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
- No Answer

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 would rather address the current issue of raising revenue to reduce deficit specific, than by assuming it's just about raising taxes. For example, raising the cap on FICA for large employers in the private sector and requiring those same employers to provide affordable health care options based on their earnings.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- While I support report required testing standards, in our current political environment I'm not convinced that states should be "required" to follow federal standards.

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
- No Answer

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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
- Decisions should be made on an individual basis using appropriate standards in certain situations. This is why we need comprehensive immigration reform.

Marijuana

1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- Individual states should be able to make their own decisions regarding recreational marijuana use. I do support federal legislation regarding medicinal marijuana use.

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
- Only use military force when all diplomatic channels have been exhausted.

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.
- Equal pay and paid family leave, which doesn't cost the federal government anything. Improve access and affordability of health care. The first step would be to give Medicare the ability to negotiate the costs of prescription drugs and requiring private companies to offer affordable health insurance to their employees based on their earnings and a vesting schedule for longer tenured employees, so when they retire they can still have access to the employer's health care plan to the age 65.