Contract with RI

A Contract with Rhode Island is a plan to reform Rhode Island government and solve some of our state’s biggest problems.

Work on the contract can begin as soon as we have a governor and a majority in the Senate and the House who sign it.

A Contract with Rhode Island

Rhode Islanders have the right to good and effective government, but Rhode Island state government is neither. Instead, it is compromised, broken, and unable to solve our

state’s problems.

This contract is an agreement by its signers to reform Rhode Island state government and make it a successful and productive advocate for the people of Rhode Island.

If our coalition wins the office of the governor and a majority of seats in the Senate and House, we will:

Reorganize the General Assembly into an effective, full-time body that works for Rhode Island year round.
Reduce the authority of the leaders of the General Assembly to correct the power imbalance that makes our legislature undemocratic.
Institute ranked choice voting to increase voter turnout, encourage variety among candidates, improve representation, and build stronger democracy.
Assess how well state departments are carrying out their missions and correct deficiencies.
Require the Department of Environmental Management to obey the Natural Areas Protection Act and protect Rhode Island wilderness.
Build RIPTA into a reliable, statewide transportation system.
Solve the housing crisis by building 25,000 units of publicly-owned housing of every type for all incomes across the state.
Solve the energy crisis by building a statewide, publicly-owned, clean energy utility using solar, wind, marine energy, microgrids, and battery storage.
Establish a single payer healthcare system to lower costs and insure all Rhode Islanders.
Reorganize the Rhode Island healthcare system to better serve the needs of patients and healthcare workers.
Create a Rhode Island safety net to ensure that every Rhode Islander has a place to stay, enough to eat, and can see a doctor.
Rebalance the Rhode Island tax system to decrease the amount of income, property, and sales tax paid by lower incomes and increase it for the highest incomes.

Some of these goals can be reached before the 2028 election. Others will take longer, but all will be underway in two years.

If elected, I agree to uphold this contract:

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