people with disabilities to save their money and protect their assets w/out sacrificing social security disability benefits) The Medicaid clawback sometimes requires people to take money out of their ABLE accounts - damaging ability for people to sign up for these accounts  Complexity as a systemic problem in government  Healthcare is expensive and difficult to navigate The public option for Obamacare would have helped; but would have jeopardized support for passing Obamacare  On building consensus w/divergent political views Divergent views between the county council / county state delegation  Council wants more money State delegation doesn’t necessarily agree  On Maryland Passing Dedicated Funding for Metro  150 million, forever funding  50% vs 100% clean energy bills before the legislature On writing effective legislation Bill for public financing of state legislature races  Complicated by districts that occupy multiple counties Bills for statewide financing have failed  On The 2018 Legislative Session  Maryland Healthy Paid Leave Act   Overroad veto on paid sick leave So people can get paid leave to care for sick kids / relatives    On Working Family Support  Co-lead sponsor on fight for 15 Support Labor / Unions  On Working for Bob Mueller On professional work in corporate investigations On Consumer Financial Protections Bureau  How can we stand up to the Trump admin slashing this department back?  On Amazon coming to Maryland On the SAFE Act (Details)  Unconstitutionality of local law enforcement holding immigrants based on ICE detainer requested not backed by a court or independent 3rd party Montgomery County is already operating constitutionally Other jurisdictions are not operating in this manner 

Education - it defines our community Health Care <ul> <li>Supports single payer system</li> <li> <ul> <li>Tough given the representative reality in the MD state legislature</li> </ul> </li> <li>State needs to step up due to the cancellation of the federal mandate</li> </ul> Politics - a marathon; sometimes outside events can accelerate things Trump Administration <ul> <li>Maryland should be a leader pushing back against the Trump administration</li> </ul> Support of the SAFE Act Planned Parenthood <ul> <li>The largest provider of mammograms for women in Maryland (and the nation)</li> <li>MD passed a bill last year to fund this</li> </ul> Working to champion issues for the disabled <ul> <li>Proposal to get rid of the Medicaid clawback for ABLE accounts</li> <li>ABLE accounts (529 accounts for people with disabilities to save their money and protect their assets w/out sacrificing social security disability benefits)</li> <li>The Medicaid clawback sometimes requires people to take money out of their ABLE accounts - damaging ability for people to sign up for these accounts</li> </ul> Complexity as a systemic problem in government <ul> <li>Healthcare is expensive and difficult to navigate</li> <li>The public option for Obamacare would have helped; but would have jeopardized support for passing Obamacare</li> </ul> On building consensus w/divergent political views Divergent views between the county council / county state delegation <ul> <li>Council wants more money</li> <li>State delegation doesn’t necessarily agree</li> </ul> On Maryland Passing Dedicated Funding for Metro <ul> <li>150 million, forever funding</li> </ul> 50% vs 100% clean energy bills before the legislature On writing effective legislation Bill for public financing of state legislature races <ul> <li>Complicated by districts that occupy multiple counties</li> <li>Bills for statewide financing have failed</li> </ul> On The 2018 Legislative Session <ul> <li>Maryland Healthy Paid Leave Act</li> <li> <ul> <li>Overroad veto on paid sick leave</li> <li>So people can get paid leave to care for sick kids / relatives</li> </ul> </li> </ul> On Working Family Support <ul> <li>Co-lead sponsor on fight for 15</li> <li>Support Labor / Unions</li> </ul> On Working for Bob Mueller On professional work in corporate investigations On Consumer Financial Protections Bureau <ul> <li>How can we stand up to the Trump admin slashing this department back?</li> </ul> On Amazon coming to Maryland On the SAFE Act (Details) <ul> <li>Unconstitutionality of local law enforcement holding immigrants based on ICE detainer requested not backed by a court or independent 3rd party</li> <li>Montgomery County is already operating constitutionally</li> <li>Other jurisdictions are not operating in this manner</li> </ul>

Jeff Waldstreicher - Candidate for State Senate - District 18