Student Loans

Student loan debt in America is over $1.6 trillion and exceeds accumulated car loans and even credit card debt. Kim proposes:

• Increasing the corporate tax rate from 21% to 23% to pay off all student loans
• Tax incentive of $50,000 for those who already paid off their student loans
• Eliminate student loan interest rate.

Reform the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

Our college students face an increase in financial insecurity, especially since the pandemic. For these students, unexpected events like loss of income or disruption in child care arrangements can derail their path to graduation.

Due to the pandemic, Congress enacted temporary reforms to provide flexible emergency support to low-income students. The FSEOG program provided grant aid directly to institutions that distributed these funds to students on campus. The grants ranged from $100 to $4,000, prioritizing low-income students. Kim proposes making the FSEOG permanent and allows institutions to use a portion of their funds for micro-grant programs.

Our country is regarded as a global pioneer in socioeconomic rights, but we still have a long way to go before social injustice is eradicated.

Women's Rights

Kim wants to be a part of making decisions that affect our culture so that our daughters do not have to fight the battles she did. Working in a male-dominated industry required Kim to outperform her male counterparts to be acknowledged. Kim supports:

• The passage of a federal Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution as follows: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States of any state on account of sex.""
• A woman's' right to choose in accordance with the principles of Roe v. Wade. Kim believes no matter your personal feelings or beliefs about abortion, it is not our place to decide what a woman can or can’t do with her body.
• Comprehensive, medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education for students.

LGBTQ

On June 26, 2015, we celebrated the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights case ruling regarding same-sex marriage. In 2021 the LGBTQ community is still fighting for equality. In several states, Republican governors pushed anti-transgender legislation requiring children to compete in school sports according to their sex at birth. This year (2021) is slated to become the worst year for the LGBTQ community. State legislatures are poised to enact several anti-LGBTQ measures into law. Kim supports:

• Passing the Equality Act
• Increasing federal funding levels for HIV/AIDS services and research.
• Safe Schools Improvement Act. Kim believes every student deserves to have a safe space in an environment conducive to learning. Students will not flourish in an environment in which they fear.

Voting Rights

Kim believes in a free and fair election. Together we can create a political system which is based on the principles of one person - one vote. Unfortunately, Republicans have shown their hand and unleashed a tsunami of voter restriction laws. They have doubled down on the lie that they won the presidential election and laid the groundwork to suppress their opponent's votes in the future. Their argument is they want fair elections. But since there is zero evidence that elections weren't fair, this excuse has nothing to do with securing our elections and everything to do with regaining and retaining their power. Kim supports:

• For The People Act that will address voter access, election integrity, and election security
• John Lewis Voting Rights Act that will restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Combating Homelessness

Homelessness was on the rise before the pandemic. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in 2019, 568,000 people experience homelessness. In 2020, those figures rose, and legislators (both state and federal) introduced dozens of laws in an attempt to avert an eviction crisis. According to a Census Bureau survey, the problem is far from finished; 14 million persons are still behind on their rental payments. Kim supports Biden's plan to:

• Invest $213 billion to produce, preserve, and retrofit more than two million affordable andd sustainable places to live.
• Build and rehabilitate more than 500,000 homes for low-and middle-income homebuyers.

Public Safety

Kim holds the highest regard for our men and women in blue. The job is both physically and psychologically taxing. But we cannot dismiss the racial injustices that people of color endure at the hands of law enforcement. Like many African American families, Kim's mother gave her "the talk," A family tradition passed down through generations. Kim hopes that when her children have children, that tradition will come to an end. Kim is an advocate for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The bill addresses a wide range of policing policies and challenges, including law enforcement accountability.

• Creates a national registry to compile data on complaints and records of police misconduct.
• Authorizes the Department of Justice to issue subpoenas in investigations of police departments for a pattern or practice of discrimination.
• Establishes a framework to prohibit racial profiling at the federal, state, and local levels.

Our economy needs help recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. We also need to quickly create millions of clean energy jobs in order to tackle the climate crisis. Combined, we have the opportunity to create good-paying jobs and put people to work building our clean energy future. Our actionable plan will get us on the right track towards building the green economy that we urgently need: one with investments in clean energy, federal clean standards and climate justice for all.

Invest in a Clean Energy Economy

In order to jumpstart the economy, accelerate job creation, and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, when elected Kim will:

• Fund sustainable infrastructure and conservation projects like carbon-free public transit, clean water systems, green affordable housing, and ecosystem restoration for public lands, forests and oceans.
• Dramatically expand investments in government led clean tech research and development to re-establish the U.S. as a global climate innovation leader.

Prioritize Environmental & Economic Justice

In congress Kim will prioritize investment and policy solutions that support low-income communities and frontline communities that bear the brunt of pollution and climate change, and that have been left behind in our economy. And we must hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the damage they’ve caused to our communities.

• She will hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the damage they’ve caused to our health and communities by putting an end to the nearly $20 billion in federal subsidies they enjoy each year, and ending all new fossil fuel leases on public lands.
• Support rural economies while adapting to climate change by funding agricultural conservation programs, clean electrification, and expanding broadband
• Direct 40% of all climate investments into disadvantaged communities to confront the environmental harms that hit front-line communities first and worst.

Implement Federal Clean Energy Standards

In order to drive sustained emissions reductions, we must set bold and aggressive sector specific clean energy standards.

• Enact a bold national 100% Clean Electricity Standard requiring utilities to achieve 100% carbon-neutral electricity by 2030, and all-clean, renewable and zero-emission energy in power generation by 2035.
• Support the use of existing federal authorities to ensure that by 2030 all new vehicles sold in the U.S. are zero-emission vehicles (ZEF).
• Establish a national Energy Efficiency Resource Standard to improve efficiency in energy use in existing buildings. And use strong consumer incentives, utility requirements, and direct public investments in an ambitious new Rebuild America energy retrofit program.