Connecticut's 4th District
Where I Stand
Doctor. Lawyer. Father. Fighter.

Connecticut families don't need another politician who talks around issues. They need straight answers on groceries, safety, and children's decisions. Here's where I stand.
You're hiring a Congressman. You deserve to know exactly what you're getting.
Join the Fight
Issue 4
Cost of Living: Real Relief for Real Families
You shouldn't choose between filling the gas tank and filling the fridge. You shouldn't need a raise just to stay in place.
Connecticut ranks 3rd most expensive state. The average CT-04 family spends $1,100 more monthly on basics than in 2020. That's $13,200 yearly with nothing to show.
The Crisis
Electricity 60% above national average. Property taxes among nation's highest. Groceries up 25% since 2020.
The Doctor
Prescription prices climbed 300% while manufacturing costs dropped. I've fought these companies for decades.
The Lawyer
The tax code is 7,000 pages of favors. SALT cap costs CT-04 homeowners $8,000-$12,000 yearly in lost deductions.
The Goldstein Plan
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Cut Energy Costs
Expand domestic production. All-of-the-above strategy prioritizing affordability over ideology.
02
Restore Full SALT Deduction
Return thousands to families paying $18,000-$25,000 in property taxes.
03
Reduce Regulatory Burden
Eliminate rules costing more than they protect. Start with healthcare and small business.
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Fight Tax Increases
Oppose any new federal taxes hitting middle-class families and small businesses.
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Lower Prescription Costs
Transparent pricing, real generic competition, eliminate anti-competitive practices.
Issue 5
Public Safety: Safe Streets — No Exceptions
Every family in Connecticut deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood, school, and home. Regardless of ZIP code.
The Doctor
I've treated gunshot wounds in the ER. I've told families their loved one didn't make it. Public safety isn't abstract for me.
The Lawyer
Cashless bail for violent offenders isn't progressive. It's a legal fiction pretending public safety and defendants' rights are mutually exclusive.
The Problem
3x
Bridgeport Violence
Violent crime rate three times the state average
$100B
Retail Theft
National shrink losses passed directly to consumers
Fentanyl seizures increased significantly. Connecticut ranks among highest per-capita overdose death rates in Northeast. Drug trafficking networks reach Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford, Danbury.
The Goldstein Plan
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Fund Law Enforcement
Support federal funding for hiring bonuses, retention incentives, community policing in high-crime areas.
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Attack Fentanyl Pipeline
Designate cartels as terrorist organizations. Sanction Chinese chemical companies. Increase trafficking penalties.
3
End Cashless Bail
Federal incentives rewarding states maintaining bail requirements for violent crimes.
4
Support Victims
Mandatory restitution enforcement, trauma services, federal Victims' Rights Enforcement Office.
5
Protect Schools
Federal grants for resource officers, mental health professionals, threat assessment programs.
Issue 6
Parental Rights: Your Children — Your Decisions
You are the first and final authority on your child's education, health care, and upbringing.
Not a school board. Not a bureaucrat. Not a politician. You.
The Doctor
Informed consent is the bedrock of medicine. I've never performed a procedure without explicit parental consent. That's an ethical absolute.
When a school makes medical decisions about a minor without parental knowledge, they violate healthcare's fundamental principle.
The Lawyer
The Supreme Court has recognized parental rights as fundamental liberty for over a century. These rights are protected by the Constitution.
When federal agencies classify parents at school board meetings as potential domestic threats, that's constitutional overreach.
The Problem
Parents systematically excluded from decisions affecting their children. School districts adopted curricula without notifying parents or providing opt-out mechanisms.
Health care decisions involving minors made by school counselors without parental knowledge. When parents pushed back, DOJ directed FBI to monitor them as potential threats.
Transparency
Parents report difficulty accessing curriculum materials and understanding what programs actually teach.
Limited Choice
Connecticut's school choice options among most limited in Northeast. Lower-income families trapped in underperforming schools.
The Goldstein Plan
Full Curriculum Transparency
Mandate complete disclosure with meaningful opt-out provisions.
Parental Consent Required
No medical or psychological decisions without explicit parental consent.
Expand School Choice
Federal funding follows the student. Education Savings Accounts give families real options.
End Agency Weaponization
Prohibit federal agencies from investigating parents engaged in lawful advocacy.
Issue 7
Stand With Israel: Moral Clarity — Not Moral Equivalence
Israel is America's strongest ally in the Middle East. That's not partisan. It's strategic and moral reality. And it's under attack.
The Doctor
I took an oath to do no harm. Silence in the face of anti-Semitism is harm. When Jewish students need security escorts to attend class, we're dealing with institutional cowardice.
The Lawyer
Title VI prohibits discrimination based on shared ancestry, including anti-Semitism, at any institution receiving federal funding. The law is unambiguous. What's been missing is political will.
The Problem
Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States have surged to levels not seen since tracking began. ADL documented increases year after year, with assaults spiking dramatically since October 2023.
On college campuses, Jewish students physically assaulted, excluded from student organizations, subjected to chants calling for elimination of the Jewish state. University administrators issued statements of "balance" instead of condemnation.

Connecticut's 4th District is home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the Northeast, spanning Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, and Bridgeport. Many are descendants of Holocaust survivors.
UNRWA has been exposed for direct ties to Hamas, including staff participation in October 7th attacks. American taxpayer dollars have funded this agency for decades.
The Goldstein Plan
Unwavering Support
Israel has the right to defend its citizens against terrorism. Full stop. No conditions.
Full Security Funding
Maintain and increase assistance. Iron Dome has intercepted thousands of rockets aimed at civilians.
Title VI Enforcement
Mandatory compliance reviews at universities with documented anti-Semitic incidents. Real financial consequences.
Federal Anti-BDS
Prohibit federal contracts with entities participating in economic warfare against Israel.
Zero UNRWA Funding
Not one American dollar until complete reform, independent audit, terrorist-linked employees removed.
Issue 8
Secure Borders: Sovereignty Is Not Optional
Your community is not a processing center. Your schools are not an overflow system. Your tax dollars are not an open checkbook for Washington's failures.
The Doctor
You don't treat a hemorrhage by putting a bandage on the patient's arm while the wound is in their chest.
That's what Washington has done with immigration. Every downstream consequence traces back to one failure: the border is not secure.
The Lawyer
The Immigration and Nationality Act is federal law. These laws are not suggestions. They're binding statutes.
The executive branch's refusal to enforce them is not prosecutorial discretion. It's dereliction.
The Problem
The southern border has experienced record-breaking illegal crossings. Millions of encounters since 2021. Federal government's failure to enforce existing law creates cascading consequences reaching directly into Connecticut.
School Districts
Absorbing enrollment surges without corresponding funding
Hospital ERs
Providing uncompensated care that drives up costs for insured patients and taxpayers
Municipal Budgets
Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk strained by shelter, services, public safety costs
Connecticut received thousands of migrants through federal relocation. State's social services infrastructure redirected to manage population that arrived without legal status, housing, or employment authorization.
The fentanyl crisis is inseparable from border security. Overwhelming majority of fentanyl enters via southern border through cartel-controlled trafficking networks.
The Goldstein Plan
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Enforce Existing Law
The laws are on the books. Fund them. Staff them. Apply them. No more selective enforcement.
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Mandatory E-Verify
If you're hiring, you're verifying. Protects legal workers, holds employers accountable. No exceptions.
3
No Sanctuary Policies
Local law enforcement should cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Condition funding on full cooperation.
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Secure Border First
Physical barriers, technology, personnel, policy working together. Full funding for wall construction and Border Patrol hiring.
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Accelerate Legal Immigration
Streamline processing, reduce visa backlogs, create merit-based pathway serving America's economic needs.
Issue 9
Second Amendment: Rights — Not Restrictions
The Second Amendment is not a suggestion. It's a constitutional right. And it doesn't come with an asterisk based on your ZIP code, political party, or how uncomfortable it makes politicians.
The Doctor
Gun violence is a symptom, not the disease. Treating symptoms while ignoring underlying conditions is malpractice.
The underlying conditions are untreated mental illness, community breakdown, substance abuse, gang recruitment, and revolving-door justice.
The Lawyer
"Shall not be infringed" is four words. It's not ambiguous. The Supreme Court affirmed in Heller and Bruen that the Second Amendment protects an individual right.
Connecticut's regulatory framework has created one of the most restrictive environments for law-abiding gun owners while doing nothing to reduce criminal access.
The Problem
Connecticut has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. They have not made vulnerable communities safer. Bridgeport's gun violence rates remain stubbornly high.
Guns used in these crimes are overwhelmingly obtained illegally — stolen, trafficked, or purchased through straw buyers — by individuals already prohibited from possessing firearms under existing law.

Law-abiding Connecticut gun owners face a maze of regulations, bans, permitting requirements, and magazine restrictions. They submit to background checks, register firearms, renew permits, and comply with every requirement.
At the federal level, firearms violations are dramatically under-prosecuted. ATF refers thousands of cases annually that never result in prosecution. Straw purchasing carries penalties rarely imposed at maximum.
The Goldstein Plan
Protect Second Amendment
Oppose any federal legislation infringing on law-abiding citizens' rights. No new bans. No federal registries.
Address Root Causes
Fund community mental health infrastructure, school counseling, substance abuse treatment, violence interruption initiatives.
Enforce Existing Laws
Mandatory minimum prosecution rates for federal firearms violations. Prosecute laws we already have.
Protect Due Process
Red flag proceedings must include right to be heard, legal counsel, clear evidentiary standards.
Fix Background Checks
Require all states to submit complete mental health records to NICS. Fund technology upgrades.
Nine Pillars. One Fight.
Cost of Living
Real relief for real families
Public Safety
Safe streets, no exceptions
Parental Rights
Your children, your decisions
Stand With Israel
Moral clarity, not moral equivalence
Secure Borders
Sovereignty is not optional
Second Amendment
Rights, not restrictions
A doctor who diagnoses the real problem. A lawyer who knows the law and will enforce it.
Not a career politician. Not a party loyalist. A fighter for CT-04.
Put a Doctor in the House.
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