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One out of every four Americans, 85 million of our neighbors and family and friends, are either uninsured or underinsured due to prohibitively expensive copayments and deductibles. Americans spend more per capita than the rest of the world on healthcare to the tune of $13,000 annually. Despite","source_url":"https://WWW.DAVEBUSHAW.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Economy","stance":"US. This allows employers to pay these undocumented workers exploitative wages, and drives down wages for all workers in the industry – including American workers. Iowa is a state where a significant ","detail":"US. This allows employers to pay these undocumented workers exploitative wages, and drives down wages for all workers in the industry – including American workers. Iowa is a state where a significant percentage of our workforce is undocumented: the American Immigration Council estimates that 31% of Iowa’s total immigrant population is undocumented and in critical roles in manufacturing, agriculture, and construction. In Congress, rather than funding for indiscriminate immigrant roundups that put our agricultural and manufacturing industries in Iowa at risk. As your Representative, I will","source_url":"https://WWW.DAVEBUSHAW.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Climate","stance":"cost increases we are seeing for working families driven by grid upgrades and increasing overall energy consumption needs from data centers gives me pause and reason to look at these data centers more","detail":"cost increases we are seeing for working families driven by grid upgrades and increasing overall energy consumption needs from data centers gives me pause and reason to look at these data centers more closely to determine who is really benefiting and who is losing with this emerging technology. This raises concerns with me about states’ rights and self-determination. It also prioritizes corporations and the ultra-wealthy rather than focusing on the needs of working people and Iowa residents, similar to what we’ve seen with the Iowa Utilities Board decisions on the carbon capture pipelines","source_url":"https://WWW.DAVEBUSHAW.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Gun Control","stance":"& Hunter Safety in all Publicly-Funded Schools, Colleges, & Universities We are a country with guns. That is a cultural reality and is not unique to the US alone. What does set the United States apart","detail":"& Hunter Safety in all Publicly-Funded Schools, Colleges, & Universities We are a country with guns. That is a cultural reality and is not unique to the US alone. What does set the United States apart in ways from other developed nations with an armed citizenry is the polarizing positions regarding gun reform that never lead to anything formative actually getting done. One side says ban \"assault weapons,\" another says all hands off and individual responsibility. I think about this with an approach to tangible action rather than ideological hegemony. We are never going to confiscate all","source_url":"https://WWW.DAVEBUSHAW.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Housing","stance":"raid; the largest workforce raid in US history at that time. I worked with young people whose parents went to work and never came home to their kids that day. We are a country of immigrants. 70% of ou","detail":"raid; the largest workforce raid in US history at that time. I worked with young people whose parents went to work and never came home to their kids that day. We are a country of immigrants. 70% of our farmworkers were not born in the US and more than 42% do not have authorization to work in the US. 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