Policy, Philosophy & Thoughts

Disability rights are civil rights. They are not edge cases, special favors, or side issues to address after everything else. Disability is part of the human condition. It touches every family eventually— through illness, injury, aging, trauma, mental health conditions, or the simple reality of being human over time. The question is not whether disability exists. The question is whether our systems are designed to include people as they are, or punish them for not fitting som

My position on women’s health begins with humility, respect, and a clear understanding of the limits of government power. Decisions about pregnancy, reproduction, and medical care are deeply personal, medically complex, and often made under circumstances no legislator, religious institution, or political majority has the right to second-guess. Abortion is healthcare. It is part of comprehensive women’s healthcare and should be treated with the same seriousness, privacy, and m

Healthcare is foundational infrastructure. Access to care is a matter of human dignity, not purchasing power. A society that treats illness like a financial test, or medical care like a luxury product, is not efficient. It is cruel, unstable, and ultimately more expensive for everyone. My approach to healthcare is patient-first, outcomes-driven, and grounded in reality. That means investing in preventive care, enforcing true mental health parity, expanding rural access, suppo

Energy policy is not just about keeping the lights on today. It is about whether we have the vision to build the power infrastructure Utah will need for its 22nd-century future. We need to start planning now for a state that will be more populated, more technologically demanding, and more interconnected than the Utah we inherited. That means thinking beyond the next rate case, the next election cycle, or the next ribbon cutting. It means building an energy system that is reli

Clean air is not a luxury. It is a basic right. It is inseparable from public health, quality of life, and whether people can actually thrive in the place they call home. Utah’s air-quality problems are theoritical or hyperbole. Families feel them every winter when an inversion settles into the valley. Children with asthma feel them in their lungs. Workers breathe them on job sites. Seniors and people with underlying health conditions pay the price first. That is why I treat