Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Summer Lee supports Medicare for All that covers community-based long-term support services, along with major federal investment in home and community-based services. She says this would help people with disabilities get needed care and reduce waiting lists for home care.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Summer Lee supports expanding and reforming Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income so recipients can live on their benefits. She also wants to end punitive rules that she says keep people in poverty.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Summer Lee supports ending legal loopholes that let businesses pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage. She says disabled people should be paid fairly.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee supports the Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act, which would provide GI Bill benefits to Black WWII veterans and their descendants.
Context: The passage does not detail eligibility requirements or the benefits to be restored.
Lee supports passing the Women’s Health Protection Act to restore Roe and protect professionals’ ability to provide abortion care and patients’ ability to receive it across the country, without bans or unnecessary restrictions.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Lee says she is fighting to pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. The package would invest in social factors affecting health, extend WIC eligibility, fund community organizations, grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, improve data collection, and support maternal health care and mental health, including for veterans and incarcerated mothers.
Context: The passage does not specify the bill’s funding amounts or the details of its eligibility rules.
Lee supports the Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Act. She connects the proposal to protecting nurses in the workplace and addressing the shortage of nurses in the health care system.
Context: The passage does not describe the bill’s specific staffing rules.
Lee supports the Support Safety Net Hospitals Act, which would ensure hospitals receive Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments they need to provide care to their communities.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Summer Lee supports the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2023, which would allow states to pilot single-payer health care. She presents state pilots as one part of a broader effort to improve health care access and coverage.
Context: The passage does not specify which states could participate or how a pilot would be funded.
Lee supports passing the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in areas including employment and access to public services. She says the bill would establish federal protections for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.