Background

Question: Can you briefly tell us a story that impacted the way you feel about animals?

Answer: A few years ago, i started learning more about the environmental foot print of our diets and that turned into animal rights and learning about how violent and abusive the meat and dairy industry is and how much work we have to do to protect animals from these exploitative industries. After that, I became vegan. I’ve been vegan for about two years and since starting the campaign, I’m now a vegetarian, although I only eat dairy when my schedule makes it harder to eat 100% plant based.

Save Our Bacon Act/Farm Bill

Question: The EATS Act — now included in the House Farm Bill (the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026) as the ‘Save Our Bacon’ provision — would strip state and local governments of the authority to set animal welfare standards, gutting hundreds of laws nationwide and preventing our organization from working on effective animal welfare legislation, as our efforts would be undermined by out-of-state producers who would crowd our compliant farmers out of the market. Would you publicly oppose efforts to preempt animal protection laws, whether through the EATS Act, the current Farm Bill, or future versions of this legislation?

Answer: Yes, I would.

Climate-Friendly Food & Fair Competition

Question: The federal government spends billions annually subsidizing animal agriculture, with little regard for how that food is produced. Would you support policies to create a more level playing field between factory-farmed products and higher-welfare or plant-based alternatives — for example, reforming crop insurance and commodity support programs to reduce incentives for factory farming, directing federal procurement toward food produced to higher welfare and environmental standards, or supporting grant programs for farmers transitioning away from factory farming?

Answer: Yes, I would.

Pain Relief

Question: The American Veterinary Medical Association recommends pain relief for common agricultural practices like castration, dehorning, teeth clipping, and tail docking; polling consistently shows that the vast majority of Americans support the same. Several countries, including the UK and members of the EU already require or incentivize pain relief for these procedures. Would you support requiring pain relief during painful procedures performed on farmed animals?

Answer: Yes, I would.

Prohibit Force-Feeding Birds Act

Question: Pro-Animal Colorado has qualified the Prohibit Force-Feeding Birds Act for the 2026 Denver ballot. Would you endorse it?

Answer: Yes, I would.