Adriano Espaillat
Bio | Adriano Espaillat is a U.S. Representative for New York’s 13th congressional district. He is a Dominican-American politician. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of New York |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, New York |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election NY-13 | NY-13 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | The majority of contributions have come from Monroe College, Cibao Meat Products, and Transport Workers Unions. |
Voting Rights | Has not made a clear statement regarding this topic |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Nuance | Supports Obama care Advocates for the Affordable Care Act and strongly believes in the importance of proving Americans access to affordable and qualitative health care |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Does not support socialized health care |
| Private Healthcare | Against | Does not support Private Healthcare |
| LGBT Rights | For | Believes it should be a priority to ensure that no LGBTQ individuals are not discrimimated Reintroduced the Equality Act that provides protections for LGBTQ communities in the country |
| Taxes | Against | Voted for restoring tax fairness Has voted against taxes that increases tax cuts for the wealthy and wants to focus on helping the middle class with taxes |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding flax tax rate Has voted against taxes that increases tax cuts for the wealthy and wants to focus on helping the middle class with taxes |
| Abortion | For | Opposed the ban on abortion coverage and prohibiting federal funds of abortions Believes that all women should have access to healthcare |
| Gun Control | For | Supports gun-control legislation Has helped pass anti-gun legislation and believes that more legislation should be passed to protect the country |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding assisted suicide Has helped pass anti-gun legislation and believes that more legislation should be passed to protect the country |
| Government Interference | For | Believes that there should be measures taken by government with regulation such as gun control |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Supports funding the Planned Parenthood program |
| Welfare | For | Supportive of taking initiative on increasing welfare Sponsored Pathways Out of Poverty Act and SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act |
| Welfare | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding it |
| Death Penalty | Against | Has opposed the death penalty. Introduced legislation that repeals the death penalty for a variety of criminal offenses |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding it |
| Military Spending | Against | Criticizes increasing defense spending when other priorities should be made like increasing welfare |
| War on Terrorism | For | He considers it a serious matter and has vocalized how the country must improve efforts in domestic terrorists |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Has sponsored many bills regarding international policies Sponsored the bills like International Violence Against Women Act, Refugee Protection Act, Green Climate Fund Authorization Act, etc |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding it |
| Nationalism | Against | Voted for a resolution of condemning White Nationalism |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding it Has not made a clear statement regarding it |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement regarding it |
| Affirmative Action | For | Endorses affirmative action especially for federally employed women |
| Government Spending | Against | Opposed the Omnibus Appropriations Act budget deal because doesn't agree with spending on homeland security especially due to how it will impact immigration |
| Charter Schools | For | Supports additional funding for charter schools in New York and was publicly recognized in his efforts |
| Common Core | Against | Opposes standardized testing in schools especially for young children Has voted against high-test taking in schools in New York |
| Clean Energy | For | He supports renewable energy policies. Espaillat believes in transitioning towards renewable energy. Thus, he has advocated for more research and investment in the sector. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | He does not have a position on this issue. N/A |
| Separation of Church and State | For | He supports the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | For | He has advocated for reparations specifically associated with Harlem. |
| Border Control | Against | He strongly opposes increased border security. Espaillat argues against GOP efforts to drastically increase border security. He has condemned Trump's efforts to build physical reinforcements. He has introduced legislation that would ban a wall from being built within 100 miles of the Southern border. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | He has not yet chosen to comment on this issue. |
| DACA | For | He hopes to uphold DACA. |
| Sanctuary Cities | For | He is supportive of protecting states and cities from federal fund withdrawal due to immigration enforcement. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | He has always voted in favor of pro-marijuana legislation. |