Energy

I am working to restore a free-market in energy. In particular, I believe that Congress should repeal federal regulations and taxes that impede the development of new energy sources.
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Social Security

Our nation’s promise to its seniors, once considered a sacred trust, has become little more than a tool for politicians to scare retirees while robbing them of their promised benefits. Today, the Social Security system is broke and broken
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Border Security
and Immigration Reform

Stop the talk. We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own doors are left unlocked. (Read more...)

Education

The federal government does not own our children. Yet we act as if it does by letting it decide when, how, and what our  children will learn. We have turned their futures over to lobbyists and bureaucrats. (Read more...)

War and Foreign Policy

The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them.
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American Independence
and Sovereignty

So called free trade deals and world governmental organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), NAFTA,  GATT, WTO, are a threat to our independence as a nation. (Read more...)

Veterans

Any nation willing to ask its men and women to risk their lives serving overseas must also be willing to fulfill the promises that were made to them when they enlisted in our country’s service. We cannot provide adequate care with a VA that is run like the IRS. (Read more...)

Life and Liberty

The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.
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Property Rights and
Eminent Domain

We must stop special interests from violating property rights and literally driving families from their homes, farms and ranches. (Read more...)

Debt and Taxes

Working Americans like lower taxes. So do I. Lower taxes benefit all of us, creating jobs and allowing us to make more decisions for ourselves about our lives. (Read more...)

Privacy and Personal Liberty

The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters. (Read more...)

The Second Amendment

I share our Founders’ belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to keep and bear arms. (Read more...)

Health Care

The federal government decided long ago that it knew how to manage your health care better than you and replaced personal responsibility and accountability with a system that puts corporate interests first. (Read more...)

Health Freedom

Americans are justifiably concerned over the government’s escalating intervention into their freedom to choose  what they eat and how they take care of their health. (Read more...)

Home Schooling

My commitment to ensuring home schooling remains a practical alternative for American families is especially important to the citizens of District 14. (Read more...)

Environment

The key to sound environmental policy is respect for private property rights. The strict enforcement of property rights corrects environmental wrongs while increasing the cost of polluting.
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No Taxes On Tips

It is an outrage that waiters, waitresses, and other service-sector employees have to pay taxes on the tips they earn. (Read more...)

The Inflation Tax

Today, the federal government burdens us with one of the most dangerous taxes it can impose - the inflation tax. (Read more...)

National Defense

A defense policy designed to keep Americans safe should start with the idea that we must secure our borders  from those who would cross them to do us harm. (Read more...)