New Hampshire Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

2. Other or expanded principles
- With limitations such as parental notification for minors, late term,, life of the mother, rape and incest

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No Answer

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

3. Other or expanded principles
- These are hypotheticals. I need specifics to give you answers I do support a balanced budget amendment to save money on interest

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No Answer

2. Other or expanded principles
- Everytime we change campaign contributions, it creates other problems. I like the current process, however if advertising was from a source other than the candidate, I would support a bold statement that it came from a source other than the candidate

Crime

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- need more detail, however I am against federal mandates

Energy

1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- No Answer

4. Other or expanded principles
- I believe there should be state involvement in any pipeline. I don't support subsidies to all renewables to have a fster rate of return. Either it makes sense or not. I support fracking as long as they use safe chemicals and provide the ingredients to government officials

Environment

1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

3. Other or expanded principles
- no and not sure if greenhouse gases are the problem

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- no, I support existing laws

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Immigration

1. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Marriage

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- I support traditional marriage, however the Constitution requires equal protection under the law. With same sex marriages legal, one can not deny federal benefits

National Security

1. Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No Answer

3. Other or expanded principles
- I need more information on the nuclear weapon question

Social Security

1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- It not a yes or no question

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- No Answer

2. Arts
- No Answer

3. Defense
- No Answer

4. Education
- No Answer

5. Environment
- No Answer

6. Homeland Security
- No Answer

7. International aid
- No Answer

8. Medical Research
- No Answer

9. Scientific Research
- No Answer

10. Space exploration
- No Answer

11. United Nations
- No Answer

12. Welfare
- No Answer

13. Other or expanded categories
- I need to evaluate spending issues and amounts. Budgeting can not be done this way. I may not support spending in general on departments, however certain spending may be warranted

1. Capital gains taxes
- Slightly Decrease

2. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Decrease

3. Small business taxes
- Greatly Decrease

4. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Slightly Decrease

5. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Slightly Decrease

6. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Slightly Decrease

7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

10. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

11. Payroll taxes
- Maintain Status

12. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

Administrative Priorities

Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- balance budget, line item veto, reduce agancy regulations and veteran affairs