Texas 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
- I was raised Catholic and therefore, personally, my family and I would rather support adoption but I believe that the state nor the federal goverment should get involved in very difficult family decissions. I am Pro-choice and support current law.

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?
- Unknown Position

3. Other or expanded principles
- Middle Class Americans are always asked to pay for the bills. Upper class American should share in the responsibility of running our Country and therefore, share in the tax burdens to make up a more perfect union and to bring economic upward mobility to those in the middle and lower class trying to move up.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I believe in the goverment of and by the people. I think Congress needs to work on the issue of PACs. They are damaging our democracy.

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?
- Unknown Position

3. Other or expanded principles
- The theory of tricled down economics has never worked in the United States.

Education

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- If we are to compete nationally and internationnaly for jobs, then, education standards should be national. However, the actual education, itself, should be managed and monitored at the local levels. Teachers should be paid for the hard work that they do...

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 nation moves forward and continues to be the beacon of light for the world by setting a great example and doing what we can to preserve our planet for future generations.

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Reasonable gun laws, to protect the life of US citizens, is reasonable. We don't allow a car on the roads without liability insurance as a minimum.

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- All health insurance, at present, is loved and working fairly well (Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, Chips, OBAMA Care and private). Congress needs to work to bridge the gap and bring all citizens into the pool via the expansion of these programs.

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
- Do not play games with our DACA children. Mexican migration to US is virtually none. Their economy is growing at 4% and better than ours. We never talked about Canadian walls, yet some of the 9/11 terrorirst came in airplanes and in cars from the Canadian border....The Republicans are worry about "dark skin" migrants...shame..shame.

Marijuana

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- There is a need for education for expecting mothers since we don't know the unintended consequences of using these products on the fetus. We need laws on marijuana and driving...which should be illegal.

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
- Use of military force with the concent of Congress (a representative goverment) and only when there is an emminent danger to our National Security and or our Citizens.

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. Health Care for all: sliding scare based on income and supported by Federal and State goverments for low income families.2. Jobs: Needed for country side, where there is a need for jobs and health care. Funds can come from the expansion of the electric grid repairs and new lines, high speed internet jobs needed in the country side to be paid by the Large corporate giants like AT@T, Comcast, Verison, Non-profits.3. The care and benefits for our seniors and veterans: Benefits earned by seniors and veterans need to be respected