US Congressional District 3

A: Create a modification to reroute budget funds for appropriations to cover the paychecks of departments so that federal employees are able to be paid and so that their livelihoods are protected.

A: Yes. I support modifying the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 to allow people brought in illegally under a sitting president to be accelerated to citizenship with proven intent to obey all our laws, codes, regulations, and rules to ensure that the rights of citizens are held. With a provision that if a crime occurs, the process of citizenship can be halted.

Families who were brought here to escape organ harvesting, being drug mules, to escape extreme dehumanization, and other considerations. I think people have been dehumanized by using the term illegal. Under a sitting president, they were brought here or allowed in, only to be treated badly for it regardless of their own human rights. I think there should be a revamp of giving them monthly payments simply because they came from another country because we don’t give our own citizens free monthly payments. I support a more organized workforce pathway for those labeled as illegals to earn money rather than be given it and in hand with that incorporated into the communities to help unity and understanding of different cultures.

A: I think that members of Congress and anyone in elected government should have to give up their financial privacy and be regulated by law to prevent them from insider trading, money laundering, inflation of assets, and only then do I think members of Congress should be allowed to trade individual stocks.

If they give up their personal financial privacy and we make that a law, then they will be more motivated to act for the public interest rather than their own personal financial gain as elected members of Congress. I support them still participating in free enterprise and capitalism but I think they should be set to a higher ethical standard as an example to their dedication to enriching the financial gain of the United States economy instead of the deficit or using their elected power for personal financial gain and wealth. The National Security Agency has the engrained ethical standards to be able to monitor members of Congress’s personal finances without imposing non-secure financial monitoring or intimidation or interference. Most importantly, the National Security Agency has internal security protocols that generate alerts to any unauthorized activity or attempts. I see this as a vital step towards ethical financial compliance.

A: I stood up to perceived authority against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs when I was submitting for a military record correction. The records in National Archives and what the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs personnel, including their administrators, can see is mostly a blank record full of odd, mismatched information. Their staff thought they were vindicated when they made the unwise judgment to put on my permanent VA record that they officially and professionally think I’m delusional. I found this intensely false and abusive towards me trusting to explain what happened to me.

Unbeknownst to them, I had sent in a DD Form 149 complaining that my National Archives was incorrect, incomplete, and I detailed out names of those at the Baltimore City Veterans Affairs hospital to the Board of Military Records Corrections. Unbeknownst to me, that DD149 initiated inquiries that triggered President Biden and the Pentagon to react toward the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Board of Military Records Corrections. I was told about this by secure emails from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army in March 2022.

A: Truth. Ethics. Moral fortitude. Fight for the people of my district to be heard. For the truth to be heard to help the people who have lived here and stood by the economy in thick and thin. They deserve a fighter. Someone who stands for the truth.

A: I would end the Senate filibuster so appropriations can pass on simple majorities, and move to automatic continuing resolutions at prior-year levels whenever Congress misses a deadline.

A: Yes. I’d abolish ICE and CBP’s interior enforcement apparatus, repeal the 1996 IIRIRA provisions that created mass detention and expedited removal, and create a clear path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people already contributing to our communities. We have seen with this administration and people like Stephen Miller that bipartisanship may not be possible. If they will not reach across the aisle to help Americans, we will fight them head on and block any legislation until they capitulate. The days of negotiating with the people trying to burn our house down is over.

A: No. We are going to begin investigations into all members of Congress to see if they have been profiting off the suffering of the American people.

A: Every day people tell me it cannot be done. That America is not ready. That we don’t have the majority, that it’s just “not possible.” I’ve been standing in town halls and street corners all over Maryland telling people exactly why that’s not the case. We need people who are not only willing to stand up to leadership, but are willing to remove them if necessary. We will not be held hostage by centrists working with the far-right to stop progress.

A: Accountability. I will stand up to my own party. We cannot fight the Republicans with centrist Democrats standing in the way. The time of bipartisanship is over. We are going to grind the Republican’s hateful policies and anti-American agenda into the dust of history. A vote for Austin Dyches is a vote to hold our government accountable.

A: Representing 45,000 federal workers and as the daughter of two civil servants, I know first-hand the outsized impact that government shutdowns have on our community. Last fall, when the longest full shutdown in history left our civil servants and their families working without pay for months, I withheld my own paycheck in solidarity and introduced multiple pieces of legislation to support our federal workers. I see my job as helping our neighbors on their hardest days. During the shutdown, my team and I worked around the clock to provide resources for impacted Marylanders and made sure to return every constituent phone call and email.

Congress must engage in meaningful negotiations and stop treating our federal workers as political pawns. We must take seriously our responsibility to thoughtfully and collaboratively pass the 12 individual appropriations bills on time – rather than lurching between government shutdowns and relying on massive, last-minute packages. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I know that the best thing we can do for our national security is to pass budgets on time.

A: I ran for office because I believe government should be a force for good. When ICE sends untrained agents into our communities with guns and masks and no respect for due process, that is not a force for good. When people are afraid to go to work, send their kids to school, or peacefully protest because of actions taken by their own government, that is not a force for good. Under the leadership of this Administration, DHS and ICE operate without any meaningful oversight, violate civil liberties, and stonewall Congress. In the House of Representatives, I have used every tool available to work with my colleagues and rein in the president’s weaponization of ICE and DHS, including voting against blank checks to the department and conducting oversight of the ICE detention center in Baltimore.

I also understand that our broken immigration system is in need of serious reform. That is why I have supported bipartisan legislation such as the DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act. By focusing on human-focused, solutions-oriented legislation, I believe Congress can and must build a stronger immigration system that upholds the dignity of our neighbors.

A: No member of Congress – or any elected official – should be using the power of their position for their own personal enrichment. I wear my status as one of the least-wealthy members of Congress as a badge of honor. I do not personally hold any individual stocks, and I do not believe my colleagues should be allowed to trade individual stocks while in office. That’s why I’ve co-sponsored both H.R. 369, the TRUST in Congress Act, to require members of Congress to place any stocks into a blind trust, and H.R. 5106, the Restore Trust in Congress Act, that requires members of Congress to place any stocks into a blind trust or divest from their investments completely during their tenure in office. Both pieces of legislation are bipartisan, with strong support across the aisle. Constituents should be confident that their elected officials are working in their best interest – not in the interest of their financial portfolio.

A: A large part of my job is standing up to people in positions of authority on behalf of my constituents. During my first legislative session as a state senator in 2019, the Baltimore Sun published a story highlighting that several local police departments – including in Anne Arundel County – were asking survivors of rape and sexual assault to sign waivers, sometimes while still at the hospital receiving services, surrendering their rights to an investigation. I immediately called leadership within the police department, questioning the efficacy of their processes. After receiving further pushback, I asked a simple question: Can you name me one other victim of a crime – burglary, carjacking, solicitation – that the police ever presented the ability for the victim to waive their rights to an investigation? I was met with silence. My next call was to County Executive Steuart Pittman. I’m proud to share that the policy was canceled within 24 hours of the story’s publication.

A: Just over a year into my first term, my team and I have passed five bills into law, solved over 2,000 constituent cases, hosted 24 town halls, and brought home $20 million in federal funding for community projects across the District. Even as a first-year member in the minority party, I worked with my colleagues to pass a stand-alone bill on the House floor, the MAWS Act, which tackles one of the largest ecological and economic threats to the Chesapeake Bay: blue catfish.

Every morning on my drive into Washington, I focus on bringing a results-driven, action-oriented style of legislating to this job. I learned from mentors like Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who taught me the importance of collaboration and persistence while legislating and an unapologetically relentless commitment to constituent service. The real work doesn’t happen on the front pages or in the headlines – it happens when we sit down at the table to solve the real problems that Maryland families face. In Congress, I am upholding my oath by walking and chewing gum at the same time: fighting the abuses of this administration while delivering real wins for Maryland families.

A: Predictability is impossible without accountability. I will implement a strict “Audit or Cut” policy: Any federal department, including the Pentagon, that fails a financial audit will face an automatic, non-negotiable 10% budget reduction. We will stop the “Managed Decay” of deficit spending by transitioning to the New American Dollar (NAD)— a currency backed by a hard-asset gold peg and audited federal assets to end inflationary cycles permanently. To fund our future, I support the Norway Model: implementing a Windfall Profit Tax on fossil fuel companies to specifically finance the Great Transition to Fusion Energy as our primary renewable baseload power. We must stop managing by crisis and start managing by technical audit.

A: Our current immigration system is a logistical failure born of administrative decay. I advocate for a return to the Ellis Island Model: a high-capacity, high-efficiency system focused on rapid, technical adjudication. I support a 72-Hour Processing Surge, deploying massive federal resources to the border to ensure every individual is either accepted or deported within three days. We will facilitate a full closure of the border to unverified entries and an absolute end to “Catch and Release.” I will forge bipartisan support by reframing immigration as a matter of National Sovereignty and Logistics — moving away from partisan rhetoric and back to a system that prioritizes the safety and economic stability of the American family.

A: I support an absolute ban on individual stock trading for members of Congress. As a professional securities trader, I recognize that the current system allows for a blatant conflict of interest that fuels civilizational decay. To ensure members act in the public interest, I am introducing a Competence Standard: All candidates must pass a Mandatory Civic Literacy Exam and have a record of military or Civilian Service Corps service before they are eligible for federal office. We must return to a Hierarchy of Honor where leaders are selected based on their technical capability and commitment to the “Rebirth” of our republic, not their ability to profit from insider information.

A: During my 22 years in the Navy, I earned six Navy Achievement Medals specifically because I chose to think outside the box when others were confined by it. I have repeatedly been told that certain logistical or operational goals “couldn’t be done,” only to prove through sheer willpower and technical innovation that they could. Standing up to authority isn’t just about defiance; it’s about having the integrity to challenge a failing status quo with a better solution. I am bringing that same “anything can be achieved” mindset to Washington. Whether it is implementing a Debt Jubilee or a Reverse Currency Split, I refuse to accept “impossible” as an answer when the survival of the American family is at stake.

A: I bring Moral Leadership grounded in the relentless willpower of a decorated veteran. I will fight for the Renaissance of our communities by stripping tax-exempt status from university mega-endowments and large religious institutions to provide massive reinvestment into public education and local infrastructure. I will advocate for Human Well-Being: integrating medical and dental insurance, mandating a 32-hour work week to ensure AI productivity gains benefit the human spirit, and prioritizing Main Street Revival over multinational corporations. I bring the clarity of the New American Dollar and the Norway Model to fund Fusion Energy. I am here as a Tribune to deliver the rebirth our republic deserves.