Trey Paradee takes action.
Elect Trey Paradee, your Delaware State Senator for the 17th District.
From historic investment in DSU to gun reform legislation,
“As your Delaware State Senator for the 17th District, I’m privileged to represent the families of Dover, Camden, and Wyoming. I embrace the diversity of our community, and I understand the many challenges we face. I work hard every day to serve my neighbors of this district and to make sure our state government reflects our shared values: good jobs, safe and productive classrooms, access to healthcare, and a free and just society. I humbly ask for your support.”
Trey Paradee takes action on the issues facing Delaware:
Reducing the threat of gun violence in Delaware
- Banned assault weapons and large capacity magazines
- Raised the age to 21 to purchase a weapon
- Outlawed machine guns and rapid-fire devices
- Strengthened background checks for gun purchases
Reforming the justice system and promoting social equality
- Required police to wear and use bodycams
- Created an independent review process when police use force
- Fought to pass a Delaware Constitutional amendment to explicitly declare that protection against discrimination based on race, color, and national origin is a fundamental right
Protecting women and their partners
- Made Roe v. Wade the law in Delaware
- Helped pass the “Not my boss’s business bill” making it illegal for employers to police reproductive
health care decisions - Expanded access to reproductive care and protected practitioners, patients, and those who assist from punishment
As Joint Finance Committee
Chairman, Trey Paradee:
- Restored the Senior Property Tax Credit to $500
- Sent a $300 tax rebate for all adult Delawareans
- Increased funding for early-childhood and after-school education
- Doubled the yearly Inspire Scholarship benefit per student to nearly $15,000
- Increased funding to address the school bus driver shortage
- Increased pensions for volunteer firefighters for the first time since 1986
- Increased reimbursement rates for health care workers
- Increased funding for our senior centers, veterans organizations,
and fire companies - Invested a historic $2.5 billion dollars over two years in critical infrastructure,
including: clean drinking water, drainage, farmland preservation and open
space, roads, schools, court houses, bridges, and libraries.
Senator Paradee is Chairman of the Joint Finance Committee, which is responsible for crafting the state budget and directing financial resources. In addition, he serves as Vice Chair of the Banking, Business, Insurance, and Technology Committee and is a member of the Environment, Energy, and Transportation Committee, the Veterans Committee, and the Agriculture Committee.
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