MA · DISTRICT 4

Jake Auchincloss

DemocratMassachusettsCurrently serving

Sworn in for the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025 Source ↗

What they said 5

Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.

All statements (5)Campaign (5)

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Healthcare

Protect science funding and modernize clinical trials

AI-assisted summary

Auchincloss supports defending the integrity of the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. He says science funding should be decided by peer review rather than politics and that medicines should be evaluated on safety and effectiveness. He is also leading legislation to modernize U.S. clinical-trial infrastructure, which he says could speed trials and drug development.

Context: The passage does not specify the changes proposed for clinical-trial infrastructure.

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Healthcare

Reduce patients’ drug costs and protect access to medicines

AI-assisted summary

Auchincloss says he is leading legislation to make prescription drugs more affordable and accessible. He supports low or no patient co-pays, preventing insurers from abusing prior authorization, and ensuring American patients can get the newest life-saving medicines.

Context: The passage does not specify how these changes would be implemented or define when a medicine qualifies as life-saving.

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Education Government & elections

Raise the minimum age for social media accounts and hold companies liable

AI-assisted summary

Auchincloss says he is leading legislation to raise the minimum age for social media accounts from 13 to 16 and require age verification without uploading photo IDs or scanning faces. He also supports holding social media and AI companies liable for deepfakes, harassment and other harms. He proposes taxing Big Tech to fund 1,000 trade schools and expand one-to-one tutoring in public schools.

Context: The passage does not specify the proposed tax rate or the details of company liability.

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Social Security & other benefits Economy, taxes & work

Change Social Security’s finances and strengthen workers’ wealth

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Auchincloss says Congress must fix Social Security’s finances to protect the earned benefit. He supports requiring the wealthiest to pay more into the Social Security Trust Fund, raising the minimum wage, and expanding workers’ access to wealth creation.

Context: The proposal does not specify how much more the wealthiest would pay or how workers’ access to wealth creation would expand.

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Housing Healthcare Energy & environment

Lower costs in housing, health care and utilities

AI-assisted summary

Auchincloss supports cutting regulations that he says drive up prices, including bans on starter homes, promoting technology to lower hospital-service prices, and challenging utility-company interests that keep prices high. He presents these steps as ways to address costs that rise faster than wages.

Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.