Florida Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that human life should be protected and preserved. I believe it is a woman?s right to choose what she does with her own body, within limits...not with federal money. I support restrictions on abortion beyond the first trimester of pregnancy (because it is the law), nonetheless, I am personally opposed to abortion on demand, as I believe life begins at conception. On that note, I support elimination of the death penalty, in favor of life imprisonment, without parole. In keeping with the goals to provide fiscal discipline for our criminal justice system and to preserve human 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?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that the United States should maintain a strong military with the ability to exert force around the globe through rapid deployment of military assets and technologically advanced weapons and defensive systems. I support the development of smart and effective military technology, including space-based defensive systems and advanced robotic warfare capabilities.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No more selling the politics' souls to special interest groups.

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

3. Other or expanded principles
- I trust the marketplace and disfavor big government control and over-taxation of the inherent power of our capital-based economy.

Education

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Educational standards are the learning goals for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Education standards, like Common Core are not a curriculum. Local communities and educators choose their own curriculum, which is a detailed plan for day to day teaching.

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 believe that we should continue to promote and develop renewable sources of energy and re-double support for recycling and recycling awareness on a national level. I support alternatives to the single-rider auto (walking, biking, carpooling and public transit systems) and oppose new roads that would cut up public spaces, damage existing neighborhoods or create urban congestion without addressing the need for appropriate infrastructure improvements and green spaces as each development proceeds, or older developments are re-built.

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I believe in the Second Amendment right for individual citizens to bear arms in self-defense. I am a member of the National Rifle Association and supports the enforcement of existing federal gun laws. I support a national reciprocity law to allow those who have obtained a conceal carry permit in one state, to be allowed to conceal carry in any state.

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that our current healthcare system is not working for the average American. I support the establishment of a market-based healthcare system and health savings accounts (HSA) that would allow Americans to control their own medical care, while having lower premiums and manageable deductibles and co-pays.I believe we must focus on good healthcare before we get sick. Eating more wholesome food, including avoiding processed foods, and encouraging a healthy lifestyle, must be promoted at the national level to bring down the cost of healthcare, now too often delivered on the ?back end? after sickness and disease are present.

Immigration

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

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 believe that comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue. Our current system must be overhauled to address those now here in the United States who deserve a chance to stay and establish clear policy and rules going forward on who will be admitted and how our borders must be secured.

Marijuana

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that our federal laws criminalizing marijuana possession are out of date and add unnecessarily to expenditures for law enforcement, criminal prosecution and prisoner incarceration, which funds would best be allocated elsewhere within the criminal justice system. I believe that current federal marijuana laws are also inconsistent with many state laws, and create uncertainty in the developing economy surrounding the production and sale of medical marijuana and other recreational cannabinoid products. I support federal decriminalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana and related cannabinoid products.

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
- I believe that the world could learn from the great American experience and that expansion of the American ideals of freedom, equality, and the rule of law around the globe to developing countries and those in need should be made a priority. To do so would bring more understanding and peace to our troubled world.

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. Return Federal funding to Medicaid. 2. Hold town hall meetings. 3. Secure funds for our Arm Forces ICE Officers BP. 4. Get rid of unnecessary regulations. 5. Balance Federal Budget. 6. America first. 7) Smart Federal Spending. 8) Tougher laws against human traffic. 9. Market based health care system and heath savings account. 10. Return Cuba to the list of States Sponsors of Terrorism.