Issues

View my positions on various issues that are important to our District and my work in Congress.

For more information concerning my work and views on important Issues, please contact my Washington, DC office.

I look forward to your feedback.

Thank you.

Agriculture

U.S. farmers could be helped more by small tariffs on foreign agriculture products and a phasing out of subsidies.

Congressional Retirement

Apparently it has been claimed that all Members of Congress are entitled to their salaries for life after serving just one year in Congress.This is completely false.

Defense

National defense is one of the most important and most legitimate functions of our federal government, and I have great respect for those who serve or have served in the military.

Economy

This Nation could be booming right now if we would allow it to do so.

Education

Colleges and universities have been over charging students and taxpayers for decades.

Energy

Our economy could and should be booming today and would be were it not for government regulators and environmental radicals.

Environment

John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel, called global warming “the greatest scam in history.”

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Aid

People who favor foreign aid will always say that it is only about one percent of our budget. This is very misleading.

Health Care

Until the federal government got involved, medical care was cheap and affordable for almost everyone.

Homeland Security

We keep increasing spending on homeland security far beyond any sensible levels.

Housing

All the financial bailouts came about primarily because the federal government got directly and indirectly into the mortgage business.

Immigration

We do not need an increase in immigration. We need to enforce our laws and secure our borders.

Postal Reform

The postal service is experiencing a financial crisis like at no other time in our history.

Regulations and Jobs

The rapid explosion of rules, regulations and red tape that has taken place over the last several years has become a serious problem for our country.

Social Security

Anyone who hopes to receive any type of check from the federal government (Social Security or otherwise) a few years from now in dollars that have not been terribly inflated should start demanding that the federal government become much more financially conservative.

Spending

Almost everyone, except perhaps those on the far left, realizes that federal spending needs to be cut. However, just about everyone wants everything else to be cut but not their programs.

Taxes

We have the most confusing, complicated, convoluted tax system.

Transportation

We now take on average three times as long and incur three times the cost of any other developed nation to complete transportation infrastructure projects.

Veterans

Veterans deserve everything we have promised them and then some, and we should be putting our own country first.