Texas Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- According to Texas Right to Life, I had a 100% Pro Life voting record in the Texas Legislature

Budget

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

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- America has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Understanding the finance rule of 72. Government spending is increasing 8% a year X 9 years = 72. That equation doubles spending every 9 years.

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Big money funneled directly to incumbent politicians is destroying our country

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?
- No

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

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
- As long as this is an across the board incentive for all businesses both big and small

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- Education should be left to the States.

Energy

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

2. Do you support funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- Hydraulic fracturing is safe and proven. It doesn't need anyour more federal meddling

Environment

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

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- The 2nd Amendment is clear. The last 4 words read "shall not be infringed"

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- My opponent says he's against it but continues to fund it.

Immigration

1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Marriage

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

National Security

1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes

2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social Security

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Greatly Decrease

2. Arts
- Eliminate

3. Defense
- Greatly Increase

4. Education
- Slightly Decrease

5. Environment
- Eliminate

6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Increase

7. International aid
- Eliminate

8. Medical Research
- Slightly Decrease

9. Scientific Research
- Slightly Decrease

10. Space exploration
- Maintain Status

11. United Nations
- Eliminate

12. Welfare
- Greatly Decrease

13. Other or expanded categories
- Our entitlement system has gone from being a safety net to a spider Web. It needs to be scrapped

1. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

2. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Decrease

3. Small business taxes
- Greatly Decrease

4. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Eliminate

5. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Eliminate

6. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Eliminate

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

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

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

10. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

11. Payroll taxes
- Greatly Decrease

12. Other or expanded categories
- I would supoort the total elimination provided that it's constitutionally eliminated and replaced with a Fair Tax.

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.
- A balanced budget amendment forcing all Federal agencies to 0 based budgeting. Reform Social Security allowing younger voters (39 and younger) to enter a hybrid systemRepairing and rebuilding our military. When America is weak, we welcome the rise of a tyrant.