Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source ↗
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Summer Lee cosponsored the CLEAN Energy Act and NOW Act, which would advance clean energy development on public lands and waters by repealing requirements that tie it to fossil-fuel leasing. The bills are described as proposals she cosponsored, not as enacted policy.
Context: The passage does not specify the bills’ implementation details.
Lee supports the Closing the Meal Gap Act, which she says would strengthen SNAP and reduce hunger among seniors, people with disabilities, children, struggling parents, students, veterans, and others. The platform also describes her as a co-sponsor of legislation to update SNAP and the Senior Commodity Supplemental Food Program to address senior hunger.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee supports increasing federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so disabled students have the resources they need in public schools. She presents this as one way to improve access to quality education for students with disabilities.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee supports ending the Senate filibuster. She argues it has been used to block civil-rights legislation and continues to obstruct progress.
Context: No replacement Senate procedure is specified.
Summer Lee supports the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023, which she says would restore and revitalize the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and strengthen legal protections against discriminatory voting policies and practices. She identifies attacks by state legislatures and judges as the problem the bill is meant to address.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee supports expanding the Supreme Court and ending lifetime appointments for its justices. She says these changes would keep the Court from further rolling back rights and freedoms.
Context: The passage does not specify the Court’s proposed size or how justices’ terms would work.
Lee says she will work with the Biden administration to oppose federal judges issuing a nationwide ban on medicated abortion. She warns that such a ban would create a severe care crisis in Western Pennsylvania, where access was already insufficient and patients were also arriving from Ohio and West Virginia.
Context: The statement refers to the Biden administration and a pending court decision; the passage does not give a date for this commitment.
Lee supports passing the EACH Act, the Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act, and the Abortion Justice Act to repeal the Hyde Amendment and remove federal restrictions on abortion coverage for people with Medicaid and other government-sponsored insurance. She says the goal is coverage regardless of how a patient gets health insurance.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee supports eliminating cash bail, arguing that the current system jails people based on their ability to pay and punishes people for being poor.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee supports the LIFT the BAR Act, which would eliminate the five-year waiting period for immigrants seeking Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, and Supplemental Security Income. The listed programs include health coverage, food assistance, cash assistance, and income support.
Context: The source does not specify which immigrant categories would qualify under the bill.