2019

Abortion

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

Budget

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

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

Campaign Finance

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

Economy

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

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

Education

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

Energy & Environment

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

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

Guns

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

Health Care

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

Immigration

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

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

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

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?
- No

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Missouri 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
- Pro-Life in all aspects of life, not just birth.

Budget

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

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?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No

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
- Non-violent crimes such as drug crimes should be reviewed and their constitutionality should be examined.

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
- Cutting taxes on workers, and business owners, is an effective way to boost economic growth.

Education

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Attendance and test scores should not be our basis for school funding.

Energy

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

2. Do you support government 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
- Competition through free-market research will create more efficient and effective energy solutions.

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?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- As cultural and generational ideologies change, the market will reflect the consumer's desired changes to maintain their customer base.

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Fining, or taxing, working-class families for not being able to afford insurance is criminal, and must be overturned.

Immigration

1. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present 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?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Government has no constitutional authority to ban or grant marriages. It is a religious and cultural phenomenon that must not be regulated and used for revenue generation.

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

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
- I support returning all social security taxes to workers, and make retirement accounts elective.

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Eliminate

2. Arts
- Eliminate

3. Defense
- Greatly Decrease

4. Education
- Eliminate

5. Environment
- Eliminate

6. Homeland Security
- Greatly Decrease

7. International aid
- Eliminate

8. Medical Research
- Eliminate

9. Scientific Research
- Eliminate

10. Space exploration
- Eliminate

11. United Nations
- Eliminate

12. Welfare
- Eliminate

13. Other or expanded categories
- Eliminate corporate welfare, subsidies.

1. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

2. Corporate taxes
- Eliminate

3. Small business taxes
- Eliminate

4. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Eliminate

5. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Eliminate

6. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Eliminate

7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate

8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Eliminate

9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Eliminate

10. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

11. Payroll taxes
- Eliminate

12. Other or expanded categories
- These issues should be decided at the state level.

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.
- As a congressional representative of the fourth district of Missouri, I would work to reduce federal control of issues that should be decided on the local level. I would fight to keep tax dollars in Missouri to better fund our schools and other necessities. I promise to reject any legislation that infringes on the freedoms of Missourian's, whether it be whom to marry, or what to consume, or what to purchase or bear. I will restore liberties to the people of Missouri, and common sense to the overgrown and outdated federal government.