Missouri Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Pro-life legislation

Budget

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

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- Something needs to change, twenty four trillion in debt. We cannot sustain this amount of debt.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Elections are being bought and politicians are at the beckon call of the corporations that are funding their campaigns. The people, the every day Joe is the one paying for this.

Economy

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

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

3. Other or expanded principles
- Lowering the corporate tax rate is necessary for economic growth and competing in the world market. Keeping corporate money in the US is a necessity.

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- The states should have full control of the education system. Each region is different and has different needs.

Energy & Environment

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

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

3. Other or expanded principles
- Our planet is being polluted, not only do the regulations help stop pollution it creates opportunities for companies to design new bio friendly products.

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that all law abiding citizens should be able to own a firearm.

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- There are some good points to ACA but for the most part it is the biggest welfare grab ever put upon the American people. People deserve healthcare but there are better ways to do it rather than making the working man pay for everyone else.

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- They need to apply for citizenship, asylum or go through the legal process. We are a country of laws and those laws need to be followed.

Marijuana

1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- We have a huge problem with illegal drugs now, why would we make another drug legal. Marijuana should be taken off of the Schedule 1 list of narcotics though. I do however support medical use of this drug.

National Security

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

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- 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.
- The out of control heroin and opiate problem, the federal government has withheld funding from our local and federal drug enforcement agencies. Everyone feels the effects of this problem, you see it on our streets everyday and this is not the Southwest Missouri I grew up in and something has to change. This will cost nothing, the government needs to give the money back to law enforcement. Infrastructure: Our roads, bridges, schools and public buildings are in definite need of repair. This is a great way to put people to work as well.