Where Democrat Rachel Wallace stands on the issues | Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District
POTTSVILLE, Pa. —
Rachel Wallace’s campaign website organizes her platform around three priorities: lowering costs and raising wages, addressing corruption and fraud in government, and bringing people together to tackle local problems.
The following summary reflects the positions and proposals listed by her campaign.
Lower costs, raise wages
Health care is a central part of Wallace’s economic platform.
Her campaign says she would seek to reverse health-care reductions approved by Congress in 2025, prohibit insurers from requiring prior authorization before patients receive doctor-recommended care, and limit how much of consumers’ premium payments can be used for insurance-company executive compensation.She also says she would address consolidation in the health-care industry, which her campaign argues can reduce competition and increase prices.
On jobs, Wallace’s campaign emphasizes vocational and technical education, including expanded funding for trade schools and more shop classes in high schools.
She supports workers’ ability to organize unions and backs the Davis-Bacon Act, which establishes prevailing-wage requirements for certain federally funded construction projects. She also supports project labor agreements and wants to make it easier for people to pursue training while working, including in fields such as welding, cosmetology and health care.
Her economic agenda also includes support for small businesses and family farms.
The campaign says Wallace would support measures aimed at reducing inflation and the cost of living, challenge concentrated corporate power in industries such as fertilizer, seeds and meatpacking, and protect small and midsize farms from being bought out by multinational corporations. She supports “right to repair” policies that would allow farmers to repair their own equipment more easily.
On housing, Wallace’s website calls for a new tax credit for first-time homebuyers and another credit to encourage construction of starter homes. It also says she would hold absentee landlords accountable and work to combat blight.
Root out government corruption and fraudWallace supports prohibiting members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks. Her campaign frames the proposal as a way to prevent lawmakers from benefiting financially from information gained through their public positions.She also supports congressional term limits, specifically a maximum of six terms, or 12 years, for members of Congress. In addition, she says she would support overturning Citizens United and restricting unlimited “dark money” in politics.The campaign also calls for Congress to function more consistently as a governing institution. Wallace supports bipartisan efforts to pass federal budgets on time, avoid government shutdowns and require Congress to vote before authorizing wars that could put U.S. troops in danger.Bring people together to solve local problems
Wallace’s third priority focuses on local control, infrastructure and community services.
On artificial-intelligence data centers, her campaign says decisions about whether to build them should remain with local communities. Wallace opposes national permitting rules for such facilities and supports requiring data centers approved by local governments to hire union workers from the area.She also proposes federal assistance for volunteer fire companies, which her campaign says are facing sharply higher equipment costs. The proposed funding would help departments purchase equipment. Her campaign further says private-equity firms involved in consolidating the fire-equipment industry should be held accountable.Wallace supports a federal ban on excessively bright vehicle headlights, arguing that glare can make nighttime driving—particularly on rural roads—more dangerous.Her infrastructure agenda calls for directing federal tax dollars to projects in Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District, including bridges, roads, and water and sewer systems. More broadly, the campaign says Wallace would support local communities dealing with outside corporations that extract local resources while leaving residents with environmental, economic or quality-of-life costs.