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Pennsylvania 10th Congressional District candidate profile: Shamaine Daniels

10th Congressional District candidate Shamaine Daniels
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10th Congressional District candidate Shamaine Daniels
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Pennsylvania 10th Congressional District candidate profile: Shamaine Daniels
Shamaine Daniels is a Democrat running to represent Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District.Daniels got her law degree and became an immigration attorney. She is currently a member of the Harrisburg City Council. She was first elected in 2013.According to her website, here's where she stands on some key issues:Jobs and the economyDaniels said as Americans fall behind, the keys to an economy that benefits everyone will be education, investment innovation and infrastructure.She supports expanding credit to help small businesses, retooling the education system and a $15-an-hour minimum wage that would be indexed to inflation.Read more here.Infrastructure Daniels wants to invest in infrastructure with a focus on roads and bridge, high-speed internet, dams, the electric grid, airports and high-speed intercity rail.Read more here.EducationDaniels says K-12 schools need "funds, innovation and respect." She wants to strengthen public education at all levels, which includes making college affordable for future generations while addressing the current "student debt crisis."Daniels also wants to expand vocational and technical school training for people who do not want to seek four-year degrees.Read more here.Agriculture Daniels wants to invest in renewable energy, such as wind and solar, which she says could potentially be a windfall for the agricultural community. She said she would support tax reform that would ensure "those at the top pay their fair share, while small businesses, like family farms, and middle-class families do not continue to shoulder a disproportionate amount of the tax burden."And Daniels said meaningful immigration reform is needed to help farmers, who often rely on seasonal workers. Read more here.HealthcareDaniels wants to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. She said doing so would require working with states to remove unnecessary regulations, addressing unintended consequences of ACA and focusing on the entire health system to lower costs. Daniels also supports giving Americans the option to buy into Medicare starting at the age of 50.Read more here.Women's healthWomen's health care decisions should be made in private between her doctor, her family and those who support her, Daniels says.She supports methods like those in Colorado, "where they lowered their abortion rate by nearly 50% by providing teens with comprehensive sex education and access to contraceptives. The program also lowered teen pregnancy and STIs while saving tens of millions of dollars," her website states. Read more here.Social Security, MedicareDaniels said Social Security and Medicare are non-negotiable and should not be privatized. She says Social Security is 87 years old and is "working."She said she would support common-sense reforms to modernize the vital programs to ensure they are around for generations to come. She acknowledges that increasing lifespans and shrinking families and family wages are pushing the current Social Security system "towards a revenue shortage."Her site states:"There is a substantial longevity gap between income groups. Raising the retirement age without reducing this gap is wrong. Universal health coverage and skills training can begin to address this gap, and any increase in the retirement age should be very gradual."Read more here.Energy, environmentDaniels says the threat of climate change is not debatable, and we much change course starting now."I will lead the way in increasing environmental protection measures that make sure we have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, and I will fight to increase our investment in clean and renewable energy to grow our economy, create jobs, and increase national security," her site says.Read more here.VeteransDaniels says education, financial assistance and lifelong medical care are the minimum we need to do for veterans. "Making sure that our veterans receive the ongoing support they have earned means addressing the issues in the VA system to guarantee quality, timely health care to our veterans," her site says.Read more here.

Shamaine Daniels is a Democrat running to represent Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District.

Daniels got her law degree and became an immigration attorney. She is currently a member of the Harrisburg City Council. She was first elected in 2013.

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According to her website, here's where she stands on some key issues:

Jobs and the economy

Daniels said as Americans fall behind, the keys to an economy that benefits everyone will be education, investment innovation and infrastructure.

She supports expanding credit to help small businesses, retooling the education system and a $15-an-hour minimum wage that would be indexed to inflation.

Read more here.

Infrastructure

Daniels wants to invest in infrastructure with a focus on roads and bridge, high-speed internet, dams, the electric grid, airports and high-speed intercity rail.

Read more here.

Education

Daniels says K-12 schools need "funds, innovation and respect."

She wants to strengthen public education at all levels, which includes making college affordable for future generations while addressing the current "student debt crisis."

Daniels also wants to expand vocational and technical school training for people who do not want to seek four-year degrees.

Read more here.

Agriculture

Daniels wants to invest in renewable energy, such as wind and solar, which she says could potentially be a windfall for the agricultural community.

She said she would support tax reform that would ensure "those at the top pay their fair share, while small businesses, like family farms, and middle-class families do not continue to shoulder a disproportionate amount of the tax burden."

And Daniels said meaningful immigration reform is needed to help farmers, who often rely on seasonal workers.

Read more here.

Healthcare

Daniels wants to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it. She said doing so would require working with states to remove unnecessary regulations, addressing unintended consequences of ACA and focusing on the entire health system to lower costs.

Daniels also supports giving Americans the option to buy into Medicare starting at the age of 50.

Read more here.

Women's health

Women's health care decisions should be made in private between her doctor, her family and those who support her, Daniels says.

She supports methods like those in Colorado, "where they lowered their abortion rate by nearly 50% by providing teens with comprehensive sex education and access to contraceptives. The program also lowered teen pregnancy and STIs while saving tens of millions of dollars," her website states.

Read more here.

Social Security, Medicare

Daniels said Social Security and Medicare are non-negotiable and should not be privatized. She says Social Security is 87 years old and is "working."

She said she would support common-sense reforms to modernize the vital programs to ensure they are around for generations to come. She acknowledges that increasing lifespans and shrinking families and family wages are pushing the current Social Security system "towards a revenue shortage."

Her site states:

"There is a substantial longevity gap between income groups. Raising the retirement age without reducing this gap is wrong. Universal health coverage and skills training can begin to address this gap, and any increase in the retirement age should be very gradual."

Read more here.

Energy, environment

Daniels says the threat of climate change is not debatable, and we much change course starting now.

"I will lead the way in increasing environmental protection measures that make sure we have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, and I will fight to increase our investment in clean and renewable energy to grow our economy, create jobs, and increase national security," her site says.

Read more here.

Veterans

Daniels says education, financial assistance and lifelong medical care are the minimum we need to do for veterans.

"Making sure that our veterans receive the ongoing support they have earned means addressing the issues in the VA system to guarantee quality, timely health care to our veterans," her site says.

Read more here.