Kansas Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Is is important to ensure women have reproductive autonomy, to expand availability of reproductive health care and to increase access to contraceptives.

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
- I believe we need to increase taxes to balance the budget, but not more middle- and low- income families. We need to increase corporate taxes and income taxes for the top 1 percent income earners.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I support passing comprehensive campaign finance reform and working to undo the damage done by Citizens United.

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?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- We need to fund full-service community school, increase funding in support of low-income students, students with disabilities and early childhood programs, and work with the states to ensure they are held accountable for paying teachers fair wages.

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
- I support offering more incentives for energy efficiency and ending subsidies for fossil fuels.

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Only through the careful and enforceable regulation of gun ownership can we reduce the number of gun deaths in America. We must review current and proposed regulation to determine what is effective.

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- I support working toward a single-payer system ("Medicare for All") by moving in the near-term to an all-payer system (similar to Germany).

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

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
- I support restoration of due process and the waivers for immigrants that were take away in the 1996 reform.

Marijuana

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I support legalizing medical marijuana at the federal level and taking initial steps toward legalizing recreational marijuana.

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?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- Military force should only be used when a credible threat to our safety has been demonstrated. Prior to that we should use diplomatic techniques to avoid any military action.

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.
- 1. Addressing income inequality - I believe the issue is at the root of our societal woes and addressing it could fix many things quickly, from crime to the happiness of our citizens. 2. Campaign finance reform - Our progress is stagnant because of the amount of dark money influencing our politics, and that is corrosive to our democracy and our country. 3. Healthcare - We must fix our broken healthcare system immediately. Americans should not have to worry about bankruptcy versus caring for themselves of their loved ones, this is moral failing.