We need to develop an economic environment whereby the private sector is encouraged to work with municipalities and educational institutions to rebuild our workforce. Innovation starts with the private sector and can be expanded through our educational system. The Political Establishment concentrates too much on minimum wages and standards. We need to promote skills, like S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), to increase the value of our workforce. Higher skills create higher wages. We need to stop using minimum wage and minimum work standards to control our workforce. We need to promote innovation to create environments that maximum income and wealth.

The world is changing faster than any time in history. As I help create an economic environment that promotes local business communities to provide guidance to our educational system, I will support entrepreneurship from S.T.E.M. based businesspeople. Our district and the surrounding area within a 15-mile radius has access to some of the world's greatest technology companies in diverse industries, such as Aeronautics, Entertainment, Green-Tech, Energy, Social Networking, Biotechnology, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate. There should be more effective federal assistance that will do more to promote local small businesses that will improve the various trades within our country.

Every Californian knows that freedom leads to prosperity. We need streamlined regulations that help create jobs and economic growth. A less cumbersome regulatory system will mean higher wages for workers across our congressional district and more opportunity for all.

The number one priority of the next Congress must be to repeal Obamacare. We need real and effective healthcare reform that empowers citizens to make their own healthcare decisions, not bureaucrats and politicians. Health insurance must be more personal and affordable. Specifically, we should allow for insurance to be purchased across state lines; and promote personalized health savings accounts, which will put you in charge of your healthcare. I believe we can create access to quality healthcare without killing our jobs or shrinking our paychecks.

Congress must also pass legislation that grants Congress the power to vote down major cost-inducing regulations and end harmful government bureaucracies that are strangling the economy of California.

We need tax reform that simplifies and lowers the tax rate for everyone. I support a fairer system that eliminates deductions for special interests who hire lobbying firms. This will help keep taxes low for everyone and create a more free and prosperous nation.

The United States remains one of the leading producers of manufactured goods in the world, but we can do better. Due to our policies regarding taxes, energy, and trade, it is more expensive to do business in the United States than in many of our largest trading partners. This must change. We should support American work, not tax it.

Our debt is over $20 trillion, and we owe a substantial portion of that to China. Our children and grandchildren will be saddled with a bill that will lead to a worsened standard of living. That is not acceptable and why I support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The president and Congress should not be allowed to spend away our future because they are afraid to make difficult decisions today.

We need conservative Republicans in Congress to stand up not only to overspending Democrats, but fellow Republicans, as well.

The first inalienable right described in the Declaration of Independence is the right to life, and the job of Congress is to protect our rights, not take them away. That includes the lives of those yet unborn. Rather than treating pregnancy or children as a problem, we should work together to create a society that welcomes them into our communities with loving and open arms. We must remember that every person is a unique child of God, full of potential. As a member of Congress, I will protect the unborn and move the pro-life message forward.

For over two centuries the Second Amendment has guaranteed that our fellow citizens have the right to protect themselves. The right to bear arms is not just about hunting or target practice-it's about being a free nation. I will protect the Second Amendment.

One of the most recent examples of bureaucratic incompetence cost the health and lives of nearly 300,000 veterans who waited for care. Veterans have gone above and beyond to protect our way of life. They deserve a VA that does the same to provide quality, accessible healthcare to those who served. I will give my all to implement positive, effective reform.

I promise that I will only support the use of troops when it is absolutely necessary. When the threat requires the deployment of our military, I will ensure that our troops are trained and equipped to win decisively and return home to their families.

The government monopoly on education for a large proportion of Americans is a tragedy and should be viewed as the modern civil rights issue of our time. We need to offer education reform that supports more choice in education, from public schooling to home schooling. Moreover, the private sector should be more involved with the development of higher education because they are the impetus for hiring. Their input is necessary to shape our workforce and offer higher wages. Everyone in the United States deserves a great education.

Over the last decades, both parties have refused to implement common-sense reforms to the way Washington spends our money. The massive debt driven up by career politicians has created an uncertain future for our children and grandchildren.

That's wrong. We need members of Congress with the courage to balance the budget and actually cut spending.

The next Congress must implement zero-based budgeting so that the Federal Government can begin to get its fiscal house in order. That's why I have made zero-based budgeting a central part of my campaign.

I am strongly in favor of legal immigration. I believe our nation's immigration policies should put the interests of our citizens and working families first. While we can continue to be generous, immigration is a privilege, not a right, and we should never allow it for people who intend to do us harm, or who violate our immigration laws and 'cut in line' to come here.

The American people deserve to have secure national borders, and communities that are safe from foreign criminals and terrorists. While walls and fences can serve as deterrents at the border, to truly stop illegal immigration – including the estimated 40-50 percent of all illegals that simply overstay their visas – we must make the federal online E-Verify program that verifies a new employee's legal status before they are hired, mandatory for use by all employers.

In a world rapidly approaching eight billion people, we also need to be realistic and have immigration policies that protect the interests of US working families. That means having reasonable but still generous limits on legal immigration, and making sure that our visa system works as intended to serve genuine economic needs. But there is no excuse for the abuse of foreign work visas by some large corporations, who fire their American workers after forcing them to train their cheaper foreign worker replacements.

Finally, to preserve the unity of our unique 'melting pot' society, and promote the successful assimilation of new immigrants, we should make English our official language of government operations.