Washington Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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
- No Answer

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Capital Punishment

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

2. 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 way of promoting growth in the economy?
- 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 support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Energy

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

2. Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment

1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes

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

3. Other or expanded principles
- There continues to be scientific debate on the issue of global warming. Although important, it is not as urgent an issue as good family wage jobs, or a healthy economy. Federal regulation should be balanced with helping industry move towards a cleaner environment. The United States is one of the most environmentally conscious countries in the world. We care about clean air and clean water. Schools and governments actively educate to reduced emissions through clean energy, low power lighting and electronics, new energy transportation, recycling and water usage. We should continue to promote free market solutions and technological advancements.

Guns

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- I support the 2nd Amendment to the constitution.

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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?
- No Answer

3. Other or expanded principles
- The US should exhaust the use of sanctions and other methods to prevent hostile governments from possessing nuclear weapons.

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
- 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
- No Answer

1. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer

2. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- No Answer

4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- No Answer

5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- No Answer

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer

7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- No Answer

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer

9. Inheritance taxes
- No Answer

10. Payroll taxes
- No Answer

11. 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.
- I am dedicated to open, honest government and will work to keep your government accountable with your tax dollars. It is my goal to see common sense and fiscal accountability restored in Washington DC. We need to bring back checks and balances to our government and ensure a more prosperous future for all of us. We cannot continue to mortgage our children's future with unsustainable federal debt, now at $17 trillion.