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The '''political positions of Kamala Harris''' are reflected by her [[United States Senate]] voting record, public speeches, and interviews. [[Kamala Harris]] has served as the junior senator from [[California]] since 2017. On August 11, 2020, Harris was selected by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee [[Joe Biden]] to be his running mate in the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]].
==Lifetime ratings==
{| class="wikitable sortable floatcenter"
|+Kamala Harris's lifetime ratings<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris|title = Kamala Harris | work =The Voter's Self Defense System | publisher = Vote Smart}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher = LCV |url= https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/kamala-harrisf |title= Kamala Harris | work = National Environmental Scorecard}}</ref>
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! Date
! Organization
! Advocacy
! Lifetime rating
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| 2019 || [[Alliance for Retired Americans]] || Retirees || 100%
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| 2017–19 || [[American Civil Liberties Union]] || [[Civil liberties]] || 93%
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| 2017–19 || [[American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations|AFL-CIO]] || [[Industrial unionism|Trade unions]] || 100%
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| 2017 || [[American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees|AFSCME]] || [[Public-sector trade union]]s || 86%
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| 2018 || [[Center for Biological Diversity]] || [[Endangered species]] || 89%
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| 2019–20 || [[Children's Defense Fund]] || Children's advocacy || 100%
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| 2017 || [[Club for Growth]] || Taxes || 4%
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| 2017–18 || [[FreedomWorks]] || Government operations || 29%
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| 2017–18 || [[Human Rights Campaign]] || [[LGBTQ rights]] || 100%
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| 2019 || [[League of Conservation Voters]] || [[Environmentalism]] || 91%
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| 2017–18 || [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] || [[Civil rights]] || 100%
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| 2019 || [[National Association of Police Organizations]] || [[Law enforcement]] || 100%
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| 2010–19 || [[NARAL]] || [[Pro-choice]] || 100%
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| 2019 || [[National Education Association]] || [[Education]] || 100%
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| 2010–16 || [[National Rifle Association]] || [[Gun rights]] || 7%
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| 2017–19 || [[Planned Parenthood]] || [[Pro-choice]] || 100%
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| 2018 || [[United States Chamber of Commerce]] || [[Business]] || 30%
|}
== Social issues ==
===Abortion===
[[File:Kamala Harris meeting with advocates from Planned Parenthood Action Fund C53hx uU8AIwn t (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Planned Parenthood|Planned Parenthood Action Fund]], 2017]]
In 2013, when she was California Attorney General, Harris allowed the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian to cease the availability of elective [[abortion]]s, after it entered a partnership with a Catholic chain, St. Joseph Health System.<ref name=Hoag>{{cite news |first= Seema |last=Mehta |url= https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-jun-21-la-fi-hiltzik-20130623-story.html |title=Devious Ban on Abortion at Hoag |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= June 23, 2013}}</ref> The ban was made due to St. Joseph's "sensitivity" about abortion. As the attorney general, Harris had legal authority to decide on any such change, as a condition of her approving a major transaction involving any non-profit medical institution in the state.<ref name= Hoag /> The ban would not be able to go into effect without her knowledge or approval.<ref name=Hoag/> Harris did set conditions on the ban, requiring the hospital to "take steps to ensure that alternative providers are available and accessible to all women, especially low-income women for direct abortions" in the hospital's serviceable area.<ref name=Hoag/>
Critics voiced concern that by imposing Catholic doctrine on its operations, St. Joseph was reducing the availability of reproductive services while receiving millions of dollars from taxpayers through [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] reimbursements and a legal status that allowed it to be tax-exempt while taking tax deductions.<ref name=Hoag/>
In July 2015, an organization called "The Center for Medical Progress" ([[Trade name|dba]] "Biomax"), a registered California non-profit corporation, posted five videos, shot in Texas, as evidence of proof that [[Planned Parenthood]] was "illegally trafficking aborted fetal parts."<ref name=Firestorm>{{cite news|first=Christine|last=Mai-Duc|title=An antiabortion firestorm|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> The videos were found to be manipulated{{snd}}[[propaganda]] produced by [[Anti-abortion movement|anti-abortion activists]] who used fake California identification to establish a [[Shell corporation|ghost]] California non-profit corporation.<ref name=Stand>{{cite news|first=Robin|last=Abcarian|title=Where Does Kamala Harris Stand?|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> Within two months of the videos' posting, a Texas grand jury indicted the two activists responsible for producing them. However, as of March 2016, Harris had yet to make any determination on the matter: "In July, our politically ambitious attorney general, Kamala Harris, vowed to 'carefully review' the 'Center for Medical Progress… what is [she] waiting for?'<ref name= Stand/>
While a spokesperson for Harris said that "the office does not comment on investigations, or even confirm whether an investigation exists", abortion rights advocates began to speculate that Harris's senatorial campaign to replace [[Barbara Boxer]] might have contributed to Harris's "lack of urgency" on the case.<ref name= Stand />
[[File:Jerry Brown and Kamala Harris - 2017.jpg|thumb|Governor [[Jerry Brown]] and Kamala Harris in 2017]]
However, in September 2016, Governor [[Jerry Brown]] signed into law "Assembly Bill 1671", which was reportedly drafted by Harris, with input from Planned Parenthood—which sponsored the bill—making it a criminal offense to intentionally distribute, or to help with the dissemination of, unlawfully obtained confidential communications.<ref name= Criminalize>{{cite news |last=Desanctis |first=Alexandra |date=2016-09-30 |title=California Governor Signs Bill to Criminalize Whistleblowing |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/california-whistleblower-law-governor-brown-signs-bill-criminalizing-whistleblowing |work=[[National Review]] |access-date=2020-08-11}}</ref><ref name=AB1671>{{cite news |title=AB-1671 Confidential communications: disclosure |url= https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671| work=California Legislative Information |date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> [[Libertarianism in the United States|Libertarians]], filmmakers and news organizations vehemently opposed the bill, which was signed into law after late amendments were added to it.<ref name= BadBill>{{cite news|title=Planned Parenthood's Bad Bill|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref>
Since her election to the Senate, Harris has maintained a 100% rating by the [[abortion rights]] advocacy group [[Planned Parenthood Action Fund]], and a 0% rating by the [[anti-abortion]] group [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris|title=Kamala Harris's Ratings and Endorsements |date=July 15, 2018|website=[[VoteSmart.com]]}}</ref> She was also endorsed by [[Emily's List]] in 2015 during her senatorial campaign.<ref name=Emily>{{cite news |first=Seema |last=Mehta |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-emilys-list-backs-kamala-harris-senate-bid-20150318-story.html |title=Emily's List backs Kamala Harris' Senate bid |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>
===Affirmative action===
Harris opposed California's [[1996 California Proposition 209|ban on affirmative action]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris on race, college admission |url=https://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Kamala-Harris-on-race-college-admission-3788700.php |first=Bob |last=Egelko |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> She asked the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] to "reaffirm its decision that public colleges and universities may consider race as one factor in admissions decisions."<ref name="utexas">{{cite news |title=Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case, Fisher v. University of Texas |url=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-brief-us-supreme-court-affirmative-action |publisher=State of California Department of Justice |date=November 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How race-based affirmative action could return to UC |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-amar-kennedy-fisher-v-university-of-texas-20160624-snap-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 26, 2016}}</ref> Harris filed legal papers in the Supreme Court case supporting race as an admissions factor at the [[University of Texas]].<ref name="utexas"/> She also filed papers supporting [[Affirmative action in the United States|affirmative action]] in a different Supreme Court case involving the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris' support of public university affirmative action defies the will of California voters |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-affirmative-action-20160629-snap-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 29, 2016}}</ref>
===Capital punishment===
Harris is opposed to the [[capital punishment in the United States|death penalty]], but has said that she would review each case individually.<ref name="sfbg.com">{{cite news |title=Give Kamala Harris credit for integrity |first=Tim |last=Redmond |url=http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2009/09/11/give-kamala-harris-credit-integrity |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Bay Guardian]] |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>
As the district attorney of San Francisco, Harris was opposed to the death penalty, refusing to demand it against a man charged with the murder of a police officer. This decision was controversial and criticized by senator [[Dianne Feinstein]].<ref name="Politico">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-background-bio-biden-running-mate-2020-393885?cid=apn|title=55 Things You Need to Know About Kamala Harris|accessdate=August 16, 2020|date=August 11, 2020|publisher=[[Politico]]}}</ref> She reversed her position as the California attorney general, when she defended the death penalty in that state against a Federal ruling which might have resulted in its abolition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/Why-does-Kamala-Harris-defend-the-death-penalty-6481227.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> and declined to support two ballot initiatives that would have banned the death penalty in the state, raising accusations of political opportunism and inconsistency on the issue.<ref name="Politico"/>
However, in July 2019, as Attorney General [[William Barr]] announced the [[Capital punishment by the United States federal government|federal government's resumption of capital punishment]] after nearly 20 years without an execution of a federal inmate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse|title=Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse| publisher=[[U.S. Department of Justice]] | accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=July 25, 2019 }}</ref> Harris criticized the move as "misguided," "immoral," and "a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-statement-on-trump-administration-resuming-capital-punishment|title=Harris Statement on Trump Administration Resuming Capital Punishment| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris | accessdate=July 25, 2019| date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> As a Senator, she also co-sponsored a bill banning the death penalty,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455597-senate-dems-introduce-bill-to-ban-death-penalty|title=Booker, Durbin and Leahy introduce bill to ban death penalty|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=July 31, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
=== Criminal justice ===
[[File:Kamala Harris Delivers Remarks on 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the Civil Rights Act 04.jpg|thumb|LAPD Chief [[Charlie Beck]] with Kamala Harris in 2014]]
In December 2018, Harris voted for the [[First Step Act]], legislation aimed at reducing recidivism rates among federal prisoners through expanding job training and other programs in addition to forming an expansion of early-release programs and modifications on sentencing laws such as mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, "to more equitably punish drug offenders."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/senate-criminal-justice-bill.html|title=Senate Passes Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill|first=Nicholas|last=Fandos|date=December 18, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
In March 2020, Harris was one of fifteen senators to sign a letter to [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], GEO Group, CoreCivic, and Management and Training Corporation requesting information on their strategy to address the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], asserting that it was "critical that [you] have a plan to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus to incarcerated individuals and correctional staff, along with their families and loved ones, and provide treatment to incarcerated individuals and staff who become infected."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486907-democratic-senators-ask-prison-operators-for-answers-on-coronavirus-plans|title=Democratic senators ask prison operators for answers on coronavirus plans|date=March 10, 2020|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In June 2020, following a campaign by a coalition of community groups including [[Black Lives Matter]], Los Angeles Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] announced [[Los Angeles Police Department]] budget cuts of $150 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Growing the LAPD was gospel at City Hall. George Floyd changed that |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-05/eric-garcetti-lapd-budget-cuts-10000-officers-protests |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> Kamala Harris supported Garcetti's decision to cut the LAPD's budget by $150 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Kamala Harris voices support of LA Mayor Garcetti's call for police reform, budget cuts |url=https://abc7.com/george-floyd-death-kamala-harris-protests-police-brutality/6239699/ |work=ABC7 News |date=June 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/502187-harris-grapples-with-defund-the-police-movement-amid-veep-talk |work=The Hill |date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
=== Drugs ===
[[File:Attorney General Harris Tours U.S.-Mexico Border N2063 border 1.jpg|thumb|Harris visiting [[Mexico–United States border|U.S.–Mexico border]] to discuss border violence and strategies to combat [[drug cartel]]s, 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Fact check: 2011 photo shows Harris visiting border but online post misleads on border wall views |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/17/fact-check-online-post-misleads-kamala-harris-border-wall-support/3377095001/ |work=USA Today |date=August 17, 2020}}</ref>]]
Harris did not initially support the legalization of recreational marijuana, but later moved to support legalization.<ref name="Herndon 2019">{{cite news |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead |title=Kamala Harris Joins Democratic Presidential Field |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020-president.html |accessdate=January 21, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=January 21, 2019 |quote=But like many Democrats, she has sought to align herself with the party's leftward drift in recent years, proclaiming her support for “Medicare for All” and, after an initial hesitation, disavowing most corporate donations and embracing the legalization of recreational marijuana, which Ms. Harris once rebuffed.}}</ref> In 2010, while campaigning for Attorney General of California, she opposed [[2010 California Proposition 19|Proposition 19]], the first failed attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in California, on the grounds that selling drugs harms communities.<ref>{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Shackford |work=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |url=https://reason.com/2019/02/11/kamala-harris-says-opposition-to-marijua/|title=Kamala Harris Says Her Opposition to Marijuana Legalization Is 'Not True.' We Have the Receipts! |date=February 11, 2019 }}</ref> In 2015, she called for an end on the federal prohibition of medical marijuana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/kamala-harris-record-on-marijuana-legalization/index.html |date=February 12, 2019 |title=Kamala Harris' record on marijuana legalization|first=Holmes |last=Lybrand|website=CNN}}</ref>
In April 2018, following reports that the Justice Department was blocking the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] from taking action on over two dozen requests to grow marijuana for use in research, Harris and Republican [[Orrin Hatch]] sent a letter to Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] on the necessity of marijuana research "for evidence-based decision making" and "to resolve critical questions of public health and safety, such as learning the impacts of marijuana on developing brains and formulating methods to test marijuana impairment in drivers."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/382858-hatch-harris-call-for-doj-to-stop-blocking-medical|title=Senators call for DOJ to stop blocking medical marijuana research|date=April 12, 2018|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In May 2018, Harris announced she would co-sponsor the [[Marijuana Justice Act]] (originally introduced by Senator [[Cory Booker]] in August 2017) which would legalize cannabis at the federal level by removing it from the [[Controlled Substance Act]]. The bill would also require federal courts to automatically expunge earlier federal marijuana convictions related to use or possession and would penalize states that enforce cannabis laws in a disproportionate manner against minority or low-income individuals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/387101-kamala-harris-backs-booker-bill-to-legalize-marijuana |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=May 10, 2018 |title=Kamala Harris backs Booker bill to legalize marijuana |accessdate=August 9, 2018|first=Aris |last=Folley}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=July 31, 2017 |title=Senator Cory Booker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill, focused on Racial Justice |url=https://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2017/07/senator-cory-booker-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Drug Policy Alliance}}</ref> In February 2019, as she reintroduced the Marijuana Justice Act, Harris asserted that the United States had not equally applied marijuana laws and "criminalized marijuana use in a way that has led to the disproportionate incarceration of young men of color."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/booker-lee-khanna-introduce-landmark-marijuana-justice-bill/|title=Booker, Lee, Khanna Introduce Landmark Marijuana Justice Bill|date=February 28, 2019| work = Insider NJ}}</ref>
In December 2018, Harris was one of twenty-one senators to sign a letter to [[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]] [[Scott Gottlieb]] stating their approval of the actions of the [[Food and Drugs Administration]] to hinder youth access to e-cigarettes and urging the FDA "to take additional, stronger steps to prevent and reduce e-cigarette use among youth."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://halfwheel.com/21-senators-send-letter-urging-fda-to-ban-flavored-tobacco-menthol/286639|title=21 Senators Send Letter Urging FDA to Ban Flavored Tobacco, Menthol |first=Charlie|last=Minato|date=December 7, 2018|publisher=halfwheel.com}}</ref>
In July 2019, Harris and Representative [[Jerry Nadler]] introduced the [[MORE Act|Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act]] of 2019, legislation that would legalize marijuana on the federal level in addition to expunging low-level marijuana possession convictions and authorizing grants to members of communities of color as part of an effort to reverse decades of damage cannabis criminalization had inflicted to those respective communities. In a statement, Harris cited the need to regulate marijuana and ensuring "everyone—especially communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the [[War on Drugs]]—has a real opportunity to participate in this growing industry."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kamala-harris-marijuana-bill-legalize-tax-weed-pot-862192/ |title= Sen. Kamala Harris Introduces Law to Federally Legalize, Tax Marijuana|date= July 23, 2019|first=EJ|last=Dickson}}</ref>
===Education===
[[File:Malala Yousafzai with Kamala Harris.jpg|thumb|Harris and [[Malala Yousafzai]], Pakistani activist for [[female education]] and [[Nobel Prize]] laureate.]]
Harris has argued for treating "habitual and chronic [[truancy]]" among children in elementary school as a crime committed by the parents of truant children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Molly Redden |title=The Human Costs Of Kamala Harris' War On Truancy |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-truancy-arrests-2020-progressive-prosecutor_n_5c995789e4b0f7bfa1b57d2e?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFzb24uY29tLzIwMTkvMDUvMTMva2FtYWxhLWhhcnJpcy10cnVhbmN5LWxhdy1saWVzLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHo7UR_yzbYu7aKcSkJs6XlUuRoRw-EtmGwgbgheGYtMq8k0GJluWWwblz-NFYsIx4G4m72GW2ZqRWceuVY3cwhXQfPrsy-HH_bwjSxh2MrKEzEd2ZqNUi2vUr-sQfxWBzGAQogocCVTEoq46ZUrGzc9x4LVzA1jfv_uq7dS4NaV |accessdate=May 17, 2019 |work=Huffington Post |date=March 29, 2019 |quote=a truancy law that then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris had personally championed in the state legislature}}</ref> She argues that there is a direct connection between habitual truancy in elementary school and crime later in life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i0tpAqrDDY |title=KGO/ABC 7's View from the Bay's Interview with Kamala Harris on Truancy Rates |via=YouTube |accessdate=November 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-c-4FlgUT0 |title=Kamala Harris on the Today Show |via=YouTube |accessdate=November 18, 2010}}</ref> She has received the endorsement of the California Federation of Teachers.<ref name="Endorsements">{{cite web|url=http://kamalaharris.org/endorsements|title=Endorsements|date=September 24, 2010|publisher=Kamalaharris.org|accessdate=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125060802/http://kamalaharris.org/endorsements|archive-date=November 25, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{better source|date=July 2019}}</ref>
Harris supports [[Desegregation busing|busing]] for desegregation of public schools, saying that "the schools of America are as [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregated]], if not more segregated, today than when I was in elementary school."<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris Calls for Federally Mandated Busing |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harris-calls-for-federally-mandated-busing/ |work=[[National Review]] |date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> Harris views busing as an option to be considered by school districts, rather than the responsibility of the federal government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harris says busing should be considered, not mandated |url=https://apnews.com/586b1e81cb684654b0cf689b9074c1cb |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 3, 2019 |accessdate=July 4, 2019}}</ref>
Harris supports the creation of a government funding program to pay tuition and fees for students attending public colleges and universities for dependent students whose parents have income of $125,000 or less and independent students with incomes of $125,000 or less. The program would be funded by a fee on Wall Street firms of 0.5 percent per stock trade.<ref>{{ cite news |first1=Daniel |last1=Bush |first2=Lisa |last2=Desjardins |title=What does Kamala Harris believe? Where the candidate stands on 9 issues
|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-kamala-harris-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-9-issues |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |date=January 21, 2019 |accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> Regarding student loans, Kamala Harris proposed having up to $20,000 in student debt forgiven for Pell Grant recipients who start a business and operate it for at least three years in a disadvantaged community. Eligible students would also have loans deferred interest free for a business formation period of up to three years.<ref>{{ cite news |first=Jillian |last=Berman |title=Kamala Harris proposes cancelling $20,000 in student debt for these low-income borrowers, unleashing Twitter backlash |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/kamala-harris-proposes-cancelling-20000-in-student-debt-for-these-low-income-borrowers-unleashing-backlash-on-twitter-2019-07-29 |work=[[MarketWatch]] |date=August 4, 2019 |accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
=== Election security ===
On December 21, 2017, Harris was one of six senators to introduce the "Secure Elections Act", legislation authorizing [[block grants]] for states that would update outdated voting technology. The act would also create a program for an independent panel of experts to develop [[cybersecurity]] guidelines for election systems that states could adopt if they choose, along with offering states resources to implement the recommendations.<ref>{{cite news|first=Morgan|last=Chalfant|url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/365986-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-introduces-new-election-security-bill|title=Bipartisan group of lawmakers backs new election security bill|date=December 21, 2017|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In March 2019, Harris told [[Jimmy Kimmel]] that she was open to discussing abolishing the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] given that there was "no question that the popular vote has been diminished in terms of making the final decision about who's the president of the United States and we need to deal with that".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434870-kamala-harris-says-she-is-open-to-abolishing-electoral-college |title=Kamala Harris says she is open to abolishing Electoral College|first=Rachel |last=Frazin|date=March 20, 2019|newspaper= [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In May 2019, Harris was a cosponsor of the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act, legislation granting the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] the authority "to set minimum cybersecurity standards for U.S. voting machines, authorize a one-time $500 million grant program for states to buy ballot-scanning machines to count paper ballots and require states to conduct risk-limiting audits of all federal elections in order to detect any cyber hacks."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/443809-senate-dems-introduce-election-security-bill-requiring-paper-ballots|title=Senate Dems introduce election security bill requiring paper ballots|first=Maggie|last=Miller|date=May 15, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
===Guns===
[[File:Gabby Giffords and Kamala Harris.jpg|thumb|Gabby Giffords and Kamala Harris]]
Harris earned an "F" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]] for her consistent efforts supporting gun control.<ref name="NRARating17">{{cite web|title=Kamala Harris on Gun Control|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Kamala_Harris_Gun_Control.htm|website=[[ontheissues.org]]|access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref>
While serving as district attorney in San Francisco Harris, along with other district attorneys, filed an [[amicus brief]] in ''[[District of Columbia v. Heller]]'' arguing that the Washington, D.C. gun law at issue did not violate the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/07-290_amicus_district_attorneys.pdf |date=January 11, 2008 |title=''D.C. v. Heller'' Amici Curiae brief of District Attorneys in support of Petitioners|access-date=March 2, 2008|first=Kamala D.|last=Harris|authorlink=Kamala Harris}}</ref>
During her run for Senate, Harris was endorsed by former U.S. Representative [[Gabby Giffords]], who had been shot in [[2011 Tucson shooting|Tucson in 2011]]. She was also endorsed by the [[Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence]].<ref name="PanzarWillon">{{cite news|last1=Panzar|first1=Javier|last2=Willon|first2=Phil|title=Essential Politics September archives: Brown signs new laws and issues vetoes, fall campaigns heat up|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-gun-control-advocate-and-shooting-1475165392-htmlstory.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 30, 2016|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}</ref>
In response to the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]], Harris supported the call for more gun control. Saying that she believed that [[thoughts and prayers]] are inadequate answers to the shooting, she stated that "...we must also commit ourselves to action. Another moment of silence won't suffice."<ref name="Alcántara">{{cite web|last1=Alcántara|first1=Ann-Marie|title=Kamala Harris Wants Americans to Commit to Action, Not Prayers, After Las Vegas Shooting|url=https://www.popsugar.com/news/Sen-Kamala-Harris-Las-Vegas-Mass-Shooting-October-2017-44097553 |date=October 7, 2017 |website=[[Popsugar]]|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}</ref>
In November 2017, Harris was a cosponsor of the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act, a bill that would form a charge of Domestic Violence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and stipulate that convictions would have to be reported to federal databases with the authority to keep abusers from purchasing firearms within three days in an attempt to close a loophole in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) through which convicted abusers retained the ability to purchase firearms.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bigislandnow.com/2017/11/15/sen-hirono-introduces-military-domestic-violence-reporting-enhancement-act/|title=Sen. Hirono Introduces Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act|date=November 15, 2017|website=bigislandnow.com}}</ref>
In January 2019, Harris joined [[Bernie Sanders]] and 38 other Senate Democrats in introducing the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-helps-introduce-background-check-expansion-act-to-reduce-gun-violence/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Introduce Background Check Expansion Act To Reduce Gun Violence|date=January 9, 2019|website=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>
In May 2019, Harris was one of ten Democratic senators to sign a letter to Facebook Chairman and CEO [[Mark Zuckerberg]] on social media users being "able to facilitate firearm transactions by directing potential buyers to other methods of communication" despite [[Instagram]] banning gun sales on its platforms and demanded answers on how [[Facebook]] governs its own ban on gun sales and holds violators of the site's policy accountable.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/menendez-senators-facebook-ban-gun-sales-not-enough-without-enforcement/|title=Menendez, Senators to Facebook: Ban on Gun Sales Not Enough without Enforcement|date=May 2, 2019|website=Insider NJ}}</ref>
Speaking to [[Wolf Blitzer]] in August 2019, Harris stated that congressional action on gun control rested in the hands of Senate Majority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] and that she "would hope and pray that he understands that he actually has the power to do the right thing here and that he will do the right thing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/kamala-harris-donald-trump-el-paso-dayton-cnntv/index.html|title=Kamala Harris: Gun control action is 'literally in the hands' of Mitch McConnell|first=Paul|last=LeBlanc|date=August 5, 2019|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
On August 14, 2019, Harris unveiled a plan that would address [[domestic terrorism]] while prioritizing increasing the difficulty for suspected individuals to either obtain or keep firearms through the formation of domestic terrorism prevention orders meant to empower law enforcement officers and family members with the ability to petition federal court for a temporary restriction on a person's access to firearms in the event that they "exhibit clear evidence of dangerousness." Harris stated that in the US "loaded guns should not be a few clicks away for any domestic terrorist with a laptop or [[smartphone]]” and cited the "need to take action to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and stop violent, hate-fueled attacks before they happen."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/457429-harris-unveils-plan-to-combat-domestic-terrorism|title=Harris unveils plan to combat domestic terrorism|date=August 14, 2019|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
=== Immigration ===
[[File:Meeting with Dreamers 12-21-17 39176110212 78be0e7a32 h (cropped).jpg|thumb|Meeting with DREAMers in December 2017]]
Harris has expressed support for San Francisco's [[sanctuary city]] policy of not inquiring about immigration status in the process of a criminal investigation.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jesse |last=McKinley |date=November 16, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/us/12sanctuary.html |title=Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=October 28, 2010 }}</ref> She argued that it is important that immigrants be able to talk with law enforcement without fear.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=York |date=October 5, 2010 |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/steve-cooleykamala-harris-debate-the-arizona-immigration-law.html |title=Attorney general debate: The Arizona immigration law |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=April 22, 2020 }}</ref>
On October 25, 2017, Harris stated she would not support a spending bill until Congress addressed the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program in a way that clarified "what we are going to do to protect and take care of our DACA young people in this country."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-wont-back-federal-1508949513-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris won't back federal spending bill without DACA fix |first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> She did not support a February 2018 proposal by some Democrats to provide Trump with $25 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for giving DREAMers a pathway to citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sahil|last=Kapur|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/kamala-harris-s-early-no-on-wall-may-give-her-an-edge-in-2020|title=Kamala Harris's Early 'No' on Wall May Give Her an Edge in 2020|date=January 18, 2019|website=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref>
In a January 2018 interview, when asked about her ideal version of a bipartisan deal on the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program, Harris stated the need to focus on comprehensive immigration reform and "pass a clean [[DREAM Act]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/en-espanol/sdhoy-sen-kamala-harris-talks-daca-future-run-for-president-20180112-story.html |title=Senator Kamala Harris talks DACA amid heated negotiations |date=January 12, 2018|first=Hiram|last=Soto|authorlink=Hiram Soto|newspaper=[[San Diego Tribune]]}}</ref>
In January 2018, Harris and three other Democratic senators were cosponsors of the Border and Port Security Act, legislation that would mandate [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] "hire, train and assign at least 500 officers per year until the number of needed positions the model identifies is filled" in addition to requiring the commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection to determine potential equipment and infrastructure improvements that could be used for ports of entry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyinterlake.com/local_news/20180119/tester_wants_more_border_personnel|title=Tester Wants More Border Personnel |date=January 19, 2018|first=Patrick|last=Reilly|newspaper=[[Daily Inter Lake]]}}</ref>
In April 2018, Harris was one of five senators to send a letter to [[Thomas Homan]], acting director of [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE), on standards used by the agency when determining how to detain a pregnant woman, requesting that pregnant women not be held in custody unless under extraordinary standards after reports "that ICE has failed to provide critical medical care to pregnant women in immigration detention{{snd}}resulting in miscarriages and other negative health outcomes".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/381895-democrats-question-ice-standards-for-detaining-pregnant-women|title=Democrats question ICE standards for detaining pregnant women|date=April 5, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In July 2018, the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] falsely accused Harris of "supporting the animals of [[MS-13]]."<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/02/harris-warren-senate-women-trump-691546|title=White Houses lashes out at Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren|work=[[Politico]]|date=July 2, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/03/donald-trump/pants-fire-white-house-claim-sen-harris-supporting/ |title=Pants On Fire for WH claim Sen. Harris 'supporting MS-13'|work=[[Politifact]]|date=July 3, 2018|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> She responded, "As a career prosecutor, I actually went after gangs and transnational criminal organizations. That's being a leader on public safety. What is not, is ripping babies from their mothers."<ref name=":7" />
In July 2018, Harris was one of 22 senators to sponsor the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act, which if enacted would prohibit immigration officers from detaining pregnant women in a majority of circumstances and improve conditions of care for individuals in custody.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/397536-dems-to-propose-legislation-to-prevent-ice-from-shackling-pregnant-women|title=Dems to propose legislation to prevent ICE from shackling pregnant women|first=Emily|last=Birnbaum|date=July 17, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In August 2018, Harris led 15 Democrats and Bernie Sanders in a letter to [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]] [[Kirstjen Nielsen]] demanding that the Trump administration take immediate action in attempting to reunite 539 migrant children with their families, citing each passing day of inaction as intensifying "trauma that this administration has needlessly caused for children and their families seeking humanitarian protection."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/401999-senate-democrats-demand-immediate-reunification-of-remaining-separated|title=Senate Dems demand immediate reunification of remaining separated children|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|date=August 15, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In November 2018, Harris was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[James Mattis]] concerning "the overt politicization of the military" with the Trump administration's deployment of 5,800 troops to the [[U.S.–Mexico border]], and requesting a briefing and written justification from the U.S. Northern Command for troop deployment, while urging Mattis to "curb the unprecedented escalation of DOD involvement in immigration enforcement."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/417703-2020-democrats-challenge-trumps-use-of-troops-at-mexico-border|title=2020 Democrats challenge Trump's use of troops at Mexico border|date=November 20, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
[[File:Kamala Harris (36670903290).jpg|thumb|right|Harris speaking in support of DACA in September 2017]]
In January 2019, Harris was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Dreamer Confidentiality Act, a bill imposing a ban on the [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) from passing information collected on DACA recipients to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), [[Customs and Border Protection]] (CBP), the [[Department of Justice]], or any other law enforcement agency with exceptions in the case of fraudulent claims, national security issues, or non-immigration related felonies being investigated.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426478-senate-dems-introduces-bill-to-keep-daca-info-private |title=Senate Dems introduces bill to keep DACA info private |date= January 22, 2019|first=Rafael |last= Bernal|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris signed a letter led by [[Catherine Cortez Masto]] to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Enforcement asserting that "the civil detention of an expectant mother for potential immigration offenses is never justified" due to the "absence of compelling evidence that the detention of a pregnant woman is necessary because she is a threat to herself or others, or is a threat to public safety or national security". The senators requested the CBP enact measures that would ensure "timely and appropriate treatment" for pregnant women in custody along with both agencies providing information on how available facilities and doctors are for pregnant immigrants and complete data on the number of those currently in custody.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/latino/437848-dem-senators-call-for-trump-to-restore-release-for-pregnant-migrants|title=Dem senators call for Trump to restore release for pregnant migrants|first=Chris Mills|last=Rodrigo|date=April 8, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In June 2019, during a forum at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]], Harris stated that as president she would push for comprehensive immigration reform in response to a stagnant Congress and outlined her immigration plan which included renewal and expansion of DACA, allowing undocumented parents, siblings, and spouses of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents to seek deportation relief, and using executive actions to undo technical barriers that prevent many Dreamers from receiving legal status by applying for a green card.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/06/14/harris-vows-executive-actions-on-immigration-policy-in-las-vegas-visit/|title=Harris vows executive actions on immigration policy in Las Vegas visit|date=June 14, 2019|newspaper=[[Nevada Current]]}}</ref>
In June 2019, following the [[U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]]’s confirmation that DACA recipients did not meet eligibility for federal backed loans, Harris and 11 other senators introduced The Home Ownership Dreamers Act, legislation that mandated that the federal government was not authorized to deny mortgage loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, [[Fannie Mae]], [[Freddie Mac]], or the Agriculture Department solely due to the immigration status of an applicant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2019/06/21/bob-menendez-cory-booker-bill-home-loans-daca-holders/1513659001/|title=Bob Menendez, Cory Booker and others introduce bill to protect home loans for DACA holders|date=June 21, 2019|website=northjersey.com}}</ref>
In July 2019, along with [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] and [[Amy Klobuchar]], Harris sent a letter to the Office of Refugee Resettlement asserting that the agency "should be prioritizing reunification of every child as soon as possible, but instead it has been responsible for policies that are forcing longer stays in government custody for children" and that it was mandatory that the office "ensure that the custody and processing of [unaccompanied migrant children] is meeting the minimum standards required by domestic and international law."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/451563-harris-gillibrand-klobuchar-call-upon-orr-to-reform-migrant-children-policies|title=Harris, Gillibrand, Klobuchar call upon ORR to reform migrant children policies|date=July 3, 2019|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In July 2019, Harris and 15 other Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act which mandated that ICE agents get approval from a supervisor ahead of engaging in enforcement actions at sensitive locations with the exception of special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being required to report annually regarding enforcement actions in those locations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.10news.com/news/bill-would-block-immigration-raids-at-schools-courthouses|title=Bill would block immigration raids at schools, courthouses|date=July 11, 2019|first=Zac|last=Self|website=10news.com}}</ref>
In August 2019, after the Trump administration released a new regulation imposing the possibility that any green card and visa applicants could be turned down in the event that they have low incomes or little education and have used benefits such as [[food stamp]]s and housing vouchers, Harris referred to the regulation as part of Trump's ongoing campaign "to vilify a whole group of people" and cited Trump's sending of service members to the southern border and building a border wall as part of his goal to distract "from the fact that he has betrayed so many people and has actually done very little that has been productive in the best interest of American families."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/kamala-harris-trump-green-cards-vilify-cnntv/ |title=Kamala Harris says Trump administration's move on green cards part of effort to 'vilify a whole group of people'|first=Kate|last=Sullivan|date= August 12, 2019|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
In November 2019, in response to reports from [[NBC News]] that ICE had put thousands of immigrants in [[solitary confinement]] between 2012 and 2017 despite some not violating the rules, Harris, Cory Booker, and [[Dick Durbin]] introduced legislation to prevent ICE from overusing solitary confinement in its facilities. Harris said the bill required "ICE to comply with specific safeguards to ensure individuals are treated more humanely and ICE is not adding to the trauma many of these people have already been subjected to."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/department-of-homeland-security/470558-democratic-senators-introduce-bill |title= Democratic senators introduce bill to push ICE to stop 'overuse' of solitary confinement |date=November 14, 2019|newspaper= [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
[[File:U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at L.A.'s Families Belong Together March.jpg|thumb|Harris speaking at L.A.'s [[Families Belong Together]] protest in June 2018]]
In April 2020, Harris was a cosponsor of the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act, legislation which would provide dedicated funding for the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in its efforts for public outreach in multiple languages to hard-to-reach populations in order to ensure vulnerable communities are granted access to COVID-19 relief measures as well as critical public health information. The bill would also modify immigration policies deterring immigrants from receiving medical care relating to COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/04/07/wyden-merkley-plan-bill-to-ensure-immigrants-can-access-health-care-amid-covid-19/ |title= Wyden, Merkley plan bill to ensure immigrants can access health care amid COVID-19|date=April 7, 2020|website=KTVZ}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris, along with fellow California Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] and Representative [[Juan Vargas]], sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General requesting an investigation into the way detainees were treated at the Otay Mesa Detention Center following reports that they were required to sign contracts in order to receive masks, citing that they were "in a public health crisis, and it is our duty to protect the health and safety of every individual, especially those who are in custody and unable to take precautions on their own."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2020-04-15/sen-kamala-harris-calls-for-investigation-into-otay-mesa-detention-center|title=Sen. Kamala Harris calls for investigation into Otay Mesa Detention Center|date=April 15, 2020|newspaper=[[San Diego Union Tribune]]}}</ref>
===Internet privacy and net neutrality===
In September 2017, Harris was one of nine senators to sign a letter to [[Federal Communications Commission]] Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] that charged the FCC with failing "to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the tens of thousands of filed complaints that directly shed light on proposed changes to existing net neutrality protections."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/351785-senate-dems-ask-fcc-to-delay-net-neutrality-repeal|title=Senate Dems ask FCC to delay net neutrality repeal|first=Harper|last=Neidig|newspaper=The Hill|date=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
In March 2018, Harris was one of ten senators to sign a letter spearheaded by [[Jeff Merkley]] lambasting a proposal from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that would curb the scope of benefits from the Lifeline program during a period where roughly 6.5 million people in poor communities relied on Lifeline to receive access to high-speed internet, citing that it was Pai's "obligation to the American public, as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to improve the Lifeline program and ensure that more Americans can afford access, and have means of access, to broadband and phone service." The senators also advocated for insuring "Lifeline reaches more Americans in need of access to communication services."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/380870-democrats-slam-fcc-head-over-plan-to-limit-internet-access-funding-for-low|title=Dems slam FCC head for proposed limits to low-income internet program|date=March 29, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
=== LGBT rights ===
[[File:Kamala Harris (48390414112).jpg|thumb|right|[[San Francisco Pride]], 2019]]
As a member of the U.S. Senate, she co-sponsored the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|author=Chris Johnson|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/10/25/kamala-harris-rises-as-lgbt-favorite-for-2020-theres-just-one-thing/|title=Kamala Harris rises as LGBT favorite for 2020{{snd}}there's just one thing|website=Washington Blade|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>
In July 2018, Harris led her colleagues in introducing the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2018, a nationwide bill that would curtail the effectiveness of the so-called [[Gay panic defense|gay and trans panic defenses]], an issue she pioneered during her tenure as District Attorney of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-ban-use-of-gay-and-trans-panic-defense|title=Harris, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Ban Use of Gay and Trans Panic Defense| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris| accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>
In October 2019, Harris participated in a CNN/Human Rights Campaign town hall on the topic of LGBTQ rights, where she pledged her support for "all of the folks who are fighting for equality" in cases that would determine whether gay and transgender people were protected under laws banning federal workplace discrimination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465347-democratic-2020-hopefuls-push-lgbtq-agenda-at-town-hall|title=Democratic 2020 hopefuls tout LGBTQ plans at town hall|first=Julia|last=Manchester|date=October 10, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref> Kamala Harris drew attention to the epidemic of hate violence against Black trans women (at the time 20 killed that year), noting that LGBTQ people of color are doubly exposed to discrimination.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0BiwOZvvkc&t=956s</ref><ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-trans-rights-trangender-pose-angelica-ross-lgbt/</ref>
===Sex workers===
As district attorney in 2008, Harris opposed Prop K, a San Francisco ballot measure to [[decriminalizing sex work|decriminalize sex work]], calling it "completely ridiculous."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Tessa |title=Kamala Harris Declares Her Support for Decriminalizing Sex Work |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kamala-harris-sex-workers-rights-799021/ |work=Rolling Stone |date=February 26, 2019|quote=It would put a welcome mat out for pimps and prostitutes to come on into San Francisco.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McKinley |first1=Jesse |title=San Francisco's Prostitutes Support a Proposition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/01prostitute.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> As attorney general, she led the charge against [[Backpage]], an online classifieds service that had a subsection for escorts.<ref name="Vice20161011">{{cite news |last1=Blum |first1=Steven |title='It Will Never Stop': Sex Workers Respond to Backpage.com Raid |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyxb9q/it-will-never-stop-sex-workers-respond-to-backpagecom-raid |work=Vice |date=October 11, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, Harris filed charges against the site,<ref name="RS2020814"/> leading to the arrest of the CEO and the removal of its adult section.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Derek|last=Hawkins|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/10/backpage-com-shuts-down-adult-services-ads-after-relentless-pressure-from-authorities/|title=Backpage.com shuts down adult services ads after relentless pressure from authorities|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 10, 2017|access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref> Sex workers, who used the site to vet potential clients,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Gwynedd |title=Why Sex Workers Aren't Enthused About Kamala Harris's Run for President |url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/kamala-harris-sex-workers/ |work=Los Angeles Magazine |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref> were faced with a loss of income from the closure. Some were also forced into [[street prostitution]], endangering their lives.<ref name="RS2020814">{{cite news |last1=Dickson |first1=E. J. |title=Why Sex Workers Are Wary of Kamala Harris |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kamala-harris-sex-workers-joe-biden-vice-president-1043941/ |work=Rolling Stone |date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> [[Sex Workers Outreach Project USA|Sex Workers Outreach Project]] executive director Kristen DiAngelo said that taking down Backpage would result in increased violence and risk to people engaged in [[survival sex]].<ref name="Vice20161011"/> Harris also co-sponsored the [[Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act]] (SESTA), an anti-[[sex trafficking]] law, which holds websites responsible for third-party ads. Surveys have indicated that SESTA resulted in an overall rise in [[Violence against prostitutes|violence against sex workers]].<ref name="RS2020814"/>
In a 2019 interview with ''[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]'', Harris indicated that her position on sex work had relaxed. Asked if she supported the decriminalization of sex work, Harris said "I think so. I do." She then described how she had prioritized arresting pimps and johns over sex workers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Terrell Jermaine |title=Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of) |url=https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-kamala-harris-calls-for-decriminalization-of-1832883951 |work=The Root |date=February 26, 2019 |language=en-us|time=14:40}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', her comments were viewed as support for partial decriminalization, akin to the [[Nordic model approach to prostitution|Nordic approach to sex work]].<ref name="RS2020814"/>
===Women's rights===
In September 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1671 into law, which was reportedly drafted by Harris, with input from Planned Parenthood{{snd}}which sponsored the bill{{snd}}making it a criminal offense to intentionally distribute, or to help with the dissemination of, unlawfully obtained confidential communications.<ref name=Criminalize>{{cite news |last=Desanctis |first=Alexandra |date=2016-09-30 |title=California Governor Signs Bill to Criminalize Whistleblowing |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/california-whistleblower-law-governor-brown-signs-bill-criminalizing-whistleblowing |work=[[National Review]] |access-date=2020-08-11}}</ref><ref name=AB1671>{{cite news |title=AB-1671 Confidential communications: disclosure |url= https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671| work=California Legislative Information |date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>
Since her election to the Senate, Harris has maintained a 100% rating by the abortion rights [[advocacy group]], [[Planned Parenthood Action Fund]], and a 0% rating by the anti-abortion group, [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris|title=Kamala Harris's Ratings and Endorsements|date=July 15, 2018|website=VoteSmart.com}}</ref> She was also endorsed by [[Emily's List]] in 2015 during her Senatorial Campaign.<ref name=Emily>{{cite news |first=Seema |last=Mehta |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-emilys-list-backs-kamala-harris-senate-bid-20150318-story.html |title=Emily's List backs Kamala Harris' Senate bid |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>
===Voting rights===
Harris attributed the 2018 gubernatorial losses of [[Stacey Abrams]] and [[Andrew Gillum]], in [[2018 Georgia gubernatorial election|Georgia]] and [[2018 Florida gubernatorial election|Florida]] respectively, to [[voter suppression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-voter-suppression-abrams-gillum-1415903|title=Kamala Harris said that without voter suppression, Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum would've won their 2018 races|last=Hutzler|first=Alexandra|date=May 6, 2019|website=Newsweek}}</ref>
In 2020, along with House Whip [[Jim Clyburn]] and [[Marcia Fudge]] Harris introduced the VoteSafe Act, which sets forth uniform national standards for all registered voters to use mail-in absentee voting, a minimum early in-person voting period of 20 days, and $5 billion in funding and grants for states to increase the safety and availability of voting amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news | first =Justin | last = Wise |url=
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/493138-kamala-harris-introduces-sweeping-5-billion-measure-to-enhance-voter-safety |title= Kamala Harris introduces sweeping $5 billion measure to enhance voter safety |work= The Hill|date=April 16, 2020}}</ref> The bill was endorsed by the [[ACLU]].<ref>{{Citation | title = ACLU endorses senator Harris' Vote safe act | type = press release | publisher = ACLU | url = https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-endorses-senator-harris-votesafe-act}}.</ref>
== Economic issues ==
===Campaign finance===
Harris's 2020 campaign has disavowed most corporate donations, and has committed to rejecting money from corporate political action committees for her presidential campaign, in favor of relying on small and large individual donors.<ref name="Herndon 2019"/><ref name="Reuters 2019"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/politics/democrats-2020-donors.html|title=2020 Democrats Love Small Donors. But Some Really Love Big Donors, Too. |first1=Shane |last1=Goldmacher |first2=Jonathan |last2=Martin |date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
{{quote|Our campaign is not taking a dime from corporate [[political action committee|PACs]] or [[lobbyists]]—and that was a very deliberate choice.<ref name=Accepted>{{cite news|author=Lee Fang|title=Democratic 2020 Candidate Promised to Reject Lobbyist Donation, but Many Accepted the Cash Anyway|publisher=[[The Intercept]]|date=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
Harris, along with candidates Cory Booker, [[Julian Castro]], [[Tulsi Gabbard]], Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, [[Elizabeth Warren]], and [[Marianne Williamson]], has explicitly discouraged single-candidate super PACs from operating on her behalf, though she cannot prevent them from doing so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://readsludge.com/2019/04/01/where-the-2020-candidates-stand-on-campaign-finance/|title=Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Campaign Finance|first=Alex |last=Kotch |date=April 1, 2019 |website=Sludge|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>
=== COVID-19 ===
In April 2020, Harris, along with [[Adam Schiff]] and [[Dianne Feinstein]], unveiled legislation that would establish a bi-partisan commission to review the U.S. response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, similar to the [[9/11 Commission]] and the [[Roberts Commissions|Pearl Harbor Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schiff-sens-feinstein-harris-announce-9-11-style-commission-to-probe-coronavirus|title=Schiff, Feinstein, Harris formally propose 9/11-style commission to probe coronavirus response|first=Brooke |last=Singman |date=April 10, 2020 |website=Fox News|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> Harris and her colleagues also sent a letter to the Trump administration's health officials demanding a consistent protocol for counting the number of casualties caused by the virus to prevent deflation and underreporting of the number of deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/15/trump-will-lie-about-death-toll-kamala-harris-has-way-stop-him/|title=Trump will lie about the death toll. Kamala Harris wants to stop him.
|first=Greg |last=Sargent |date=May 15, 2020 |website=The Washington Post|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
Harris announced that she would be introducing legislation to create a task force that would address racial disparities, the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act. Under the law, the [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] would be empowered to make recommendations about effective distribution of resources to communities suffering from racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates. House Rep. [[Robin Kelly]] introduced a companion bill in the lower chamber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/495494-harris-pushes-for-creation-of-task-force-addressing-racial-disparities-in|title=Harris pushes for task force addressing racial disparities in coronavirus pandemic|first=Tal |last=Axelrod |date=April 30, 2020 |website=The Hill|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
Alongside Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Harris introduced a bill that would expand access by 30 percent to the [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]], commonly known as food stamps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/too-many-people-are-going-hungry-right-now-harris-gillibrand-and-sanders-are-offering-a-lifeline/|title=Too Many People Are Going Hungry Right Now. Harris, Gillibrand, and Sanders Are Offering a Lifeline.
|first=Nathalie |last=Baptiste |date=April 23, 2020 |website=Mother Jones|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> Harris also introduced a bipartisan bill with Republican Senator [[Tim Scott]], with the support of chef [[José Andrés]] to expand eligibility for assistance from [[FEMA]], allowing state and local governments to partner with restaurants and non-profit groups to feed those in need during the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/05/07/a-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-and-jose-andres-want-to-empower-fema-to-meet-americas-growing-hunger-crisis/|title=A bipartisan group of lawmakers and José Andrés want to empower FEMA to meet America's growing hunger crisis
|first=Tim |last=Carman |date=May 7, 2020 |website=The Washington Post|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> Harris also introduced a bill with and Senators Bernie Sanders and [[Ed Markey]] to give Americans a monthly payment of $2000 during the coronavirus crisis, with payments to every U.S. resident making up to $120,000 as the unemployment rate spiked to 14.7%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/08/coronavirus-kamala-harris-bernie-sanders-propose-2000-monthly-payments.html|title=Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey want to give Americans $2,000 a month during coronavirus crisis
|first=Jacob |last=Pramuk |date=May 8, 2020 |website=CNBC|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
=== Disaster relief ===
[[File:Hurricane Maria - Congressional delegation tours Puerto Rico 171106-A-YN645-038.jpg|thumb|Touring Puerto Rico]]
In October 2017, following [[Hurricane Maria]] and [[Hurricane Irma]], Harris signed a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security [[Elaine Duke]] urging her "to provide all necessary resources to confirm that storm-related deaths are being counted correctly" given that President Trump seemed "to be using the number of fatalities to determine the quality of the disaster response".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/356146-dem-senators-write-dhs-calling-for-accurate-hurricane-death-counts|title=Dem senators write DHS calling for accurate hurricane death counts|first=Olivia|last=Beavers|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In August 2018, Harris was one of eight senators to sign a letter to the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] charging the agency with not assisting displaced homeowners in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Maria]] under the [[Individuals and Households program]] (IHP) at "alarming rates."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/400182-dems-push-fema-on-housing-help-for-displaced-puerto-ricans|title=Dems push FEMA on housing help for displaced Puerto Ricans|first=Maya|last=Lora|date=August 2, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In February 2019, Harris introduced the Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act, a bill that would disable the president from taking funds allocated to the Departments of [[Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]] and [[Department of Housing and Urban Development|Housing and Urban Development]] or the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] for disaster relief and using the funds in construction of physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris said the bill would "ensure that funds intended for victims of natural disasters do not go towards a wall that Congress won't fund and people on the border don't even want" and "stand up for Congress's power of the purse and help California families affected by recent natural disasters begin the process of recovery."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/430421-senate-dems-introduce-bill-to-prevent-trump-from-using-disaster-funds-to|title=Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Trump from using disaster funds to build wall|first=Michael|last=Burke|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In March 2019, Harris was one of eleven senators to sign a letter to congressional leaders urging them to "bring legislation providing disaster supplemental appropriations to your respective floors for consideration immediately" after noting that the previous year had seen 124 federal disaster declarations approved for states, territories, and tribal nations across the US.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kitv.com/story/40066793/hirono-schatz-sign-letter-asking-senate-and-house-to-pass-disaster-supplemental-legislation|title=Hirono, Schatz sign letter asking Senate and House to pass disaster supplemental legislation|date=March 4, 2019|publisher=ktiv.com}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris announced her opposition to a Republican disaster aid package, charging the Trump administration with playing "politics with disaster funding by failing to fully assist California wildfire victims and the millions of American citizens still struggling in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Survivors of these disasters are hurting, and they deserve immediate and meaningful support—this bill does not do that."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/04/harris-skips-disaster-relief-vote-to-campaign-1253798|title=Harris skips vote on California disaster aid to campaign for president|date=April 4, 2019|publisher=Politico}}</ref>
In November 2019, [[wildfire]] conditions forced California power companies to begin presumptive [[2019 California power shutoffs|public safety power shutoff events]], nearly 800,000 electric customers were left without electricity for days. People in areas particularly vulnerable to the fires were left vulnerable, without any way of getting information and supplies. Harris introduced the Wildfire Defense Act, a bill which would invest $1 billion to establish guidelines to create community wildfire defense plans, provide grants of up to $10 million to implement such a plan, and create reporting on best practices to protect communities from wildfires. Her bill was co-sponsored by House Representative [[Jared Huffman]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-introduces-comprehensive-legislation-to-protect-communities-from-growing-threat-of-wildfires|title=Harris Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Protect Communities from Growing Threat of Wildfires| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris | accessdate=November 15, 2019| date=May 8, 2020 }}</ref>
===Consumer protection===
On April 10, 2020, Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the Price Gouging Prevention Act, a bill that would empower the [[Federal Trade Commission]] to enforce a ban on excessive price increases of consumer goods amid national emergencies and specifically consider any price increase above 10% to be price gouging during such a declaration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/10/coronavirus-price-gouging-bill-from-warren-fights-price-gouging.html|title=Warren and Harris introduce Senate bill to crack down on price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic|date=April 10, 2020|publisher=CNBC}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris, along with Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] and Representatives [[Ayanna Pressley]] and [[Gregory Meeks]], sent a letter to the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department requesting that the aforementioned agencies move to ensure minority-owned businesses remain under the Paycheck Protection Program and called for the Trump administration revise guidance on the program in order to reaffirm lending institutions comply with fair lending laws and mandate that they report the demographics of program lending.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news/sen-harris-leads-call-to-ensure-minority-owned-businesses-paycheck-protection|title=Sen. Harris leads call to ensure minority-owned businesses' paycheck protection|date=April 16, 2020|first=Brian|last=Beneventi|publisher=KRCR News}}</ref>
===Energy and environment===
[[File:NorCal Fires Leg Lift (37445330310).jpg|thumb|Touring neighborhood in Santa Rosa, CA]]
During her time as San Francisco District Attorney, Harris created the Environmental Justice Unit in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Jason B.|title=San Francisco D.A. creates environmental unit ... team takes on crime mostly affecting the poor|url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-06-01/bay-area/17376837_1_environmental-justice-bird-droppings-san-francisco-city-hall|accessdate=August 20, 2010|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 1, 2005}}</ref> and prosecuted several industries and individuals for pollution, most notably [[U-Haul]], Alameda Publishing Corporation, and the [[Cosco Busan oil spill]]. She also advocated for strong enforcement of environmental protection laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kamalaharris.org/issues/Environment|accessdate=October 3, 2011|title=Protecting the Environment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011000513/http://kamalaharris.org/issues/Environment|archive-date=October 11, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In October 2017, Harris was one of nineteen senators to sign a letter to [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]] [[Scott Pruitt]] questioning Pruitt's decision to repeal the [[Clean Power Plan]], asserting that the repeal's proposal used "mathematical sleights of hand to over-state the costs of industry compliance with the 2015 Rule and understate the benefits that will be lost if the 2017 repeal is finalized" and science denying and math fabricating would fail to "satisfy the requirements of the law, nor will it slow the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, the inexorable rise in sea levels, or the other dire effects of global warming that our planet is already experiencing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/357446-19-sens-question-epa-methodology-behind-clean-power-plan-repeal |date=October 26, 2017 |title=19 sens question EPA methodology behind Clean Power Plan repeal|first=Julia|last=Manchester|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In September 2018, Harris was one of eight senators to sponsor the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, a bill described by cosponsor Elizabeth Warren as using "market forces to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy—reducing the odds of an environmental and financial disaster without spending a dime of taxpayer money."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/406700-warren-wants-companies-to-disclose-more-about-climate-change|title=Warren wants companies to disclose more about climate change impacts|date=September 14, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref> She stated that her goal would be achieving 100% of U.S. electricity from renewable energy sources, and that she supports a [[Green New Deal]], an idea made popular by first-term Congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], because "climate change is an existential threat to all of us."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=January 28, 2019 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427386-kamala-harris-endorses-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal |title=Kamala Harris Endorses Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' |first=Michael |last=Burke |accessdate=April 22, 2020 }}</ref>
In November 2018, Harris was one of 25 Democratic senators to co-sponsor a resolution specifying key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and National Climate Assessment. The resolution affirmed the senators' acceptance of the findings and their support for bold action toward addressing climate change.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|title=Merkley resolution urges quick climate change action|date=November 27, 2018|publisher=ktvz.com|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020905/https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On July 29, 2019, Harris and Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Climate Equity Act, a bill that would lay out steps for Congress and the White House on how to go about guaranteeing policies that composed "a future Green New Deal protect the health and economic wellbeing of all Americans for generations to come." Referring to climate change as "an existential threat", Harris noted cutting emissions and ending American reliance on fossil fuels were not enough and cited the need "that communities already contending with unsafe drinking water, toxic air, and lack of economic opportunity are not left behind."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455193-harris-aoc-unveil-first-step-of-green-new-deal|title=Harris, Ocasio-Cortez unveil first step of Green New Deal|first=Rebecca|last=Beitsch|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In August 2019, Harris was one of fifteen senators to sign a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos given that the agency had found "that chlorpyrifos harms children's brains at exposures far lower than what the EPA allows" and warned that "more children, farmworkers and American families will be exposed to this pesticide and they will suffer as a result" of the EPA not reversing its decision.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/menendez-booker-urge-epa-ban-toxic-pesticide-chlorpyrifos/|title=Menendez, Booker Urge EPA to Ban Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos|date=August 7, 2019|publisher=Insider NJ}}</ref>
On September 4, 2019, Harris unveiled a $10 trillion climate change plan intended to move the United States to a 100 percent renewable energy-based power grid by 2030 in addition to transitioning all vehicles in America to the same energy sources by 2035. She pledged to rejoin the [[Paris Agreement]] and end U.S. support for international oil and natural gas extraction projects, furthering that as president she would "hold polluters accountable for the damage they inflict upon our environment and set us on a path to a 100 percent clean economy that creates millions of good-paying jobs."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/459846-harris-eyes-10t-climate-plan|title=Harris eyes $10T climate plan|first=John|last=Bowden|date=September 4, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In February 2020 Harris was one of seven senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] [[David Bernhardt]] that called it "reckless and unwise" to remove protections to the Arctic after the U.S. Geological Survey found the Arctic to be warming faster than any other place on Earth and stating their support for "the strongest possible protections” for Special Areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/483937-democratic-senators-critcize-plan-to-expand-arctic-oil-and-gas|title=Democratic senators criticize plan that could expand Arctic oil and gas development|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=February 20, 2020|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In April 2020, in response to the proposed decision of the EPA to retain air quality standards from the Obama administration, Harris was one of eighteen senators to sign a letter led by fellow Democratic senator [[Maggie Hassan]] asserting that the EPA "should be taking actions that will further protect health during this crisis, not put more Americans at risk."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/492806-democrats-slam-epa-decision-not-to-tighten-air-quality-standards|title=Democrats slam EPA proposal not to tighten air quality standards|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=April 14, 2020|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
=== Free trade ===
In May 2019, Harris stated she would not have voted for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) due to her belief that "we can do a better job to protect American workers" and called for the United States to do "a better job in terms of thinking about the priorities that should be more apparent now than perhaps they were then, which are issues like the climate crisis and what we need to build into these trade agreements."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443314-kamala-harris-says-she-wouldnt-have-voted-for-nafta|title=Kamala Harris says she wouldn't have voted for NAFTA|date=May 12, 2019|first=Zack|last=Budryk|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In September 2019, Harris declared she was not a "protectionist Democrat." <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/democratic-presidential-debate-foreign-trade-tariffs-warren-sanders-20190917|title=Democrats denounce Trump's trade policies, but won't embrace free trade|date=September 17, 2019|first=Adam|last=Sullivan|publisher=The Gazette}}</ref>
In January 2020, she was one of ten senators to vote against the [[USMCA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00014|title=Roll Call Vote 116th Congress – 2nd Session|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=Jan 16, 2020|website=www.senate.gov|publisher=U.S. Senate|access-date=Feb 6, 2020|quote=}}</ref> stating that "by not confronting climate change, the USMCA fails to meet the crises of the moment".<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SenKamalaHarris|number=1217140510655160323|date=Jan 14, 2020|title=Our trade policies should lift up workers and grow the economy, but must also protect our environment and our future. By not confronting climate change, the USMCA fails to meet the crises of the moment. We can do better, and that's why today I voted NO on the USMCA in committee.}}</ref>
=== Healthcare ===
[[File:Harris to Booker Save Our Care Rally U.S. Capitol (cropped1).jpg|thumb|Save Our Care Rally, 2017]]
On August 30, 2017, Harris announced at a town hall in Oakland that she would co-sponsor fellow Senator Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" bill, supporting [[single-payer healthcare]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weigel|first1=David|title=Sen. Kamala Harris backs Bernie Sanders's single-payer bill|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/31/sen-kamala-harris-backs-bernie-sanderss-single-payer-bill/|website=The Washington Post|accessdate=August 31, 2017|date=August 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Herndon 2019"/>
In April 2018, Harris was one of ten senators to sponsor the Choose Medicare Act, an expanded public option for health insurance that also increased ObamaCare subsidies and rendered individuals with higher income levels eligible for its assistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383764-dem-senators-unveil-expanded-public-option-for-health-insurance|title=Dem senators unveil expanded public option for health insurance|date=April 18, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In August 2018, Harris introduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act, a bill designed to reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. In the United States, the risk of death from pregnancy-related causes for black women is three to four times higher than for white women, and black women are twice as likely to suffer from life-threatening pregnancy complications. She was joined by 13 of her Democratic colleagues.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-harris-introduces-bill-aimed-at-reducing-racial-disparities-in-maternal-mortality|title=Sen. Harris Introduces Bill Aimed at Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris| accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
In December 2018, Harris was one of 42 senators to sign a letter to Trump administration officials [[Alex Azar]], [[Seema Verma]], and [[Steve Mnuchin]] arguing that the administration was improperly using Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to authorize states to "increase health care costs for millions of consumers while weakening protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions." The senators requested the administration withdraw the policy and "re-engage with stakeholders, states, and Congress."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-calls-on-trump-administration-to-stop-pushing-health-insurance-plans-that-weaken-pre-existing-condition-protections/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans that Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections|date=December 20, 2018|publisher=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>
In February 2019, Harris and twenty-two other Democratic senators introduced the State Public Option Act, a bill that would authorize states to form a Medicaid buy-in program for all residents and thereby grant all denizens of the state the ability to buy into a state-driven Medicaid health insurance plan if they wished. [[Brian Schatz]], a bill cosponsor, said the legislation would "unlock each state's Medicaid program to anyone who wants it, giving people a high-quality, low-cost public health insurance option" and that its goal was "to make sure that every single American has comprehensive health care coverage."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-helps-reintroduce-legislation-to-create-state-public-health-care-option/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Reintroduce Legislation to Create State Public Health Care Option|date=February 15, 2019|publisher=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>
In June 2019, Harris was one of eight senators to co-sponsor the Territories Health Equity Act of 2019, legislation that would remove the cap on annual federal Medicaid funding and increase federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures of territories along with more funds being provided for prescription drug coverage to low-income seniors in an attempt to equalize funding for American territories Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands with that of U.S. states.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/448059-2020-dem-senators-introduce-bill-to-expand-health-care-in-territories|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|title=Democratic White House hopefuls push to expand health care in US territories|date=June 11, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
On July 29, 2019, Harris unveiled a health plan that would expand coverage while preserving a role for private insurance companies, the plan calling for transitioning to a Medicare for All system over a period of ten years that would be concurrent with infants and the uninsured automatically being placed into the system while other individuals would have the option to buy into the health care plan backed by the government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/455102-kamala-harris-unveils-details-of-health-care-plan-ahead-of-debate|title=Harris's health plan would keep private insurance|date=July 29, 2019|first=Owen|last=Daugherty|publisher=The Hill}}</ref> The plan has been met with some criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/kamala-harris-releases-details-health-care-plan-64628089|title=Kamala Harris' new health plan draws critics from all sides|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
In November 2019, during a ''[[Morning Joe]]'' interview, Harris declined to specify the inconsistencies in the Medicare For All plan of fellow Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren due to believing her own plan was superior and added that she was "not going to take away people's choice about having a public or a private plan, I am going to give people a transition that allows folks like organized labor to actually renegotiate their contract."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/469430-harris-says-her-health-care-plan-is-superior-to-warrens|title=Harris says her health care plan is 'superior' to Warren's|date=November 7, 2019|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris was one of twenty-eight Democratic senators to sign a letter to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] urging the department to reopen the online marketplace of the Affordable Care Act as to assist uninsured Americans with acquiring health insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic, opining that opening the marketplace "would provide an easy pathway to coverage for those who under previous circumstances may have decided to forego health insurance or purchase a substandard, junk insurance plan, but now in a global pandemic are in vital need of comprehensive coverage to protect themselves, their families, and our broader community."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wvva.com/2020/04/08/manchin-kaine-kamala-harris-and-over-20-other-senators-advocate-to-reopen-the-aca-marketplace-during-covid-19-pandemic/|title=Manchin, Kaine, Kamala Harris and over 20 other Senators advocate to reopen the ACA Marketplace during covid-19 pandemic|first=Baily|last=Pace|date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris was one of twenty senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] [[Alex Azar]] regarding the removal of Dr. [[Rick Bright]] as Director of the Research and Development Authority. The senators asserted that it was of "the utmost importance that there be stable leadership within HHS and that decisions are driven by science and the public health" during the coronavirus pandemic and warned that the US could not have a steady response if its leadership was "being constantly shuffled and if experts are being constrained or removed when they insist on following the science and sticking to the facts.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/baldwin-and-senate-colleagues-ask-about-political-interference-in-covid-19-response-following-ouster-of-vaccine-development-head/|title=Baldwin and Senate Colleagues Ask About Political Interference In COVID-19 Response Following Ouster of Vaccine Development Head|date=May 1, 2020|publisher=Urban Milwaukee}}</ref>
=== Housing ===
In April 2019 Harris was one of 41 senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's]] Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote that they hoped the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-urge-more-affordable-housing-funds/1069680950|title=Wyden, Merkley urge more affordable housing funds|date=April 16, 2019|publisher=ktvz.com|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418125917/https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-urge-more-affordable-housing-funds/1069680950|archive-date=April 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In November 2019, Harris and Representative [[Maxine Waters]] introduced the Housing is Infrastructure Act, a bill that would grant $70 billion toward clearing a backlog of repairs and upgrades to federal subsidized housing and apply 25 billion toward grants for affordable housing construction and maintenance in communities of low-income as well as Native American reservations, disaffected rural areas and vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/471533-harris-waters-release-100-billion-affordable-housing-bill|title=Harris, Waters release $100 billion affordable housing bill|first=Sylvan|last=Lane|date=November 21, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
===Labor unions===
[[File:Kamala Harris meets with officials at the Port of Los Angeles DBMuzpwXYAA4m5X.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris meets with officials at the Port of Los Angeles]]
In final weeks leading up to the [[2010 California Attorney General election]], union groups such as California Labor Federation, Service Employees International Union Local 1000 and the California Nurses Association "spent hundreds of thousands of dollars" in an attempt to help Harris defeat Republican [[Steve Cooley]].<ref name=SanFranciscoLabor>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-fires-up-labor-unions-in-Sacramento-13733911.php|title=Kamala Harris fires up labor unions in Sacramento speech: 'Unions built the middle class'|date=April 2, 2019|first=Alexei|last=Koseff|publisher=San Francisco Chroniclee}}</ref>
In May 2018, Harris was a cosponsor of the Workplace Democracy Act, a bill introduced by Representatives [[Donald Norcross]], [[Mark Pocan]] and [[Rosa DeLauro]] and Senator Bernie Sanders intended to ease the rights of workers in their attempts to bargain for higher wages, benefits, or superior working conditions. It included a mandate that there must be a union for workers when a majority of them in a bargaining unit sign valid authorization cards to join a union and prevent employers from exploiting workers through mischaracterizing them as independent contractors or denying them overtime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/norcross-sanders-pocan-delauro-introduce-workplace-democracy-act/|title=Norcross, Sanders, Pocan, DeLauro Introduce Workplace Democracy Act|date=May 9, 2018|publisher=Insider NJ}}</ref>
In June 2018, Harris led seven other senators in sponsoring a bill amending the [[Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938]] to include a mandate forcing farmers to pay workers time and a half for each hour worked past the standard 40-hour work week. Harris asserted that the bill would aim "to correct some of the injustices they face and guarantee they will get paid for the hours they work including overtime, and minimum wage which right now they are not entitled to by law."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/393939-democratic-senators-propose-bill-to-give-farmworkers-overtime-pay|title=Democratic senators propose bill giving overtime pay to farmworkers|date=June 25, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris delivered a speech at a labor dinner honoring state legislators in [[Sacramento, California]] where she listed workers benefits that would not have been made possible without organized labor and condemned rhetoric that described unions as "special-interest groups."<ref name=SanFranciscoLabor/>
In July 2019, Harris and Representative [[Pramila Jayapal]] introduced the [[Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights]] in Congress. The bill included protections against harassment and discrimination in addition to guarantees for meal breaks, a minimum wage, and pay for working overtime. Harris stated that for too long American workers had "not been afforded the same rights and benefits as nearly every other worker, and we must change that" and that the bill was "an opportunity to bring economic justice and empowerment to millions of domestic workers—particularly those who are immigrants and women of color."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237743/kamala-harris-pramila-jayapal-domestic-workers-bill|title=Sen. Kamala Harris & Rep. Pramila Jayapal Introduce Bill To Protect Domestic Workers|date=July 23, 2019|first=Tiffany Diane|last=Tso|publisher=refinery29.com}}</ref>
In July 2019, Harris signed a letter to [[United States Secretary of Labor]] [[Alexander Acosta]] that advocated for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to initiate a full investigation into a complaint filed on May 20 by a group of Chicago-area employees of [[McDonald's]], which detailed workplace violence incidents that included interactions with customers such as customers throwing hot coffee and threatening employees with firearms and more. The senators argued that McDonald's could and needed to "do more to protect its employees, but employers will not take seriously their obligations to provide a safe workplace if OSHA does not enforce workers rights to a hazard-free workplace."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190702/NEWS08/912329397/Democratic-senators-press-McDonalds-on-workplace-violence|title=Democratic senators press McDonald's on workplace violence|date=July 2, 2019|publisher=Business Insurance|first=Gloria|last=Gonzalez}}</ref>
In August 2019, Harris delivered a speech at the Nevada State AFL-CIO Convention where she asserted that workers were not being benefitted by the American economy and that the United States would be stronger if it invested in the American worker.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/politics/web-extra-sen-kamala-harris-addresses-organized-labor-poll-numbers/|title= Sen. Kamala Harris addresses organized labor, poll numbers|date=August 28, 2019|publisher=8newsnow.com}}</ref>
In August 2019, a bill that which would mandate a California Supreme Court ruling that deems a greater share of workers to be employees as opposed to independent contractors be made law was seen as "setting up a clash between organized labor and prominent California companies like Uber and Postmates." Ian Sams, a spokesperson for Harris's then-ongoing presidential campaign, said the latter supported the bill due to her belief that "we need to go even further to bolster worker protections and benefits and elevate the voice of workers" and added that Harris wanted all workers to have a "robust social safety net" and the right to join a union.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/08/23/harris-joins-other-democratic-candidates-in-backing-gig-economy-labor-bill-1152869|title=Harris joins other Democratic candidates in backing gig-economy labor bill|date=August 23, 2019|first=Jeremy B.|last=White|publisher=Politico}}</ref>
=== Paid leave ===
On October 7, 2019, Harris unveiled a six months paid family and medical leave plan that included forming a new Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave that would oversee, determine eligibility and authorize benefit payments. Harris's paid leave program would be funded through general revenue and payroll contributions and establish a federal Bureau of Children and Family Justice. In a statement, Harris said the US will be brought "closer to economic justice for workers and ensures newborn children or children who are sick can get the care they need from a parent without thrusting the family into upheaval" via a six-month paid leave guarantee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464683-harris-pitches-six-months-of-paid-family-medical-leave|title=Harris pitches six months of paid family, medical leave|first=Rebecca|last=Klar|date=October 7, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
===Small business===
In May 2020, Harris introduced a bill with [[Ayanna Pressley]], which would allocate grants of up to $250,000 to businesses with fewer than 10 employees, providing relief to "micro businesses" shut out of the larger coronavirus relief bill. Under the Saving Our Street Act, 75% of the $124.5 billion program would go to business and nonprofit owners from underrepresented groups and businesses bringing in less than $1 million in gross revenue per year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/5/6/21249161/kamala-harris-ayanna-pressley-small-businesses-plan|title=Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Ayanna Pressley have a $125 billion plan to help the smallest businesses|first=Li|last=Zhou|date=May 7, 2020|publisher=Vox}}</ref>
=== Taxes ===
Harris opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and has called for a repeal of the bill's tax cuts for wealthy Americans.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/15/almost-all-sen-harriss-trillion-tax-plan-would-help-middle-working-class-study-finds/|title=Analysis | Almost all of Sen. Harris's $2.8 trillion tax plan would help middle and working class, study finds|first=Jeff|last=Stein|date=November 15, 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> In 2018, she proposed a tax cut for the majority of working- and middle-class Americans. An analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimated that the bill would reduce federal revenue by $2.8 trillion over a decade. She proposed to pay for the tax cuts by repealing tax cuts for wealthy Americans and by increasing taxes on corporations.<ref name="Reuters 2019">{{cite news |title=Democratic U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris Jumps Into 2020 White House Race |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-harris-idUSKCN1PF16J |accessdate=January 21, 2019 |first1=John |last1=Whitesides |first2=Amanda |last2=Becker |work=Reuters |date=January 21, 2019 |quote=Harris' campaign will focus on reducing the high cost of living with a middle-class tax credit, pursuing immigration and criminal justice changes and a Medicare-for-all healthcare system, aides said. She has said she will reject corporate political action committee money.}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/kamala-harriss-tax-credit-would-cut-taxes-significantly-low-and-moderate-income-households |title=Kamala Harris's Tax Credit Would Cut Taxes Significantly For Low- And Moderate-Income Households But Could Add Trillions To The Debt|date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>
In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harris was a cosponsor of the All Dependents Count Act, legislation that expand eligibility for the $500 credit under the CARES Act in order for a taxpayer to receive a $500 credit for all dependents they care for.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wset.com/news/local/kaine-introduces-legislative-fix-to-allow-dependents-17-and-older-to-get-relief-checks|title=Kaine introduces legislative fix to allow dependents 17 and older to get relief checks|first=Ida|last=Domingo|date=April 3, 2020|publisher=ABC 13 News}}</ref>
=== United States Postal Service ===
In March 2019, Harris was a cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution led by [[Gary Peters]] and [[Jerry Moran]] that opposed privatization of the [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS), citing the USPS as an establishment that was self-sustained and noting concerns that a potential privatization could cause higher prices and reduced services for customers of USPS with a particular occurrence in rural communities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Peters-Moran-opposing-privatization-of-USPS-506834151.html|title=Peters, Moran reintroduce bipartisan resolution opposing privatization of USPS|date=March 7, 2019|publisher=uppermichiganssource.com}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris was one of fourteen senators to sign a letter led by Cory Booker to Senate Majority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] and Senate Minority Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] urging them "to provide appropriate funding to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the next coronavirus package that Congress takes up" as they reasoned that millions of Americans rely on the USPS for essential goods and duties.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/booker-colleagues-urge-senate-leaders-full-usps-funding-fourth-relief-package/|title=Booker, Colleagues Urge Senate Leaders for Full USPS Funding in Fourth Relief Package|date=April 7, 2020|publisher=Insider NJ}}</ref>
=== Workplace harassment ===
In March 2019, Harris and Republican Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] reintroduced the Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting (EMPOWER) Act, a bill that would prohibit non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses used by some employers in employment requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mustreadalaska.com/murkowski-teams-up-with-kamala-harris-on-workplace-harassment-bill/|title=Murkowski teams up with Kamala Harris on workplace harassment bill|date=March 8, 2019|publisher=Must Read Alaska}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris signed onto the Be HEARD Act, legislation intended to abolish the tipped minimum wage along with ending mandatory arbitration and pre-employment nondisclosure agreements. The bill also gave workers additional time to report harassment and was said by cosponsor [[Patty Murray]] to come at a time when too many workers are "still silenced by mandatory disclosure agreements that prevent them from discussing sexual harassment and longstanding practices like the tipped wages that keep workers in certain industries especially vulnerable."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/438051-dems-introduce-sexual-harassment-prevention-bill|title=Dems unveil anti-workplace harassment bill|date=April 9, 2019|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
== Foreign policy ==
=== Presidential war powers ===
In September 2019, ''[[The New York Times]]'' issued a questionnaire including the question "Under what circumstances other than a literally imminent threat to the United States, if any, does the Constitution permit a president to order an attack on another country without prior Congressional authorization? What about bombing Iranian or North Korean nuclear facilities?" Harris answered "The President’s top priority is to keep America secure, and I won't hesitate to do what it takes to protect our country in the face of an imminent threat in the future. But after almost two decades of war, it is long past time for Congress to rewrite the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001|Authorization for Use of Military Force]] that governs our current military conflicts. The situations in Iran or North Korea would require careful consideration of all of the surrounding facts and circumstances."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/kamala-harris-executive-power.html|date=September 10, 2019|title=Kamala Harris – Executive Power |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
=== Asia ===
====China====
[[File:Kamala Harris at Camp Pendleton - Nov 2018 02.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris at Camp Pendleton]]
Harris has objected to the Chinese government's unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property, but has sharply criticized President Trump's [[China–United States trade war|trade war]] with China, describing the administration's arbitrary use of tariffs as "counterproductive to its goal of ensuring a level playing field for American companies.” <ref>{{cite news |title=The Discord of the U.S. Stance Against China |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/how-will-democrats-deal-china/594817/ |first=Michael |last=Schuman |work=The Atlantic |date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>
Harris has also condemned the Chinese government's widespread [[Human rights in China|human rights abuses]], emphasizing the mass detention of [[Uyghurs|Uyghur Muslims]] in the [[Xinjiang re-education camps]] and [[Mass surveillance in China|abuse of surveillance]] for political and religious repression. Harris added that while cooperation with the Chinese may be necessary for global issues like [[climate change]] the United States must reclaim its moral authority to stand up forcefully for human rights in China.<ref name="CFR2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/article/kamala-harris|title=Candidates Answer CFR's Questions: Kamala Harris|date=August 21, 2019|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations}}</ref> Harris has expressed her support for the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|protestors in Hong Kong]], co-sponsoring the [[Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act]] in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/three-more-us-senators-back-170705544.html|title=Three more US senators back Hong Kong bill, including presidential candidate Kamala Harris|date=October 22, 2019|publisher=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
She condemned the Hong Kong government's use of excessive force against peaceful protestors and Beijing's failure to respect Hong Kong's sovereignty, as well as criticizing President Trump's weak responses to same.<ref name="CFR2019" />
====India====
Kamala Harris has taken stances on Indian legislation like CAA and Kashmir, which Indian government considers as an internal matter.
Within weeks of India ending the special status of Kashmir on August 5, 2019, Senator Harris along with other leaders of the Democratic Party met members of the Kashmiri diaspora represented by an outfit called Justice For Kashmir (JFK), a NGO. According to media reports, the aim of JFK is to raise awareness on ‘political incursions’ by India in Kashmir among the leading politicians, bureaucrats and intellectuals in the US. These meetings were arranged by Asif Mahmood, a democrat of Pakistani origin, whose stance regarding Kashmir is well documented. Mahmood himself has spoken to media outlets confirming that he did facilitate those meetings so that Kashmiris could get a platform to voice their concerns
A few months later, in December 2019, Harris vehemently criticized India's foreign minister, [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar|Jaishankar]]’s refusal to attend a meeting with Congress delegates as it included [[Pramila Jayapal]], who had introduced a resolution on Kashmir urging India to lift restrictions. New Delhi had described the resolution as not being a ‘fair characteristic of what the government of India is doing'.
During her unsuccessful presidential campaign, when Harris was asked about the lockdown in Kashmir she had responded by saying, “It is about reminding people that they are not alone, that we are all watching,” leaving little doubt as to her stance.<ref name=17082020cnnnews18>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/even-as-indian-americans-cheer-kamala-harris-selection-why-some-are-not-planning-to-vote-for-her-2794887.html|title=Even as Indian Americans Cheer Kamala Harris Selection, Why Some Are Planning to Not Vote for Her|agency=CNN-NEWS18|date=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=08082019dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1509674/kashmiris-are-not-alone-in-the-world-says-us-presidential-candidate|title=Kashmiris are not alone in the world, says US presidential candidate|agency=Dawn|date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>
====Myanmar====
In October 2017, Harris condemned the [[2017–present Rohingya genocide in Myanmar|genocide]] of the [[Rohingya people|Rohingya Muslim]] minority in [[Myanmar]] and called for a stronger response to the crisis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Todd Young urges action to end Muslim genocide in Myanmar |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/10/20/sen-todd-young-urges-action-end-muslim-genocide-myanmar/784590001/ |first=Fatima |last=Hussein |work=IndyStar |date=October 22, 2017}}</ref>
====North Korea====
[[File:Kamala Harris meets with service members in the Middle East C9oTfXDWsAIl0Ch.jpg-large.jpg|thumb|Harris visiting American troops, April 2017]]
Serving on the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]], Harris has characterized [[North Korea]] as "one of the most serious security threats".<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Senate, in rare move, goes to White House grounds for classified North Korea briefing |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-senate-north-korea-20170426-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> In February 2018, Harris was one of 18 Democratic senators to sign a letter to Trump stating that he lacked the authority to launch a preemptive strike against North Korea without authorization from Congress. The letter stated: "Without congressional authority, a preventative or preemptive U.S. military strike would lack either a constitutional basis or legal authority."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/372311-dem-senators-tell-trump-he-doesnt-have-legal-authority-to-launch-preemptive |title=Dem senators tell Trump he doesn't have 'legal authority' to launch preemptive strike on North Korea|date=February 5, 2018|newspaper=The Hill|first=Brett|last=Samuels}}</ref>
In February 2019, after former Acting FBI Director [[Andrew McCabe]] claimed that President Trump believed the claims of [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] over U.S. intelligence agencies' reports on the subject of [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|North Korea's missile capabilities]], she told reporters, "The idea that the president of the U.S. would take the word of the head of Russia over the intel community is the height of irresponsibility and shameful."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/430493-harris-calls-idea-of-trump-trusting-putin-over-us-intel-is|title=Harris calls idea of Trump trusting Putin over US intel 'height of irresponsibility and shameful'|first=Owen|last=Daugherty|date=February 18, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref> Later that month, the [[2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit]] scheduled for February 27 and 28 at the [[Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi]] in [[Hanoi, Vietnam]], was cut short without an agreement after the White House claimed North Korea purportedly requested an end to all sanctions, though [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)|North Korean Foreign Minister]] [[Ri Yong-ho (diplomat)|Ri Yong-ho]] later claimed the regime was only interested in a partial lifting of sanctions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/politics/trump-kim-hanoi-summit-takeaways/index.html1|title=Takeaways from the Trump-Kim Hanoi summit
|first=Jeremy|last=Diamond|date=February 12, 2019|newspaper=CNN}}</ref>
In May 2019 on an appearance on CNN, Harris condemned President Trump's relationship with the North Korean dictator [[Kim Jong-un]]. Following the failure of the Hanoi summit and after a North Korean ship was seized in defiance of international sanctions, Pyongyang conducted missile tests in retaliation, Harris stated that embracing the tyrant and not confronting the regime's human rights violations was "not in the best interests of the nation." <ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/8edafa14b58dc32ff9c386c6767cee51|title=Kamala Harris rips Donald Trump over Kim Jong-un relationship|first=Lauren|last=Meier|date=February 12, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Times}}</ref>
In an August 2019 interview, Harris emphasized that any diplomatic solution with respect to North Korea must involve American allies [[Japan]] and [[South Korea|the Republic of Korea]]. When asked if she as president would sign an agreement with North Korea granting partial sanctions relief in exchange for some denuclearization, Harris replied that President Trump had given "Kim one PR victory after the next, all without securing any real concessions" and that she would "consider targeted sanctions relief to improve the lives of the North Korean people if the regime were to take serious, verifiable steps to roll back its nuclear program." <ref name="CFR2019" />
During the November 2019 Democratic presidential debate, Harris was asked whether she would make concessions to [[List of leaders of North Korea|Supreme Leader of North Korea]] [[Kim Jong-un]] in order to continue the talks started by the Trump administration. Harris responded that Trump had been "punked" and that the president had compromised America's ability to slow down North Korea's nuclear program. Harris pointed out that by ending military exercises with [[South Korea]], there were no more concessions to be made, adding that Trump "traded a photo-op for nothing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471429-kamala-harris-donald-trump-got-punked-by-north-korea|title=Kamala Harris: 'Donald Trump got punked' by North Korea|publisher=The Hill|date=November 20, 2019|first=Marina|last=Pitofsky}}</ref>
=== Central and South America ===
====El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras====
In April and July 2019, Harris was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to President Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration" and reverse a decision to cut off $370 million in foreign assistance to [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], and [[Honduras]]. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/437463-more-than-30-dem-sens-ask-trump-to-reconsider-cutting-foreign|title=More than 30 Senate Dems ask Trump to reconsider Central American aid cuts|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=April 4, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
====Brazil====
In 2019, as the [[2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires]] began intensifying in [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Peru]] as a result of [[slash-and-burn]] deforestation and the effects of climate change, Harris called out Brazilian President [[Jair Bolsonaro]] for his failure to act.<ref>https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1165283684905291778</ref> She later joined her Senate colleagues in urging [[U.S. Trade Representative]] [[Robert Lighthizer]] to postpone trade negotiations with [[Brazil]] until he took steps to combat the illegal deforestation.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-colleagues-to-lighthizer-no-trade-negotiations-with-brazil-until-bolsonaro-protects-the-amazon|title=Harris, Colleagues to Lighthizer: No Trade Negotiations with Brazil Until Bolsonaro Protects the Amazon|date=September 6, 2019|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref>
====Venezuela====
In early 2019, an ongoing [[Venezuelan presidential crisis]] regarding the legitimacy of the President of Venezuela erupted between factions supporting incumbent [[Nicolás Maduro]] and challenger [[Juan Guaidó]]. The opposition-majority [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] declared Maduro a "usurper" and announced its intentions to proceed with Guaidó as the acting president under Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution while the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] declared the National Assembly to be "unconstitutional." Protests erupted and international condemnation of Maduro followed thereafter, with Guaidó being recognized as the acting President of Venezuela by about [[Responses to the Venezuelan presidential crisis|60 democratic countries]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://edition.cnn.com/americas/live-news/venezuela-protests-2019/index.html|title=National Assembly President Juan Guaido swears himself in as President of Venezuela|website=CNN|date=29 January 2019|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-hell-is-going-on-how-a-tiny-cabal-galvanized-venezuelas-opposition-11549555626|title='What the Hell Is Going On?' How a Small Group Seized Control of Venezuela's Opposition|last1=Luhnow|first1=David|date=2019-02-07|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-06-02|last2=Forero|first2=Juan|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|last3=Córdoba|first3=José de}}</ref> Recognition of the Maduro government fell along traditional geopolitical lines, with the governments of [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[Iran]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], and [[Turkey]] supporting Maduro.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.apnews.com/6b7fa7cc566f486cb974362168f1d90d |title= Venezuela crisis: Familiar geopolitical sides take shape |author= Vasilyeva, Nataliya |date = 24 January 2019 | accessdate= 25 February 2019 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
In response, Harris condemned Maduro as a repressive and corrupt dictator, calling on the Venezuelan military not to exercise use of force against civilians.<ref name="CFR2019" /> Harris committed to extending [[temporary protected status]] to Venezuelans living in America to prevent their deportation back to South America.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/23/venezuela-maduro-democrats-2020-1182427|title=Sanders, Harris weigh in on Venezuela, call for restraint from Maduro|last=Forgey|first=Quint|date=February 23, 2019|work=Politico|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> She did not support military action by U.S. forces, criticizing [[John Bolton]]'s suggestions to adopt a more hawkish position, suggesting dispersal of additional aid to humanitarian organizations working in Venezuela.<ref name="CFR2019" /> In contrast, Senator Bernie Sanders received bipartisan condemnation for his response to the crisis, refusing to recognize Guaidó as the interim president and refusing to condemn Maduro as a dictator.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/21/bernie-sanders-venezuela-maduro-1179636|title='He is not going to be the nominee': Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance|last=Caputo|first=Marc|date=February 21, 2019|work=Politico|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> However, international recognition of Juan Guaidó as opposition leader of Venezuela has been denounced by commentators such as Havard law professor Noah Feldman as "a fig leaf for regime change", noting that Article 233 does not say the assembly can remove the president and succession in the event the president is unavailable to serve only applies for 30 days.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-24/u-s-recognition-of-venezuela-s-guaido-is-disguised-regime-change | title=Call U.S. Move on Venezuela What It Is: Regime Change | first=Noah | last=Feldman | agency=Bloomberg}}</ref> Juan Guaidó has promised to allow U.S. oil companies to increase their activity in Venezuela,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/juan-guaido-will-open-up-oil-deals-to-foreign-private-companies-a8763821.html | title=Venezuela: Juan Guaido will open up oil deals to foreign private companies, opposition leader's US envoy says | date=February 5, 2019 | first=Tom | last=Embury-Dennis | agency=The Independent }}</ref> in the context of liaisons between the Trump administration and Guaido<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/world/americas/marco-rubio-venezuela.html | title=On Venezuela, Rubio Assumes U.S. Role of Ouster in Chief|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|last2=Wong|first2=Edward|date=January 26, 2019 |agency=New York Times }}</ref> such as Senator Marco Rubio claiming that Guaidó would create jobs refining heavy crude for American workers.<ref>{{ cite tweet |user=marcorubio |number=1088414772163461120 |date=January 24, 2019 | title=Biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil are @ValeroEnergy & @Chevron. Refining heavy crude from #Venezuela supports great jobs in Gulf Coast. For the sake of these U.S. workers I hope they will begin working with administration of President Guaido & cut off illegitimate Maduro regime.}}</ref>
===Europe===
====NATO====
[[File:Kamala Harris in July 2018.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris, July 2018]]
In July 2018, Harris, ahead of an [[Exercise RIMPAC]], the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise between the military forces from the [[Pacific Rim]] and beyond, expressed gratitude to the member nations of [[NATO]]. She stated that President Trump's "disgusting" remarks had "frayed" the alliance but that "longtime mutual trust surpasses whatever happens in the White House."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2018/07/20/sen-harris-americas-alliances-will-survive-trumps-foolhardy-criticism/|title=Sen. Harris: America's Alliances Will Survive Trump's 'Disgusting' Criticism|date=July 20, 2018|first=Chris|last=Jennewein|newspaper=Times of San Diego}}</ref>
====Russia====
In June 2017, Harris spoke out against Russia's [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|interference in the 2016 elections]], calling out their exploitation of divisive issues on race and joining the intelligence community's unanimous assessment that the Russians assisted Donald Trump's campaign.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-harris-underscores-danger-of-administrations-failure-to-acknowledge-russian-interference-in-us-election|title=Senator Harris Underscores Danger of Administration's Failure to Acknowledge Russian Interference in U.S. Election
|date=June 28, 2017|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref> In July 2017, Harris voted in favor of the [[Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act]] that grouped together [[International sanctions|sanctions]] against [[Iran]], [[Russia]] and [[North Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress, 1st Session|website=senate.gov|date=July 27, 2017}}</ref>
Harris has condemned the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]], calling it a "severe violation of the international norms that have guided the world since World War II." She also referred to the downing of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] as an act of Russian aggression, attributing responsibility of the 298 civilians on board to a Russian [[surface-to-air]] missile.<ref name="CFR2019" /> She expressed her support for the sovereignty of [[Ukraine]], and led her colleagues in holding the Trump administration accountable on the issue by filing a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] lawsuit in hopes of releasing documents related to the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal]] that led to the President's impeachment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/10/23/kamala-harris-ukraine-documents-public-records-freedom-of-information-act//|title=Kamala Harris, Senate Colleagues Seek Ukraine Docs Via Public Records Law|date=October 23, 2019|newspaper=Associated Press}}</ref>
In December 2018, after [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] announced the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Harris was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern over the administration "now abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on Trump to continue arms negotiations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/421307-senate-dems-urge-trump-to-continue-nuclear-arms-control-negotiations-after|title=Senate Dems urge Trump to continue nuclear arms control negotiations after treaty suspension|date=December 13, 2018|first=Ellen|last=Mitchell|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
===Middle East===
====Afghanistan====
In December 2018, Harris traveled to [[Kabul]], [[Mazar-e Sharif]], and [[Kandahar]] in [[Afghanistan]] with two of her Republican colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senators Burr and Lankford to visit troops, diplomats, and other national security professionals. Harris, joining her colleagues, has said the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] must end, albeit responsibly and in coordination with regional allies to protect gains made for Afghan women and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-takes-trip-to-Afghanistan-13474729.php|title=Kamala Harris travels to Afghanistan with GOP Senators|website=SanFranciscoChronicle|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref>
====Israel====
[[File:Kamala Harris signing the guest book at Yad Vashem with her husband, Doug24830055418 5323ea6526 h (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|Signing guestbook at [[Yad Vashem]] in [[Israel]] with husband Doug Emhoff]]
In 2017, Harris gave a public address to [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee|AIPAC]] attendees. She said: "I believe [[Israel]] should never be a partisan issue, and as long as I'm a United States senator, I will do everything in my power to ensure broad and bipartisan support for Israel's security and right to self-defense."<ref name="Intercept2018">{{cite news |title=As Democrats Shift Left on Palestine, 2020 Contender Kamala Harris Gives Off-the-Record Address to AIPAC |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/03/07/kamala-harris-israel-aipac/ |work=The Intercept |date=March 7, 2018}}</ref> Harris noted that "the first resolution I co-sponsored as a United States senator was to combat anti-Israel bias at the United Nations," referring to a Senate resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the [[reunification of Jerusalem]].<ref name="JNS News"/><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Senate Approves Resolution Celebrating '50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/senate-backs-resolution-celebrating-israel-s-reunification-of-jerusalem-1.5480592 |work=Haaretz |date=June 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S. Res. 176 – A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/176/text |website=congress.gov |publisher=115th Congress (2017–2018)}}</ref> In that same speech, she expressed her support for a [[two-state solution]] to the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="Intercept2018" />
In late 2017, she traveled to Israel, where she met with Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and visited the [[Western Wall]], [[Yad Vashem]], and the [[Supreme Court of Israel]].<ref name="JNS News"/> Executive Director of the [[Jewish Democratic Council of America]] Halie Soifer, who previously served as Harris's national security advisor, said the following of Harris:<ref name="JNS News"/>
{{quote|She has been a lifelong supporter of Israel. She has talked about the importance of ensuring that the US-Israel relationship remains strong and not be politicized in the way that this administration has done to divide Democrats. I think she's very supportive of the US-Israel relationship.}}
In 2018, in another speech to [[AIPAC]], Harris reiterated her support for Israel, reminiscing about growing up in the Bay Area, collecting funds to plant trees in Israel for the [[Jewish National Fund]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Record at a Glance: California Presidential Candidate Sen. Kamala Harris on Jewish Issues
|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/record-at-a-glance-california-presidential-candidate-sen-kamala-harris-on-jewish-issues/2019/01/22/|work=The Intercept |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref> She later condemned anti-semitism in the aftermath of [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting|Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation]] shooting which claimed the lives of 11 worshippers during [[Shacharit|Shabbat morning services]].
In 2019, she opposed the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement targeting Israel.<ref name="jta">{{cite news |title=5 Jewish things to know about Kamala Harris |url=https://www.jta.org/2019/01/11/politics/5-jewish-things-to-know-about-kamala-harris |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> She was a cosponsor of a Senate resolution expressing objection to the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|UN Security Council Resolution 2334]], which condemned [[Israeli settlement|Israeli settlement building]] in the [[West Bank]] as a violation of international law.<ref name="JNS News">{{cite news |title=Record at a Glance: California Presidential Candidate Sen. Kamala Harris on Jewish Issues |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/record-at-a-glance-california-presidential-candidate-sen-kamala-harris-on-jewish-issues/2019/01/22/ |work=JNS News Service |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S.Res.6 – A resolution objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 and to all efforts that undermine direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians for a secure and peaceful settlement. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/6/text |website=congress.gov |publisher=115th Congress (2017–2018)}}</ref><ref name="jta"/>
====Iran====
[[File:Kamala Harris Navy 1 1400.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris tours [[USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)|USS Theodore Roosevelt]]]]
Harris supported the [[Iran nuclear deal]].<ref name="jta"/> In 2018, after Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], Harris released a statement saying the decision "jeopardizes our national security and isolates us from our closest allies" while calling the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action "the best existing tool we have to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and avoid a disastrous military conflict in the Middle East."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-statement-on-trump-violating-the-iran-nuclear-deal|title=Harris Statement on Trump Violating the Iran Nuclear Deal|date=May 8, 2018|publisher=Kamala Harris United States Senator for California}}</ref> In 2019, Harris said she would rejoin the agreement and expand it to cover ballistic missile testing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris Says She'd Rejoin Iran Agreement If She's Elected|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-19/kamala-harris-says-she-d-rejoin-iran-agreement-if-she-s-elected |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date=June 18, 2019}}</ref>
In the wake of the assassination of [[Qasem Soleimani]], the commander of the Iranian [[Quds Force]], Harris joined her Senate colleagues in introducing the No War Against Iran Act and condemning President Trump's "dangerous escalation" with the Iranian regime<ref>{{cite news |title=Democrats Slam Trump Over "Dangerous Escalation" with Iran|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/democrats-slam-trump-over-qassem-soleimani-iran |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
====Saudi Arabia====
In late 2018, she voted to withdraw U.S. military aid for [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen]]. She also backed a resolution blaming Saudi Crown Prince [[Mohammad bin Salman]] for the murder of dissident journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news |title=Here's how Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris voted on 'dark money,' the Yemen war and censuring the Saudi prince in Khashoggi's killing |url=https://www.pe.com/2018/12/14/heres-how-sens-dianne-feinstein-and-kamala-harris-voted-on-dark-money-the-yemen-war-and-censuring-the-saudi-prince-in-khashoggis-killing/ |work=[[The Press-Enterprise]] |date=December 14, 2018}}</ref> Harris also condemned President Trump for turning a blind eye to the murder.<ref name="CFR2019" /> Harris has called for a "fundamental" re-evaluation of the American relationship with Saudi Arabia, but acknowledged that the Saudis have been strong partners in areas of mutual interest, such as counterterrorism.<ref name="CFR2019" />
====Syria====
In April 2017, in response to the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]], Harris condemned [[president of Syria|Syrian president]] [[Bashar al-Assad]] with attacking Syrian children, and stated "the clear fact that president Assad is not only a ruthless dictator brutalizing his own people—he is a war criminal the international community cannot ignore." She called on President Trump to work with Congress on his administration's "lack of clear objectives in Syria and articulate a detailed strategy and path forward in partnership with our allies."<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-harris-statement-on-us-military-action-in-syria|title=Senator Harris Statement on U.S. Military Action in Syria|date=April 6, 2017|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref> Later that month, in her first overseas trip as a Senator, she visited the [[Zaatari refugee camp]] in [[Jordan]], the world's largest camp for Syrian refugees.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-harris-returns-from-trip-to-the-middle-east|title=Senator Harris Returns from Trip to the Middle East|date=April 17, 2017|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref>
In May 2017, the Trump administration decided to arm [[Rojava|Kurds in Syria]] in the fight against [[ISIS]] over the objections of [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump to Arm Syrian Kurds, Even as Turkey Strongly Objects|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/trump-kurds-syria-army.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> In November 2017, under pressure from Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]], Trump reversed course and cut off the Kurds' supply of arms.<ref>{{cite news |title=US cutting off its supply of arms to Kurds fighting in Syria|url=https://apnews.com/945405f808f04d3a898c0b826bbabcc1|work=Associated Press |date=November 25, 2017}}</ref> Then, in December 2018, President Trump announced the full withdrawal of American troops in Syria, leading to the resignation of Defense Secretary [[Jim Mattis]]. Harris immediately criticized Trump's decision to [[American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War|withdraw U.S. troops from Syria]], which gave [[Turkey]] the green light to launch the [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|military offensive]] against [[Rojava|Syrian Kurds]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Democratic debate: Military veterans Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Buttigieg clash over Syria |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/democratic-debate-tulsi-gabbard-syria-pete-buttigieg-trump-turkey-a9157711.html |first=Negar |last=Mortazavi |work=The Independent |date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>
In August 2019, after Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard attacked Harris for her record as a prosecutor in a presidential debate, Harris shrugged off her remarks and characterized Gabbard as an "apologist" for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris dismisses Tulsi Gabbard as a Bashar al-Assad 'apologist' who is polling 'at zero |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/08/01/kamala-harris-calls-tulsi-gabbard-assad-apologist/1888310001/ |first=William |last=Cummings |work=USA Today|date=August 1, 2019}}</ref> In November 2019, during a presidential debate, Harris condemned Gabbard for her decision to meet with the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017, her subsequent skepticism about claims that Assad used chemical weapons against civilians in [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack|Khan Shaykhun]], and her refusal to call Assad a war criminal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harris whacks Gabbard over criticism of fellow Democrats
|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/20/kamala-harris-thumps-tulsi-gabbard-debate-072380 |first=Caitlin |last=Oprysko |work=Politico|date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
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The '''political positions of Kamala Harris''' are reflected by her [[United States Senate]] voting record, public speeches, and interviews. [[Kamala Harris]] has served as the junior senator from [[California]] since 2017. On August 11, 2020, Harris was selected by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee [[Joe Biden]] to be his running mate in the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]].
==Lifetime ratings==
{| class="wikitable sortable floatcenter"
|+Kamala Harris's lifetime ratings<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris|title = Kamala Harris | work =The Voter's Self Defense System | publisher = Vote Smart}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher = LCV |url= https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/kamala-harrisf |title= Kamala Harris | work = National Environmental Scorecard}}</ref>
|-
! Date
! Organization
! Advocacy
! Lifetime rating
|-
| 2019 || [[Alliance for Retired Americans]] || Retirees || 100%
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| 2017–19 || [[American Civil Liberties Union]] || [[Civil liberties]] || 93%
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| 2017–19 || [[American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations|AFL-CIO]] || [[Industrial unionism|Trade unions]] || 100%
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| 2017 || [[American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees|AFSCME]] || [[Public-sector trade union]]s || 86%
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| 2018 || [[Center for Biological Diversity]] || [[Endangered species]] || 89%
|-
| 2019–20 || [[Children's Defense Fund]] || Children's advocacy || 100%
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| 2017 || [[Club for Growth]] || Taxes || 4%
|-
| 2017–18 || [[FreedomWorks]] || Government operations || 29%
|-
| 2017–18 || [[Human Rights Campaign]] || [[LGBTQ rights]] || 100%
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| 2019 || [[League of Conservation Voters]] || [[Environmentalism]] || 91%
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| 2017–18 || [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] || [[Civil rights]] || 100%
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| 2019 || [[National Association of Police Organizations]] || [[Law enforcement]] || 100%
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| 2010–19 || [[NARAL]] || [[Pro-choice]] || 100%
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| 2019 || [[National Education Association]] || [[Education]] || 100%
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| 2010–16 || [[National Rifle Association]] || [[Gun rights]] || 7%
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| 2017–19 || [[Planned Parenthood]] || [[Pro-choice]] || 100%
|-
| 2018 || [[United States Chamber of Commerce]] || [[Business]] || 30%
|}
== Social issues ==
===Abortion===
[[File:Kamala Harris meeting with advocates from Planned Parenthood Action Fund C53hx uU8AIwn t (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Planned Parenthood|Planned Parenthood Action Fund]], 2017]]
In 2013, when she was California Attorney General, Harris allowed the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian to cease the availability of elective [[abortion]]s, after it entered a partnership with a Catholic chain, St. Joseph Health System.<ref name=Hoag>{{cite news |first= Seema |last=Mehta |url= https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-jun-21-la-fi-hiltzik-20130623-story.html |title=Devious Ban on Abortion at Hoag |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= June 23, 2013}}</ref> The ban was made due to St. Joseph's "sensitivity" about abortion. As the attorney general, Harris had legal authority to decide on any such change, as a condition of her approving a major transaction involving any non-profit medical institution in the state.<ref name= Hoag /> The ban would not be able to go into effect without her knowledge or approval.<ref name=Hoag/> Harris did set conditions on the ban, requiring the hospital to "take steps to ensure that alternative providers are available and accessible to all women, especially low-income women for direct abortions" in the hospital's serviceable area.<ref name=Hoag/>
Critics voiced concern that by imposing Catholic doctrine on its operations, St. Joseph was reducing the availability of reproductive services while receiving millions of dollars from taxpayers through [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] reimbursements and a legal status that allowed it to be tax-exempt while taking tax deductions.<ref name=Hoag/>
In July 2015, an organization called "The Center for Medical Progress" ([[Trade name|dba]] "Biomax"), a registered California non-profit corporation, posted five videos, shot in Texas, as evidence of proof that [[Planned Parenthood]] was "illegally trafficking aborted fetal parts."<ref name=Firestorm>{{cite news|first=Christine|last=Mai-Duc|title=An antiabortion firestorm|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> The videos were found to be manipulated{{snd}}[[propaganda]] produced by [[Anti-abortion movement|anti-abortion activists]] who used fake California identification to establish a [[Shell corporation|ghost]] California non-profit corporation.<ref name=Stand>{{cite news|first=Robin|last=Abcarian|title=Where Does Kamala Harris Stand?|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> Within two months of the videos' posting, a Texas grand jury indicted the two activists responsible for producing them. However, as of March 2016, Harris had yet to make any determination on the matter: "In July, our politically ambitious attorney general, Kamala Harris, vowed to 'carefully review' the 'Center for Medical Progress… what is [she] waiting for?'<ref name= Stand/>
While a spokesperson for Harris said that "the office does not comment on investigations, or even confirm whether an investigation exists", abortion rights advocates began to speculate that Harris's senatorial campaign to replace [[Barbara Boxer]] might have contributed to Harris's "lack of urgency" on the case.<ref name= Stand />
[[File:Jerry Brown and Kamala Harris - 2017.jpg|thumb|Governor [[Jerry Brown]] and Kamala Harris in 2017]]
However, in September 2016, Governor [[Jerry Brown]] signed into law "Assembly Bill 1671", which was reportedly drafted by Harris, with input from Planned Parenthood—which sponsored the bill—making it a criminal offense to intentionally distribute, or to help with the dissemination of, unlawfully obtained confidential communications.<ref name= Criminalize>{{cite news |last=Desanctis |first=Alexandra |date=2016-09-30 |title=California Governor Signs Bill to Criminalize Whistleblowing |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/california-whistleblower-law-governor-brown-signs-bill-criminalizing-whistleblowing |work=[[National Review]] |access-date=2020-08-11}}</ref><ref name=AB1671>{{cite news |title=AB-1671 Confidential communications: disclosure |url= https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671| work=California Legislative Information |date=September 30, 2016}}</ref> [[Libertarianism in the United States|Libertarians]], filmmakers and news organizations vehemently opposed the bill, which was signed into law after late amendments were added to it.<ref name= BadBill>{{cite news|title=Planned Parenthood's Bad Bill|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref>
Since her election to the Senate, Harris has maintained a 100% rating by the [[abortion rights]] advocacy group [[Planned Parenthood Action Fund]], and a 0% rating by the [[anti-abortion]] group [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris|title=Kamala Harris's Ratings and Endorsements |date=July 15, 2018|website=[[VoteSmart.com]]}}</ref> She was also endorsed by [[Emily's List]] in 2015 during her senatorial campaign.<ref name=Emily>{{cite news |first=Seema |last=Mehta |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-emilys-list-backs-kamala-harris-senate-bid-20150318-story.html |title=Emily's List backs Kamala Harris' Senate bid |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>
===Affirmative action===
Harris opposed California's [[1996 California Proposition 209|ban on affirmative action]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris on race, college admission |url=https://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Kamala-Harris-on-race-college-admission-3788700.php |first=Bob |last=Egelko |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> She asked the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] to "reaffirm its decision that public colleges and universities may consider race as one factor in admissions decisions."<ref name="utexas">{{cite news |title=Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case, Fisher v. University of Texas |url=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-brief-us-supreme-court-affirmative-action |publisher=State of California Department of Justice |date=November 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How race-based affirmative action could return to UC |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-amar-kennedy-fisher-v-university-of-texas-20160624-snap-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 26, 2016}}</ref> Harris filed legal papers in the Supreme Court case supporting race as an admissions factor at the [[University of Texas]].<ref name="utexas"/> She also filed papers supporting [[Affirmative action in the United States|affirmative action]] in a different Supreme Court case involving the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris' support of public university affirmative action defies the will of California voters |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-affirmative-action-20160629-snap-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 29, 2016}}</ref>
===Capital punishment===
Harris is opposed to the [[capital punishment in the United States|death penalty]], but has said that she would review each case individually.<ref name="sfbg.com">{{cite news |title=Give Kamala Harris credit for integrity |first=Tim |last=Redmond |url=http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2009/09/11/give-kamala-harris-credit-integrity |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Bay Guardian]] |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>
As the district attorney of San Francisco, Harris was opposed to the death penalty, refusing to demand it against a man charged with the murder of a police officer. This decision was controversial and criticized by senator [[Dianne Feinstein]].<ref name="Politico">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-vp-background-bio-biden-running-mate-2020-393885?cid=apn|title=55 Things You Need to Know About Kamala Harris|accessdate=August 16, 2020|date=August 11, 2020|publisher=[[Politico]]}}</ref> She reversed her position as the California attorney general, when she defended the death penalty in that state against a Federal ruling which might have resulted in its abolition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/Why-does-Kamala-Harris-defend-the-death-penalty-6481227.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> and declined to support two ballot initiatives that would have banned the death penalty in the state, raising accusations of political opportunism and inconsistency on the issue.<ref name="Politico"/>
However, in July 2019, as Attorney General [[William Barr]] announced the [[Capital punishment by the United States federal government|federal government's resumption of capital punishment]] after nearly 20 years without an execution of a federal inmate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse|title=Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse| publisher=[[U.S. Department of Justice]] | accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=July 25, 2019 }}</ref> Harris criticized the move as "misguided," "immoral," and "a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-statement-on-trump-administration-resuming-capital-punishment|title=Harris Statement on Trump Administration Resuming Capital Punishment| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris | accessdate=July 25, 2019| date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> As a Senator, she also co-sponsored a bill banning the death penalty,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455597-senate-dems-introduce-bill-to-ban-death-penalty|title=Booker, Durbin and Leahy introduce bill to ban death penalty|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=July 31, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
cock and nuts
=== Drugs ===
[[File:Attorney General Harris Tours U.S.-Mexico Border N2063 border 1.jpg|thumb|Harris visiting [[Mexico–United States border|U.S.–Mexico border]] to discuss border violence and strategies to combat [[drug cartel]]s, 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Fact check: 2011 photo shows Harris visiting border but online post misleads on border wall views |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/17/fact-check-online-post-misleads-kamala-harris-border-wall-support/3377095001/ |work=USA Today |date=August 17, 2020}}</ref>]]
Harris did not initially support the legalization of recreational marijuana, but later moved to support legalization.<ref name="Herndon 2019">{{cite news |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead |title=Kamala Harris Joins Democratic Presidential Field |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/kamala-harris-2020-president.html |accessdate=January 21, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=January 21, 2019 |quote=But like many Democrats, she has sought to align herself with the party's leftward drift in recent years, proclaiming her support for “Medicare for All” and, after an initial hesitation, disavowing most corporate donations and embracing the legalization of recreational marijuana, which Ms. Harris once rebuffed.}}</ref> In 2010, while campaigning for Attorney General of California, she opposed [[2010 California Proposition 19|Proposition 19]], the first failed attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in California, on the grounds that selling drugs harms communities.<ref>{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Shackford |work=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |url=https://reason.com/2019/02/11/kamala-harris-says-opposition-to-marijua/|title=Kamala Harris Says Her Opposition to Marijuana Legalization Is 'Not True.' We Have the Receipts! |date=February 11, 2019 }}</ref> In 2015, she called for an end on the federal prohibition of medical marijuana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/kamala-harris-record-on-marijuana-legalization/index.html |date=February 12, 2019 |title=Kamala Harris' record on marijuana legalization|first=Holmes |last=Lybrand|website=CNN}}</ref>
In April 2018, following reports that the Justice Department was blocking the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] from taking action on over two dozen requests to grow marijuana for use in research, Harris and Republican [[Orrin Hatch]] sent a letter to Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] on the necessity of marijuana research "for evidence-based decision making" and "to resolve critical questions of public health and safety, such as learning the impacts of marijuana on developing brains and formulating methods to test marijuana impairment in drivers."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/382858-hatch-harris-call-for-doj-to-stop-blocking-medical|title=Senators call for DOJ to stop blocking medical marijuana research|date=April 12, 2018|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In May 2018, Harris announced she would co-sponsor the [[Marijuana Justice Act]] (originally introduced by Senator [[Cory Booker]] in August 2017) which would legalize cannabis at the federal level by removing it from the [[Controlled Substance Act]]. The bill would also require federal courts to automatically expunge earlier federal marijuana convictions related to use or possession and would penalize states that enforce cannabis laws in a disproportionate manner against minority or low-income individuals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/387101-kamala-harris-backs-booker-bill-to-legalize-marijuana |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=May 10, 2018 |title=Kamala Harris backs Booker bill to legalize marijuana |accessdate=August 9, 2018|first=Aris |last=Folley}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=July 31, 2017 |title=Senator Cory Booker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill, focused on Racial Justice |url=https://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2017/07/senator-cory-booker-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Drug Policy Alliance}}</ref> In February 2019, as she reintroduced the Marijuana Justice Act, Harris asserted that the United States had not equally applied marijuana laws and "criminalized marijuana use in a way that has led to the disproportionate incarceration of young men of color."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/booker-lee-khanna-introduce-landmark-marijuana-justice-bill/|title=Booker, Lee, Khanna Introduce Landmark Marijuana Justice Bill|date=February 28, 2019| work = Insider NJ}}</ref>
In December 2018, Harris was one of twenty-one senators to sign a letter to [[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]] [[Scott Gottlieb]] stating their approval of the actions of the [[Food and Drugs Administration]] to hinder youth access to e-cigarettes and urging the FDA "to take additional, stronger steps to prevent and reduce e-cigarette use among youth."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://halfwheel.com/21-senators-send-letter-urging-fda-to-ban-flavored-tobacco-menthol/286639|title=21 Senators Send Letter Urging FDA to Ban Flavored Tobacco, Menthol |first=Charlie|last=Minato|date=December 7, 2018|publisher=halfwheel.com}}</ref>
In July 2019, Harris and Representative [[Jerry Nadler]] introduced the [[MORE Act|Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act]] of 2019, legislation that would legalize marijuana on the federal level in addition to expunging low-level marijuana possession convictions and authorizing grants to members of communities of color as part of an effort to reverse decades of damage cannabis criminalization had inflicted to those respective communities. In a statement, Harris cited the need to regulate marijuana and ensuring "everyone—especially communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the [[War on Drugs]]—has a real opportunity to participate in this growing industry."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kamala-harris-marijuana-bill-legalize-tax-weed-pot-862192/ |title= Sen. Kamala Harris Introduces Law to Federally Legalize, Tax Marijuana|date= July 23, 2019|first=EJ|last=Dickson}}</ref>
===Education===
[[File:Malala Yousafzai with Kamala Harris.jpg|thumb|Harris and [[Malala Yousafzai]], Pakistani activist for [[female education]] and [[Nobel Prize]] laureate.]]
Harris has argued for treating "habitual and chronic [[truancy]]" among children in elementary school as a crime committed by the parents of truant children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Molly Redden |title=The Human Costs Of Kamala Harris' War On Truancy |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-truancy-arrests-2020-progressive-prosecutor_n_5c995789e4b0f7bfa1b57d2e?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFzb24uY29tLzIwMTkvMDUvMTMva2FtYWxhLWhhcnJpcy10cnVhbmN5LWxhdy1saWVzLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHo7UR_yzbYu7aKcSkJs6XlUuRoRw-EtmGwgbgheGYtMq8k0GJluWWwblz-NFYsIx4G4m72GW2ZqRWceuVY3cwhXQfPrsy-HH_bwjSxh2MrKEzEd2ZqNUi2vUr-sQfxWBzGAQogocCVTEoq46ZUrGzc9x4LVzA1jfv_uq7dS4NaV |accessdate=May 17, 2019 |work=Huffington Post |date=March 29, 2019 |quote=a truancy law that then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris had personally championed in the state legislature}}</ref> She argues that there is a direct connection between habitual truancy in elementary school and crime later in life.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i0tpAqrDDY |title=KGO/ABC 7's View from the Bay's Interview with Kamala Harris on Truancy Rates |via=YouTube |accessdate=November 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-c-4FlgUT0 |title=Kamala Harris on the Today Show |via=YouTube |accessdate=November 18, 2010}}</ref> She has received the endorsement of the California Federation of Teachers.<ref name="Endorsements">{{cite web|url=http://kamalaharris.org/endorsements|title=Endorsements|date=September 24, 2010|publisher=Kamalaharris.org|accessdate=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125060802/http://kamalaharris.org/endorsements|archive-date=November 25, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{better source|date=July 2019}}</ref>
Harris supports [[Desegregation busing|busing]] for desegregation of public schools, saying that "the schools of America are as [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregated]], if not more segregated, today than when I was in elementary school."<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris Calls for Federally Mandated Busing |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harris-calls-for-federally-mandated-busing/ |work=[[National Review]] |date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> Harris views busing as an option to be considered by school districts, rather than the responsibility of the federal government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harris says busing should be considered, not mandated |url=https://apnews.com/586b1e81cb684654b0cf689b9074c1cb |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 3, 2019 |accessdate=July 4, 2019}}</ref>
Harris supports the creation of a government funding program to pay tuition and fees for students attending public colleges and universities for dependent students whose parents have income of $125,000 or less and independent students with incomes of $125,000 or less. The program would be funded by a fee on Wall Street firms of 0.5 percent per stock trade.<ref>{{ cite news |first1=Daniel |last1=Bush |first2=Lisa |last2=Desjardins |title=What does Kamala Harris believe? Where the candidate stands on 9 issues
|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-kamala-harris-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-9-issues |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |date=January 21, 2019 |accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> Regarding student loans, Kamala Harris proposed having up to $20,000 in student debt forgiven for Pell Grant recipients who start a business and operate it for at least three years in a disadvantaged community. Eligible students would also have loans deferred interest free for a business formation period of up to three years.<ref>{{ cite news |first=Jillian |last=Berman |title=Kamala Harris proposes cancelling $20,000 in student debt for these low-income borrowers, unleashing Twitter backlash |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/kamala-harris-proposes-cancelling-20000-in-student-debt-for-these-low-income-borrowers-unleashing-backlash-on-twitter-2019-07-29 |work=[[MarketWatch]] |date=August 4, 2019 |accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
=== Election security ===
On December 21, 2017, Harris was one of six senators to introduce the "Secure Elections Act", legislation authorizing [[block grants]] for states that would update outdated voting technology. The act would also create a program for an independent panel of experts to develop [[cybersecurity]] guidelines for election systems that states could adopt if they choose, along with offering states resources to implement the recommendations.<ref>{{cite news|first=Morgan|last=Chalfant|url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/365986-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-introduces-new-election-security-bill|title=Bipartisan group of lawmakers backs new election security bill|date=December 21, 2017|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In March 2019, Harris told [[Jimmy Kimmel]] that she was open to discussing abolishing the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] given that there was "no question that the popular vote has been diminished in terms of making the final decision about who's the president of the United States and we need to deal with that".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434870-kamala-harris-says-she-is-open-to-abolishing-electoral-college |title=Kamala Harris says she is open to abolishing Electoral College|first=Rachel |last=Frazin|date=March 20, 2019|newspaper= [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In May 2019, Harris was a cosponsor of the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act, legislation granting the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] the authority "to set minimum cybersecurity standards for U.S. voting machines, authorize a one-time $500 million grant program for states to buy ballot-scanning machines to count paper ballots and require states to conduct risk-limiting audits of all federal elections in order to detect any cyber hacks."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/443809-senate-dems-introduce-election-security-bill-requiring-paper-ballots|title=Senate Dems introduce election security bill requiring paper ballots|first=Maggie|last=Miller|date=May 15, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
===Guns===
[[File:Gabby Giffords and Kamala Harris.jpg|thumb|Gabby Giffords and Kamala Harris]]
Harris earned an "F" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]] for her consistent efforts supporting gun control.<ref name="NRARating17">{{cite web|title=Kamala Harris on Gun Control|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Kamala_Harris_Gun_Control.htm|website=[[ontheissues.org]]|access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref>
While serving as district attorney in San Francisco Harris, along with other district attorneys, filed an [[amicus brief]] in ''[[District of Columbia v. Heller]]'' arguing that the Washington, D.C. gun law at issue did not violate the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/07-290_amicus_district_attorneys.pdf |date=January 11, 2008 |title=''D.C. v. Heller'' Amici Curiae brief of District Attorneys in support of Petitioners|access-date=March 2, 2008|first=Kamala D.|last=Harris|authorlink=Kamala Harris}}</ref>
During her run for Senate, Harris was endorsed by former U.S. Representative [[Gabby Giffords]], who had been shot in [[2011 Tucson shooting|Tucson in 2011]]. She was also endorsed by the [[Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence]].<ref name="PanzarWillon">{{cite news|last1=Panzar|first1=Javier|last2=Willon|first2=Phil|title=Essential Politics September archives: Brown signs new laws and issues vetoes, fall campaigns heat up|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-gun-control-advocate-and-shooting-1475165392-htmlstory.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 30, 2016|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}</ref>
In response to the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]], Harris supported the call for more gun control. Saying that she believed that [[thoughts and prayers]] are inadequate answers to the shooting, she stated that "...we must also commit ourselves to action. Another moment of silence won't suffice."<ref name="Alcántara">{{cite web|last1=Alcántara|first1=Ann-Marie|title=Kamala Harris Wants Americans to Commit to Action, Not Prayers, After Las Vegas Shooting|url=https://www.popsugar.com/news/Sen-Kamala-Harris-Las-Vegas-Mass-Shooting-October-2017-44097553 |date=October 7, 2017 |website=[[Popsugar]]|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}</ref>
In November 2017, Harris was a cosponsor of the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act, a bill that would form a charge of Domestic Violence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and stipulate that convictions would have to be reported to federal databases with the authority to keep abusers from purchasing firearms within three days in an attempt to close a loophole in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) through which convicted abusers retained the ability to purchase firearms.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bigislandnow.com/2017/11/15/sen-hirono-introduces-military-domestic-violence-reporting-enhancement-act/|title=Sen. Hirono Introduces Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act|date=November 15, 2017|website=bigislandnow.com}}</ref>
In January 2019, Harris joined [[Bernie Sanders]] and 38 other Senate Democrats in introducing the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-helps-introduce-background-check-expansion-act-to-reduce-gun-violence/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Introduce Background Check Expansion Act To Reduce Gun Violence|date=January 9, 2019|website=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>
In May 2019, Harris was one of ten Democratic senators to sign a letter to Facebook Chairman and CEO [[Mark Zuckerberg]] on social media users being "able to facilitate firearm transactions by directing potential buyers to other methods of communication" despite [[Instagram]] banning gun sales on its platforms and demanded answers on how [[Facebook]] governs its own ban on gun sales and holds violators of the site's policy accountable.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/menendez-senators-facebook-ban-gun-sales-not-enough-without-enforcement/|title=Menendez, Senators to Facebook: Ban on Gun Sales Not Enough without Enforcement|date=May 2, 2019|website=Insider NJ}}</ref>
Speaking to [[Wolf Blitzer]] in August 2019, Harris stated that congressional action on gun control rested in the hands of Senate Majority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] and that she "would hope and pray that he understands that he actually has the power to do the right thing here and that he will do the right thing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/kamala-harris-donald-trump-el-paso-dayton-cnntv/index.html|title=Kamala Harris: Gun control action is 'literally in the hands' of Mitch McConnell|first=Paul|last=LeBlanc|date=August 5, 2019|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
On August 14, 2019, Harris unveiled a plan that would address [[domestic terrorism]] while prioritizing increasing the difficulty for suspected individuals to either obtain or keep firearms through the formation of domestic terrorism prevention orders meant to empower law enforcement officers and family members with the ability to petition federal court for a temporary restriction on a person's access to firearms in the event that they "exhibit clear evidence of dangerousness." Harris stated that in the US "loaded guns should not be a few clicks away for any domestic terrorist with a laptop or [[smartphone]]” and cited the "need to take action to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and stop violent, hate-fueled attacks before they happen."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/457429-harris-unveils-plan-to-combat-domestic-terrorism|title=Harris unveils plan to combat domestic terrorism|date=August 14, 2019|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
=== Immigration ===
[[File:Meeting with Dreamers 12-21-17 39176110212 78be0e7a32 h (cropped).jpg|thumb|Meeting with DREAMers in December 2017]]
Harris has expressed support for San Francisco's [[sanctuary city]] policy of not inquiring about immigration status in the process of a criminal investigation.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jesse |last=McKinley |date=November 16, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/us/12sanctuary.html |title=Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=October 28, 2010 }}</ref> She argued that it is important that immigrants be able to talk with law enforcement without fear.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=York |date=October 5, 2010 |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/steve-cooleykamala-harris-debate-the-arizona-immigration-law.html |title=Attorney general debate: The Arizona immigration law |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=April 22, 2020 }}</ref>
On October 25, 2017, Harris stated she would not support a spending bill until Congress addressed the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program in a way that clarified "what we are going to do to protect and take care of our DACA young people in this country."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-sen-kamala-harris-wont-back-federal-1508949513-htmlstory.html|title=Sen. Kamala Harris won't back federal spending bill without DACA fix |first=Sarah D.|last=Wire|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> She did not support a February 2018 proposal by some Democrats to provide Trump with $25 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for giving DREAMers a pathway to citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sahil|last=Kapur|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/kamala-harris-s-early-no-on-wall-may-give-her-an-edge-in-2020|title=Kamala Harris's Early 'No' on Wall May Give Her an Edge in 2020|date=January 18, 2019|website=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref>
In a January 2018 interview, when asked about her ideal version of a bipartisan deal on the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program, Harris stated the need to focus on comprehensive immigration reform and "pass a clean [[DREAM Act]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/en-espanol/sdhoy-sen-kamala-harris-talks-daca-future-run-for-president-20180112-story.html |title=Senator Kamala Harris talks DACA amid heated negotiations |date=January 12, 2018|first=Hiram|last=Soto|authorlink=Hiram Soto|newspaper=[[San Diego Tribune]]}}</ref>
In January 2018, Harris and three other Democratic senators were cosponsors of the Border and Port Security Act, legislation that would mandate [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] "hire, train and assign at least 500 officers per year until the number of needed positions the model identifies is filled" in addition to requiring the commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection to determine potential equipment and infrastructure improvements that could be used for ports of entry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyinterlake.com/local_news/20180119/tester_wants_more_border_personnel|title=Tester Wants More Border Personnel |date=January 19, 2018|first=Patrick|last=Reilly|newspaper=[[Daily Inter Lake]]}}</ref>
In April 2018, Harris was one of five senators to send a letter to [[Thomas Homan]], acting director of [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE), on standards used by the agency when determining how to detain a pregnant woman, requesting that pregnant women not be held in custody unless under extraordinary standards after reports "that ICE has failed to provide critical medical care to pregnant women in immigration detention{{snd}}resulting in miscarriages and other negative health outcomes".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/381895-democrats-question-ice-standards-for-detaining-pregnant-women|title=Democrats question ICE standards for detaining pregnant women|date=April 5, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In July 2018, the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] falsely accused Harris of "supporting the animals of [[MS-13]]."<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/02/harris-warren-senate-women-trump-691546|title=White Houses lashes out at Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren|work=[[Politico]]|date=July 2, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/03/donald-trump/pants-fire-white-house-claim-sen-harris-supporting/ |title=Pants On Fire for WH claim Sen. Harris 'supporting MS-13'|work=[[Politifact]]|date=July 3, 2018|access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> She responded, "As a career prosecutor, I actually went after gangs and transnational criminal organizations. That's being a leader on public safety. What is not, is ripping babies from their mothers."<ref name=":7" />
In July 2018, Harris was one of 22 senators to sponsor the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act, which if enacted would prohibit immigration officers from detaining pregnant women in a majority of circumstances and improve conditions of care for individuals in custody.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/397536-dems-to-propose-legislation-to-prevent-ice-from-shackling-pregnant-women|title=Dems to propose legislation to prevent ICE from shackling pregnant women|first=Emily|last=Birnbaum|date=July 17, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In August 2018, Harris led 15 Democrats and Bernie Sanders in a letter to [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]] [[Kirstjen Nielsen]] demanding that the Trump administration take immediate action in attempting to reunite 539 migrant children with their families, citing each passing day of inaction as intensifying "trauma that this administration has needlessly caused for children and their families seeking humanitarian protection."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/401999-senate-democrats-demand-immediate-reunification-of-remaining-separated|title=Senate Dems demand immediate reunification of remaining separated children|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|date=August 15, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In November 2018, Harris was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[James Mattis]] concerning "the overt politicization of the military" with the Trump administration's deployment of 5,800 troops to the [[U.S.–Mexico border]], and requesting a briefing and written justification from the U.S. Northern Command for troop deployment, while urging Mattis to "curb the unprecedented escalation of DOD involvement in immigration enforcement."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/417703-2020-democrats-challenge-trumps-use-of-troops-at-mexico-border|title=2020 Democrats challenge Trump's use of troops at Mexico border|date=November 20, 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
[[File:Kamala Harris (36670903290).jpg|thumb|right|Harris speaking in support of DACA in September 2017]]
In January 2019, Harris was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Dreamer Confidentiality Act, a bill imposing a ban on the [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) from passing information collected on DACA recipients to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), [[Customs and Border Protection]] (CBP), the [[Department of Justice]], or any other law enforcement agency with exceptions in the case of fraudulent claims, national security issues, or non-immigration related felonies being investigated.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426478-senate-dems-introduces-bill-to-keep-daca-info-private |title=Senate Dems introduces bill to keep DACA info private |date= January 22, 2019|first=Rafael |last= Bernal|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris signed a letter led by [[Catherine Cortez Masto]] to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Enforcement asserting that "the civil detention of an expectant mother for potential immigration offenses is never justified" due to the "absence of compelling evidence that the detention of a pregnant woman is necessary because she is a threat to herself or others, or is a threat to public safety or national security". The senators requested the CBP enact measures that would ensure "timely and appropriate treatment" for pregnant women in custody along with both agencies providing information on how available facilities and doctors are for pregnant immigrants and complete data on the number of those currently in custody.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/latino/437848-dem-senators-call-for-trump-to-restore-release-for-pregnant-migrants|title=Dem senators call for Trump to restore release for pregnant migrants|first=Chris Mills|last=Rodrigo|date=April 8, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In June 2019, during a forum at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]], Harris stated that as president she would push for comprehensive immigration reform in response to a stagnant Congress and outlined her immigration plan which included renewal and expansion of DACA, allowing undocumented parents, siblings, and spouses of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents to seek deportation relief, and using executive actions to undo technical barriers that prevent many Dreamers from receiving legal status by applying for a green card.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/06/14/harris-vows-executive-actions-on-immigration-policy-in-las-vegas-visit/|title=Harris vows executive actions on immigration policy in Las Vegas visit|date=June 14, 2019|newspaper=[[Nevada Current]]}}</ref>
In June 2019, following the [[U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]]’s confirmation that DACA recipients did not meet eligibility for federal backed loans, Harris and 11 other senators introduced The Home Ownership Dreamers Act, legislation that mandated that the federal government was not authorized to deny mortgage loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, [[Fannie Mae]], [[Freddie Mac]], or the Agriculture Department solely due to the immigration status of an applicant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2019/06/21/bob-menendez-cory-booker-bill-home-loans-daca-holders/1513659001/|title=Bob Menendez, Cory Booker and others introduce bill to protect home loans for DACA holders|date=June 21, 2019|website=northjersey.com}}</ref>
In July 2019, along with [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] and [[Amy Klobuchar]], Harris sent a letter to the Office of Refugee Resettlement asserting that the agency "should be prioritizing reunification of every child as soon as possible, but instead it has been responsible for policies that are forcing longer stays in government custody for children" and that it was mandatory that the office "ensure that the custody and processing of [unaccompanied migrant children] is meeting the minimum standards required by domestic and international law."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/451563-harris-gillibrand-klobuchar-call-upon-orr-to-reform-migrant-children-policies|title=Harris, Gillibrand, Klobuchar call upon ORR to reform migrant children policies|date=July 3, 2019|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
In July 2019, Harris and 15 other Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act which mandated that ICE agents get approval from a supervisor ahead of engaging in enforcement actions at sensitive locations with the exception of special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being required to report annually regarding enforcement actions in those locations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.10news.com/news/bill-would-block-immigration-raids-at-schools-courthouses|title=Bill would block immigration raids at schools, courthouses|date=July 11, 2019|first=Zac|last=Self|website=10news.com}}</ref>
In August 2019, after the Trump administration released a new regulation imposing the possibility that any green card and visa applicants could be turned down in the event that they have low incomes or little education and have used benefits such as [[food stamp]]s and housing vouchers, Harris referred to the regulation as part of Trump's ongoing campaign "to vilify a whole group of people" and cited Trump's sending of service members to the southern border and building a border wall as part of his goal to distract "from the fact that he has betrayed so many people and has actually done very little that has been productive in the best interest of American families."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/kamala-harris-trump-green-cards-vilify-cnntv/ |title=Kamala Harris says Trump administration's move on green cards part of effort to 'vilify a whole group of people'|first=Kate|last=Sullivan|date= August 12, 2019|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
In November 2019, in response to reports from [[NBC News]] that ICE had put thousands of immigrants in [[solitary confinement]] between 2012 and 2017 despite some not violating the rules, Harris, Cory Booker, and [[Dick Durbin]] introduced legislation to prevent ICE from overusing solitary confinement in its facilities. Harris said the bill required "ICE to comply with specific safeguards to ensure individuals are treated more humanely and ICE is not adding to the trauma many of these people have already been subjected to."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/department-of-homeland-security/470558-democratic-senators-introduce-bill |title= Democratic senators introduce bill to push ICE to stop 'overuse' of solitary confinement |date=November 14, 2019|newspaper= [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
[[File:U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at L.A.'s Families Belong Together March.jpg|thumb|Harris speaking at L.A.'s [[Families Belong Together]] protest in June 2018]]
In April 2020, Harris was a cosponsor of the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act, legislation which would provide dedicated funding for the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in its efforts for public outreach in multiple languages to hard-to-reach populations in order to ensure vulnerable communities are granted access to COVID-19 relief measures as well as critical public health information. The bill would also modify immigration policies deterring immigrants from receiving medical care relating to COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://ktvz.com/news/oregon-northwest/2020/04/07/wyden-merkley-plan-bill-to-ensure-immigrants-can-access-health-care-amid-covid-19/ |title= Wyden, Merkley plan bill to ensure immigrants can access health care amid COVID-19|date=April 7, 2020|website=KTVZ}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris, along with fellow California Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] and Representative [[Juan Vargas]], sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General requesting an investigation into the way detainees were treated at the Otay Mesa Detention Center following reports that they were required to sign contracts in order to receive masks, citing that they were "in a public health crisis, and it is our duty to protect the health and safety of every individual, especially those who are in custody and unable to take precautions on their own."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2020-04-15/sen-kamala-harris-calls-for-investigation-into-otay-mesa-detention-center|title=Sen. Kamala Harris calls for investigation into Otay Mesa Detention Center|date=April 15, 2020|newspaper=[[San Diego Union Tribune]]}}</ref>
===Internet privacy and net neutrality===
In September 2017, Harris was one of nine senators to sign a letter to [[Federal Communications Commission]] Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] that charged the FCC with failing "to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the tens of thousands of filed complaints that directly shed light on proposed changes to existing net neutrality protections."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/351785-senate-dems-ask-fcc-to-delay-net-neutrality-repeal|title=Senate Dems ask FCC to delay net neutrality repeal|first=Harper|last=Neidig|newspaper=The Hill|date=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
In March 2018, Harris was one of ten senators to sign a letter spearheaded by [[Jeff Merkley]] lambasting a proposal from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that would curb the scope of benefits from the Lifeline program during a period where roughly 6.5 million people in poor communities relied on Lifeline to receive access to high-speed internet, citing that it was Pai's "obligation to the American public, as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to improve the Lifeline program and ensure that more Americans can afford access, and have means of access, to broadband and phone service." The senators also advocated for insuring "Lifeline reaches more Americans in need of access to communication services."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/380870-democrats-slam-fcc-head-over-plan-to-limit-internet-access-funding-for-low|title=Dems slam FCC head for proposed limits to low-income internet program|date=March 29, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
=== LGBT rights ===
[[File:Kamala Harris (48390414112).jpg|thumb|right|[[San Francisco Pride]], 2019]]
As a member of the U.S. Senate, she co-sponsored the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|author=Chris Johnson|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/10/25/kamala-harris-rises-as-lgbt-favorite-for-2020-theres-just-one-thing/|title=Kamala Harris rises as LGBT favorite for 2020{{snd}}there's just one thing|website=Washington Blade|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>
In July 2018, Harris led her colleagues in introducing the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2018, a nationwide bill that would curtail the effectiveness of the so-called [[Gay panic defense|gay and trans panic defenses]], an issue she pioneered during her tenure as District Attorney of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-ban-use-of-gay-and-trans-panic-defense|title=Harris, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Ban Use of Gay and Trans Panic Defense| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris| accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>
In October 2019, Harris participated in a CNN/Human Rights Campaign town hall on the topic of LGBTQ rights, where she pledged her support for "all of the folks who are fighting for equality" in cases that would determine whether gay and transgender people were protected under laws banning federal workplace discrimination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465347-democratic-2020-hopefuls-push-lgbtq-agenda-at-town-hall|title=Democratic 2020 hopefuls tout LGBTQ plans at town hall|first=Julia|last=Manchester|date=October 10, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref> Kamala Harris drew attention to the epidemic of hate violence against Black trans women (at the time 20 killed that year), noting that LGBTQ people of color are doubly exposed to discrimination.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0BiwOZvvkc&t=956s</ref><ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-trans-rights-trangender-pose-angelica-ross-lgbt/</ref>
===Sex workers===
As district attorney in 2008, Harris opposed Prop K, a San Francisco ballot measure to [[decriminalizing sex work|decriminalize sex work]], calling it "completely ridiculous."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Tessa |title=Kamala Harris Declares Her Support for Decriminalizing Sex Work |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kamala-harris-sex-workers-rights-799021/ |work=Rolling Stone |date=February 26, 2019|quote=It would put a welcome mat out for pimps and prostitutes to come on into San Francisco.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McKinley |first1=Jesse |title=San Francisco's Prostitutes Support a Proposition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/01prostitute.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> As attorney general, she led the charge against [[Backpage]], an online classifieds service that had a subsection for escorts.<ref name="Vice20161011">{{cite news |last1=Blum |first1=Steven |title='It Will Never Stop': Sex Workers Respond to Backpage.com Raid |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyxb9q/it-will-never-stop-sex-workers-respond-to-backpagecom-raid |work=Vice |date=October 11, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, Harris filed charges against the site,<ref name="RS2020814"/> leading to the arrest of the CEO and the removal of its adult section.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Derek|last=Hawkins|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/10/backpage-com-shuts-down-adult-services-ads-after-relentless-pressure-from-authorities/|title=Backpage.com shuts down adult services ads after relentless pressure from authorities|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 10, 2017|access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref> Sex workers, who used the site to vet potential clients,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Gwynedd |title=Why Sex Workers Aren't Enthused About Kamala Harris's Run for President |url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/kamala-harris-sex-workers/ |work=Los Angeles Magazine |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref> were faced with a loss of income from the closure. Some were also forced into [[street prostitution]], endangering their lives.<ref name="RS2020814">{{cite news |last1=Dickson |first1=E. J. |title=Why Sex Workers Are Wary of Kamala Harris |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kamala-harris-sex-workers-joe-biden-vice-president-1043941/ |work=Rolling Stone |date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> [[Sex Workers Outreach Project USA|Sex Workers Outreach Project]] executive director Kristen DiAngelo said that taking down Backpage would result in increased violence and risk to people engaged in [[survival sex]].<ref name="Vice20161011"/> Harris also co-sponsored the [[Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act]] (SESTA), an anti-[[sex trafficking]] law, which holds websites responsible for third-party ads. Surveys have indicated that SESTA resulted in an overall rise in [[Violence against prostitutes|violence against sex workers]].<ref name="RS2020814"/>
In a 2019 interview with ''[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]'', Harris indicated that her position on sex work had relaxed. Asked if she supported the decriminalization of sex work, Harris said "I think so. I do." She then described how she had prioritized arresting pimps and johns over sex workers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Terrell Jermaine |title=Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of) |url=https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-kamala-harris-calls-for-decriminalization-of-1832883951 |work=The Root |date=February 26, 2019 |language=en-us|time=14:40}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', her comments were viewed as support for partial decriminalization, akin to the [[Nordic model approach to prostitution|Nordic approach to sex work]].<ref name="RS2020814"/>
===Women's rights===
In September 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1671 into law, which was reportedly drafted by Harris, with input from Planned Parenthood{{snd}}which sponsored the bill{{snd}}making it a criminal offense to intentionally distribute, or to help with the dissemination of, unlawfully obtained confidential communications.<ref name=Criminalize>{{cite news |last=Desanctis |first=Alexandra |date=2016-09-30 |title=California Governor Signs Bill to Criminalize Whistleblowing |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/california-whistleblower-law-governor-brown-signs-bill-criminalizing-whistleblowing |work=[[National Review]] |access-date=2020-08-11}}</ref><ref name=AB1671>{{cite news |title=AB-1671 Confidential communications: disclosure |url= https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671| work=California Legislative Information |date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>
Since her election to the Senate, Harris has maintained a 100% rating by the abortion rights [[advocacy group]], [[Planned Parenthood Action Fund]], and a 0% rating by the anti-abortion group, [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris|title=Kamala Harris's Ratings and Endorsements|date=July 15, 2018|website=VoteSmart.com}}</ref> She was also endorsed by [[Emily's List]] in 2015 during her Senatorial Campaign.<ref name=Emily>{{cite news |first=Seema |last=Mehta |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-emilys-list-backs-kamala-harris-senate-bid-20150318-story.html |title=Emily's List backs Kamala Harris' Senate bid |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>
===Voting rights===
Harris attributed the 2018 gubernatorial losses of [[Stacey Abrams]] and [[Andrew Gillum]], in [[2018 Georgia gubernatorial election|Georgia]] and [[2018 Florida gubernatorial election|Florida]] respectively, to [[voter suppression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-voter-suppression-abrams-gillum-1415903|title=Kamala Harris said that without voter suppression, Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum would've won their 2018 races|last=Hutzler|first=Alexandra|date=May 6, 2019|website=Newsweek}}</ref>
In 2020, along with House Whip [[Jim Clyburn]] and [[Marcia Fudge]] Harris introduced the VoteSafe Act, which sets forth uniform national standards for all registered voters to use mail-in absentee voting, a minimum early in-person voting period of 20 days, and $5 billion in funding and grants for states to increase the safety and availability of voting amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news | first =Justin | last = Wise |url=
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/493138-kamala-harris-introduces-sweeping-5-billion-measure-to-enhance-voter-safety |title= Kamala Harris introduces sweeping $5 billion measure to enhance voter safety |work= The Hill|date=April 16, 2020}}</ref> The bill was endorsed by the [[ACLU]].<ref>{{Citation | title = ACLU endorses senator Harris' Vote safe act | type = press release | publisher = ACLU | url = https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-endorses-senator-harris-votesafe-act}}.</ref>
== Economic issues ==
===Campaign finance===
Harris's 2020 campaign has disavowed most corporate donations, and has committed to rejecting money from corporate political action committees for her presidential campaign, in favor of relying on small and large individual donors.<ref name="Herndon 2019"/><ref name="Reuters 2019"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/politics/democrats-2020-donors.html|title=2020 Democrats Love Small Donors. But Some Really Love Big Donors, Too. |first1=Shane |last1=Goldmacher |first2=Jonathan |last2=Martin |date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
{{quote|Our campaign is not taking a dime from corporate [[political action committee|PACs]] or [[lobbyists]]—and that was a very deliberate choice.<ref name=Accepted>{{cite news|author=Lee Fang|title=Democratic 2020 Candidate Promised to Reject Lobbyist Donation, but Many Accepted the Cash Anyway|publisher=[[The Intercept]]|date=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
Harris, along with candidates Cory Booker, [[Julian Castro]], [[Tulsi Gabbard]], Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, [[Elizabeth Warren]], and [[Marianne Williamson]], has explicitly discouraged single-candidate super PACs from operating on her behalf, though she cannot prevent them from doing so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://readsludge.com/2019/04/01/where-the-2020-candidates-stand-on-campaign-finance/|title=Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Campaign Finance|first=Alex |last=Kotch |date=April 1, 2019 |website=Sludge|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>
=== COVID-19 ===
In April 2020, Harris, along with [[Adam Schiff]] and [[Dianne Feinstein]], unveiled legislation that would establish a bi-partisan commission to review the U.S. response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, similar to the [[9/11 Commission]] and the [[Roberts Commissions|Pearl Harbor Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schiff-sens-feinstein-harris-announce-9-11-style-commission-to-probe-coronavirus|title=Schiff, Feinstein, Harris formally propose 9/11-style commission to probe coronavirus response|first=Brooke |last=Singman |date=April 10, 2020 |website=Fox News|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> Harris and her colleagues also sent a letter to the Trump administration's health officials demanding a consistent protocol for counting the number of casualties caused by the virus to prevent deflation and underreporting of the number of deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/15/trump-will-lie-about-death-toll-kamala-harris-has-way-stop-him/|title=Trump will lie about the death toll. Kamala Harris wants to stop him.
|first=Greg |last=Sargent |date=May 15, 2020 |website=The Washington Post|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
Harris announced that she would be introducing legislation to create a task force that would address racial disparities, the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act. Under the law, the [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] would be empowered to make recommendations about effective distribution of resources to communities suffering from racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates. House Rep. [[Robin Kelly]] introduced a companion bill in the lower chamber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/495494-harris-pushes-for-creation-of-task-force-addressing-racial-disparities-in|title=Harris pushes for task force addressing racial disparities in coronavirus pandemic|first=Tal |last=Axelrod |date=April 30, 2020 |website=The Hill|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
Alongside Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Harris introduced a bill that would expand access by 30 percent to the [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]], commonly known as food stamps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/too-many-people-are-going-hungry-right-now-harris-gillibrand-and-sanders-are-offering-a-lifeline/|title=Too Many People Are Going Hungry Right Now. Harris, Gillibrand, and Sanders Are Offering a Lifeline.
|first=Nathalie |last=Baptiste |date=April 23, 2020 |website=Mother Jones|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> Harris also introduced a bipartisan bill with Republican Senator [[Tim Scott]], with the support of chef [[José Andrés]] to expand eligibility for assistance from [[FEMA]], allowing state and local governments to partner with restaurants and non-profit groups to feed those in need during the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/05/07/a-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-and-jose-andres-want-to-empower-fema-to-meet-americas-growing-hunger-crisis/|title=A bipartisan group of lawmakers and José Andrés want to empower FEMA to meet America's growing hunger crisis
|first=Tim |last=Carman |date=May 7, 2020 |website=The Washington Post|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> Harris also introduced a bill with and Senators Bernie Sanders and [[Ed Markey]] to give Americans a monthly payment of $2000 during the coronavirus crisis, with payments to every U.S. resident making up to $120,000 as the unemployment rate spiked to 14.7%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/08/coronavirus-kamala-harris-bernie-sanders-propose-2000-monthly-payments.html|title=Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey want to give Americans $2,000 a month during coronavirus crisis
|first=Jacob |last=Pramuk |date=May 8, 2020 |website=CNBC|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>
=== Disaster relief ===
[[File:Hurricane Maria - Congressional delegation tours Puerto Rico 171106-A-YN645-038.jpg|thumb|Touring Puerto Rico]]
In October 2017, following [[Hurricane Maria]] and [[Hurricane Irma]], Harris signed a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security [[Elaine Duke]] urging her "to provide all necessary resources to confirm that storm-related deaths are being counted correctly" given that President Trump seemed "to be using the number of fatalities to determine the quality of the disaster response".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/356146-dem-senators-write-dhs-calling-for-accurate-hurricane-death-counts|title=Dem senators write DHS calling for accurate hurricane death counts|first=Olivia|last=Beavers|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In August 2018, Harris was one of eight senators to sign a letter to the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] charging the agency with not assisting displaced homeowners in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Maria]] under the [[Individuals and Households program]] (IHP) at "alarming rates."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/400182-dems-push-fema-on-housing-help-for-displaced-puerto-ricans|title=Dems push FEMA on housing help for displaced Puerto Ricans|first=Maya|last=Lora|date=August 2, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In February 2019, Harris introduced the Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act, a bill that would disable the president from taking funds allocated to the Departments of [[Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]] and [[Department of Housing and Urban Development|Housing and Urban Development]] or the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] for disaster relief and using the funds in construction of physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris said the bill would "ensure that funds intended for victims of natural disasters do not go towards a wall that Congress won't fund and people on the border don't even want" and "stand up for Congress's power of the purse and help California families affected by recent natural disasters begin the process of recovery."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/430421-senate-dems-introduce-bill-to-prevent-trump-from-using-disaster-funds-to|title=Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Trump from using disaster funds to build wall|first=Michael|last=Burke|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In March 2019, Harris was one of eleven senators to sign a letter to congressional leaders urging them to "bring legislation providing disaster supplemental appropriations to your respective floors for consideration immediately" after noting that the previous year had seen 124 federal disaster declarations approved for states, territories, and tribal nations across the US.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kitv.com/story/40066793/hirono-schatz-sign-letter-asking-senate-and-house-to-pass-disaster-supplemental-legislation|title=Hirono, Schatz sign letter asking Senate and House to pass disaster supplemental legislation|date=March 4, 2019|publisher=ktiv.com}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris announced her opposition to a Republican disaster aid package, charging the Trump administration with playing "politics with disaster funding by failing to fully assist California wildfire victims and the millions of American citizens still struggling in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Survivors of these disasters are hurting, and they deserve immediate and meaningful support—this bill does not do that."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/04/harris-skips-disaster-relief-vote-to-campaign-1253798|title=Harris skips vote on California disaster aid to campaign for president|date=April 4, 2019|publisher=Politico}}</ref>
In November 2019, [[wildfire]] conditions forced California power companies to begin presumptive [[2019 California power shutoffs|public safety power shutoff events]], nearly 800,000 electric customers were left without electricity for days. People in areas particularly vulnerable to the fires were left vulnerable, without any way of getting information and supplies. Harris introduced the Wildfire Defense Act, a bill which would invest $1 billion to establish guidelines to create community wildfire defense plans, provide grants of up to $10 million to implement such a plan, and create reporting on best practices to protect communities from wildfires. Her bill was co-sponsored by House Representative [[Jared Huffman]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-introduces-comprehensive-legislation-to-protect-communities-from-growing-threat-of-wildfires|title=Harris Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Protect Communities from Growing Threat of Wildfires| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris | accessdate=November 15, 2019| date=May 8, 2020 }}</ref>
===Consumer protection===
On April 10, 2020, Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the Price Gouging Prevention Act, a bill that would empower the [[Federal Trade Commission]] to enforce a ban on excessive price increases of consumer goods amid national emergencies and specifically consider any price increase above 10% to be price gouging during such a declaration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/10/coronavirus-price-gouging-bill-from-warren-fights-price-gouging.html|title=Warren and Harris introduce Senate bill to crack down on price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic|date=April 10, 2020|publisher=CNBC}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris, along with Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] and Representatives [[Ayanna Pressley]] and [[Gregory Meeks]], sent a letter to the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department requesting that the aforementioned agencies move to ensure minority-owned businesses remain under the Paycheck Protection Program and called for the Trump administration revise guidance on the program in order to reaffirm lending institutions comply with fair lending laws and mandate that they report the demographics of program lending.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news/sen-harris-leads-call-to-ensure-minority-owned-businesses-paycheck-protection|title=Sen. Harris leads call to ensure minority-owned businesses' paycheck protection|date=April 16, 2020|first=Brian|last=Beneventi|publisher=KRCR News}}</ref>
===Energy and environment===
[[File:NorCal Fires Leg Lift (37445330310).jpg|thumb|Touring neighborhood in Santa Rosa, CA]]
During her time as San Francisco District Attorney, Harris created the Environmental Justice Unit in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Jason B.|title=San Francisco D.A. creates environmental unit ... team takes on crime mostly affecting the poor|url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-06-01/bay-area/17376837_1_environmental-justice-bird-droppings-san-francisco-city-hall|accessdate=August 20, 2010|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 1, 2005}}</ref> and prosecuted several industries and individuals for pollution, most notably [[U-Haul]], Alameda Publishing Corporation, and the [[Cosco Busan oil spill]]. She also advocated for strong enforcement of environmental protection laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kamalaharris.org/issues/Environment|accessdate=October 3, 2011|title=Protecting the Environment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011000513/http://kamalaharris.org/issues/Environment|archive-date=October 11, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In October 2017, Harris was one of nineteen senators to sign a letter to [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]] [[Scott Pruitt]] questioning Pruitt's decision to repeal the [[Clean Power Plan]], asserting that the repeal's proposal used "mathematical sleights of hand to over-state the costs of industry compliance with the 2015 Rule and understate the benefits that will be lost if the 2017 repeal is finalized" and science denying and math fabricating would fail to "satisfy the requirements of the law, nor will it slow the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, the inexorable rise in sea levels, or the other dire effects of global warming that our planet is already experiencing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/357446-19-sens-question-epa-methodology-behind-clean-power-plan-repeal |date=October 26, 2017 |title=19 sens question EPA methodology behind Clean Power Plan repeal|first=Julia|last=Manchester|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In September 2018, Harris was one of eight senators to sponsor the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, a bill described by cosponsor Elizabeth Warren as using "market forces to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy—reducing the odds of an environmental and financial disaster without spending a dime of taxpayer money."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/406700-warren-wants-companies-to-disclose-more-about-climate-change|title=Warren wants companies to disclose more about climate change impacts|date=September 14, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref> She stated that her goal would be achieving 100% of U.S. electricity from renewable energy sources, and that she supports a [[Green New Deal]], an idea made popular by first-term Congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], because "climate change is an existential threat to all of us."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=January 28, 2019 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427386-kamala-harris-endorses-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal |title=Kamala Harris Endorses Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' |first=Michael |last=Burke |accessdate=April 22, 2020 }}</ref>
In November 2018, Harris was one of 25 Democratic senators to co-sponsor a resolution specifying key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and National Climate Assessment. The resolution affirmed the senators' acceptance of the findings and their support for bold action toward addressing climate change.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|title=Merkley resolution urges quick climate change action|date=November 27, 2018|publisher=ktvz.com|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020905/https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On July 29, 2019, Harris and Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Climate Equity Act, a bill that would lay out steps for Congress and the White House on how to go about guaranteeing policies that composed "a future Green New Deal protect the health and economic wellbeing of all Americans for generations to come." Referring to climate change as "an existential threat", Harris noted cutting emissions and ending American reliance on fossil fuels were not enough and cited the need "that communities already contending with unsafe drinking water, toxic air, and lack of economic opportunity are not left behind."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455193-harris-aoc-unveil-first-step-of-green-new-deal|title=Harris, Ocasio-Cortez unveil first step of Green New Deal|first=Rebecca|last=Beitsch|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In August 2019, Harris was one of fifteen senators to sign a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos given that the agency had found "that chlorpyrifos harms children's brains at exposures far lower than what the EPA allows" and warned that "more children, farmworkers and American families will be exposed to this pesticide and they will suffer as a result" of the EPA not reversing its decision.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/menendez-booker-urge-epa-ban-toxic-pesticide-chlorpyrifos/|title=Menendez, Booker Urge EPA to Ban Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos|date=August 7, 2019|publisher=Insider NJ}}</ref>
On September 4, 2019, Harris unveiled a $10 trillion climate change plan intended to move the United States to a 100 percent renewable energy-based power grid by 2030 in addition to transitioning all vehicles in America to the same energy sources by 2035. She pledged to rejoin the [[Paris Agreement]] and end U.S. support for international oil and natural gas extraction projects, furthering that as president she would "hold polluters accountable for the damage they inflict upon our environment and set us on a path to a 100 percent clean economy that creates millions of good-paying jobs."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/459846-harris-eyes-10t-climate-plan|title=Harris eyes $10T climate plan|first=John|last=Bowden|date=September 4, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In February 2020 Harris was one of seven senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] [[David Bernhardt]] that called it "reckless and unwise" to remove protections to the Arctic after the U.S. Geological Survey found the Arctic to be warming faster than any other place on Earth and stating their support for "the strongest possible protections” for Special Areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/483937-democratic-senators-critcize-plan-to-expand-arctic-oil-and-gas|title=Democratic senators criticize plan that could expand Arctic oil and gas development|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=February 20, 2020|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In April 2020, in response to the proposed decision of the EPA to retain air quality standards from the Obama administration, Harris was one of eighteen senators to sign a letter led by fellow Democratic senator [[Maggie Hassan]] asserting that the EPA "should be taking actions that will further protect health during this crisis, not put more Americans at risk."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/492806-democrats-slam-epa-decision-not-to-tighten-air-quality-standards|title=Democrats slam EPA proposal not to tighten air quality standards|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=April 14, 2020|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
=== Free trade ===
In May 2019, Harris stated she would not have voted for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) due to her belief that "we can do a better job to protect American workers" and called for the United States to do "a better job in terms of thinking about the priorities that should be more apparent now than perhaps they were then, which are issues like the climate crisis and what we need to build into these trade agreements."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443314-kamala-harris-says-she-wouldnt-have-voted-for-nafta|title=Kamala Harris says she wouldn't have voted for NAFTA|date=May 12, 2019|first=Zack|last=Budryk|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In September 2019, Harris declared she was not a "protectionist Democrat." <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/democratic-presidential-debate-foreign-trade-tariffs-warren-sanders-20190917|title=Democrats denounce Trump's trade policies, but won't embrace free trade|date=September 17, 2019|first=Adam|last=Sullivan|publisher=The Gazette}}</ref>
In January 2020, she was one of ten senators to vote against the [[USMCA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00014|title=Roll Call Vote 116th Congress – 2nd Session|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=Jan 16, 2020|website=www.senate.gov|publisher=U.S. Senate|access-date=Feb 6, 2020|quote=}}</ref> stating that "by not confronting climate change, the USMCA fails to meet the crises of the moment".<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SenKamalaHarris|number=1217140510655160323|date=Jan 14, 2020|title=Our trade policies should lift up workers and grow the economy, but must also protect our environment and our future. By not confronting climate change, the USMCA fails to meet the crises of the moment. We can do better, and that's why today I voted NO on the USMCA in committee.}}</ref>
=== Healthcare ===
[[File:Harris to Booker Save Our Care Rally U.S. Capitol (cropped1).jpg|thumb|Save Our Care Rally, 2017]]
On August 30, 2017, Harris announced at a town hall in Oakland that she would co-sponsor fellow Senator Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" bill, supporting [[single-payer healthcare]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weigel|first1=David|title=Sen. Kamala Harris backs Bernie Sanders's single-payer bill|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/31/sen-kamala-harris-backs-bernie-sanderss-single-payer-bill/|website=The Washington Post|accessdate=August 31, 2017|date=August 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Herndon 2019"/>
In April 2018, Harris was one of ten senators to sponsor the Choose Medicare Act, an expanded public option for health insurance that also increased ObamaCare subsidies and rendered individuals with higher income levels eligible for its assistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383764-dem-senators-unveil-expanded-public-option-for-health-insurance|title=Dem senators unveil expanded public option for health insurance|date=April 18, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In August 2018, Harris introduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act, a bill designed to reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. In the United States, the risk of death from pregnancy-related causes for black women is three to four times higher than for white women, and black women are twice as likely to suffer from life-threatening pregnancy complications. She was joined by 13 of her Democratic colleagues.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-harris-introduces-bill-aimed-at-reducing-racial-disparities-in-maternal-mortality|title=Sen. Harris Introduces Bill Aimed at Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris| accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
In December 2018, Harris was one of 42 senators to sign a letter to Trump administration officials [[Alex Azar]], [[Seema Verma]], and [[Steve Mnuchin]] arguing that the administration was improperly using Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to authorize states to "increase health care costs for millions of consumers while weakening protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions." The senators requested the administration withdraw the policy and "re-engage with stakeholders, states, and Congress."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-calls-on-trump-administration-to-stop-pushing-health-insurance-plans-that-weaken-pre-existing-condition-protections/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls on Trump Administration to Stop Pushing Health Insurance Plans that Weaken Pre-Existing Condition Protections|date=December 20, 2018|publisher=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>
In February 2019, Harris and twenty-two other Democratic senators introduced the State Public Option Act, a bill that would authorize states to form a Medicaid buy-in program for all residents and thereby grant all denizens of the state the ability to buy into a state-driven Medicaid health insurance plan if they wished. [[Brian Schatz]], a bill cosponsor, said the legislation would "unlock each state's Medicaid program to anyone who wants it, giving people a high-quality, low-cost public health insurance option" and that its goal was "to make sure that every single American has comprehensive health care coverage."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-helps-reintroduce-legislation-to-create-state-public-health-care-option/|title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Reintroduce Legislation to Create State Public Health Care Option|date=February 15, 2019|publisher=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>
In June 2019, Harris was one of eight senators to co-sponsor the Territories Health Equity Act of 2019, legislation that would remove the cap on annual federal Medicaid funding and increase federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures of territories along with more funds being provided for prescription drug coverage to low-income seniors in an attempt to equalize funding for American territories Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands with that of U.S. states.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/448059-2020-dem-senators-introduce-bill-to-expand-health-care-in-territories|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|title=Democratic White House hopefuls push to expand health care in US territories|date=June 11, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
On July 29, 2019, Harris unveiled a health plan that would expand coverage while preserving a role for private insurance companies, the plan calling for transitioning to a Medicare for All system over a period of ten years that would be concurrent with infants and the uninsured automatically being placed into the system while other individuals would have the option to buy into the health care plan backed by the government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/455102-kamala-harris-unveils-details-of-health-care-plan-ahead-of-debate|title=Harris's health plan would keep private insurance|date=July 29, 2019|first=Owen|last=Daugherty|publisher=The Hill}}</ref> The plan has been met with some criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/kamala-harris-releases-details-health-care-plan-64628089|title=Kamala Harris' new health plan draws critics from all sides|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
In November 2019, during a ''[[Morning Joe]]'' interview, Harris declined to specify the inconsistencies in the Medicare For All plan of fellow Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren due to believing her own plan was superior and added that she was "not going to take away people's choice about having a public or a private plan, I am going to give people a transition that allows folks like organized labor to actually renegotiate their contract."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/469430-harris-says-her-health-care-plan-is-superior-to-warrens|title=Harris says her health care plan is 'superior' to Warren's|date=November 7, 2019|first=Nathaniel|last=Weixel|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris was one of twenty-eight Democratic senators to sign a letter to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] urging the department to reopen the online marketplace of the Affordable Care Act as to assist uninsured Americans with acquiring health insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic, opining that opening the marketplace "would provide an easy pathway to coverage for those who under previous circumstances may have decided to forego health insurance or purchase a substandard, junk insurance plan, but now in a global pandemic are in vital need of comprehensive coverage to protect themselves, their families, and our broader community."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wvva.com/2020/04/08/manchin-kaine-kamala-harris-and-over-20-other-senators-advocate-to-reopen-the-aca-marketplace-during-covid-19-pandemic/|title=Manchin, Kaine, Kamala Harris and over 20 other Senators advocate to reopen the ACA Marketplace during covid-19 pandemic|first=Baily|last=Pace|date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris was one of twenty senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] [[Alex Azar]] regarding the removal of Dr. [[Rick Bright]] as Director of the Research and Development Authority. The senators asserted that it was of "the utmost importance that there be stable leadership within HHS and that decisions are driven by science and the public health" during the coronavirus pandemic and warned that the US could not have a steady response if its leadership was "being constantly shuffled and if experts are being constrained or removed when they insist on following the science and sticking to the facts.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/baldwin-and-senate-colleagues-ask-about-political-interference-in-covid-19-response-following-ouster-of-vaccine-development-head/|title=Baldwin and Senate Colleagues Ask About Political Interference In COVID-19 Response Following Ouster of Vaccine Development Head|date=May 1, 2020|publisher=Urban Milwaukee}}</ref>
=== Housing ===
In April 2019 Harris was one of 41 senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's]] Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote that they hoped the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-urge-more-affordable-housing-funds/1069680950|title=Wyden, Merkley urge more affordable housing funds|date=April 16, 2019|publisher=ktvz.com|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418125917/https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-urge-more-affordable-housing-funds/1069680950|archive-date=April 18, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In November 2019, Harris and Representative [[Maxine Waters]] introduced the Housing is Infrastructure Act, a bill that would grant $70 billion toward clearing a backlog of repairs and upgrades to federal subsidized housing and apply 25 billion toward grants for affordable housing construction and maintenance in communities of low-income as well as Native American reservations, disaffected rural areas and vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/471533-harris-waters-release-100-billion-affordable-housing-bill|title=Harris, Waters release $100 billion affordable housing bill|first=Sylvan|last=Lane|date=November 21, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
===Labor unions===
[[File:Kamala Harris meets with officials at the Port of Los Angeles DBMuzpwXYAA4m5X.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris meets with officials at the Port of Los Angeles]]
In final weeks leading up to the [[2010 California Attorney General election]], union groups such as California Labor Federation, Service Employees International Union Local 1000 and the California Nurses Association "spent hundreds of thousands of dollars" in an attempt to help Harris defeat Republican [[Steve Cooley]].<ref name=SanFranciscoLabor>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-fires-up-labor-unions-in-Sacramento-13733911.php|title=Kamala Harris fires up labor unions in Sacramento speech: 'Unions built the middle class'|date=April 2, 2019|first=Alexei|last=Koseff|publisher=San Francisco Chroniclee}}</ref>
In May 2018, Harris was a cosponsor of the Workplace Democracy Act, a bill introduced by Representatives [[Donald Norcross]], [[Mark Pocan]] and [[Rosa DeLauro]] and Senator Bernie Sanders intended to ease the rights of workers in their attempts to bargain for higher wages, benefits, or superior working conditions. It included a mandate that there must be a union for workers when a majority of them in a bargaining unit sign valid authorization cards to join a union and prevent employers from exploiting workers through mischaracterizing them as independent contractors or denying them overtime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/norcross-sanders-pocan-delauro-introduce-workplace-democracy-act/|title=Norcross, Sanders, Pocan, DeLauro Introduce Workplace Democracy Act|date=May 9, 2018|publisher=Insider NJ}}</ref>
In June 2018, Harris led seven other senators in sponsoring a bill amending the [[Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938]] to include a mandate forcing farmers to pay workers time and a half for each hour worked past the standard 40-hour work week. Harris asserted that the bill would aim "to correct some of the injustices they face and guarantee they will get paid for the hours they work including overtime, and minimum wage which right now they are not entitled to by law."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/393939-democratic-senators-propose-bill-to-give-farmworkers-overtime-pay|title=Democratic senators propose bill giving overtime pay to farmworkers|date=June 25, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris delivered a speech at a labor dinner honoring state legislators in [[Sacramento, California]] where she listed workers benefits that would not have been made possible without organized labor and condemned rhetoric that described unions as "special-interest groups."<ref name=SanFranciscoLabor/>
In July 2019, Harris and Representative [[Pramila Jayapal]] introduced the [[Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights]] in Congress. The bill included protections against harassment and discrimination in addition to guarantees for meal breaks, a minimum wage, and pay for working overtime. Harris stated that for too long American workers had "not been afforded the same rights and benefits as nearly every other worker, and we must change that" and that the bill was "an opportunity to bring economic justice and empowerment to millions of domestic workers—particularly those who are immigrants and women of color."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237743/kamala-harris-pramila-jayapal-domestic-workers-bill|title=Sen. Kamala Harris & Rep. Pramila Jayapal Introduce Bill To Protect Domestic Workers|date=July 23, 2019|first=Tiffany Diane|last=Tso|publisher=refinery29.com}}</ref>
In July 2019, Harris signed a letter to [[United States Secretary of Labor]] [[Alexander Acosta]] that advocated for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to initiate a full investigation into a complaint filed on May 20 by a group of Chicago-area employees of [[McDonald's]], which detailed workplace violence incidents that included interactions with customers such as customers throwing hot coffee and threatening employees with firearms and more. The senators argued that McDonald's could and needed to "do more to protect its employees, but employers will not take seriously their obligations to provide a safe workplace if OSHA does not enforce workers rights to a hazard-free workplace."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190702/NEWS08/912329397/Democratic-senators-press-McDonalds-on-workplace-violence|title=Democratic senators press McDonald's on workplace violence|date=July 2, 2019|publisher=Business Insurance|first=Gloria|last=Gonzalez}}</ref>
In August 2019, Harris delivered a speech at the Nevada State AFL-CIO Convention where she asserted that workers were not being benefitted by the American economy and that the United States would be stronger if it invested in the American worker.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/politics/web-extra-sen-kamala-harris-addresses-organized-labor-poll-numbers/|title= Sen. Kamala Harris addresses organized labor, poll numbers|date=August 28, 2019|publisher=8newsnow.com}}</ref>
In August 2019, a bill that which would mandate a California Supreme Court ruling that deems a greater share of workers to be employees as opposed to independent contractors be made law was seen as "setting up a clash between organized labor and prominent California companies like Uber and Postmates." Ian Sams, a spokesperson for Harris's then-ongoing presidential campaign, said the latter supported the bill due to her belief that "we need to go even further to bolster worker protections and benefits and elevate the voice of workers" and added that Harris wanted all workers to have a "robust social safety net" and the right to join a union.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/08/23/harris-joins-other-democratic-candidates-in-backing-gig-economy-labor-bill-1152869|title=Harris joins other Democratic candidates in backing gig-economy labor bill|date=August 23, 2019|first=Jeremy B.|last=White|publisher=Politico}}</ref>
=== Paid leave ===
On October 7, 2019, Harris unveiled a six months paid family and medical leave plan that included forming a new Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave that would oversee, determine eligibility and authorize benefit payments. Harris's paid leave program would be funded through general revenue and payroll contributions and establish a federal Bureau of Children and Family Justice. In a statement, Harris said the US will be brought "closer to economic justice for workers and ensures newborn children or children who are sick can get the care they need from a parent without thrusting the family into upheaval" via a six-month paid leave guarantee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464683-harris-pitches-six-months-of-paid-family-medical-leave|title=Harris pitches six months of paid family, medical leave|first=Rebecca|last=Klar|date=October 7, 2019|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
===Small business===
In May 2020, Harris introduced a bill with [[Ayanna Pressley]], which would allocate grants of up to $250,000 to businesses with fewer than 10 employees, providing relief to "micro businesses" shut out of the larger coronavirus relief bill. Under the Saving Our Street Act, 75% of the $124.5 billion program would go to business and nonprofit owners from underrepresented groups and businesses bringing in less than $1 million in gross revenue per year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/5/6/21249161/kamala-harris-ayanna-pressley-small-businesses-plan|title=Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Ayanna Pressley have a $125 billion plan to help the smallest businesses|first=Li|last=Zhou|date=May 7, 2020|publisher=Vox}}</ref>
=== Taxes ===
Harris opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and has called for a repeal of the bill's tax cuts for wealthy Americans.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/15/almost-all-sen-harriss-trillion-tax-plan-would-help-middle-working-class-study-finds/|title=Analysis | Almost all of Sen. Harris's $2.8 trillion tax plan would help middle and working class, study finds|first=Jeff|last=Stein|date=November 15, 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> In 2018, she proposed a tax cut for the majority of working- and middle-class Americans. An analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimated that the bill would reduce federal revenue by $2.8 trillion over a decade. She proposed to pay for the tax cuts by repealing tax cuts for wealthy Americans and by increasing taxes on corporations.<ref name="Reuters 2019">{{cite news |title=Democratic U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris Jumps Into 2020 White House Race |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-harris-idUSKCN1PF16J |accessdate=January 21, 2019 |first1=John |last1=Whitesides |first2=Amanda |last2=Becker |work=Reuters |date=January 21, 2019 |quote=Harris' campaign will focus on reducing the high cost of living with a middle-class tax credit, pursuing immigration and criminal justice changes and a Medicare-for-all healthcare system, aides said. She has said she will reject corporate political action committee money.}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/kamala-harriss-tax-credit-would-cut-taxes-significantly-low-and-moderate-income-households |title=Kamala Harris's Tax Credit Would Cut Taxes Significantly For Low- And Moderate-Income Households But Could Add Trillions To The Debt|date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>
In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harris was a cosponsor of the All Dependents Count Act, legislation that expand eligibility for the $500 credit under the CARES Act in order for a taxpayer to receive a $500 credit for all dependents they care for.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wset.com/news/local/kaine-introduces-legislative-fix-to-allow-dependents-17-and-older-to-get-relief-checks|title=Kaine introduces legislative fix to allow dependents 17 and older to get relief checks|first=Ida|last=Domingo|date=April 3, 2020|publisher=ABC 13 News}}</ref>
=== United States Postal Service ===
In March 2019, Harris was a cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution led by [[Gary Peters]] and [[Jerry Moran]] that opposed privatization of the [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS), citing the USPS as an establishment that was self-sustained and noting concerns that a potential privatization could cause higher prices and reduced services for customers of USPS with a particular occurrence in rural communities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Peters-Moran-opposing-privatization-of-USPS-506834151.html|title=Peters, Moran reintroduce bipartisan resolution opposing privatization of USPS|date=March 7, 2019|publisher=uppermichiganssource.com}}</ref>
In April 2020, Harris was one of fourteen senators to sign a letter led by Cory Booker to Senate Majority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] and Senate Minority Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] urging them "to provide appropriate funding to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the next coronavirus package that Congress takes up" as they reasoned that millions of Americans rely on the USPS for essential goods and duties.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/booker-colleagues-urge-senate-leaders-full-usps-funding-fourth-relief-package/|title=Booker, Colleagues Urge Senate Leaders for Full USPS Funding in Fourth Relief Package|date=April 7, 2020|publisher=Insider NJ}}</ref>
=== Workplace harassment ===
In March 2019, Harris and Republican Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] reintroduced the Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting (EMPOWER) Act, a bill that would prohibit non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses used by some employers in employment requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mustreadalaska.com/murkowski-teams-up-with-kamala-harris-on-workplace-harassment-bill/|title=Murkowski teams up with Kamala Harris on workplace harassment bill|date=March 8, 2019|publisher=Must Read Alaska}}</ref>
In April 2019, Harris signed onto the Be HEARD Act, legislation intended to abolish the tipped minimum wage along with ending mandatory arbitration and pre-employment nondisclosure agreements. The bill also gave workers additional time to report harassment and was said by cosponsor [[Patty Murray]] to come at a time when too many workers are "still silenced by mandatory disclosure agreements that prevent them from discussing sexual harassment and longstanding practices like the tipped wages that keep workers in certain industries especially vulnerable."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/438051-dems-introduce-sexual-harassment-prevention-bill|title=Dems unveil anti-workplace harassment bill|date=April 9, 2019|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
== Foreign policy ==
=== Presidential war powers ===
In September 2019, ''[[The New York Times]]'' issued a questionnaire including the question "Under what circumstances other than a literally imminent threat to the United States, if any, does the Constitution permit a president to order an attack on another country without prior Congressional authorization? What about bombing Iranian or North Korean nuclear facilities?" Harris answered "The President’s top priority is to keep America secure, and I won't hesitate to do what it takes to protect our country in the face of an imminent threat in the future. But after almost two decades of war, it is long past time for Congress to rewrite the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001|Authorization for Use of Military Force]] that governs our current military conflicts. The situations in Iran or North Korea would require careful consideration of all of the surrounding facts and circumstances."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/kamala-harris-executive-power.html|date=September 10, 2019|title=Kamala Harris – Executive Power |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
=== Asia ===
====China====
[[File:Kamala Harris at Camp Pendleton - Nov 2018 02.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris at Camp Pendleton]]
Harris has objected to the Chinese government's unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property, but has sharply criticized President Trump's [[China–United States trade war|trade war]] with China, describing the administration's arbitrary use of tariffs as "counterproductive to its goal of ensuring a level playing field for American companies.” <ref>{{cite news |title=The Discord of the U.S. Stance Against China |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/how-will-democrats-deal-china/594817/ |first=Michael |last=Schuman |work=The Atlantic |date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>
Harris has also condemned the Chinese government's widespread [[Human rights in China|human rights abuses]], emphasizing the mass detention of [[Uyghurs|Uyghur Muslims]] in the [[Xinjiang re-education camps]] and [[Mass surveillance in China|abuse of surveillance]] for political and religious repression. Harris added that while cooperation with the Chinese may be necessary for global issues like [[climate change]] the United States must reclaim its moral authority to stand up forcefully for human rights in China.<ref name="CFR2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/article/kamala-harris|title=Candidates Answer CFR's Questions: Kamala Harris|date=August 21, 2019|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations}}</ref> Harris has expressed her support for the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|protestors in Hong Kong]], co-sponsoring the [[Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act]] in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/three-more-us-senators-back-170705544.html|title=Three more US senators back Hong Kong bill, including presidential candidate Kamala Harris|date=October 22, 2019|publisher=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
She condemned the Hong Kong government's use of excessive force against peaceful protestors and Beijing's failure to respect Hong Kong's sovereignty, as well as criticizing President Trump's weak responses to same.<ref name="CFR2019" />
====India====
Kamala Harris has taken stances on Indian legislation like CAA and Kashmir, which Indian government considers as an internal matter.
Within weeks of India ending the special status of Kashmir on August 5, 2019, Senator Harris along with other leaders of the Democratic Party met members of the Kashmiri diaspora represented by an outfit called Justice For Kashmir (JFK), a NGO. According to media reports, the aim of JFK is to raise awareness on ‘political incursions’ by India in Kashmir among the leading politicians, bureaucrats and intellectuals in the US. These meetings were arranged by Asif Mahmood, a democrat of Pakistani origin, whose stance regarding Kashmir is well documented. Mahmood himself has spoken to media outlets confirming that he did facilitate those meetings so that Kashmiris could get a platform to voice their concerns
A few months later, in December 2019, Harris vehemently criticized India's foreign minister, [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar|Jaishankar]]’s refusal to attend a meeting with Congress delegates as it included [[Pramila Jayapal]], who had introduced a resolution on Kashmir urging India to lift restrictions. New Delhi had described the resolution as not being a ‘fair characteristic of what the government of India is doing'.
During her unsuccessful presidential campaign, when Harris was asked about the lockdown in Kashmir she had responded by saying, “It is about reminding people that they are not alone, that we are all watching,” leaving little doubt as to her stance.<ref name=17082020cnnnews18>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/world/even-as-indian-americans-cheer-kamala-harris-selection-why-some-are-not-planning-to-vote-for-her-2794887.html|title=Even as Indian Americans Cheer Kamala Harris Selection, Why Some Are Planning to Not Vote for Her|agency=CNN-NEWS18|date=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=08082019dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1509674/kashmiris-are-not-alone-in-the-world-says-us-presidential-candidate|title=Kashmiris are not alone in the world, says US presidential candidate|agency=Dawn|date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>
====Myanmar====
In October 2017, Harris condemned the [[2017–present Rohingya genocide in Myanmar|genocide]] of the [[Rohingya people|Rohingya Muslim]] minority in [[Myanmar]] and called for a stronger response to the crisis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Todd Young urges action to end Muslim genocide in Myanmar |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/10/20/sen-todd-young-urges-action-end-muslim-genocide-myanmar/784590001/ |first=Fatima |last=Hussein |work=IndyStar |date=October 22, 2017}}</ref>
====North Korea====
[[File:Kamala Harris meets with service members in the Middle East C9oTfXDWsAIl0Ch.jpg-large.jpg|thumb|Harris visiting American troops, April 2017]]
Serving on the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Select Committee on Intelligence]], Harris has characterized [[North Korea]] as "one of the most serious security threats".<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Senate, in rare move, goes to White House grounds for classified North Korea briefing |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-senate-north-korea-20170426-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> In February 2018, Harris was one of 18 Democratic senators to sign a letter to Trump stating that he lacked the authority to launch a preemptive strike against North Korea without authorization from Congress. The letter stated: "Without congressional authority, a preventative or preemptive U.S. military strike would lack either a constitutional basis or legal authority."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/372311-dem-senators-tell-trump-he-doesnt-have-legal-authority-to-launch-preemptive |title=Dem senators tell Trump he doesn't have 'legal authority' to launch preemptive strike on North Korea|date=February 5, 2018|newspaper=The Hill|first=Brett|last=Samuels}}</ref>
In February 2019, after former Acting FBI Director [[Andrew McCabe]] claimed that President Trump believed the claims of [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] over U.S. intelligence agencies' reports on the subject of [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|North Korea's missile capabilities]], she told reporters, "The idea that the president of the U.S. would take the word of the head of Russia over the intel community is the height of irresponsibility and shameful."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/430493-harris-calls-idea-of-trump-trusting-putin-over-us-intel-is|title=Harris calls idea of Trump trusting Putin over US intel 'height of irresponsibility and shameful'|first=Owen|last=Daugherty|date=February 18, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref> Later that month, the [[2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit]] scheduled for February 27 and 28 at the [[Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi]] in [[Hanoi, Vietnam]], was cut short without an agreement after the White House claimed North Korea purportedly requested an end to all sanctions, though [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)|North Korean Foreign Minister]] [[Ri Yong-ho (diplomat)|Ri Yong-ho]] later claimed the regime was only interested in a partial lifting of sanctions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/politics/trump-kim-hanoi-summit-takeaways/index.html1|title=Takeaways from the Trump-Kim Hanoi summit
|first=Jeremy|last=Diamond|date=February 12, 2019|newspaper=CNN}}</ref>
In May 2019 on an appearance on CNN, Harris condemned President Trump's relationship with the North Korean dictator [[Kim Jong-un]]. Following the failure of the Hanoi summit and after a North Korean ship was seized in defiance of international sanctions, Pyongyang conducted missile tests in retaliation, Harris stated that embracing the tyrant and not confronting the regime's human rights violations was "not in the best interests of the nation." <ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/8edafa14b58dc32ff9c386c6767cee51|title=Kamala Harris rips Donald Trump over Kim Jong-un relationship|first=Lauren|last=Meier|date=February 12, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Times}}</ref>
In an August 2019 interview, Harris emphasized that any diplomatic solution with respect to North Korea must involve American allies [[Japan]] and [[South Korea|the Republic of Korea]]. When asked if she as president would sign an agreement with North Korea granting partial sanctions relief in exchange for some denuclearization, Harris replied that President Trump had given "Kim one PR victory after the next, all without securing any real concessions" and that she would "consider targeted sanctions relief to improve the lives of the North Korean people if the regime were to take serious, verifiable steps to roll back its nuclear program." <ref name="CFR2019" />
During the November 2019 Democratic presidential debate, Harris was asked whether she would make concessions to [[List of leaders of North Korea|Supreme Leader of North Korea]] [[Kim Jong-un]] in order to continue the talks started by the Trump administration. Harris responded that Trump had been "punked" and that the president had compromised America's ability to slow down North Korea's nuclear program. Harris pointed out that by ending military exercises with [[South Korea]], there were no more concessions to be made, adding that Trump "traded a photo-op for nothing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471429-kamala-harris-donald-trump-got-punked-by-north-korea|title=Kamala Harris: 'Donald Trump got punked' by North Korea|publisher=The Hill|date=November 20, 2019|first=Marina|last=Pitofsky}}</ref>
=== Central and South America ===
====El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras====
In April and July 2019, Harris was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to President Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration" and reverse a decision to cut off $370 million in foreign assistance to [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], and [[Honduras]]. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/437463-more-than-30-dem-sens-ask-trump-to-reconsider-cutting-foreign|title=More than 30 Senate Dems ask Trump to reconsider Central American aid cuts|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=April 4, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
====Brazil====
In 2019, as the [[2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires]] began intensifying in [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Peru]] as a result of [[slash-and-burn]] deforestation and the effects of climate change, Harris called out Brazilian President [[Jair Bolsonaro]] for his failure to act.<ref>https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1165283684905291778</ref> She later joined her Senate colleagues in urging [[U.S. Trade Representative]] [[Robert Lighthizer]] to postpone trade negotiations with [[Brazil]] until he took steps to combat the illegal deforestation.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-colleagues-to-lighthizer-no-trade-negotiations-with-brazil-until-bolsonaro-protects-the-amazon|title=Harris, Colleagues to Lighthizer: No Trade Negotiations with Brazil Until Bolsonaro Protects the Amazon|date=September 6, 2019|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref>
====Venezuela====
In early 2019, an ongoing [[Venezuelan presidential crisis]] regarding the legitimacy of the President of Venezuela erupted between factions supporting incumbent [[Nicolás Maduro]] and challenger [[Juan Guaidó]]. The opposition-majority [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] declared Maduro a "usurper" and announced its intentions to proceed with Guaidó as the acting president under Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution while the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] declared the National Assembly to be "unconstitutional." Protests erupted and international condemnation of Maduro followed thereafter, with Guaidó being recognized as the acting President of Venezuela by about [[Responses to the Venezuelan presidential crisis|60 democratic countries]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://edition.cnn.com/americas/live-news/venezuela-protests-2019/index.html|title=National Assembly President Juan Guaido swears himself in as President of Venezuela|website=CNN|date=29 January 2019|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-hell-is-going-on-how-a-tiny-cabal-galvanized-venezuelas-opposition-11549555626|title='What the Hell Is Going On?' How a Small Group Seized Control of Venezuela's Opposition|last1=Luhnow|first1=David|date=2019-02-07|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-06-02|last2=Forero|first2=Juan|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|last3=Córdoba|first3=José de}}</ref> Recognition of the Maduro government fell along traditional geopolitical lines, with the governments of [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[Iran]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], and [[Turkey]] supporting Maduro.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.apnews.com/6b7fa7cc566f486cb974362168f1d90d |title= Venezuela crisis: Familiar geopolitical sides take shape |author= Vasilyeva, Nataliya |date = 24 January 2019 | accessdate= 25 February 2019 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
In response, Harris condemned Maduro as a repressive and corrupt dictator, calling on the Venezuelan military not to exercise use of force against civilians.<ref name="CFR2019" /> Harris committed to extending [[temporary protected status]] to Venezuelans living in America to prevent their deportation back to South America.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/23/venezuela-maduro-democrats-2020-1182427|title=Sanders, Harris weigh in on Venezuela, call for restraint from Maduro|last=Forgey|first=Quint|date=February 23, 2019|work=Politico|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> She did not support military action by U.S. forces, criticizing [[John Bolton]]'s suggestions to adopt a more hawkish position, suggesting dispersal of additional aid to humanitarian organizations working in Venezuela.<ref name="CFR2019" /> In contrast, Senator Bernie Sanders received bipartisan condemnation for his response to the crisis, refusing to recognize Guaidó as the interim president and refusing to condemn Maduro as a dictator.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/21/bernie-sanders-venezuela-maduro-1179636|title='He is not going to be the nominee': Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance|last=Caputo|first=Marc|date=February 21, 2019|work=Politico|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> However, international recognition of Juan Guaidó as opposition leader of Venezuela has been denounced by commentators such as Havard law professor Noah Feldman as "a fig leaf for regime change", noting that Article 233 does not say the assembly can remove the president and succession in the event the president is unavailable to serve only applies for 30 days.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-24/u-s-recognition-of-venezuela-s-guaido-is-disguised-regime-change | title=Call U.S. Move on Venezuela What It Is: Regime Change | first=Noah | last=Feldman | agency=Bloomberg}}</ref> Juan Guaidó has promised to allow U.S. oil companies to increase their activity in Venezuela,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/juan-guaido-will-open-up-oil-deals-to-foreign-private-companies-a8763821.html | title=Venezuela: Juan Guaido will open up oil deals to foreign private companies, opposition leader's US envoy says | date=February 5, 2019 | first=Tom | last=Embury-Dennis | agency=The Independent }}</ref> in the context of liaisons between the Trump administration and Guaido<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/world/americas/marco-rubio-venezuela.html | title=On Venezuela, Rubio Assumes U.S. Role of Ouster in Chief|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|last2=Wong|first2=Edward|date=January 26, 2019 |agency=New York Times }}</ref> such as Senator Marco Rubio claiming that Guaidó would create jobs refining heavy crude for American workers.<ref>{{ cite tweet |user=marcorubio |number=1088414772163461120 |date=January 24, 2019 | title=Biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil are @ValeroEnergy & @Chevron. Refining heavy crude from #Venezuela supports great jobs in Gulf Coast. For the sake of these U.S. workers I hope they will begin working with administration of President Guaido & cut off illegitimate Maduro regime.}}</ref>
===Europe===
====NATO====
[[File:Kamala Harris in July 2018.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris, July 2018]]
In July 2018, Harris, ahead of an [[Exercise RIMPAC]], the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise between the military forces from the [[Pacific Rim]] and beyond, expressed gratitude to the member nations of [[NATO]]. She stated that President Trump's "disgusting" remarks had "frayed" the alliance but that "longtime mutual trust surpasses whatever happens in the White House."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2018/07/20/sen-harris-americas-alliances-will-survive-trumps-foolhardy-criticism/|title=Sen. Harris: America's Alliances Will Survive Trump's 'Disgusting' Criticism|date=July 20, 2018|first=Chris|last=Jennewein|newspaper=Times of San Diego}}</ref>
====Russia====
In June 2017, Harris spoke out against Russia's [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|interference in the 2016 elections]], calling out their exploitation of divisive issues on race and joining the intelligence community's unanimous assessment that the Russians assisted Donald Trump's campaign.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-harris-underscores-danger-of-administrations-failure-to-acknowledge-russian-interference-in-us-election|title=Senator Harris Underscores Danger of Administration's Failure to Acknowledge Russian Interference in U.S. Election
|date=June 28, 2017|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref> In July 2017, Harris voted in favor of the [[Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act]] that grouped together [[International sanctions|sanctions]] against [[Iran]], [[Russia]] and [[North Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress, 1st Session|website=senate.gov|date=July 27, 2017}}</ref>
Harris has condemned the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]], calling it a "severe violation of the international norms that have guided the world since World War II." She also referred to the downing of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] as an act of Russian aggression, attributing responsibility of the 298 civilians on board to a Russian [[surface-to-air]] missile.<ref name="CFR2019" /> She expressed her support for the sovereignty of [[Ukraine]], and led her colleagues in holding the Trump administration accountable on the issue by filing a [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] lawsuit in hopes of releasing documents related to the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal]] that led to the President's impeachment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/10/23/kamala-harris-ukraine-documents-public-records-freedom-of-information-act//|title=Kamala Harris, Senate Colleagues Seek Ukraine Docs Via Public Records Law|date=October 23, 2019|newspaper=Associated Press}}</ref>
In December 2018, after [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] announced the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Harris was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern over the administration "now abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on Trump to continue arms negotiations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/421307-senate-dems-urge-trump-to-continue-nuclear-arms-control-negotiations-after|title=Senate Dems urge Trump to continue nuclear arms control negotiations after treaty suspension|date=December 13, 2018|first=Ellen|last=Mitchell|newspaper=The Hill}}</ref>
===Middle East===
====Afghanistan====
In December 2018, Harris traveled to [[Kabul]], [[Mazar-e Sharif]], and [[Kandahar]] in [[Afghanistan]] with two of her Republican colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senators Burr and Lankford to visit troops, diplomats, and other national security professionals. Harris, joining her colleagues, has said the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]] must end, albeit responsibly and in coordination with regional allies to protect gains made for Afghan women and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-takes-trip-to-Afghanistan-13474729.php|title=Kamala Harris travels to Afghanistan with GOP Senators|website=SanFranciscoChronicle|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref>
====Israel====
[[File:Kamala Harris signing the guest book at Yad Vashem with her husband, Doug24830055418 5323ea6526 h (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|Signing guestbook at [[Yad Vashem]] in [[Israel]] with husband Doug Emhoff]]
In 2017, Harris gave a public address to [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee|AIPAC]] attendees. She said: "I believe [[Israel]] should never be a partisan issue, and as long as I'm a United States senator, I will do everything in my power to ensure broad and bipartisan support for Israel's security and right to self-defense."<ref name="Intercept2018">{{cite news |title=As Democrats Shift Left on Palestine, 2020 Contender Kamala Harris Gives Off-the-Record Address to AIPAC |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/03/07/kamala-harris-israel-aipac/ |work=The Intercept |date=March 7, 2018}}</ref> Harris noted that "the first resolution I co-sponsored as a United States senator was to combat anti-Israel bias at the United Nations," referring to a Senate resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the [[reunification of Jerusalem]].<ref name="JNS News"/><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Senate Approves Resolution Celebrating '50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/senate-backs-resolution-celebrating-israel-s-reunification-of-jerusalem-1.5480592 |work=Haaretz |date=June 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S. Res. 176 – A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/176/text |website=congress.gov |publisher=115th Congress (2017–2018)}}</ref> In that same speech, she expressed her support for a [[two-state solution]] to the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="Intercept2018" />
In late 2017, she traveled to Israel, where she met with Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and visited the [[Western Wall]], [[Yad Vashem]], and the [[Supreme Court of Israel]].<ref name="JNS News"/> Executive Director of the [[Jewish Democratic Council of America]] Halie Soifer, who previously served as Harris's national security advisor, said the following of Harris:<ref name="JNS News"/>
{{quote|She has been a lifelong supporter of Israel. She has talked about the importance of ensuring that the US-Israel relationship remains strong and not be politicized in the way that this administration has done to divide Democrats. I think she's very supportive of the US-Israel relationship.}}
In 2018, in another speech to [[AIPAC]], Harris reiterated her support for Israel, reminiscing about growing up in the Bay Area, collecting funds to plant trees in Israel for the [[Jewish National Fund]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Record at a Glance: California Presidential Candidate Sen. Kamala Harris on Jewish Issues
|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/record-at-a-glance-california-presidential-candidate-sen-kamala-harris-on-jewish-issues/2019/01/22/|work=The Intercept |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref> She later condemned anti-semitism in the aftermath of [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting|Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation]] shooting which claimed the lives of 11 worshippers during [[Shacharit|Shabbat morning services]].
In 2019, she opposed the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement targeting Israel.<ref name="jta">{{cite news |title=5 Jewish things to know about Kamala Harris |url=https://www.jta.org/2019/01/11/politics/5-jewish-things-to-know-about-kamala-harris |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> She was a cosponsor of a Senate resolution expressing objection to the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|UN Security Council Resolution 2334]], which condemned [[Israeli settlement|Israeli settlement building]] in the [[West Bank]] as a violation of international law.<ref name="JNS News">{{cite news |title=Record at a Glance: California Presidential Candidate Sen. Kamala Harris on Jewish Issues |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/record-at-a-glance-california-presidential-candidate-sen-kamala-harris-on-jewish-issues/2019/01/22/ |work=JNS News Service |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=S.Res.6 – A resolution objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 and to all efforts that undermine direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians for a secure and peaceful settlement. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/6/text |website=congress.gov |publisher=115th Congress (2017–2018)}}</ref><ref name="jta"/>
====Iran====
[[File:Kamala Harris Navy 1 1400.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris tours [[USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)|USS Theodore Roosevelt]]]]
Harris supported the [[Iran nuclear deal]].<ref name="jta"/> In 2018, after Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], Harris released a statement saying the decision "jeopardizes our national security and isolates us from our closest allies" while calling the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action "the best existing tool we have to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and avoid a disastrous military conflict in the Middle East."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-statement-on-trump-violating-the-iran-nuclear-deal|title=Harris Statement on Trump Violating the Iran Nuclear Deal|date=May 8, 2018|publisher=Kamala Harris United States Senator for California}}</ref> In 2019, Harris said she would rejoin the agreement and expand it to cover ballistic missile testing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris Says She'd Rejoin Iran Agreement If She's Elected|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-19/kamala-harris-says-she-d-rejoin-iran-agreement-if-she-s-elected |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|date=June 18, 2019}}</ref>
In the wake of the assassination of [[Qasem Soleimani]], the commander of the Iranian [[Quds Force]], Harris joined her Senate colleagues in introducing the No War Against Iran Act and condemning President Trump's "dangerous escalation" with the Iranian regime<ref>{{cite news |title=Democrats Slam Trump Over "Dangerous Escalation" with Iran|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/democrats-slam-trump-over-qassem-soleimani-iran |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
====Saudi Arabia====
In late 2018, she voted to withdraw U.S. military aid for [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen]]. She also backed a resolution blaming Saudi Crown Prince [[Mohammad bin Salman]] for the murder of dissident journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news |title=Here's how Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris voted on 'dark money,' the Yemen war and censuring the Saudi prince in Khashoggi's killing |url=https://www.pe.com/2018/12/14/heres-how-sens-dianne-feinstein-and-kamala-harris-voted-on-dark-money-the-yemen-war-and-censuring-the-saudi-prince-in-khashoggis-killing/ |work=[[The Press-Enterprise]] |date=December 14, 2018}}</ref> Harris also condemned President Trump for turning a blind eye to the murder.<ref name="CFR2019" /> Harris has called for a "fundamental" re-evaluation of the American relationship with Saudi Arabia, but acknowledged that the Saudis have been strong partners in areas of mutual interest, such as counterterrorism.<ref name="CFR2019" />
====Syria====
In April 2017, in response to the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]], Harris condemned [[president of Syria|Syrian president]] [[Bashar al-Assad]] with attacking Syrian children, and stated "the clear fact that president Assad is not only a ruthless dictator brutalizing his own people—he is a war criminal the international community cannot ignore." She called on President Trump to work with Congress on his administration's "lack of clear objectives in Syria and articulate a detailed strategy and path forward in partnership with our allies."<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-harris-statement-on-us-military-action-in-syria|title=Senator Harris Statement on U.S. Military Action in Syria|date=April 6, 2017|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref> Later that month, in her first overseas trip as a Senator, she visited the [[Zaatari refugee camp]] in [[Jordan]], the world's largest camp for Syrian refugees.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-harris-returns-from-trip-to-the-middle-east|title=Senator Harris Returns from Trip to the Middle East|date=April 17, 2017|publisher=Office of Senator Kamala Harris}}</ref>
In May 2017, the Trump administration decided to arm [[Rojava|Kurds in Syria]] in the fight against [[ISIS]] over the objections of [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump to Arm Syrian Kurds, Even as Turkey Strongly Objects|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/trump-kurds-syria-army.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> In November 2017, under pressure from Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]], Trump reversed course and cut off the Kurds' supply of arms.<ref>{{cite news |title=US cutting off its supply of arms to Kurds fighting in Syria|url=https://apnews.com/945405f808f04d3a898c0b826bbabcc1|work=Associated Press |date=November 25, 2017}}</ref> Then, in December 2018, President Trump announced the full withdrawal of American troops in Syria, leading to the resignation of Defense Secretary [[Jim Mattis]]. Harris immediately criticized Trump's decision to [[American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War|withdraw U.S. troops from Syria]], which gave [[Turkey]] the green light to launch the [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|military offensive]] against [[Rojava|Syrian Kurds]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Democratic debate: Military veterans Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Buttigieg clash over Syria |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/democratic-debate-tulsi-gabbard-syria-pete-buttigieg-trump-turkey-a9157711.html |first=Negar |last=Mortazavi |work=The Independent |date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>
In August 2019, after Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard attacked Harris for her record as a prosecutor in a presidential debate, Harris shrugged off her remarks and characterized Gabbard as an "apologist" for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris dismisses Tulsi Gabbard as a Bashar al-Assad 'apologist' who is polling 'at zero |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/08/01/kamala-harris-calls-tulsi-gabbard-assad-apologist/1888310001/ |first=William |last=Cummings |work=USA Today|date=August 1, 2019}}</ref> In November 2019, during a presidential debate, Harris condemned Gabbard for her decision to meet with the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017, her subsequent skepticism about claims that Assad used chemical weapons against civilians in [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack|Khan Shaykhun]], and her refusal to call Assad a war criminal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harris whacks Gabbard over criticism of fellow Democrats
|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/20/kamala-harris-thumps-tulsi-gabbard-debate-072380 |first=Caitlin |last=Oprysko |work=Politico|date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
== References ==
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However, in July 2019, as Attorney General [[William Barr]] announced the [[Capital punishment by the United States federal government|federal government's resumption of capital punishment]] after nearly 20 years without an execution of a federal inmate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse|title=Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse| publisher=[[U.S. Department of Justice]] | accessdate=May 8, 2020| date=July 25, 2019 }}</ref> Harris criticized the move as "misguided," "immoral," and "a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-statement-on-trump-administration-resuming-capital-punishment|title=Harris Statement on Trump Administration Resuming Capital Punishment| publisher=Senator Kamala Harris | accessdate=July 25, 2019| date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> As a Senator, she also co-sponsored a bill banning the death penalty,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455597-senate-dems-introduce-bill-to-ban-death-penalty|title=Booker, Durbin and Leahy introduce bill to ban death penalty|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|date=July 31, 2019|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
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-[[File:Kamala Harris Delivers Remarks on 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the Civil Rights Act 04.jpg|thumb|LAPD Chief [[Charlie Beck]] with Kamala Harris in 2014]]
-In December 2018, Harris voted for the [[First Step Act]], legislation aimed at reducing recidivism rates among federal prisoners through expanding job training and other programs in addition to forming an expansion of early-release programs and modifications on sentencing laws such as mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, "to more equitably punish drug offenders."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/senate-criminal-justice-bill.html|title=Senate Passes Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill|first=Nicholas|last=Fandos|date=December 18, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
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-In March 2020, Harris was one of fifteen senators to sign a letter to [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]], GEO Group, CoreCivic, and Management and Training Corporation requesting information on their strategy to address the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], asserting that it was "critical that [you] have a plan to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus to incarcerated individuals and correctional staff, along with their families and loved ones, and provide treatment to incarcerated individuals and staff who become infected."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486907-democratic-senators-ask-prison-operators-for-answers-on-coronavirus-plans|title=Democratic senators ask prison operators for answers on coronavirus plans|date=March 10, 2020|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
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-In June 2020, following a campaign by a coalition of community groups including [[Black Lives Matter]], Los Angeles Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] announced [[Los Angeles Police Department]] budget cuts of $150 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Growing the LAPD was gospel at City Hall. George Floyd changed that |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-05/eric-garcetti-lapd-budget-cuts-10000-officers-protests |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> Kamala Harris supported Garcetti's decision to cut the LAPD's budget by $150 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Kamala Harris voices support of LA Mayor Garcetti's call for police reform, budget cuts |url=https://abc7.com/george-floyd-death-kamala-harris-protests-police-brutality/6239699/ |work=ABC7 News |date=June 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/502187-harris-grapples-with-defund-the-police-movement-amid-veep-talk |work=The Hill |date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Kamala_Harris" title="Electoral history of Kamala Harris">Electoral history</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris#Early_life_and_education_(1964–1990)" title="Kamala Harris">Early life</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris#Early_career_(1990–2004)" title="Kamala Harris">Early career</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Family_of_Kamala_Harris" title="Family of Kamala Harris">Family</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/KHive" title="KHive">#KHive</a></li></ul>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">District Attorney of San Francisco</div>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris#District_Attorney_of_San_Francisco_(2004–2011)" title="Kamala Harris">Tenure</a></li>
<li>Elections
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Kamala_Harris#2003" title="Electoral history of Kamala Harris">2003</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/November_2007_San_Francisco_general_election#District_attorney" title="November 2007 San Francisco general election">2007</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Attorney General of California</div>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris#Attorney_General_of_California_(2011–2017)" title="Kamala Harris">Tenure</a></li>
<li>Elections
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010_California_Attorney_General_election" title="2010 California Attorney General election">2010</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014_California_Attorney_General_election" title="2014 California Attorney General election">2014</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">U.S. Senator from California</div>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris#U.S._Senate_(2017–present)" title="Kamala Harris">Tenure</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_California" title="2016 United States Senate election in California">2016 election</a></li></ul>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign">2020 presidential campaign</a></div>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign endorsements">Endorsements</a></li></ul>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joe_Biden_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign">2020 vice presidential campaign</a></div>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">Selection</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2020 Democratic National Convention">Convention</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">Election</a></li></ul>
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<div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Published works</div>
<ul><li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Smart_on_Crime" title="Smart on Crime">Smart on Crime</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Superheroes_Are_Everywhere" title="Superheroes Are Everywhere">Superheroes Are Everywhere</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Truths_We_Hold" title="The Truths We Hold">The Truths We Hold</a></i></li></ul>
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<p>The <b>political positions of Kamala Harris</b> are reflected by her <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> voting record, public speeches, and interviews. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> has served as the junior senator from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> since 2017. On August 11, 2020, Harris was selected by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> to be his running mate in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 U.S. presidential election">2020 U.S. presidential election</a>.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Lifetime_ratings"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Lifetime ratings</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Social_issues"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Social issues</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Abortion"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Abortion</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Affirmative_action"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Affirmative action</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Capital_punishment"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Capital punishment</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Drugs"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Drugs</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Election_security"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Election security</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Guns"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">Guns</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Immigration"><span class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span class="toctext">Immigration</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Internet_privacy_and_net_neutrality"><span class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span class="toctext">Internet privacy and net neutrality</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#LGBT_rights"><span class="tocnumber">2.10</span> <span class="toctext">LGBT rights</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Sex_workers"><span class="tocnumber">2.11</span> <span class="toctext">Sex workers</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Women's_rights"><span class="tocnumber">2.12</span> <span class="toctext">Women's rights</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Voting_rights"><span class="tocnumber">2.13</span> <span class="toctext">Voting rights</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Economic_issues"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Economic issues</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Campaign_finance"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign finance</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#COVID-19"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">COVID-19</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Disaster_relief"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Disaster relief</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Consumer_protection"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Consumer protection</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Energy_and_environment"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Energy and environment</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Free_trade"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Free trade</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Healthcare"><span class="tocnumber">3.7</span> <span class="toctext">Healthcare</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Housing"><span class="tocnumber">3.8</span> <span class="toctext">Housing</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Labor_unions"><span class="tocnumber">3.9</span> <span class="toctext">Labor unions</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Paid_leave"><span class="tocnumber">3.10</span> <span class="toctext">Paid leave</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Small_business"><span class="tocnumber">3.11</span> <span class="toctext">Small business</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Taxes"><span class="tocnumber">3.12</span> <span class="toctext">Taxes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#United_States_Postal_Service"><span class="tocnumber">3.13</span> <span class="toctext">United States Postal Service</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Workplace_harassment"><span class="tocnumber">3.14</span> <span class="toctext">Workplace harassment</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#Foreign_policy"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Foreign policy</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Presidential_war_powers"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Presidential war powers</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Asia"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Asia</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-34"><a href="#China"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">China</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-35"><a href="#India"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">India</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-36"><a href="#Myanmar"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Myanmar</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-37"><a href="#North_Korea"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.4</span> <span class="toctext">North Korea</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#Central_and_South_America"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Central and South America</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-39"><a href="#El_Salvador,_Guatemala,_and_Honduras"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-40"><a href="#Brazil"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Brazil</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-41"><a href="#Venezuela"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Venezuela</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Europe"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Europe</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-43"><a href="#NATO"><span class="tocnumber">4.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">NATO</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-44"><a href="#Russia"><span class="tocnumber">4.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Russia</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-45"><a href="#Middle_East"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Middle East</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-46"><a href="#Afghanistan"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Afghanistan</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-47"><a href="#Israel"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Israel</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-48"><a href="#Iran"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Iran</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-49"><a href="#Saudi_Arabia"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.4</span> <span class="toctext">Saudi Arabia</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-50"><a href="#Syria"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Syria</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-51"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Lifetime_ratings">Lifetime ratings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lifetime ratings">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<caption>Kamala Harris's lifetime ratings<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<th>Organization
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<th>Advocacy
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<th>Lifetime rating
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<td>2019</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alliance_for_Retired_Americans" title="Alliance for Retired Americans">Alliance for Retired Americans</a></td>
<td>Retirees</td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
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<td>2017–19</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">Civil liberties</a></td>
<td>93%
</td></tr>
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<td>2017–19</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_Federation_of_Labor_and_Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations" class="mw-redirect" title="American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations">AFL-CIO</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Industrial_unionism" title="Industrial unionism">Trade unions</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_County_%26_Municipal_Employees" class="mw-redirect" title="American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees">AFSCME</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Public-sector_trade_union" title="Public-sector trade union">Public-sector trade unions</a></td>
<td>86%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2018</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Center_for_Biological_Diversity" title="Center for Biological Diversity">Center for Biological Diversity</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">Endangered species</a></td>
<td>89%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2019–20</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Children%27s_Defense_Fund" title="Children's Defense Fund">Children's Defense Fund</a></td>
<td>Children's advocacy</td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Club_for_Growth" title="Club for Growth">Club for Growth</a></td>
<td>Taxes</td>
<td>4%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017–18</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/FreedomWorks" title="FreedomWorks">FreedomWorks</a></td>
<td>Government operations</td>
<td>29%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017–18</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/LGBTQ_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBTQ rights">LGBTQ rights</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2019</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</a></td>
<td>91%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017–18</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">Civil rights</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2019</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Association_of_Police_Organizations" title="National Association of Police Organizations">National Association of Police Organizations</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">Law enforcement</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2010–19</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/NARAL" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL">NARAL</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice">Pro-choice</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2019</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Education" title="Education">Education</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2010–16</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">National Rifle Association</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gun_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun rights">Gun rights</a></td>
<td>7%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017–19</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice">Pro-choice</a></td>
<td>100%
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2018</td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a></td>
<td><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Business" title="Business">Business</a></td>
<td>30%
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Social_issues">Social issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Social issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Abortion">Abortion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Abortion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<p>In 2013, when she was California Attorney General, Harris allowed the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian to cease the availability of elective <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortions</a>, after it entered a partnership with a Catholic chain, St. Joseph Health System.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoag_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoag-3">[3]</a></sup> The ban was made due to St. Joseph's "sensitivity" about abortion. As the attorney general, Harris had legal authority to decide on any such change, as a condition of her approving a major transaction involving any non-profit medical institution in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoag_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoag-3">[3]</a></sup> The ban would not be able to go into effect without her knowledge or approval.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoag_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoag-3">[3]</a></sup> Harris did set conditions on the ban, requiring the hospital to "take steps to ensure that alternative providers are available and accessible to all women, especially low-income women for direct abortions" in the hospital's serviceable area.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoag_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoag-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>Critics voiced concern that by imposing Catholic doctrine on its operations, St. Joseph was reducing the availability of reproductive services while receiving millions of dollars from taxpayers through <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> reimbursements and a legal status that allowed it to be tax-exempt while taking tax deductions.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoag_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoag-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2015, an organization called "The Center for Medical Progress" (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">dba</a> "Biomax"), a registered California non-profit corporation, posted five videos, shot in Texas, as evidence of proof that <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> was "illegally trafficking aborted fetal parts."<sup id="cite_ref-Firestorm_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firestorm-4">[4]</a></sup> The videos were found to be manipulated – <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a> produced by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anti-abortion_movement" title="Anti-abortion movement">anti-abortion activists</a> who used fake California identification to establish a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shell_corporation" title="Shell corporation">ghost</a> California non-profit corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-Stand_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stand-5">[5]</a></sup> Within two months of the videos' posting, a Texas grand jury indicted the two activists responsible for producing them. However, as of March 2016, Harris had yet to make any determination on the matter: "In July, our politically ambitious attorney general, Kamala Harris, vowed to 'carefully review' the 'Center for Medical Progress… what is [she] waiting for?'<sup id="cite_ref-Stand_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stand-5">[5]</a></sup>
</p><p>While a spokesperson for Harris said that "the office does not comment on investigations, or even confirm whether an investigation exists", abortion rights advocates began to speculate that Harris's senatorial campaign to replace <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a> might have contributed to Harris's "lack of urgency" on the case.<sup id="cite_ref-Stand_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stand-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<p>However, in September 2016, Governor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> signed into law "Assembly Bill 1671", which was reportedly drafted by Harris, with input from Planned Parenthood—which sponsored the bill—making it a criminal offense to intentionally distribute, or to help with the dissemination of, unlawfully obtained confidential communications.<sup id="cite_ref-Criminalize_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Criminalize-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AB1671_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB1671-7">[7]</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Libertarianism_in_the_United_States" title="Libertarianism in the United States">Libertarians</a>, filmmakers and news organizations vehemently opposed the bill, which was signed into law after late amendments were added to it.<sup id="cite_ref-BadBill_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BadBill-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>Since her election to the Senate, Harris has maintained a 100% rating by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abortion_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion rights">abortion rights</a> advocacy group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a>, and a 0% rating by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a> group <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> She was also endorsed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emily%27s_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily's List">Emily's List</a> in 2015 during her senatorial campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Emily_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emily-10">[10]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Affirmative_action">Affirmative action</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Affirmative action">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Harris opposed California's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1996_California_Proposition_209" title="1996 California Proposition 209">ban on affirmative action</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> She asked the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> to "reaffirm its decision that public colleges and universities may consider race as one factor in admissions decisions."<sup id="cite_ref-utexas_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-utexas-12">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> Harris filed legal papers in the Supreme Court case supporting race as an admissions factor at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Texas">University of Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-utexas_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-utexas-12">[12]</a></sup> She also filed papers supporting <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_the_United_States" title="Affirmative action in the United States">affirmative action</a> in a different Supreme Court case involving the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Capital_punishment">Capital punishment</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Capital punishment">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Harris is opposed to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States" title="Capital punishment in the United States">death penalty</a>, but has said that she would review each case individually.<sup id="cite_ref-sfbg.com_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfbg.com-15">[15]</a></sup>
</p><p>As the district attorney of San Francisco, Harris was opposed to the death penalty, refusing to demand it against a man charged with the murder of a police officer. This decision was controversial and criticized by senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico-16">[16]</a></sup> She reversed her position as the California attorney general, when she defended the death penalty in that state against a Federal ruling which might have resulted in its abolition<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> and declined to support two ballot initiatives that would have banned the death penalty in the state, raising accusations of political opportunism and inconsistency on the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-Politico_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico-16">[16]</a></sup>
However, in July 2019, as Attorney General <a href="/enwiki/wiki/William_Barr" title="William Barr">William Barr</a> announced the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_federal_government" title="Capital punishment by the United States federal government">federal government's resumption of capital punishment</a> after nearly 20 years without an execution of a federal inmate.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> Harris criticized the move as "misguided," "immoral," and "a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> As a Senator, she also co-sponsored a bill banning the death penalty,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Drugs">Drugs</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Drugs">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<p>Harris did not initially support the legalization of recreational marijuana, but later moved to support legalization.<sup id="cite_ref-Herndon_2019_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herndon_2019-22">[22]</a></sup> In 2010, while campaigning for Attorney General of California, she opposed <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010_California_Proposition_19" title="2010 California Proposition 19">Proposition 19</a>, the first failed attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in California, on the grounds that selling drugs harms communities.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> In 2015, she called for an end on the federal prohibition of medical marijuana.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2018, following reports that the Justice Department was blocking the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> from taking action on over two dozen requests to grow marijuana for use in research, Harris and Republican <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Orrin_Hatch" title="Orrin Hatch">Orrin Hatch</a> sent a letter to Attorney General <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a> on the necessity of marijuana research "for evidence-based decision making" and "to resolve critical questions of public health and safety, such as learning the impacts of marijuana on developing brains and formulating methods to test marijuana impairment in drivers."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2018, Harris announced she would co-sponsor the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marijuana_Justice_Act" title="Marijuana Justice Act">Marijuana Justice Act</a> (originally introduced by Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Cory Booker</a> in August 2017) which would legalize cannabis at the federal level by removing it from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Controlled_Substance_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Controlled Substance Act">Controlled Substance Act</a>. The bill would also require federal courts to automatically expunge earlier federal marijuana convictions related to use or possession and would penalize states that enforce cannabis laws in a disproportionate manner against minority or low-income individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> In February 2019, as she reintroduced the Marijuana Justice Act, Harris asserted that the United States had not equally applied marijuana laws and "criminalized marijuana use in a way that has led to the disproportionate incarceration of young men of color."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup>
</p><p>In December 2018, Harris was one of twenty-one senators to sign a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Commissioner_of_Food_and_Drugs" title="Commissioner of Food and Drugs">Commissioner of Food and Drugs</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scott_Gottlieb" title="Scott Gottlieb">Scott Gottlieb</a> stating their approval of the actions of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Food_and_Drugs_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Food and Drugs Administration">Food and Drugs Administration</a> to hinder youth access to e-cigarettes and urging the FDA "to take additional, stronger steps to prevent and reduce e-cigarette use among youth."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2019, Harris and Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jerry_Nadler" title="Jerry Nadler">Jerry Nadler</a> introduced the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MORE_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="MORE Act">Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act</a> of 2019, legislation that would legalize marijuana on the federal level in addition to expunging low-level marijuana possession convictions and authorizing grants to members of communities of color as part of an effort to reverse decades of damage cannabis criminalization had inflicted to those respective communities. In a statement, Harris cited the need to regulate marijuana and ensuring "everyone—especially communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/War_on_Drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Drugs">War on Drugs</a>—has a real opportunity to participate in this growing industry."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<p>Harris has argued for treating "habitual and chronic <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Truancy" title="Truancy">truancy</a>" among children in elementary school as a crime committed by the parents of truant children.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> She argues that there is a direct connection between habitual truancy in elementary school and crime later in life.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> She has received the endorsement of the California Federation of Teachers.<sup id="cite_ref-Endorsements_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Endorsements-34">[34]</a></sup>
</p><p>Harris supports <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Desegregation_busing" title="Desegregation busing">busing</a> for desegregation of public schools, saying that "the schools of America are as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregated</a>, if not more segregated, today than when I was in elementary school."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup> Harris views busing as an option to be considered by school districts, rather than the responsibility of the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup>
</p><p>Harris supports the creation of a government funding program to pay tuition and fees for students attending public colleges and universities for dependent students whose parents have income of $125,000 or less and independent students with incomes of $125,000 or less. The program would be funded by a fee on Wall Street firms of 0.5 percent per stock trade.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup> Regarding student loans, Kamala Harris proposed having up to $20,000 in student debt forgiven for Pell Grant recipients who start a business and operate it for at least three years in a disadvantaged community. Eligible students would also have loans deferred interest free for a business formation period of up to three years.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Election_security">Election security</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Election security">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>On December 21, 2017, Harris was one of six senators to introduce the "Secure Elections Act", legislation authorizing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Block_grants" class="mw-redirect" title="Block grants">block grants</a> for states that would update outdated voting technology. The act would also create a program for an independent panel of experts to develop <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cybersecurity" class="mw-redirect" title="Cybersecurity">cybersecurity</a> guidelines for election systems that states could adopt if they choose, along with offering states resources to implement the recommendations.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2019, Harris told <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel" title="Jimmy Kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> that she was open to discussing abolishing the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a> given that there was "no question that the popular vote has been diminished in terms of making the final decision about who's the president of the United States and we need to deal with that".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2019, Harris was a cosponsor of the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act, legislation granting the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a> the authority "to set minimum cybersecurity standards for U.S. voting machines, authorize a one-time $500 million grant program for states to buy ballot-scanning machines to count paper ballots and require states to conduct risk-limiting audits of all federal elections in order to detect any cyber hacks."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Guns">Guns</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Guns">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<p>Harris earned an "F" rating from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">National Rifle Association</a> for her consistent efforts supporting gun control.<sup id="cite_ref-NRARating17_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRARating17-42">[42]</a></sup>
While serving as district attorney in San Francisco Harris, along with other district attorneys, filed an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Amicus_brief" class="mw-redirect" title="Amicus brief">amicus brief</a> in <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller" title="District of Columbia v. Heller">District of Columbia v. Heller</a></i> arguing that the Washington, D.C. gun law at issue did not violate the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Second Amendment to the United States Constitution">Second Amendment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup>
</p><p>During her run for Senate, Harris was endorsed by former U.S. Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gabby_Giffords" title="Gabby Giffords">Gabby Giffords</a>, who had been shot in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting" title="2011 Tucson shooting">Tucson in 2011</a>. She was also endorsed by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brady_Campaign_to_Prevent_Gun_Violence" class="mw-redirect" title="Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence">Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PanzarWillon_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PanzarWillon-44">[44]</a></sup>
</p><p>In response to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting">2017 Las Vegas shooting</a>, Harris supported the call for more gun control. Saying that she believed that <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thoughts_and_prayers" title="Thoughts and prayers">thoughts and prayers</a> are inadequate answers to the shooting, she stated that "...we must also commit ourselves to action. Another moment of silence won't suffice."<sup id="cite_ref-Alcántara_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alcántara-45">[45]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2017, Harris was a cosponsor of the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act, a bill that would form a charge of Domestic Violence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and stipulate that convictions would have to be reported to federal databases with the authority to keep abusers from purchasing firearms within three days in an attempt to close a loophole in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) through which convicted abusers retained the ability to purchase firearms.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup>
</p><p>In January 2019, Harris joined <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> and 38 other Senate Democrats in introducing the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2019, Harris was one of ten Democratic senators to sign a letter to Facebook Chairman and CEO <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg" title="Mark Zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a> on social media users being "able to facilitate firearm transactions by directing potential buyers to other methods of communication" despite <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> banning gun sales on its platforms and demanded answers on how <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> governs its own ban on gun sales and holds violators of the site's policy accountable.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup>
</p><p>Speaking to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wolf_Blitzer" title="Wolf Blitzer">Wolf Blitzer</a> in August 2019, Harris stated that congressional action on gun control rested in the hands of Senate Majority Leader <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> and that she "would hope and pray that he understands that he actually has the power to do the right thing here and that he will do the right thing."<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup>
</p><p>On August 14, 2019, Harris unveiled a plan that would address <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Domestic_terrorism" title="Domestic terrorism">domestic terrorism</a> while prioritizing increasing the difficulty for suspected individuals to either obtain or keep firearms through the formation of domestic terrorism prevention orders meant to empower law enforcement officers and family members with the ability to petition federal court for a temporary restriction on a person's access to firearms in the event that they "exhibit clear evidence of dangerousness." Harris stated that in the US "loaded guns should not be a few clicks away for any domestic terrorist with a laptop or <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphone</a>” and cited the "need to take action to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and stop violent, hate-fueled attacks before they happen."<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Immigration">Immigration</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Immigration">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<p>Harris has expressed support for San Francisco's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary city</a> policy of not inquiring about immigration status in the process of a criminal investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></sup> She argued that it is important that immigrants be able to talk with law enforcement without fear.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></sup>
</p><p>On October 25, 2017, Harris stated she would not support a spending bill until Congress addressed the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals" title="Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals</a> program in a way that clarified "what we are going to do to protect and take care of our DACA young people in this country."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></sup> She did not support a February 2018 proposal by some Democrats to provide Trump with $25 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for giving DREAMers a pathway to citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></sup>
</p><p>In a January 2018 interview, when asked about her ideal version of a bipartisan deal on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals" title="Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals</a> program, Harris stated the need to focus on comprehensive immigration reform and "pass a clean <a href="/enwiki/wiki/DREAM_Act" title="DREAM Act">DREAM Act</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></sup>
</p><p>In January 2018, Harris and three other Democratic senators were cosponsors of the Border and Port Security Act, legislation that would mandate <a href="/enwiki/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection" title="U.S. Customs and Border Protection">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a> "hire, train and assign at least 500 officers per year until the number of needed positions the model identifies is filled" in addition to requiring the commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection to determine potential equipment and infrastructure improvements that could be used for ports of entry.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2018, Harris was one of five senators to send a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Homan" title="Thomas Homan">Thomas Homan</a>, acting director of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Immigration and Customs Enforcement">Immigration and Customs Enforcement</a> (ICE), on standards used by the agency when determining how to detain a pregnant woman, requesting that pregnant women not be held in custody unless under extraordinary standards after reports "that ICE has failed to provide critical medical care to pregnant women in immigration detention – resulting in miscarriages and other negative health outcomes".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2018, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="Presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a> falsely accused Harris of "supporting the animals of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MS-13" title="MS-13">MS-13</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:7_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-58">[58]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-59">[59]</a></sup> She responded, "As a career prosecutor, I actually went after gangs and transnational criminal organizations. That's being a leader on public safety. What is not, is ripping babies from their mothers."<sup id="cite_ref-:7_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-58">[58]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2018, Harris was one of 22 senators to sponsor the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act, which if enacted would prohibit immigration officers from detaining pregnant women in a majority of circumstances and improve conditions of care for individuals in custody.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2018, Harris led 15 Democrats and Bernie Sanders in a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">United States Secretary of Homeland Security</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kirstjen_Nielsen" title="Kirstjen Nielsen">Kirstjen Nielsen</a> demanding that the Trump administration take immediate action in attempting to reunite 539 migrant children with their families, citing each passing day of inaction as intensifying "trauma that this administration has needlessly caused for children and their families seeking humanitarian protection."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2018, Harris was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">United States Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/James_Mattis" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mattis">James Mattis</a> concerning "the overt politicization of the military" with the Trump administration's deployment of 5,800 troops to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Mexico_border" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.–Mexico border">U.S.–Mexico border</a>, and requesting a briefing and written justification from the U.S. Northern Command for troop deployment, while urging Mattis to "curb the unprecedented escalation of DOD involvement in immigration enforcement."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></sup>
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<p>In January 2019, Harris was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Dreamer Confidentiality Act, a bill imposing a ban on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS) from passing information collected on DACA recipients to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Customs_and_Border_Protection" class="mw-disambig" title="Customs and Border Protection">Customs and Border Protection</a> (CBP), the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Department_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a>, or any other law enforcement agency with exceptions in the case of fraudulent claims, national security issues, or non-immigration related felonies being investigated.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2019, Harris signed a letter led by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto" title="Catherine Cortez Masto">Catherine Cortez Masto</a> to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Enforcement asserting that "the civil detention of an expectant mother for potential immigration offenses is never justified" due to the "absence of compelling evidence that the detention of a pregnant woman is necessary because she is a threat to herself or others, or is a threat to public safety or national security". The senators requested the CBP enact measures that would ensure "timely and appropriate treatment" for pregnant women in custody along with both agencies providing information on how available facilities and doctors are for pregnant immigrants and complete data on the number of those currently in custody.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></sup>
</p><p>In June 2019, during a forum at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a>, Harris stated that as president she would push for comprehensive immigration reform in response to a stagnant Congress and outlined her immigration plan which included renewal and expansion of DACA, allowing undocumented parents, siblings, and spouses of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents to seek deportation relief, and using executive actions to undo technical barriers that prevent many Dreamers from receiving legal status by applying for a green card.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></sup>
</p><p>In June 2019, following the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development">U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</a>’s confirmation that DACA recipients did not meet eligibility for federal backed loans, Harris and 11 other senators introduced The Home Ownership Dreamers Act, legislation that mandated that the federal government was not authorized to deny mortgage loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fannie_Mae" title="Fannie Mae">Fannie Mae</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Freddie_Mac" title="Freddie Mac">Freddie Mac</a>, or the Agriculture Department solely due to the immigration status of an applicant.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2019, along with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Amy Klobuchar</a>, Harris sent a letter to the Office of Refugee Resettlement asserting that the agency "should be prioritizing reunification of every child as soon as possible, but instead it has been responsible for policies that are forcing longer stays in government custody for children" and that it was mandatory that the office "ensure that the custody and processing of [unaccompanied migrant children] is meeting the minimum standards required by domestic and international law."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2019, Harris and 15 other Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act which mandated that ICE agents get approval from a supervisor ahead of engaging in enforcement actions at sensitive locations with the exception of special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being required to report annually regarding enforcement actions in those locations.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2019, after the Trump administration released a new regulation imposing the possibility that any green card and visa applicants could be turned down in the event that they have low incomes or little education and have used benefits such as <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Food_stamp" class="mw-disambig" title="Food stamp">food stamps</a> and housing vouchers, Harris referred to the regulation as part of Trump's ongoing campaign "to vilify a whole group of people" and cited Trump's sending of service members to the southern border and building a border wall as part of his goal to distract "from the fact that he has betrayed so many people and has actually done very little that has been productive in the best interest of American families."<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2019, in response to reports from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> that ICE had put thousands of immigrants in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Solitary_confinement" title="Solitary confinement">solitary confinement</a> between 2012 and 2017 despite some not violating the rules, Harris, Cory Booker, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">Dick Durbin</a> introduced legislation to prevent ICE from overusing solitary confinement in its facilities. Harris said the bill required "ICE to comply with specific safeguards to ensure individuals are treated more humanely and ICE is not adding to the trauma many of these people have already been subjected to."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a></sup>
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<p>In April 2020, Harris was a cosponsor of the Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act, legislation which would provide dedicated funding for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention" title="Centers for Disease Control and Prevention">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> in its efforts for public outreach in multiple languages to hard-to-reach populations in order to ensure vulnerable communities are granted access to COVID-19 relief measures as well as critical public health information. The bill would also modify immigration policies deterring immigrants from receiving medical care relating to COVID-19.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, Harris, along with fellow California Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a> and Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juan_Vargas" title="Juan Vargas">Juan Vargas</a>, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General requesting an investigation into the way detainees were treated at the Otay Mesa Detention Center following reports that they were required to sign contracts in order to receive masks, citing that they were "in a public health crisis, and it is our duty to protect the health and safety of every individual, especially those who are in custody and unable to take precautions on their own."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a></sup>
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<p>In September 2017, Harris was one of nine senators to sign a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> Chairman <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ajit_Pai" title="Ajit Pai">Ajit Pai</a> that charged the FCC with failing "to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on the tens of thousands of filed complaints that directly shed light on proposed changes to existing net neutrality protections."<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2018, Harris was one of ten senators to sign a letter spearheaded by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jeff_Merkley" title="Jeff Merkley">Jeff Merkley</a> lambasting a proposal from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai that would curb the scope of benefits from the Lifeline program during a period where roughly 6.5 million people in poor communities relied on Lifeline to receive access to high-speed internet, citing that it was Pai's "obligation to the American public, as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to improve the Lifeline program and ensure that more Americans can afford access, and have means of access, to broadband and phone service." The senators also advocated for insuring "Lifeline reaches more Americans in need of access to communication services."<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a></sup>
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<p>As a member of the U.S. Senate, she co-sponsored the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Equality_Act_(United_States)" title="Equality Act (United States)">Equality Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-75">[75]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2018, Harris led her colleagues in introducing the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2018, a nationwide bill that would curtail the effectiveness of the so-called <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gay_panic_defense" title="Gay panic defense">gay and trans panic defenses</a>, an issue she pioneered during her tenure as District Attorney of San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></sup>
</p><p>In October 2019, Harris participated in a CNN/Human Rights Campaign town hall on the topic of LGBTQ rights, where she pledged her support for "all of the folks who are fighting for equality" in cases that would determine whether gay and transgender people were protected under laws banning federal workplace discrimination.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a></sup> Kamala Harris drew attention to the epidemic of hate violence against Black trans women (at the time 20 killed that year), noting that LGBTQ people of color are doubly exposed to discrimination.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></sup>
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<p>As district attorney in 2008, Harris opposed Prop K, a San Francisco ballot measure to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Decriminalizing_sex_work" class="mw-redirect" title="Decriminalizing sex work">decriminalize sex work</a>, calling it "completely ridiculous."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></sup> As attorney general, she led the charge against <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Backpage" title="Backpage">Backpage</a>, an online classifieds service that had a subsection for escorts.<sup id="cite_ref-Vice20161011_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vice20161011-82">[82]</a></sup> In 2016, Harris filed charges against the site,<sup id="cite_ref-RS2020814_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS2020814-83">[83]</a></sup> leading to the arrest of the CEO and the removal of its adult section.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></sup> Sex workers, who used the site to vet potential clients,<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></sup> were faced with a loss of income from the closure. Some were also forced into <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Street_prostitution" title="Street prostitution">street prostitution</a>, endangering their lives.<sup id="cite_ref-RS2020814_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS2020814-83">[83]</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_Workers_Outreach_Project_USA" title="Sex Workers Outreach Project USA">Sex Workers Outreach Project</a> executive director Kristen DiAngelo said that taking down Backpage would result in increased violence and risk to people engaged in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Survival_sex" title="Survival sex">survival sex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vice20161011_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vice20161011-82">[82]</a></sup> Harris also co-sponsored the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act" title="Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act">Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act</a> (SESTA), an anti-<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">sex trafficking</a> law, which holds websites responsible for third-party ads. Surveys have indicated that SESTA resulted in an overall rise in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Violence_against_prostitutes" title="Violence against prostitutes">violence against sex workers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RS2020814_83-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS2020814-83">[83]</a></sup>
</p><p>In a 2019 interview with <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Root_(magazine)" title="The Root (magazine)">The Root</a></i>, Harris indicated that her position on sex work had relaxed. Asked if she supported the decriminalization of sex work, Harris said "I think so. I do." She then described how she had prioritized arresting pimps and johns over sex workers.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></sup> According to <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, her comments were viewed as support for partial decriminalization, akin to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nordic_model_approach_to_prostitution" title="Nordic model approach to prostitution">Nordic approach to sex work</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RS2020814_83-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS2020814-83">[83]</a></sup>
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<p>In September 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1671 into law, which was reportedly drafted by Harris, with input from Planned Parenthood – which sponsored the bill – making it a criminal offense to intentionally distribute, or to help with the dissemination of, unlawfully obtained confidential communications.<sup id="cite_ref-Criminalize_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Criminalize-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AB1671_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB1671-7">[7]</a></sup>
</p><p>Since her election to the Senate, Harris has maintained a 100% rating by the abortion rights <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">advocacy group</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a>, and a 0% rating by the anti-abortion group, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></sup> She was also endorsed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Emily%27s_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily's List">Emily's List</a> in 2015 during her Senatorial Campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Emily_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emily-10">[10]</a></sup>
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<p>Harris attributed the 2018 gubernatorial losses of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stacey_Abrams" title="Stacey Abrams">Stacey Abrams</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Andrew_Gillum" title="Andrew Gillum">Andrew Gillum</a>, in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2018_Georgia_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Georgia gubernatorial election">Georgia</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2018_Florida_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Florida gubernatorial election">Florida</a> respectively, to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Voter_suppression" title="Voter suppression">voter suppression</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2020, along with House Whip <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">Jim Clyburn</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marcia_Fudge" title="Marcia Fudge">Marcia Fudge</a> Harris introduced the VoteSafe Act, which sets forth uniform national standards for all registered voters to use mail-in absentee voting, a minimum early in-person voting period of 20 days, and $5 billion in funding and grants for states to increase the safety and availability of voting amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></sup> The bill was endorsed by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/ACLU" class="mw-redirect" title="ACLU">ACLU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a></sup>
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<p>Harris's 2020 campaign has disavowed most corporate donations, and has committed to rejecting money from corporate political action committees for her presidential campaign, in favor of relying on small and large individual donors.<sup id="cite_ref-Herndon_2019_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herndon_2019-22">[22]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_2019_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_2019-91">[91]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></sup>
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<p>Harris, along with candidates Cory Booker, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Julian_Castro" title="Julian Castro">Julian Castro</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard" title="Tulsi Gabbard">Tulsi Gabbard</a>, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marianne_Williamson" title="Marianne Williamson">Marianne Williamson</a>, has explicitly discouraged single-candidate super PACs from operating on her behalf, though she cannot prevent them from doing so.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a></sup>
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<p>In April 2020, Harris, along with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff">Adam Schiff</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a>, unveiled legislation that would establish a bi-partisan commission to review the U.S. response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, similar to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/9/11_Commission" title="9/11 Commission">9/11 Commission</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roberts_Commissions" title="Roberts Commissions">Pearl Harbor Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></sup> Harris and her colleagues also sent a letter to the Trump administration's health officials demanding a consistent protocol for counting the number of casualties caused by the virus to prevent deflation and underreporting of the number of deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a></sup>
</p><p>Harris announced that she would be introducing legislation to create a task force that would address racial disparities, the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act. Under the law, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a> would be empowered to make recommendations about effective distribution of resources to communities suffering from racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates. House Rep. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robin_Kelly" title="Robin Kelly">Robin Kelly</a> introduced a companion bill in the lower chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></sup>
</p><p>Alongside Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Harris introduced a bill that would expand access by 30 percent to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program" title="Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</a>, commonly known as food stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a></sup> Harris also introduced a bipartisan bill with Republican Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tim_Scott" title="Tim Scott">Tim Scott</a>, with the support of chef <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Andr%C3%A9s" title="José Andrés">José Andrés</a> to expand eligibility for assistance from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/FEMA" class="mw-redirect" title="FEMA">FEMA</a>, allowing state and local governments to partner with restaurants and non-profit groups to feed those in need during the pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></sup> Harris also introduced a bill with and Senators Bernie Sanders and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Ed Markey</a> to give Americans a monthly payment of $2000 during the coronavirus crisis, with payments to every U.S. resident making up to $120,000 as the unemployment rate spiked to 14.7%.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a></sup>
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<p>In October 2017, following <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hurricane_Maria" title="Hurricane Maria">Hurricane Maria</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a>, Harris signed a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elaine_Duke" title="Elaine Duke">Elaine Duke</a> urging her "to provide all necessary resources to confirm that storm-related deaths are being counted correctly" given that President Trump seemed "to be using the number of fatalities to determine the quality of the disaster response".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2018, Harris was one of eight senators to sign a letter to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> charging the agency with not assisting displaced homeowners in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hurricane_Maria" title="Hurricane Maria">Hurricane Maria</a> under the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Individuals_and_Households_program" title="Individuals and Households program">Individuals and Households program</a> (IHP) at "alarming rates."<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></sup>
</p><p>In February 2019, Harris introduced the Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act, a bill that would disable the president from taking funds allocated to the Departments of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">Homeland Security</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Housing and Urban Development">Housing and Urban Development</a> or the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Army Corps of Engineers</a> for disaster relief and using the funds in construction of physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris said the bill would "ensure that funds intended for victims of natural disasters do not go towards a wall that Congress won't fund and people on the border don't even want" and "stand up for Congress's power of the purse and help California families affected by recent natural disasters begin the process of recovery."<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2019, Harris was one of eleven senators to sign a letter to congressional leaders urging them to "bring legislation providing disaster supplemental appropriations to your respective floors for consideration immediately" after noting that the previous year had seen 124 federal disaster declarations approved for states, territories, and tribal nations across the US.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2019, Harris announced her opposition to a Republican disaster aid package, charging the Trump administration with playing "politics with disaster funding by failing to fully assist California wildfire victims and the millions of American citizens still struggling in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Survivors of these disasters are hurting, and they deserve immediate and meaningful support—this bill does not do that."<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2019, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire">wildfire</a> conditions forced California power companies to begin presumptive <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019_California_power_shutoffs" title="2019 California power shutoffs">public safety power shutoff events</a>, nearly 800,000 electric customers were left without electricity for days. People in areas particularly vulnerable to the fires were left vulnerable, without any way of getting information and supplies. Harris introduced the Wildfire Defense Act, a bill which would invest $1 billion to establish guidelines to create community wildfire defense plans, provide grants of up to $10 million to implement such a plan, and create reporting on best practices to protect communities from wildfires. Her bill was co-sponsored by House Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Jared Huffman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></sup>
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<p>On April 10, 2020, Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the Price Gouging Prevention Act, a bill that would empower the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> to enforce a ban on excessive price increases of consumer goods amid national emergencies and specifically consider any price increase above 10% to be price gouging during such a declaration.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, Harris, along with Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sherrod_Brown" title="Sherrod Brown">Sherrod Brown</a> and Representatives <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ayanna_Pressley" title="Ayanna Pressley">Ayanna Pressley</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">Gregory Meeks</a>, sent a letter to the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department requesting that the aforementioned agencies move to ensure minority-owned businesses remain under the Paycheck Protection Program and called for the Trump administration revise guidance on the program in order to reaffirm lending institutions comply with fair lending laws and mandate that they report the demographics of program lending.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></sup>
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<p>During her time as San Francisco District Attorney, Harris created the Environmental Justice Unit in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a></sup> and prosecuted several industries and individuals for pollution, most notably <a href="/enwiki/wiki/U-Haul" title="U-Haul">U-Haul</a>, Alameda Publishing Corporation, and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cosco_Busan_oil_spill" title="Cosco Busan oil spill">Cosco Busan oil spill</a>. She also advocated for strong enforcement of environmental protection laws.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></sup>
</p><p>In October 2017, Harris was one of nineteen senators to sign a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency">Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Scott_Pruitt" title="Scott Pruitt">Scott Pruitt</a> questioning Pruitt's decision to repeal the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a>, asserting that the repeal's proposal used "mathematical sleights of hand to over-state the costs of industry compliance with the 2015 Rule and understate the benefits that will be lost if the 2017 repeal is finalized" and science denying and math fabricating would fail to "satisfy the requirements of the law, nor will it slow the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, the inexorable rise in sea levels, or the other dire effects of global warming that our planet is already experiencing."<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a></sup>
</p><p>In September 2018, Harris was one of eight senators to sponsor the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, a bill described by cosponsor Elizabeth Warren as using "market forces to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy—reducing the odds of an environmental and financial disaster without spending a dime of taxpayer money."<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></sup> She stated that her goal would be achieving 100% of U.S. electricity from renewable energy sources, and that she supports a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Green_New_Deal" title="Green New Deal">Green New Deal</a>, an idea made popular by first-term Congresswoman <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a>, because "climate change is an existential threat to all of us."<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2018, Harris was one of 25 Democratic senators to co-sponsor a resolution specifying key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and National Climate Assessment. The resolution affirmed the senators' acceptance of the findings and their support for bold action toward addressing climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a></sup>
</p><p>On July 29, 2019, Harris and Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Climate Equity Act, a bill that would lay out steps for Congress and the White House on how to go about guaranteeing policies that composed "a future Green New Deal protect the health and economic wellbeing of all Americans for generations to come." Referring to climate change as "an existential threat", Harris noted cutting emissions and ending American reliance on fossil fuels were not enough and cited the need "that communities already contending with unsafe drinking water, toxic air, and lack of economic opportunity are not left behind."<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2019, Harris was one of fifteen senators to sign a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos given that the agency had found "that chlorpyrifos harms children's brains at exposures far lower than what the EPA allows" and warned that "more children, farmworkers and American families will be exposed to this pesticide and they will suffer as a result" of the EPA not reversing its decision.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a></sup>
</p><p>On September 4, 2019, Harris unveiled a $10 trillion climate change plan intended to move the United States to a 100 percent renewable energy-based power grid by 2030 in addition to transitioning all vehicles in America to the same energy sources by 2035. She pledged to rejoin the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a> and end U.S. support for international oil and natural gas extraction projects, furthering that as president she would "hold polluters accountable for the damage they inflict upon our environment and set us on a path to a 100 percent clean economy that creates millions of good-paying jobs."<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a></sup>
</p><p>In February 2020 Harris was one of seven senators to sign a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">Secretary of the Interior</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/David_Bernhardt" title="David Bernhardt">David Bernhardt</a> that called it "reckless and unwise" to remove protections to the Arctic after the U.S. Geological Survey found the Arctic to be warming faster than any other place on Earth and stating their support for "the strongest possible protections” for Special Areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, in response to the proposed decision of the EPA to retain air quality standards from the Obama administration, Harris was one of eighteen senators to sign a letter led by fellow Democratic senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maggie_Hassan" title="Maggie Hassan">Maggie Hassan</a> asserting that the EPA "should be taking actions that will further protect health during this crisis, not put more Americans at risk."<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a></sup>
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<p>In May 2019, Harris stated she would not have voted for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> (NAFTA) due to her belief that "we can do a better job to protect American workers" and called for the United States to do "a better job in terms of thinking about the priorities that should be more apparent now than perhaps they were then, which are issues like the climate crisis and what we need to build into these trade agreements."<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a></sup>
</p><p>In September 2019, Harris declared she was not a "protectionist Democrat." <sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a></sup>
</p><p>In January 2020, she was one of ten senators to vote against the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/USMCA" class="mw-redirect" title="USMCA">USMCA</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a></sup> stating that "by not confronting climate change, the USMCA fails to meet the crises of the moment".<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a></sup>
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<p>On August 30, 2017, Harris announced at a town hall in Oakland that she would co-sponsor fellow Senator Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" bill, supporting <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Single-payer_healthcare" title="Single-payer healthcare">single-payer healthcare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Herndon_2019_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herndon_2019-22">[22]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2018, Harris was one of ten senators to sponsor the Choose Medicare Act, an expanded public option for health insurance that also increased ObamaCare subsidies and rendered individuals with higher income levels eligible for its assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2018, Harris introduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (CARE) Act, a bill designed to reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. In the United States, the risk of death from pregnancy-related causes for black women is three to four times higher than for white women, and black women are twice as likely to suffer from life-threatening pregnancy complications. She was joined by 13 of her Democratic colleagues.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a></sup>
</p><p>In December 2018, Harris was one of 42 senators to sign a letter to Trump administration officials <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alex_Azar" title="Alex Azar">Alex Azar</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seema_Verma" title="Seema Verma">Seema Verma</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steve_Mnuchin" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Mnuchin">Steve Mnuchin</a> arguing that the administration was improperly using Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to authorize states to "increase health care costs for millions of consumers while weakening protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions." The senators requested the administration withdraw the policy and "re-engage with stakeholders, states, and Congress."<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a></sup>
</p><p>In February 2019, Harris and twenty-two other Democratic senators introduced the State Public Option Act, a bill that would authorize states to form a Medicaid buy-in program for all residents and thereby grant all denizens of the state the ability to buy into a state-driven Medicaid health insurance plan if they wished. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Brian Schatz</a>, a bill cosponsor, said the legislation would "unlock each state's Medicaid program to anyone who wants it, giving people a high-quality, low-cost public health insurance option" and that its goal was "to make sure that every single American has comprehensive health care coverage."<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a></sup>
</p><p>In June 2019, Harris was one of eight senators to co-sponsor the Territories Health Equity Act of 2019, legislation that would remove the cap on annual federal Medicaid funding and increase federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures of territories along with more funds being provided for prescription drug coverage to low-income seniors in an attempt to equalize funding for American territories Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands with that of U.S. states.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a></sup>
</p><p>On July 29, 2019, Harris unveiled a health plan that would expand coverage while preserving a role for private insurance companies, the plan calling for transitioning to a Medicare for All system over a period of ten years that would be concurrent with infants and the uninsured automatically being placed into the system while other individuals would have the option to buy into the health care plan backed by the government.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a></sup> The plan has been met with some criticism from both Democrats and Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2019, during a <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Morning_Joe" title="Morning Joe">Morning Joe</a></i> interview, Harris declined to specify the inconsistencies in the Medicare For All plan of fellow Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren due to believing her own plan was superior and added that she was "not going to take away people's choice about having a public or a private plan, I am going to give people a transition that allows folks like organized labor to actually renegotiate their contract."<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, Harris was one of twenty-eight Democratic senators to sign a letter to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">United States Department of Health and Human Services</a> urging the department to reopen the online marketplace of the Affordable Care Act as to assist uninsured Americans with acquiring health insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic, opining that opening the marketplace "would provide an easy pathway to coverage for those who under previous circumstances may have decided to forego health insurance or purchase a substandard, junk insurance plan, but now in a global pandemic are in vital need of comprehensive coverage to protect themselves, their families, and our broader community."<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, Harris was one of twenty senators to sign a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">United States Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alex_Azar" title="Alex Azar">Alex Azar</a> regarding the removal of Dr. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rick_Bright" title="Rick Bright">Rick Bright</a> as Director of the Research and Development Authority. The senators asserted that it was of "the utmost importance that there be stable leadership within HHS and that decisions are driven by science and the public health" during the coronavirus pandemic and warned that the US could not have a steady response if its leadership was "being constantly shuffled and if experts are being constrained or removed when they insist on following the science and sticking to the facts.”<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a></sup>
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<p>In April 2019 Harris was one of 41 senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development">United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's</a> Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote that they hoped the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2019, Harris and Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maxine_Waters" title="Maxine Waters">Maxine Waters</a> introduced the Housing is Infrastructure Act, a bill that would grant $70 billion toward clearing a backlog of repairs and upgrades to federal subsidized housing and apply 25 billion toward grants for affordable housing construction and maintenance in communities of low-income as well as Native American reservations, disaffected rural areas and vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a></sup>
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<p>In final weeks leading up to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2010_California_Attorney_General_election" title="2010 California Attorney General election">2010 California Attorney General election</a>, union groups such as California Labor Federation, Service Employees International Union Local 1000 and the California Nurses Association "spent hundreds of thousands of dollars" in an attempt to help Harris defeat Republican <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steve_Cooley" title="Steve Cooley">Steve Cooley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SanFranciscoLabor_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanFranciscoLabor-137">[137]</a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2018, Harris was a cosponsor of the Workplace Democracy Act, a bill introduced by Representatives <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Donald_Norcross" title="Donald Norcross">Donald Norcross</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mark_Pocan" title="Mark Pocan">Mark Pocan</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">Rosa DeLauro</a> and Senator Bernie Sanders intended to ease the rights of workers in their attempts to bargain for higher wages, benefits, or superior working conditions. It included a mandate that there must be a union for workers when a majority of them in a bargaining unit sign valid authorization cards to join a union and prevent employers from exploiting workers through mischaracterizing them as independent contractors or denying them overtime.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a></sup>
</p><p>In June 2018, Harris led seven other senators in sponsoring a bill amending the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act_of_1938" title="Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938">Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938</a> to include a mandate forcing farmers to pay workers time and a half for each hour worked past the standard 40-hour work week. Harris asserted that the bill would aim "to correct some of the injustices they face and guarantee they will get paid for the hours they work including overtime, and minimum wage which right now they are not entitled to by law."<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2019, Harris delivered a speech at a labor dinner honoring state legislators in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a> where she listed workers benefits that would not have been made possible without organized labor and condemned rhetoric that described unions as "special-interest groups."<sup id="cite_ref-SanFranciscoLabor_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanFranciscoLabor-137">[137]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2019, Harris and Representative <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal" title="Pramila Jayapal">Pramila Jayapal</a> introduced the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Domestic_Worker%27s_Bill_of_Rights" title="Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights">Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights</a> in Congress. The bill included protections against harassment and discrimination in addition to guarantees for meal breaks, a minimum wage, and pay for working overtime. Harris stated that for too long American workers had "not been afforded the same rights and benefits as nearly every other worker, and we must change that" and that the bill was "an opportunity to bring economic justice and empowerment to millions of domestic workers—particularly those who are immigrants and women of color."<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2019, Harris signed a letter to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">United States Secretary of Labor</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alexander_Acosta" title="Alexander Acosta">Alexander Acosta</a> that advocated for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to initiate a full investigation into a complaint filed on May 20 by a group of Chicago-area employees of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>, which detailed workplace violence incidents that included interactions with customers such as customers throwing hot coffee and threatening employees with firearms and more. The senators argued that McDonald's could and needed to "do more to protect its employees, but employers will not take seriously their obligations to provide a safe workplace if OSHA does not enforce workers rights to a hazard-free workplace."<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2019, Harris delivered a speech at the Nevada State AFL-CIO Convention where she asserted that workers were not being benefitted by the American economy and that the United States would be stronger if it invested in the American worker.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2019, a bill that which would mandate a California Supreme Court ruling that deems a greater share of workers to be employees as opposed to independent contractors be made law was seen as "setting up a clash between organized labor and prominent California companies like Uber and Postmates." Ian Sams, a spokesperson for Harris's then-ongoing presidential campaign, said the latter supported the bill due to her belief that "we need to go even further to bolster worker protections and benefits and elevate the voice of workers" and added that Harris wanted all workers to have a "robust social safety net" and the right to join a union.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a></sup>
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<p>On October 7, 2019, Harris unveiled a six months paid family and medical leave plan that included forming a new Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave that would oversee, determine eligibility and authorize benefit payments. Harris's paid leave program would be funded through general revenue and payroll contributions and establish a federal Bureau of Children and Family Justice. In a statement, Harris said the US will be brought "closer to economic justice for workers and ensures newborn children or children who are sick can get the care they need from a parent without thrusting the family into upheaval" via a six-month paid leave guarantee.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a></sup>
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<p>In May 2020, Harris introduced a bill with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ayanna_Pressley" title="Ayanna Pressley">Ayanna Pressley</a>, which would allocate grants of up to $250,000 to businesses with fewer than 10 employees, providing relief to "micro businesses" shut out of the larger coronavirus relief bill. Under the Saving Our Street Act, 75% of the $124.5 billion program would go to business and nonprofit owners from underrepresented groups and businesses bringing in less than $1 million in gross revenue per year.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a></sup>
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<p>Harris opposed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and has called for a repeal of the bill's tax cuts for wealthy Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-146">[146]</a></sup> In 2018, she proposed a tax cut for the majority of working- and middle-class Americans. An analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimated that the bill would reduce federal revenue by $2.8 trillion over a decade. She proposed to pay for the tax cuts by repealing tax cuts for wealthy Americans and by increasing taxes on corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_2019_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_2019-91">[91]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-146">[146]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harris was a cosponsor of the All Dependents Count Act, legislation that expand eligibility for the $500 credit under the CARES Act in order for a taxpayer to receive a $500 credit for all dependents they care for.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a></sup>
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<p>In March 2019, Harris was a cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution led by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gary_Peters" title="Gary Peters">Gary Peters</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jerry_Moran" title="Jerry Moran">Jerry Moran</a> that opposed privatization of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> (USPS), citing the USPS as an establishment that was self-sustained and noting concerns that a potential privatization could cause higher prices and reduced services for customers of USPS with a particular occurrence in rural communities.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2020, Harris was one of fourteen senators to sign a letter led by Cory Booker to Senate Majority Leader <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> and Senate Minority Leader <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> urging them "to provide appropriate funding to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the next coronavirus package that Congress takes up" as they reasoned that millions of Americans rely on the USPS for essential goods and duties.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a></sup>
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<p>In March 2019, Harris and Republican Senator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski" title="Lisa Murkowski">Lisa Murkowski</a> reintroduced the Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting (EMPOWER) Act, a bill that would prohibit non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses used by some employers in employment requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2019, Harris signed onto the Be HEARD Act, legislation intended to abolish the tipped minimum wage along with ending mandatory arbitration and pre-employment nondisclosure agreements. The bill also gave workers additional time to report harassment and was said by cosponsor <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a> to come at a time when too many workers are "still silenced by mandatory disclosure agreements that prevent them from discussing sexual harassment and longstanding practices like the tipped wages that keep workers in certain industries especially vulnerable."<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a></sup>
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<p>In September 2019, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> issued a questionnaire including the question "Under what circumstances other than a literally imminent threat to the United States, if any, does the Constitution permit a president to order an attack on another country without prior Congressional authorization? What about bombing Iranian or North Korean nuclear facilities?" Harris answered "The President’s top priority is to keep America secure, and I won't hesitate to do what it takes to protect our country in the face of an imminent threat in the future. But after almost two decades of war, it is long past time for Congress to rewrite the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001">Authorization for Use of Military Force</a> that governs our current military conflicts. The situations in Iran or North Korea would require careful consideration of all of the surrounding facts and circumstances."<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a></sup>
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<p>Harris has objected to the Chinese government's unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property, but has sharply criticized President Trump's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war" title="China–United States trade war">trade war</a> with China, describing the administration's arbitrary use of tariffs as "counterproductive to its goal of ensuring a level playing field for American companies.” <sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a></sup>
</p><p>Harris has also condemned the Chinese government's widespread <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Human_rights_in_China" title="Human rights in China">human rights abuses</a>, emphasizing the mass detention of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur Muslims</a> in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps" title="Xinjiang re-education camps">Xinjiang re-education camps</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_China" title="Mass surveillance in China">abuse of surveillance</a> for political and religious repression. Harris added that while cooperation with the Chinese may be necessary for global issues like <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> the United States must reclaim its moral authority to stand up forcefully for human rights in China.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup> Harris has expressed her support for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–20 Hong Kong protests">protestors in Hong Kong</a>, co-sponsoring the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hong_Kong_Human_Rights_and_Democracy_Act" title="Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act">Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act</a> in October 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a></sup>
</p><p>She condemned the Hong Kong government's use of excessive force against peaceful protestors and Beijing's failure to respect Hong Kong's sovereignty, as well as criticizing President Trump's weak responses to same.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="India">India</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: India">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>Kamala Harris has taken stances on Indian legislation like CAA and Kashmir, which Indian government considers as an internal matter.
Within weeks of India ending the special status of Kashmir on August 5, 2019, Senator Harris along with other leaders of the Democratic Party met members of the Kashmiri diaspora represented by an outfit called Justice For Kashmir (JFK), a NGO. According to media reports, the aim of JFK is to raise awareness on ‘political incursions’ by India in Kashmir among the leading politicians, bureaucrats and intellectuals in the US. These meetings were arranged by Asif Mahmood, a democrat of Pakistani origin, whose stance regarding Kashmir is well documented. Mahmood himself has spoken to media outlets confirming that he did facilitate those meetings so that Kashmiris could get a platform to voice their concerns
</p><p>A few months later, in December 2019, Harris vehemently criticized India's foreign minister, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Subrahmanyam_Jaishankar" title="Subrahmanyam Jaishankar">Jaishankar</a>’s refusal to attend a meeting with Congress delegates as it included <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal" title="Pramila Jayapal">Pramila Jayapal</a>, who had introduced a resolution on Kashmir urging India to lift restrictions. New Delhi had described the resolution as not being a ‘fair characteristic of what the government of India is doing'.
</p><p>During her unsuccessful presidential campaign, when Harris was asked about the lockdown in Kashmir she had responded by saying, “It is about reminding people that they are not alone, that we are all watching,” leaving little doubt as to her stance.<sup id="cite_ref-17082020cnnnews18_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17082020cnnnews18-157">[157]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-08082019dawn_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-08082019dawn-158">[158]</a></sup>
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<p>In October 2017, Harris condemned the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2017%E2%80%93present_Rohingya_genocide_in_Myanmar" class="mw-redirect" title="2017–present Rohingya genocide in Myanmar">genocide</a> of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rohingya_people" title="Rohingya people">Rohingya Muslim</a> minority in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> and called for a stronger response to the crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="North_Korea">North Korea</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: North Korea">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<p>Serving on the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Select Committee on Intelligence</a>, Harris has characterized <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> as "one of the most serious security threats".<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a></sup> In February 2018, Harris was one of 18 Democratic senators to sign a letter to Trump stating that he lacked the authority to launch a preemptive strike against North Korea without authorization from Congress. The letter stated: "Without congressional authority, a preventative or preemptive U.S. military strike would lack either a constitutional basis or legal authority."<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a></sup>
</p><p>In February 2019, after former Acting FBI Director <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Andrew_McCabe" title="Andrew McCabe">Andrew McCabe</a> claimed that President Trump believed the claims of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> over U.S. intelligence agencies' reports on the subject of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="North Korea and weapons of mass destruction">North Korea's missile capabilities</a>, she told reporters, "The idea that the president of the U.S. would take the word of the head of Russia over the intel community is the height of irresponsibility and shameful."<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a></sup> Later that month, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit" title="2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit">2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit</a> scheduled for February 27 and 28 at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sofitel_Legend_Metropole_Hanoi" title="Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi">Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hanoi,_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanoi, Vietnam">Hanoi, Vietnam</a>, was cut short without an agreement after the White House claimed North Korea purportedly requested an end to all sanctions, though <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(North_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)">North Korean Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ri_Yong-ho_(diplomat)" title="Ri Yong-ho (diplomat)">Ri Yong-ho</a> later claimed the regime was only interested in a partial lifting of sanctions.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2019 on an appearance on CNN, Harris condemned President Trump's relationship with the North Korean dictator <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kim_Jong-un" title="Kim Jong-un">Kim Jong-un</a>. Following the failure of the Hanoi summit and after a North Korean ship was seized in defiance of international sanctions, Pyongyang conducted missile tests in retaliation, Harris stated that embracing the tyrant and not confronting the regime's human rights violations was "not in the best interests of the nation." <sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a></sup>
</p><p>In an August 2019 interview, Harris emphasized that any diplomatic solution with respect to North Korea must involve American allies <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">the Republic of Korea</a>. When asked if she as president would sign an agreement with North Korea granting partial sanctions relief in exchange for some denuclearization, Harris replied that President Trump had given "Kim one PR victory after the next, all without securing any real concessions" and that she would "consider targeted sanctions relief to improve the lives of the North Korean people if the regime were to take serious, verifiable steps to roll back its nuclear program." <sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup>
</p><p>During the November 2019 Democratic presidential debate, Harris was asked whether she would make concessions to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_North_Korea" title="List of leaders of North Korea">Supreme Leader of North Korea</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kim_Jong-un" title="Kim Jong-un">Kim Jong-un</a> in order to continue the talks started by the Trump administration. Harris responded that Trump had been "punked" and that the president had compromised America's ability to slow down North Korea's nuclear program. Harris pointed out that by ending military exercises with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, there were no more concessions to be made, adding that Trump "traded a photo-op for nothing."<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a></sup>
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<p>In April and July 2019, Harris was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to President Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration" and reverse a decision to cut off $370 million in foreign assistance to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Brazil">Brazil</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Brazil">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>In 2019, as the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019_Amazon_rainforest_wildfires" title="2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires">2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires</a> began intensifying in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> as a result of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Slash-and-burn" title="Slash-and-burn">slash-and-burn</a> deforestation and the effects of climate change, Harris called out Brazilian President <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro" title="Jair Bolsonaro">Jair Bolsonaro</a> for his failure to act.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a></sup> She later joined her Senate colleagues in urging <a href="/enwiki/wiki/U.S._Trade_Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Trade Representative">U.S. Trade Representative</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Robert_Lighthizer" title="Robert Lighthizer">Robert Lighthizer</a> to postpone trade negotiations with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> until he took steps to combat the illegal deforestation.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Venezuela">Venezuela</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Venezuela">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>In early 2019, an ongoing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Venezuelan_presidential_crisis" title="Venezuelan presidential crisis">Venezuelan presidential crisis</a> regarding the legitimacy of the President of Venezuela erupted between factions supporting incumbent <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" title="Nicolás Maduro">Nicolás Maduro</a> and challenger <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3" title="Juan Guaidó">Juan Guaidó</a>. The opposition-majority <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Assembly_(Venezuela)" title="National Assembly (Venezuela)">National Assembly</a> declared Maduro a "usurper" and announced its intentions to proceed with Guaidó as the acting president under Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution while the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supreme_Tribunal_of_Justice_(Venezuela)" title="Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)">Supreme Tribunal of Justice</a> declared the National Assembly to be "unconstitutional." Protests erupted and international condemnation of Maduro followed thereafter, with Guaidó being recognized as the acting President of Venezuela by about <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Responses_to_the_Venezuelan_presidential_crisis" title="Responses to the Venezuelan presidential crisis">60 democratic countries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a></sup> Recognition of the Maduro government fell along traditional geopolitical lines, with the governments of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> supporting Maduro.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a></sup>
</p><p>In response, Harris condemned Maduro as a repressive and corrupt dictator, calling on the Venezuelan military not to exercise use of force against civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup> Harris committed to extending <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Temporary_protected_status" title="Temporary protected status">temporary protected status</a> to Venezuelans living in America to prevent their deportation back to South America.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a></sup> She did not support military action by U.S. forces, criticizing <a href="/enwiki/wiki/John_Bolton" title="John Bolton">John Bolton</a>'s suggestions to adopt a more hawkish position, suggesting dispersal of additional aid to humanitarian organizations working in Venezuela.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup> In contrast, Senator Bernie Sanders received bipartisan condemnation for his response to the crisis, refusing to recognize Guaidó as the interim president and refusing to condemn Maduro as a dictator.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a></sup> However, international recognition of Juan Guaidó as opposition leader of Venezuela has been denounced by commentators such as Havard law professor Noah Feldman as "a fig leaf for regime change", noting that Article 233 does not say the assembly can remove the president and succession in the event the president is unavailable to serve only applies for 30 days.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a></sup> Juan Guaidó has promised to allow U.S. oil companies to increase their activity in Venezuela,<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a></sup> in the context of liaisons between the Trump administration and Guaido<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a></sup> such as Senator Marco Rubio claiming that Guaidó would create jobs refining heavy crude for American workers.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Europe">Europe</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Europe">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
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<p>In July 2018, Harris, ahead of an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Exercise_RIMPAC" title="Exercise RIMPAC">Exercise RIMPAC</a>, the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise between the military forces from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pacific_Rim" title="Pacific Rim">Pacific Rim</a> and beyond, expressed gratitude to the member nations of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>. She stated that President Trump's "disgusting" remarks had "frayed" the alliance but that "longtime mutual trust surpasses whatever happens in the White House."<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Russia">Russia</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Russia">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>In June 2017, Harris spoke out against Russia's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections" title="Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections">interference in the 2016 elections</a>, calling out their exploitation of divisive issues on race and joining the intelligence community's unanimous assessment that the Russians assisted Donald Trump's campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a></sup> In July 2017, Harris voted in favor of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Countering_America%27s_Adversaries_Through_Sanctions_Act" title="Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act">Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act</a> that grouped together <a href="/enwiki/wiki/International_sanctions" title="International sanctions">sanctions</a> against <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a></sup>
</p><p>Harris has condemned the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation</a>, calling it a "severe violation of the international norms that have guided the world since World War II." She also referred to the downing of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">Malaysia Airlines Flight 17</a> as an act of Russian aggression, attributing responsibility of the 298 civilians on board to a Russian <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Surface-to-air" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface-to-air">surface-to-air</a> missile.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup> She expressed her support for the sovereignty of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, and led her colleagues in holding the Trump administration accountable on the issue by filing a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" title="Freedom of Information Act (United States)">Freedom of Information Act</a> lawsuit in hopes of releasing documents related to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal" title="Trump–Ukraine scandal">Trump–Ukraine scandal</a> that led to the President's impeachment.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a></sup>
</p><p>In December 2018, after <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a> announced the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty" title="Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty">Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty</a> in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Harris was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern over the administration "now abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on Trump to continue arms negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a></sup>
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<p>In December 2018, Harris traveled to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mazar-e_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazar-e Sharif">Mazar-e Sharif</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> with two of her Republican colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senators Burr and Lankford to visit troops, diplomats, and other national security professionals. Harris, joining her colleagues, has said the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a> must end, albeit responsibly and in coordination with regional allies to protect gains made for Afghan women and others.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Israel">Israel</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Israel">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<p>In 2017, Harris gave a public address to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee" title="American Israel Public Affairs Committee">AIPAC</a> attendees. She said: "I believe <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> should never be a partisan issue, and as long as I'm a United States senator, I will do everything in my power to ensure broad and bipartisan support for Israel's security and right to self-defense."<sup id="cite_ref-Intercept2018_184-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intercept2018-184">[184]</a></sup> Harris noted that "the first resolution I co-sponsored as a United States senator was to combat anti-Israel bias at the United Nations," referring to a Senate resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reunification_of_Jerusalem" title="Reunification of Jerusalem">reunification of Jerusalem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JNS_News_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JNS_News-185">[185]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a></sup> In that same speech, she expressed her support for a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Two-state_solution" title="Two-state solution">two-state solution</a> to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Intercept2018_184-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Intercept2018-184">[184]</a></sup>
</p><p>In late 2017, she traveled to Israel, where she met with Israeli Prime Minister <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> and visited the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yad_Vashem" title="Yad Vashem">Yad Vashem</a>, and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Israel" title="Supreme Court of Israel">Supreme Court of Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JNS_News_185-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JNS_News-185">[185]</a></sup> Executive Director of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jewish_Democratic_Council_of_America" title="Jewish Democratic Council of America">Jewish Democratic Council of America</a> Halie Soifer, who previously served as Harris's national security advisor, said the following of Harris:<sup id="cite_ref-JNS_News_185-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JNS_News-185">[185]</a></sup>
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<p>In 2018, in another speech to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/AIPAC" class="mw-redirect" title="AIPAC">AIPAC</a>, Harris reiterated her support for Israel, reminiscing about growing up in the Bay Area, collecting funds to plant trees in Israel for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jewish_National_Fund" title="Jewish National Fund">Jewish National Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a></sup> She later condemned anti-semitism in the aftermath of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting" title="Pittsburgh synagogue shooting">Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation</a> shooting which claimed the lives of 11 worshippers during <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shacharit" title="Shacharit">Shabbat morning services</a>.
</p><p>In 2019, she opposed the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions" title="Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions">Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions</a> movement targeting Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-jta_189-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jta-189">[189]</a></sup> She was a cosponsor of a Senate resolution expressing objection to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2334" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334">UN Security Council Resolution 2334</a>, which condemned <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlement building</a> in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a> as a violation of international law.<sup id="cite_ref-JNS_News_185-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JNS_News-185">[185]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jta_189-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jta-189">[189]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Iran">Iran</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Iran">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<p>Harris supported the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran nuclear deal">Iran nuclear deal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jta_189-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jta-189">[189]</a></sup> In 2018, after Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action</a>, Harris released a statement saying the decision "jeopardizes our national security and isolates us from our closest allies" while calling the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action "the best existing tool we have to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and avoid a disastrous military conflict in the Middle East."<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a></sup> In 2019, Harris said she would rejoin the agreement and expand it to cover ballistic missile testing.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the wake of the assassination of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" title="Qasem Soleimani">Qasem Soleimani</a>, the commander of the Iranian <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>, Harris joined her Senate colleagues in introducing the No War Against Iran Act and condemning President Trump's "dangerous escalation" with the Iranian regime<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Saudi Arabia">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>In late 2018, she voted to withdraw U.S. military aid for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen</a>. She also backed a resolution blaming Saudi Crown Prince <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mohammad_bin_Salman" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad bin Salman">Mohammad bin Salman</a> for the murder of dissident journalist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi" title="Jamal Khashoggi">Jamal Khashoggi</a> in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a></sup> Harris also condemned President Trump for turning a blind eye to the murder.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup> Harris has called for a "fundamental" re-evaluation of the American relationship with Saudi Arabia, but acknowledged that the Saudis have been strong partners in areas of mutual interest, such as counterterrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-CFR2019_155-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFR2019-155">[155]</a></sup>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Syria">Syria</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Political_positions_of_Kamala_Harris&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Syria">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>In April 2017, in response to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khan_Shaykhun_chemical_attack" title="Khan Shaykhun chemical attack">Khan Shaykhun chemical attack</a>, Harris condemned <a href="/enwiki/wiki/President_of_Syria" title="President of Syria">Syrian president</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a> with attacking Syrian children, and stated "the clear fact that president Assad is not only a ruthless dictator brutalizing his own people—he is a war criminal the international community cannot ignore." She called on President Trump to work with Congress on his administration's "lack of clear objectives in Syria and articulate a detailed strategy and path forward in partnership with our allies."<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a></sup> Later that month, in her first overseas trip as a Senator, she visited the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zaatari_refugee_camp" title="Zaatari refugee camp">Zaatari refugee camp</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, the world's largest camp for Syrian refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2017, the Trump administration decided to arm <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rojava" class="mw-redirect" title="Rojava">Kurds in Syria</a> in the fight against <a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISIS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS">ISIS</a> over the objections of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a></sup> In November 2017, under pressure from Turkish President <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan" class="mw-redirect" title="Recep Tayyip Erdogan">Recep Tayyip Erdogan</a>, Trump reversed course and cut off the Kurds' supply of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a></sup> Then, in December 2018, President Trump announced the full withdrawal of American troops in Syria, leading to the resignation of Defense Secretary <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">Jim Mattis</a>. Harris immediately criticized Trump's decision to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/American-led_intervention_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War" title="American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War">withdraw U.S. troops from Syria</a>, which gave <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> the green light to launch the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2019_Turkish_offensive_into_north-eastern_Syria" title="2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria">military offensive</a> against <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rojava" class="mw-redirect" title="Rojava">Syrian Kurds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2019, after Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard attacked Harris for her record as a prosecutor in a presidential debate, Harris shrugged off her remarks and characterized Gabbard as an "apologist" for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a></sup> In November 2019, during a presidential debate, Harris condemned Gabbard for her decision to meet with the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017, her subsequent skepticism about claims that Assad used chemical weapons against civilians in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khan_Shaykhun_chemical_attack" title="Khan Shaykhun chemical attack">Khan Shaykhun</a>, and her refusal to call Assad a war criminal.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-AB1671-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AB1671_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AB1671_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1671">"AB-1671 Confidential communications: disclosure"</a>. <i>California Legislative Information</i>. September 30, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=California+Legislative+Information&rft.atitle=AB-1671+Confidential+communications%3A+disclosure&rft.date=2016-09-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillTextClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D201520160AB1671&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+positions+of+Kamala+Harris" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r951705291"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/120012/kamala-harris">"Kamala Harris's Ratings and Endorsements"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=VoteSmart.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VoteSmart.com (page does not exist)">VoteSmart.com</a></i>. July 15, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=VoteSmart.com&rft.atitle=Kamala+Harris%27s+Ratings+and+Endorsements&rft.date=2018-07-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvotesmart.org%2Fcandidate%2Fevaluations%2F120012%2Fkamala-harris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+positions+of+Kamala+Harris" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r951705291"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Emily-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Emily_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Emily_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMehta2015" class="citation news cs1">Mehta, Seema (March 19, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-emilys-list-backs-kamala-harris-senate-bid-20150318-story.html">"Emily's List backs Kamala Harris' Senate bid"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Emily%27s+List+backs+Kamala+Harris%27+Senate+bid&rft.date=2015-03-19&rft.aulast=Mehta&rft.aufirst=Seema&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Flocal%2Fpolitical%2Fla-me-pc-emilys-list-backs-kamala-harris-senate-bid-20150318-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+positions+of+Kamala+Harris" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r951705291"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-utexas-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-utexas_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-utexas_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-brief-us-supreme-court-affirmative-action">"Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case, Fisher v. University of Texas"</a>. State of California Department of Justice. November 4, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Attorney+General+Kamala+D.+Harris+Files+Brief+in+U.S.+Supreme+Court+Affirmative+Action+Case%2C+Fisher+v.+University+of+Texas&rft.date=2015-11-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Foag.ca.gov%2Fnews%2Fpress-releases%2Fattorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-brief-us-supreme-court-affirmative-action&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+positions+of+Kamala+Harris" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r951705291"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-amar-kennedy-fisher-v-university-of-texas-20160624-snap-story.html">"How race-based affirmative action could return to UC"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. June 26, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=How+race-based+affirmative+action+could+return+to+UC&rft.date=2016-06-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fla-oe-amar-kennedy-fisher-v-university-of-texas-20160624-snap-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+positions+of+Kamala+Harris" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r951705291"/></span>
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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-affirmative-action-20160629-snap-story.html">"Kamala Harris' support of public university affirmative action defies the will of California voters"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. June 29, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Kamala+Harris%27+support+of+public+university+affirmative+action+defies+the+will+of+California+voters&rft.date=2016-06-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fopinion%2Freadersreact%2Fla-ol-le-affirmative-action-20160629-snap-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolitical+positions+of+Kamala+Harris" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r951705291"/></span>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Attorney_General_of_California" title="Attorney General of California">Attorney General of California</a> (2011–2017)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/San_Francisco_District_Attorney%27s_Office" title="San Francisco District Attorney's Office">District Attorney of San Francisco</a> (2004–2011)</li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Justice_for_Victims_of_Lynching_Act" title="Justice for Victims of Lynching Act">Justice for Victims of Lynching Act</a></li>
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<ul><li>District attorney
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Kamala_Harris#2003" title="Electoral history of Kamala Harris">2003</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/November_2007_San_Francisco_general_election#District_attorney" title="November 2007 San Francisco general election">2007</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Attorney general
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2014_California_Attorney_General_election" title="2014 California Attorney General election">2014</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign">2020 campaign</a>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_Kamala_Harris_2020_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Joe_Biden_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign">2020 campaign</a>
<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2020 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">selection</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2020 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_debates#Vice_presidential_debate_(University_of_Utah)" title="2020 United States presidential debates">debate</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Donald_J._Harris" title="Donald J. Harris">Donald J. Harris</a> (father)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shyamala_Gopalan" title="Shyamala Gopalan">Shyamala Gopalan</a> (mother)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maya_Harris" title="Maya Harris">Maya Harris</a> (sister)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Meena_Harris" title="Meena Harris">Meena Harris</a> (niece)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/P._V._Gopalan" title="P. V. Gopalan">P. V. Gopalan</a> (grandfather)</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tony_West_(attorney)" title="Tony West (attorney)">Tony West</a> (brother-in-law)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Smart_on_Crime" title="Smart on Crime">Smart on Crime</a></i></li>
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<li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Truths_We_Hold" title="The Truths We Hold">The Truths We Hold</a></i></li></ul>
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