Peter on the Issues

Peter is committed to building the best school system in the United States

• Educating our children is the best investment that our state can make for the future. As an Oregon legislator, Peter has continually fought to ensure Oregon schools are appropriately funded. Reducing academic standards is not an option!
• Peter is pushing for more technical and vocational training so students can succeed whether they go to college or straight to a career.
• Peter believes strongly in the benefits of after-school programs to provide safe and constructive alternatives to alcohol, drugs and violence.

Peter believes government has the responsibility to provide access to affordable health care for all Oregonians:

• Peter understands the impact of a serious illness on a family. From the time he was a young boy, his mother struggled with Parkinson’s disease. This is one reason he has been a champion of health care for families, children and seniors.
• Peter led the effort to require insurance companies to cover prostate and colon cancer screenings.
• Peter was an original author of the Oregon Health Plan which prevents 400,000 low-income Oregonians from choosing between medical attention and putting food on the table.

Peter is committed to ensuring a safe community for Oregon children:

• Peter introduced sex offender notification legislation, so that families know when a dangerous convicted sex offender moves into their neighborhood.
• Peter worked to increase parental peace of mind by passing a law requiring criminal background checks for all teachers, volunteers and others responsible for supervising children.
• Peter worked to increase health care opportunities for Oregon’s youth by authoring Oregon’s first law requiring transport of critically ill or injured children to trauma centers.
• Peter has and will continue to lead the fight against the use of dangerous performance enhancing drugs by Oregon children.

Peter is committed to ensuring a high quality-of-life for Oregon’s seniors:

• Peter believes seniors and people with disabilities should have the opportunity to remain in their own homes. He has voted to protect homecare services for seniors and people with disabilities to preserve their dignity.
• Peter created the program that offers seniors on fixed incomes discounts on prescription drugs. The health of Oregon’s seniors is more important than profits for drug corporations.

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