Work and affordability
Wages, housing, food, childcare, healthcare, and whether working people have enough time and stability to build a life.
Related policy →Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
From the valley to the coast, we rise together.
The district includes college towns, coastal communities, farms, forests, tribal nations, ports, small businesses, working families, retirees, veterans, and rural communities.
Representation should begin by showing up, listening, and understanding that no single community speaks for all the others.
Josh’s past conservation work in Mexico included pollinator rescue, regenerative agriculture, mycoremediation, and practical water systems. That experience is part of the background he brings to questions about farms, forests, watersheds, and resilience, while the priorities for Oregon’s 4th should be grounded in listening here at home. Conservation background →
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Tell Josh what Congress should hearThe listening priorities
Start with questions. Earn trust through attention.
This exploration is meant to learn how federal decisions land in different communities and where Congress must do more, do less, or work differently.
Healthcare and local services
Rural clinics, hospitals, emergency response, pharmacies, caregiving, utilities, broadband, and transportation.
Related policy →Farms, forests, land and water
Working lands, soil, watersheds, fisheries, tribal sovereignty, wildfire resilience, food systems, and the livelihoods tied to them.
Related policy →Education and research
Schools, trades, colleges, universities, scientific research, apprenticeships, and pathways into stable work.
Related policy →Veterans and public service
Veterans’ care, military families, first responders, disaster readiness, and the responsibilities attached to public service.
Related policy →Infrastructure and local ownership
Housing, utilities, small businesses, public infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, and keeping more economic capacity rooted locally.
Related policy →One district, many communities
Public service begins before anyone asks for support.
The best way to understand a district this varied is to hear directly from the people who live and work in it.
