Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source ↗
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Schneider supports ensuring high school graduates have the skills and tools to succeed throughout life, including training in math, science and the liberal arts. He describes this preparation as important for students’ success in a 21st-century world.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Schneider supports making technical, undergraduate and graduate education affordable through community colleges, colleges and universities. He also says quality higher education should be an affordable aspiration for all families.
Context: The proposal does not specify a funding or affordability mechanism.
Schneider supports developing shared educational standards to help students gain skills for a competitive global economy. He also supports effective measures of learning and academic performance to set high but realistic expectations and promote accountability in education.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Schneider supports helping states transform their most challenged schools so every child can access a quality education.
Context: The proposal does not specify how the federal government would assist states.
Schneider supports increasing investment in early learning programs, with the goal of giving every child the opportunity to attend preschool.
Context: The proposal does not specify funding levels or program details.
Schneider supports giving teachers strong tools and training in their fields, especially emerging science, technology, engineering and math, as well as history and the arts. He also supports fair compensation and opposes attacks on teachers and efforts to strip their rights to lobby.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Schneider supports changes to address problems with the Affordable Care Act, including greater transparency and oversight of the law and eliminating taxes that he says stand in the way of technological innovation. He says he worked on these changes in Congress and favors bipartisan efforts to improve the law for Illinois families.
Context: The passage does not identify the taxes or specify which transparency, oversight, or other changes he would pursue.
Bradley Scott Schneider opposes repealing the Affordable Care Act and says he will continue to defend it. He supports keeping its protections against denying coverage or charging more because of a pre-existing condition, ending coverage for a family when someone gets sick, and charging women more for care. He also supports allowing young adults to stay on a parent’s insurance plan until age 26.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 11, 2026.
Brad Schneider supports protecting Social Security and Medicare. He identifies these programs as priorities while also seeking to make life more affordable for Illinoisans.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.