As a husband and father of three school-aged children, Jarrett fully understands the struggles of working families – because his family is living it, too. Jarrett has prioritized lowering costs for local people so that they can stay and thrive here in Hawaiʻi.

He wrote and passed legislation to halt spiraling insurance costs for condominiums. He worked to pass historic funding for affordable housing development and partnered with the community to pass laws to crack down on illegal vacation rentals across the state. He will continue to lower costs for local families in Congress by:

Expanding affordable housing

Lowering healthcare costs 

Reversing the Trump tariffs

As the son of a nurse, health has always been a top priority for Jarrett. He has focused on centering our communityʻs health and safety where system-level failures exposed people and communities to risk. For example, he helped lead efforts to shut down the Navy’s Red Hill fuel storage facility and address groundwater contamination after the 2021 fuel spill.

As Health Committee Chair during the pandemic, he worked with experts to keep our hospitals from being overrun. And he worked with legislative leaders to pass tax exemptions for doctors and dentists who serve medicaid patients, so that low income families could still receive care. Jarrett will continue to maintain our public health & safety in Congress by:

Protecting safety net programs like SNAP, Social Security and Medicare 

Expanding access to healthcare coverage and services

Requiring the Navy to clean up fuel contamination at Red Hill

As a next generation policymaker, Jarrett worked tirelessly to transform government - pushing for greater transparency, accountability, and fairness in the treatment of people. He modernized the State Legislature by implementing remote participation in public hearings and livestreaming the legislature on YouTube.

He also played a central role in passing legislation to explicitly establish access to abortion in Hawaiʻi after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Jarrett is not afraid to stand up to bullies in Washington and will continue to fight the extremism in Congress by:

Stopping the violent, unconstitutional encroachment of ICE in our communities

Pushing back against the billionaires who have co-opted our government

Fighting the cronyism that has allowed Trump to triple his net worth since taking office