Agriculture, Energy and the Environment
Sound Environmental Policies For Productive Living; Healthy Food Supplies; Clean Air, Water, and Soil; Diverse Ecosystems; and National Parks, State Parks, Oceans and Forests

Agriculture: Ensuring responsible stewardship of our rural landWe support:
1. Marketing Iowa farm production worldwide.
2. Domestic ownership of farmland.
3. Enabling next generation farming/food production.
4. Sustainable/regenerative agricultural funding.
5. Crop/livestock diversification.
6. Re-funding the Leopold Center.
7. Capping crop insurance subsidies.
8. Market-indexing USDA loan rates.
9. Farmer-owned grain reserves.
10. Commercial taxation of non-homestead livestock production.
11. Public right-to-know permit compliance/TRI.
12. DNR Master Matrix.
13. Digitized land records for manure management plans.
14. Mandatory/enforced nutrient-reduction strategy.
15. Banning manure applications November-March.
16. Farmer-owned marketing/processing facilities/infrastructure investments.
17. Restricting pesticide/herbicide application amounts.
18. Increased NRCS funding.
19. Food network infrastructure investments/LFS.
20. Fair livestock market access.
21. Fair/transparent rule-based trade agreements.
22. Right-to-save seeds.
23. Traditional family farms.
24. Antitrust regulation of seed supply/food production/processing.
25. CAFO construction/expansion moratorium and strengthened/enforced
regulations.
26. Funding resilient crops/livestock systems.
27. Tying crop subsidies/insurance to conservation measures and restricting
flood zone eligibility.
28. Sustainable organic farming.
29. Hemp production.
30. Legal protection against pesticide/herbicide/GMO seed drift/contamination.
31. GMO seed labeling.
32. Parity-priced agricultural commodities at market point entry.

We oppose:
33. “ Ag-Gag” laws.
34. Disruptive blanket tariffs.
35. Vertical integration of large-scale livestock production/corporate
agriculture.

Environment: Placing our children’s futures above corporate profits
We support:
36. Strong, enforced environmental regulations.
37. Reversing environmental protection rollbacks.
38. Climate change mitigation research.
39. Limiting single-use plastic.
40. Programs monitoring/reducing emerging contaminants.
41. Incentivized recycling/reuse/composting/waste reduction.
42. Bottle Bill expansion.
43. Enacting IEQA.
44. Banning neonicotinoid pesticides.
45. Reclaiming mercury and lead.
46. Locally controlled sand mining.
47. Funding ISU’s run-off prevention research.
48. Funding incentives/programs protecting the environment.
49. Consulting affected BIPOC/frontline communities regarding environmental
policies.
50. Permanent protection of ANWR.
51. Expanded protections for public lands/endangered species.
We oppose:
52. Industrial/recreational lead use.
53. Corporate polluters “grandfather” clauses.
54. Environmentally hazardous pipelines.
55. CAFOs.
56. Stripping land of trees and/or other resources without environmental
assessments.

Energy: Combating climate change with responsible production, storage, and use
We support:
57. Clean, diverse alternative energy development.
58. Rejoining the Paris Climate Accords.
59. The Green New Deal.
60. Fossil fuel conversion to clean, renewable energy.
61. Higher CAFE standards.
62. Smart grid/microgrid improvement and BES.
63. Net-metering without discriminatory fees/taxes.
64. Reinstating the Clean Power Plan.
65. Safe transport, storage, and tracking of radioactive/biologically hazardous
material.
66. Energy conservation.
67. 75% de-carbonized energy by 2035.
68. A moratorium on new data center construction/expansion until
environmental/economic/health impacts are addressed.
69. Renewable fuel standards at all blend levels.
We oppose:
70. Direct fossil fuel subsidies.
71. Extraction/transport of tar-sand oil.
72. Coal facility construction.
73. Deep water and Arctic drilling.
74. Energy commodity speculation.

Conservation: Restoring and protecting our unique and sensitive natural resources
We support:
75. Constitutionally-dedicated conservation funding.
76. Incentivizing sustainable farming technologies/integrated watershed
management.
77. Incentivized wetland/woodland/prairie restoration.
78. Enforced buffer strips.
79. Legal protection/conservation of healthy soil.
80. Prioritizing clean water and state funded monitoring.
81. Funding for mapping our aquifers.
82. Completely accessible Iowa DNR well testing data.
83. Conservation compliance for federal/state/local subsidies.
84. Legal accountability for polluting public lands/waterways.
85. Conservation compliance of the current Farm Bill.
86. Amending CWA for “Point Source,” including intermittent
streams/drains/aquifers/wetlands/tiles.
87. Increasing funding for rural/urban conservation practices.
88. Protecting national/state parks/monuments/resources, BLM assets, Native
American land and burial sites.
89. Broad water contaminant vs species specific testing.
90. Funding REAP, IWILL, and Iowa Natural Resource and Outdoor
Recreation Trust.
91. Designating Loess Hills a National Reserve.
We oppose:
92. Legislation preventing conservation boards from purchasing land for
conservation purposes.

Food and Water Supply and Safety: Guaranteeing access to contaminant-free water and nutrition for healthy populations
We support:
93. Strong labeling requirements, including origin/processing locations.
94. Publicly-owned/affordable clean water.
95. State-funded, equitable access to locally-grown, fresh/healthful foods.
96. Consistent, strictly enforced packer and stockyard standards/inspections.
97. Banning forever chemicals.
98. Reducing antibiotic/hormone use.
99. COLA indexing increasing SNAP benefits.
We oppose:
100. The Cancer Gag Act.

Planning and Zoning: Promoting livable, walkable neighborhoods, and preserving responsibly tended farmland
We support:
101. “Smart growth” planning.
102. Comprehensive public transit access.
103. Green spaces.
104. LEED.
105. Prairie yards with no-mow requirements.
106. Protecting agricultural lands from commercial purchase.
107. Repealing odor nuisance lawsuit protections.
108. Standardized alternative energy permitting reform, including wind/solar.
109. Notifying residents within 15 miles before permitting CAFOs.
We oppose:
110. Subsidizing urban growth on farm/park lands.
111. Eminent Domain for corporate/private use.
112. Annexation without binding votes of impacted residents and property
owners.
Acronyms Used in This Section
ANWR – Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
BIPOC – Black/Indigenous/Persons Of Color
BES – Battery Energy Storage
BLM – Bureau of Land Management
CAFE – Corporate Automotive Fuel Economy
CAFO – Confined/Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
COLA – Cost of Living Adjustment
CWA – Clean Water Act
DNR – Department of Natural Resources
GMO – Genetically Modified Organism(s)
IEQA – Iowa Environmental Quality Act
LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LFS – Local Food for Schools
NRCS – Natural Resource Conservation Service, a United States Department of Agriculture program
SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
TRI – Toxic Release Inventory Program/chemical use reports

Economy, Commerce, and Labor
Workers’ Rights And Labor Protections
We Support:
113. The PRO Act.
114. Restoring bargaining rights and easing recertification for all public
employees.
115. Strengthening the collective bargaining process of all workers.
116. Labor Agreements which provide local prevailing wages on all government
projects.
117. Increased access to local Iowa Workforce offices.
118. Injured workers’ right to choose their own healthcare provider.
119. Limiting hard caps on workers’ compensation claims.
We Oppose:
120. Privatization of Social Security/public pension plans.
121. Right-to-work laws.
122. Loosening child labor standards.

Wages And Benefits
We Support:
123. Minimum wage indexed to the MIT living wage calculator.
124. Overtime for all hourly wage earners whose work exceeds either eight hours daily or 40 hours weekly.
125. The right of tipped workers to minimum wage.
126. Equal wages and benefits for part-time and full-time employees.
127. Enforcing the PFA.
128. Reducing the inequity between executive and worker wages.
129. Paid FMLA.
130. Affordable Childcare for all Iowans.

Corporate Accountability And Consumer Protections
We Support:
131. Strengthening and enforcing antitrust laws.
132. Legislation limiting or restricting corporate funding of elections.
133. Eliminating offshore tax shelters.
134. Ensuring penalties for corporate wrongdoing exceed profits gained.
135. Capping interest rates on small loans and requiring full transparency in
financial products and services.
136. CFPB oversight.
137. Right-to-Repair laws.

Retirement and Healthcare
We Support:
138. Full funding and portability of pension funds.
139. Protection of IPERS.
140. Protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare.
141. Eliminating Social Security/Medicare wage/taxable income cap.
142. Expanding and strengthening Medicaid.
143. Universal Healthcare/Single provider/Medicare-for-All.

Economic and Fair Trade
We Support:
144. Fair trade in the global economy.
145. Tightening restrictions on use of the “Made in USA” label.
146. Public policy that reduces inflation’s impact on Iowans.
147. Independence of the Federal Reserve Board.
148. Promoting small local businesses/enterprises.
149. Property tax relief for Iowans.
150. Investment in public transportation.
151. Federal regulatory oversight of AI.
152. Net neutrality and universal internet access.
We Oppose:
153. Privatizing government services/infrastructure/utilities.

Tax Policy
We Support:
154. Progressive income tax policies for all.
155. Treating all investment earnings as ordinary income.
156. Land-Value Taxation
We Oppose:
156. A hard cap or 2% on the budgets of cities, counties, and schools.
157. Restricting discretionary funds of counties, municipalities, and schools.
Acronyms Used in This Section
AI – Artificial Intelligence technologies
CFPB – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
FMLA – Family and Medical Leave Act
IPERS – Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement System
MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PFA – Paycheck Fairness Act
The Pro Act – The Protecting the Right to Organize Act

Education
We support:
158. Public funds for public education only.
159. Prioritizing student-centered education.
160. Giving local control to school districts.
161. Increasing equitable funding for public-schools/AEAs/community
colleges/public-universities.
162. An equitable-method for funding public-schools.
163. SSA of no-less-than 8% within the first 30-days of legislative calendar.
164. Funding on-site ESPs, including but-not-limited to:
165. Librarians
166. Paraprofessionals/associates
167. Nurses
168. Licensed mental-health providers
169. School-counselors
170. Social-workers
171. STOTPT.
172. Full, sustainable funding for programs addressing:
a. MH/MI
b. Poverty
c. ELL/ESL
d. Career/vocational education
e. STEAM
f. Civics
g. SEL
h. Personal financial literacy
i. Special-education/twice-exceptional
j. TAG
k. At-risk dropout-prevention
l. Reduction in student/teacher ratios
m. NEA/NEH/NSF
n. Safe, adequate facilities
o. Fine Arts
p. IDEA
q. Literacy
r. LFS
s. ILO
t. Early Head Start
u. Afterschool programs
v. Public radio/television.
173. Fully-funded, universal, free, high-quality full-day early childhood programs.
174. Tuition-free vocational-programs/state-universities/community-colleges.
175. Student-loan forgiveness.
176. Bankruptcy/predatory-loan protections for student-borrowers.
177. Equitable funding based on student need.
178. Requiring oversight of private-schools identical to public-schools if they
receive public funding.
179. Comprehensive education including access to the arts/music/physical
education/CTE/foreign language/STEAM/work-based learning, and other
programs.
180. Medically-accurate, evidence-based, age-appropriate sex-education/family- planning, including LGBTQIA+/nonbinary, in all public-schools.
181. Thorough/fact-based/all-inclusive approach to teaching science and Indigenous/US/world history without government interference.
182. Adopting universal mental-health policies, procedures, and educational standards for PreK-14.
183. Middle/high-school health-curriculums, including information about consent and dating violence.
184. Erin’s Law.
185. Free nutritious breakfast/lunch/snack for all students, including special-diets, food-backpack and summer-food programs.
186. The Sanctuary School and Safe Zone Movement.
187. Eliminating racial-disparities in discipline-policies and educational-outcomes.
188. Attracting/retaining educators from underrepresented populations.
189. A safe/inclusive environment and intervention strategies protecting students from bullying/harassment/bias/retaliation.
190. DVDP.
191. Transgender/intersex children’s right to utilize names, restrooms, and sports-teams/activities matching their gender-identities.
192. Protections from discriminatory actions against BIPOC/LGBTQIA+/PWD individuals.
193. Valuing the literature/experiences/contributions of BIPOC/LGBTQIA+/PWD individuals.
194. Equal access to education/language-rich environments for PreK-14 Blind/Low-vision/Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing students to optimize language development.
195. Funding for early identification/treatment of special-needs, emotional/hostile/violent behavior.
196. The ISEA’s Educator Bill of Rights.
197. Educators’/ESPs’ right-to-strike and engage in collective-bargaining on all working conditions.
198. All public PreK-14/higher-education, non-administrative, salaries/benefits/pensions above national-average.
199. A competitive living-wage/benefits for ESPs.
200. Unemployment benefits for ESPs who experience seasonal layoffs.
201. A path to tenure for all university faculty, including part-time.
202. Strengthening IPERS benefits.
203. Reduction of class size and special education rosters.
204. Ratio of child-to-staff caps in-line with AAP/NAEYC.
205. Learning disability screening in PreK-14 schools/IJJS.
206. Anti-bias PD.
207. Restoring full services to AEAs.
208. Access/funds/financial-aid for incarcerated/formerly-incarcerated people for accredited basic-adult/higher-education, including Pell Grants.
209. Fully-funded public libraries with independent boards.
210. Investment in accessible/affordable/quality childcare and childcare-workers.
We oppose:
211. School-sanctioned religious practice/bias/clergy in public-schools.
212. Unfunded mandates.
213. AI in schools.
214. Lowering licensing requirements for teachers/administrators.
215. Merit pay.
216. Arming school employees including SROs.
217. The school-to-prison pipeline/nexus.
218. Criminalizing educators for teaching equitable topics.
219. Censorship in our schools including banning books/literary resources.
220. Restraints/seclusion rooms.
221. Sanctioning/endorsing any group/club recognized by the SPLC as a hate group.
222. The micromanagement of public-universities and the Board of Regents by the legislature.
223. Iowa legislators being on the Board of Regents.
Acronyms Used in This Section
AAP – American Academy of Pediatrics
AEA – Area Education Agencies
AI – Artificial Intelligence
BIPOC – Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
CTE – Career Technical Education
DVDP – District Voluntary Diversity Plans
ELL – English Language Learners
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESP – Educational Support Professionals
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IJJS – Iowa Juvenile Justice System
ILO – Iowa Learning Online
IPERS – Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System
ISEA – Iowa State Education Association
LGBTQIA+ – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex,
Asexual/Agender, and Community
LFS – Local Foods for Schools
MH/MI – Mental Health/Mental Illness
NAEYC – National Association for the Education of Young Children
NEA – National Endowment for the Arts
NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities
NSF – National Science Foundation
PD – Professional Development
PWD – Persons with Disabilities
SEL – Social and Emotional Learning
SPLC – Southern Poverty Law Center
SRO – School Resource Officer
SSA – State Supplemental Aid
STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math
STOTPT – Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy
TAG – Talented and Gifted

Government and Law
Institutions, Operations, Taxes
We support:
224. Enforcement of Emoluments Clause.
225. Increasing the size of the US House of Representatives.
226. Citizen initiated Iowa Constitutional amendments.
227. Time-limited bans on lobbying by former officials.
228. Eisenhower-era progressive tax rates.
229. Eliminating the Social Security cap.
230. Wealth Tax.
231. Election of County Auditors, Recorders, Treasurers.
232. Gender-balancing on public boards and commissions.
233. Nonpartisan commissions for merit-based selection of judges.
234. Self-determination and full Constitutional rights for US territories.
235. Statehood for D.C.
236. The right to privacy.
237. Statutory right to recover attorney fees and costs by consumers in residential construction projects.
238. The public postal service and efforts to sustain affordable communication pathways to all people.
239. Restoration of State Auditor powers.
240. Permanent standard time.
241. Creation of a State Tenant Protection Office.
242. Filibuster reform.
243. Robust public transit.
244. High Speed Rail.
We oppose:
245. Providing state voter rolls to the federal government.
246. Using urban renewal funds for new developments.
247. The federal SAVE Act and SAVE System.
248. Iowa using federal SAVE database to restrict public benefits.
249. DOGE cuts.
250. Governmental executive immunity.
251. Self-pardons and preemptive pardons.
252. Elected officials and political appointees investing using insider information.
253. Seizing lands and territories from other nations.
254. Privatizing/private management of infrastructure and agencies.
255. Mandatory binding arbitration and class action waivers.

Campaigns and Elections
We support:
256. Voting as a fundamental right of all American Citizens.
257. Automatic and same-day voter registration.
258. Permanent no-excuse absentee (mail) voting.
259. Extended Early Voting.
260. Alternative forms of voting which ensures proportional representation of the electorate
261. Eliminating the Electoral College.
262. Federal holiday for Election Day.
263. Recall of state and local officeholders by petition of at least 15% of registered voters.
264. Conditions of ballot listing for federal offices:
a. Release of 5 years of tax returns
b. No felony convictions.
265. Public campaign financing including small donor matching programs.
266. Returning Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus.
We oppose:
267. Federalizing elections.
268. Citizens United/Super-PACs.
269. Voter suppression laws.

Immigration
We support:
270. Immigration reform, including an expansion of legal immigration with a fair and achievable path to citizenship.
271. Abolishing ICE.
272. Access to driver’s licenses regardless of citizenship status.
We oppose:
273. Mass deportation, indiscriminate arrests, excessive use of force, and illegal deportation.
274. Concentration Camps (or any similar detention facilities).
275. Discriminatory policies based on race/religion/sexual orientation/gender identity/nationality/country of origin/socio-economic status/marriage status/family-affiliation.

Criminal Justice Reform
We support:
276. Ballot access for incarcerated people.
277. Funding prison post-release reentry programs and wrap-around services.
278. Increased funding for legal services, courts, and restorative justice programs.
279. The right to record interactions with law enforcement.
280. Adequate prison staffing.
281. Rehabilitative Justice.
282. Judicial code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices.
283. Decriminalization of cannabis and expungement of non-violent cannabis related convictions.
284. Professional crisis units for mental health events.
We oppose:
285. The “duly convicted” slavery clause of the 13th Amendment.
286. Capital punishment.
287. Solitary confinement.
288. Charging for court-appointed attorneys, incarceration, vital sundries, or communication.
289. Privatization of prisons/prison services/parole supervision.
290. Cash bail.
291. Mandatory minimum sentencing.
292. Prison overcrowding.
293. Juvenile life sentences.

Gun Safety
We support:
294. Effective Measures to reduce gun violence.
295. Funding research on gun violence.
296. Assault weapons bans.
We oppose:
297. Physician gag laws.
298. Stand your Ground/Castle Doctrine.
299. Marketing firearms to youth.
300. LGBTQIA+ panic defense.

Internet and Telecommunications
We support:
301. Public broadcasting.
302. Online privacy/speech rights.
303. Affordable rural broadband.
304. Strengthening US Cybersecurity.
305. Net neutrality.
306. Internet as a public utility.
307. Regulating Social Media.
We oppose:
308. Tiktok/similar app ban.
309. Mass automatic tracking/surveillance systems, especially those that use AI, e.g. Flock
Acronyms Used in This Section
AI – Artificial Intelligence
DOGE – Department of Government “Efficiency”
ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement
LGBTQIA+ – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex,
Asexual/Agender, and Community
NFT – Non-fungible Tokens
SAVE Act – Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
SAVE system – The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system

Health and Human Services

We support:
310. Adequate NutritionAccess to affordable healthy foods for all.
We oppose:
311. Denying children access to federally funded food assistance.

Access to health care
We support:
312. Guaranteed access to affordable essential healthcare including oral, vision, hearing, and mental health.
313. The right of adults to make their own medical decisions without government interference.
314. Expanded medical end-of-life options.
315. Better vaccine accessibility.
316. Better medical cannabis accessibility.
317. Increased funding to community clinics in underserved areas for children, elderly, disabled, and mental health/addiction services, including tele-health.
318. Regulation and transparency in healthcare pricing including prescription drugs.
319. Efforts to solve the national nursing shortage.

Health insurance
We support:
320. Universal Healthcare/Single Provider/Medicare for All.
321. Expanding Medicare to include dental, vision, hearing, and long-term care.
322. Restoring full access to tele-health under Medicare.
323. Abolition of for-profit health care systems.
We oppose:
324. Privatization of Medicaid and Medicare.
325. Unfair work documentation requirements for Medicaid recipients.

Child Protection
We support:
326. Adequate funding for child development, care, and protection services.
327. Prenatal and early childhood programs for families.
328. Re-establishing oversight for foster and adoptive systems to decrease abuse and deaths.
329. Training to identify/assist human-trafficking victims.
330. A living wage for licensed childcare providers.
331. Interstate reciprocity for child support.

Women/Reproductive Healthcare
We support:
332. Full reproductive healthcare insurance coverage.
333. Postpartum coverage for a minimum of one year.
334. No-cost/easy access to contraception including by mail.
335. Access to all infertility services.
We oppose:
336. Criminalization of: abortion, abortion assistance, and abortion education.

LGBTQIA+
We support:
337. Protecting necessary care for LGBTQIA+ individuals including gender-affirming care.
338. Reinstating gender identity protections in the Iowa Civil Rights Code.
339. Full access to age-appropriate medical treatment.
We oppose:
340. Outlawing necessary healthcare for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
341. Conversion/reparative/reorientation therapy.

Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicide Prevention
We support:
342. Evidenced-based substance-use disorder treatment and prevention.
343. Comprehensive first responder mental health training.
344. Incentives to encourage more people to become therapists and psychologists.
345. Efforts to de-stigmatize mental health issues.
346. Adequate provision of and free access to anti-overdose medications.
347. Additional state-operated inpatient mental health facilities.
348. In-state mental health services for Iowa’s children, including severe behavioral health challenges.
We oppose:
349. Closures of mental health facilities by the Iowa DHS.
350. Chaplains in schools providing mental health services.

Long Term Care
We support:
351. Mandatory increased staffing for nursing facility care.
352. Enforcing minimum staffing and pay standards.
353. Permitting room cameras, with patient/family approval.
354. Increasing nursing home inspection staff and penalties.
355. Increasing funding for in-home care.

Medical Research
We support:
356. Additional funding for research on cancer and chronic disease.
357. Stem cell research.
358. Research on medical cannabis and psychedelic therapies.
We oppose:
359.  Tying university medical research funding to limits on academic freedom.

Human and Civil Rights
Domestic/Fundamental Rights
We support:
360. Clean air/water, housing, healthcare, education, food security, and due process of law as basic human rights.
361. Actual application of equal rights for all persons regardless of race/color/national origin/religion/birth sex/gender identity/sexual orientation/immigration status/disability/age.
362. Free exercise of religion and freedom to be free of religion.
363. Maintaining Iowa’s Civil Rights Act and restoring gender identity as a protected class, and expanding federal civil rights laws to match.
364. Recognizing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
365. Affirmative action in education, employment, and governmental decisions.
366. Voting as a fundamental right of US citizens.
367. The right to privacy.
368. Repealing the Patriot Act.
369. The ADA.
370. A person’s right to make their own reproductive and healthcare choices.
371. Adequate funding for victim services, emergency contraception, and abortion for rape and incest victims.
372. Eliminating the statutes of limitations for sexual violence.
373. No-Fault divorce.
374. Recognizing marriage as a civil right for consenting adults, regardless of gender.
375. Equal rights and entitlements for individuals in relationships regardless of marriage status.
376. Listing same-sex parents on official records.
377. Removal of gender markers on state issued identifications.
378. Transgender students’ full and equal participation in schools.
379. The expansion of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act to include offenses based on sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability.
380. ENDA – designed to provide legal protection for LGBTQIA+ in the workplace.
381. Collective bargaining rights for all employees.
382. Equal pay for equal work.
383. Tenants’ rights.
384. Fair housing.

We oppose:
385. White supremacy.
386. Religious Nationalism.
387. Systemic discrimination.
388. Any discrimination against LGBTQIA+ persons.
389. Compelling anyone to divulge the sexual orientation or gender identity of a minor under their supervision.
390. All anti-LGBTQIA+ government acts and decrees.
391. Banning discussion of LGBTQIA+ history, culture, and personhood/existence.
392. Racial and ethnic profiling by the police, courts, corrections, or any other institution within the justice system.
393. Marriage involving a minor, with or without parental consent

International Rights
We support:
394. UDHR, CRC, protecting individual human dignity, and universal civil rights.
395. Humane treatment and due process rights, including but not limited to the right to an attorney, bail, speedy trial, medical treatment, and adequate food and shelter in all immigration proceedings.
396. Full ratification of CEDAW.
397. UN Convention against Torture.

We oppose:
398. Terrorism.
399. US aid that enables the oppression/criminalization/discrimination of any groups protected under US or international law.
400. Inhumane/unreasonable treatment/detention/imprisonment of any persons.
401. Private prisons and detention facilities.
402. Deportations and detentions that separate families.
403. Travel bans on the basis of religious affiliation or ethnic identity.
Acronyms Used in This Section
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child, aka Child Soldier Treaty
ENDA – The Employment Nondiscrimination Act
LGBTQIA+ – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Agender, and Community
UDHR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights

International Affairs
Military
We support:
404. NATO membership and strategic alliances.
405. Repealing 2001/2002 AUMF.
406. Congressional approval for extending military deployment.
407. Transparency in military expenditures documented through rigorous and independent auditing.
408. Following congressional guidelines for military and economic interference.
409. Reducing military spending.
410. Prosecution of war crimes, including US personnel and US government officials.
411. Closing all “black sites” and ending international extrajudicial detention.
412. Continued aid and security guarantees to Ukraine.
413. Signing the Ottawa Treaty.
We oppose:
414. Preemptive military strikes.
415. Signature drone strikes.
416. Automated/AI weapons and decision support systems.
417. Contracting/privatizing military efforts.
418. Use of child soldiers as defined by CRC.
419. Military/lethal aid to foreign states/organizations that enable oppression or killing of civilians.
420. War profiteering.
421. The usage of drone strikes on vulnerable populations.
Nuclear
We support:
422. Ratification of TPNW.
423. Multilateral agreements, START/NPT, curbing the development/use of nuclear weapons/hypersonic missiles.
424. Expanding international inspections of all atomic energy/nuclear weapons sites.
We oppose:
425. Nuclear first strike policy.
Immigration
We support:
426. Humane treatment, due process rights, legal representation in court, for all immigrants/undocumented/refugees.
427. UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
428. Expanding access to TPS/citizenship/visas/asylum.
429. Abolishing ICE.
430. Expanding funding and resources to process all immigrant/asylum petitions/applications expeditiously.
431. Expanding access to funding and resources for integration.
432. Lawful employment of refugees before 6 months’ residence.
433. In-state tuition for immigrant residents of Iowa.
434. Establishment of educational resources on immigration for the general public.
We oppose:
435. Closing the US borders.
436. Inhumane/unreasonable treatment/detention/imprisonment of all persons.
437. For-profit detention centers.
438. Border militarization and walls.
439. Quotas and banning persons based on country of origin/religion.
440. Using safe third country agreement.
441. English as the official language of Iowa.
442. AI in identifying and engaging in DHS operations.
Trade
We support:
443. Reduction in international arms trade.
444. Fair trade/enforcement of WTO obligations.
445. Meeting the needs of labor and the environment in trade agreements.
446. International minimum corporate tax.
447. Prosecuting corporations/corporate leadership for environmental/ethical misconduct.
448. Releasing frozen financial assets in the US for the purposes of humanitarian aid.
449. International state publicly held debt forgiveness/foreign aid.
We oppose:
450. Economic exploitation/imperialism.
451. Sanctions/blockades/embargos that harm civilian populations.
452. Trade wars.
453. Tax havens.
454. Tariffs/foreign aid without congressional approval.
455. Trade and corporate decisions that lead to personal financial gain.
456. Poverty wages/forced labor/modern slavery/child labor.
457. Currency/market manipulation.
458. Theft of personal data/intellectual property/patents.
Acronyms Used in This Section
AI – Artificial Intelligence technologies
AUMF – Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40)
CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child, aka Child Soldier Treaty
ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement
DHS – Department of Homeland Security
HR1 – House Resolution number 1, aka “One Big Beautiful Bill”
HR3 – Iowa House Resolution 3 affirming Iowa’s support for the State of Israel
LGBTQIA+ – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Agender, and Community
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NPT – Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
START – Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TPNW – Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
TPS – Temporary Protected Status
UDHR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
USAID – US Agency for International Development
UN – United Nations
UNRWA – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
WHO – World Health Organization
WTO – World Trade Organization

Veteran and Military Affairs
We support:
460. Rigorous oversight of DoD and DoVA.
461. Full and non-politicized funding and expansion of veteran medical and educational benefits.
462. Improving standards/methods for mental/physical care.
463. Ending veteran homelessness.
464. Expanding VA outreach centers/mobile units.
465. Full and continuing implementation of the PACT Act and general benefits to those affected by toxic exposure.
466. Use of CBD/THC and psychotropic therapies for veteran care.
467. Gender and LGBTQIA+ equality, including gender affirming care for veterans and active forces.
468. Equal benefits, regardless of era of service.
469. Raising all Iowa veteran benefits to the highest national standard, including yearly COLA.
470. Established and expand veteran, visionary courts.
471. Job protection for veterans with service connected disabilities.
472. Removing time limits for G.I. Bill.
473. Property tax exemptions for owners and renters with disability rating.
474. Assistance for veteran business startups.
475. Balancing the funding of the military with other societal, environmental, and diplomatic needs that support our principles and objectives.
476. Transparent recruitment.
477. Living wage for active duty personnel.
478. Equitable benefits for reserves and national guard.
479. Promoting, expanding, and fully funding, meaningful alternative opportunities for public service through AmeriCorps/TFA/Peace Corps/WPA.
480. Family assistance for active reserve component personnel.
481. Independent/non-military reporting, investigating, and judicial process for military physical/sexual assault, harassment, and domestic violence with mandatory permanent record retention.
482. HBI initiative.
483. Implementation of an independent, centralized reporting network for instances of misconduct.
484. Expedited citizenship for those who have served.
485. Military and veterans suicide prevention.
486. The ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA system.
We oppose:
487. Use of active military/reserve/guard forces domestically assisting ICE.
488. Banning LGBTQIA+ individuals from military service.
489. Preemptive, unilateral military action.
Acronyms Used In This Section
ACA – Affordable Care Act
CBD – Cannabinoid Based product
COLA – Cost of Living Adjustment
DoD – Department of Defense
DoVA – Department of Veterans Affairs
HBI – Home Base Iowa
ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement
LGBTQIA+ – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Agender, and Community
PACT Act – Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins
TFA – Teach for America
THC – Tetrahydrocannabinol
VA – Veterans Affairs
WPA – Works Progress Administration