James Martin

James is focused on the cost of living crisis hitting working families, small businesses, and retirees on fixed incomes: ending reckless tariffs that raise grocery prices, using antitrust law to break up corporate consolidation squeezing consumers, and expanding access to capital for small and minority-owned businesses.

“Whether it's ending reckless tariffs driving up the price of groceries, using antitrust laws to break up the corporate consolidation that is squeezing consumers at every turn, or expanding access to capital for small and minority-owned businesses that have been locked out of economic opportunity for too long - James is laser focused on the cost of living crisis hitting working families, small businesses, and retirees on fixed incomes across the Treasure Coast and Northern Palm Beaches.”

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James supports ending the Treasure Coast's clean water crisis by completing Everglades restoration, cleaning up Lake Okeechobee, stopping toxic discharges to the St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon, and never compromising or curtailing bedrock environmental laws.

“In Congress, he will relentlessly seek to end the Treasure Coast's clean water crisis. That means completing Everglades restoration, cleaning up Lake Okeechobee, stopping toxic discharges to the St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon, and never compromising or curtailing bedrock environmental laws.”

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James is committed to getting big money out of politics, banning members of Congress from trading stocks on insider information, closing the revolving door to K Street lobbying, holding quarterly town halls, and making his schedule publicly available.

“James is committed to getting big money out of politics, banning members of Congress from trading stocks and making bets on insider information, and closing the revolving door between Capitol Hill and the K Street lobbying corridor. ... James is also committed to quarterly town halls with constituents ... and he will make his schedule publicly available.”

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James supports a public option as a pathway to quality, affordable healthcare for every American who wants it, while letting people keep employer or union coverage they like, and taking on pharmacy benefit managers that drive up drug costs.

“James believes healthcare is a human right - but he also believes that if you like the coverage your union or your employer provides, you should keep it. That's why he supports a public option: a pathway to quality, affordable healthcare for every American who wants it, without taking away what's already working for millions of families. He'll also take on the pharmaceutical middlemen and pharmacy benefit managers that drive up costs.”

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James supports overhauling the immigration system to be safe, fair, transparent, and humane - investing in immigration judges to clear asylum backlogs, ending use of immigration enforcement as a political weapon, creating a workable path to legal status for long-term residents, and fixing a broken visa system.

“Like most Americans, he believes we need to overhaul the immigration system: one that is safe, fair, transparent, and humane. That means investing in immigration judges to clear asylum backlogs, ending the use of immigration enforcement as a political weapon, creating a workable path to legal status for long-term residents who've built their lives here, and fixing a broken visa system that leaves families waiting decades.”

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James will never vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, or veterans' benefits, opposing any effort to raise the retirement age, privatize Social Security, or gut the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“He will never vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, or veterans' benefits. That means opposing any effort to raise the retirement age, privatize Social Security, or gut the Department of Veteran's Affairs under the guise of reform.”

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