My one driving goal as a Legislator is to work for Justice. Some of us, because of who we are or what we look like, find it easy to obtain. But Justice is a promise of Equality to everyone, not just the majority, and so I will work to ensure this for all.
From their endorsement letter – “LGBTQ+ rights and protections are constantly at risk in the state of New Hampshire. The community as a whole is relying on hard-working advocates, to promote, move forward, and communicate on issues that would limit or inhibit progress on LGBTQ+ equality.”
Proud to be recognized and endorsed by End Citizens United for the work I have done in the legislature and my re-election campaign to continue to fight for fair elections.
End Citizens United is a political action committee in the United States. The organization is working to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which deregulated limits on independent expenditure group spending for or against specific candidates End Citizens United
Our final endorsement of the week is for Jan Schmidt NH House Rep in Hillsborough District 28. Jan’s platform includes supporting NH’s working families, ensuring quality public education, building lasting infrastructure, and protecting our environment
Representative Bruce Cohen’s is one of the campaigns awarded the 2020 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction for advocating for gun violence prevention and making a commitment to govern with gun safety in mind.
Moms Demand Action is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, and is the nation’s largest grassroots volunteer network working to end gun violence in America. With nearly six million supporters and volunteer chapters in every state, Moms Demand Action campaigns for new and stronger solutions to lax gun laws and loopholes that jeopardize the safety of our families.
” I am proud of my support and voting record for gun safety. If the voters of Nashua re-elect me I will continue this life saving effort.”
Having filed to return to the House, now we begin receiving requests to fill in surveys from lobbying groups.
Yesterday I received these via mail.
One wants me to remove all regulations on weapons, another wants me to remove all taxes, the last one wants me to remove a woman’s right to bodily autonomy.
I promise to consistently vote for smart gun laws, protecting 2a of the NH Constitution while protecting the community. I’d ask for help from gun owners on how to require everyone follow the guidance of responsible owners and make NH safer for everyone.
NH’s taxes are out of balance because of the consistent downshifting of the burden to run this state down onto property owners. We are punishing poorer communities and those with other burdens when they know our children should all have the same access to public education, safe roads and bridges, access to healthcare, a secure retirement within the community they spent their lives.
I promise to secure and protect the hard personal decisions women have to make concerning their own health and that of their families. The state has no right to interfere between a woman and her doctor.
is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to creating and safeguarding political equality for the people of New Hampshire. The Open Democracy Action Scorecard : ” It is one thing for candidates to declare that they believe in open democracy and stand for political equality, quite another for office holders to vote in ways that move us in that direction. This scorecard measures the latter. The ODA’s annual report to New Hampshire’s citizens documents how their state representatives and senators voted on democracy issues.”
