| Climate/Energy | Wiener says that in Congress he would defend the Inflation Reduction Act’s transit-electrification programs, increase federal investment in public transit, and reform permitting so clean-energy and climate-friendly transportation projects can be built more quickly. His campaign also highlights his California record, including authoring the state’s corporate greenhouse-gas disclosure requirement; these positions are documented in his 2026 House campaign materials for California’s 11th District. | high | |
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| Economy | Scott Wiener frames economic policy around reducing the cost of living and expanding economic opportunity. In his District 11 congressional questionnaire, he proposed a large federal housing-building program, expanded rental assistance and tax credits, permitting reform to lower construction costs, major transit investment, and support for trade schools; he identified the housing shortage as a cause of higher costs, displacement, and the loss of working- and middle-class residents. His campaign website similarly lists making housing more affordable, investing in transportation, and supporting working families among his priorities. | high | |
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| Healthcare | Wiener says healthcare is a human right and supports universal coverage, including Medicare for All. For Congress, he says he would protect and strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, lower prescription-drug costs (including a $35 monthly insulin cap), reduce prior authorization, and require insurers to cover mental-health care; his campaign cites his California record on mental-health parity, insulin copays, PBM regulation, and advancing a universal/single-payer system. | high | |
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| Immigration | Wiener's congressional campaign says he would abolish ICE, create a pathway to citizenship for immigrant communities and make DACA recipients citizens, ban private prisons including ICE detention facilities, and pursue federal reforms to unmask immigration agents and make it easier to sue federal agents for rights violations. The campaign also highlights his California legislation, including the 2025 No Secret Police Act and 2026 SB 747, as the basis for these positions. | high | |
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| Abortion & Reproductive Health | Scott Wiener says decisions about pregnancy, abortion, and contraception should belong to individuals in consultation with their doctors, not politicians. His congressional campaign says he will fight to protect reproductive freedom in California and across the United States, including access to needed reproductive health care. | high | |
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| Civil Rights & Equality | For his 2026 campaign for California’s 11th Congressional District, Wiener says protecting transgender people and other LGBTQ+ people is a top priority. He pledges to restore access to LGBTQ-related healthcare, pass the Equality Act to prohibit LGBTQ-based targeting and discrimination nationwide, and override state anti-LGBTQ laws; he also highlights his prior California legislation addressing LGBTQ discrimination, HIV-related discrimination, and transgender privacy and healthcare protections. | high | |
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| Foreign Policy | Scott Wiener’s congressional campaign supports a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, opposes offensive U.S. arms sales to an Israeli government not committed to peace while supporting defensive systems, and says it would restore military and economic aid to Ukraine, maintain sanctions on Russia, and pursue diplomacy with Iran while requiring explicit congressional authorization for military action. He also supports existing U.S. policy toward Taiwan, opposes changing the Taiwan Strait status quo by force, restoring USAID, and rebuilding multilateral U.S. engagement; in June 2026, he reiterated that he considers Israel’s campaign in Gaza genocidal and has opposed its escalation since October 2023. | high | |
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| Firearms & Second Amendment | Scott Wiener supports stricter gun-safety laws and says he would bring California’s gun-safety policies to Congress, including pursuing guardrails to reduce gun violence. In connection with his 2026 CA-11 campaign, Newtown Action Alliance said his record demonstrated support for an assault-weapons ban and Ethan’s Law, and Wiener accepted the endorsement while pledging to advance gun-safety measures nationally. | high | |
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| Education | Wiener says every child deserves a high-quality education and that, in Congress, he will defend public schools and press the federal government to provide schools with the resources, workforce, and protections they need. His campaign also supports fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), increasing Title I and Title III funding for schools serving low-income students and English learners, and raising teacher pay through the American Teacher Act while strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness to retain educators. | high | |
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| Tech & AI | As a candidate for California's 11th Congressional District, Scott Wiener says he would pursue federal AI guardrails, including transparency and safety requirements for major AI developers, independent verification, fines and possible injunctions for repeated violations, whistleblower protections, and a federal body overseeing AI safety. He also supports public AI research infrastructure, expanded safety research, stronger data privacy and social-media rules, federal net neutrality, measures addressing AI-related job displacement, and requiring AI data centers to cover infrastructure costs; his campaign says these proposals build on his California legislation, including SB 53 and CalCompute. | high | |
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| Election Policy | Wiener supports broad access to voting and counting valid vote-by-mail ballots, arguing that ballots postmarked by Election Day should not be rejected solely because of mail delays. In a June 29, 2026 statement, he called the Supreme Court decision upholding California’s vote-by-mail return window a win for voters and said democracy is stronger when voters’ voices are included rather than rejected. | medium | |
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| Local Issues | Wiener's congressional platform prioritizes Bay Area housing affordability and public transit. He proposes building 8 million homes nationally over a decade through mixed-income/social and affordable housing investment, pro-housing incentives, expanded vouchers, and tenant protections; he also supports increased and more predictable federal transit operating and capital funding, faster project delivery, and funding for Bay Area projects including a Westside Subway and downtown Caltrain/High-Speed Rail connection. | high | |
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