Richard Weiss

Party: Green

Office: PA Attorney General

Richard L. Weiss, Esq., supports criminal justice reforms including ending cash bail, decriminalizing drug use and sex work, and establishing citizens' police review boards with strong police professionalism standards.

Candidate Website    

Interviews

See interviews of Richard Weiss.

WPSU Issues Questionnaire

On the Issues

See Richard Weiss's stance on the issues.

What are your positions on economic policies (ex: inflation, taxes, regulations, etc.)?
The switch to renewable energy will create jobs and lower energy costs for Pennsylvanians. Ending fossil fuels is necessary to combat climate change and will improve health by lowering rates of cancer and respiratory and other diseases. Fossil fuel...
What is your position on addressing the cost of housing?
There are more empty homes than there are homeless people. There is not really a housing shortage. Homes bought for investment/profit are held off the market to create a false scarcity. We could develop new laws to limit the holding of homes for profit...
What is your position on healthcare access?
I support Medicare for All with no premiums or deductibles, covering prescriptions, vision, hearing and dental. The US pays twice as much for healthcare as countries with universal healthcare, with worse outcomes. Medicare for All would cost less than...
What is your position on immigration policy?
The issue of immigration is politicized and blown out of proportion. Four years ago, we heard incessantly about an "immigrant caravan" that was "funded by Soros." Then after the election we heard nothing about it again...
What is your position on abortion policy?
Because opposition to abortion is often or mainly religious, I have a religious answer. A fetus without a brain (anencephaly) is made of human cells, has a unique DNA, and will never be a human being. Such a pregnancy should be allowed to be...
What is your position on gun ownership policy?
I believe in reasonable restrictions on gun ownership and use. Regarding the Second Amendment, I agree with the well-written dissent of Justice Stevens in the Heller case. Even Justice Scalia in the majority opinion agreed with reasonable regulation...
What is your position on environmental policy? (ex: addressing climate change, clean water, clean air, etc.)
Article 1 Section 27 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania guarantees our citizens the right to clean air, pure water, and the preservation of our natural and historic beauty. Renewable energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels. The entire world is...
What is your position on LGBTQ rights? (ex: marriage, adoption, gender-affirming care, sports participation, etc.)
Let people be themselves. There was no government issued marriage license for Adam and Eve. What the government does is completely separate from the church. If you do not wish to have a same sex marriage for yourself due to religious belief, then...
What is your position on addressing lowering the cost of higher education in Pennsylvania?
I believe in tuition free college for students. Anyone who is capable of doing the work and wants to study should be able to obtain a college education. If elected, I would sue to overturn the provision of the law excluding student loans from...
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
The United States should not be arming and funding the genocide being perpetrated by the Apartheid state of Israel in Palestine. The entire Palestine mandate area should be one state with equal rights for all. South Africa did it, so can Palestine...

Back to Candidates