Florida 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 believe it is unequivocally a woman's right to choose whether or not to carry her pregnancy to term.

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
- No Answer

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- It has been too long that we have allowed corporations to have undue influence on our legislator through large donations. We need to curb campaign finance laws to limit what special interest groups and corporations can give.

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
- I believe it's important to have uniform education standards. We should not allow some to lag behind, and we must invest in public education. Children should not need to attend private or charter schools to get a proper education. We need to make sure our schools are funded, teachers paid, and our standards uniform Nationwide.

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
- While it may be impossible to completely eliminate green house gas emissions, it's important for the government to limit the levels of pollution that is let out into the atmosphere. We must protect the planet for our children.

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- I support common sense gun legislation. We can't sit idly while people and more specially our children are being shot with weapons that don't belong on the streets.

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Healthcare is not a privilige, it is a right. We need to expand our health care coverage to everyone, not restrict access to medicine.

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
- No Answer

Marijuana

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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
- No Answer

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.
- I believe the most important issue facing the country is healthcare legislation. We need to enact proper legislation that allows all of the people access. We also need to focus on preventative healthcare to promotr healthier living. This will allow for a smaller burden on the healthcare system over time. We also need to focus on the environment. Right now in Florida our waters are being poisoned thanks to the runoff of big sugar. We can no longer allow congressmen to take money from these companies who are destroying the environment.