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from Survey of 2017 House campaign websites (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Jimmy Gomez: Fight for Planned Parenthood and women's access. Tommy Pope: 100% pro-life, period. Jon Ossoff: Defend a woman's right to choose and Planned Parenthood. Ron Estes: Lead the fight to protect the unborn. Ron Estes: Strong advocate for the unborn. |
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Budget & Economy John Curtis: Balance the budget; run government like business. Ralph Norman: Deal with $19 trillion debt by Balanced Budget Amendment. Ron Estes: Returned $113M in unclaimed property, including tax refunds. Ron Estes: Support a balanced budget amendment. |
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Civil Rights Jimmy Gomez: Defend LGBTQIA rights, including seniors. Jimmy Gomez: Retrofit facilities for Americans with Disabilities Act. Jimmy Gomez: Protect Social Security from GOP restructuring. Jon Ossoff: Fight discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Ron Estes: Kansas ABLE: tax-free savings for people with disabilities. |
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Corporations John Curtis: Entrepreneurs need lower taxes, fewer regulations. |
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Crime Jimmy Gomez: Ban for-profit prisons; support sentencing reform. Jon Ossoff: Task forces to fight organized crime & political corruption. Ron Estes: Support the safety of law enforcement officers. |
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Drugs Jon Ossoff: Locking up nonviolent drug offenders doesn't make sense. Tommy Pope: Curb the opioid epidemic and focus on future prevention. |
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Education Jimmy Gomez: Public college education should be debt free. Jimmy Gomez: Vouchers take resources out of public education. Jon Ossoff: Hire great teachers, and reduce class sizes. Jon Ossoff: Work to make college more affordable. Ron Estes: Oppose government telling us how to educate our children. Ron Estes: More visibility for Learning Quest college savings program. Tommy Pope: $100 million for repairs in poor rural school districts. |
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Energy & Oil Jimmy Gomez: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Jon Ossoff: Human-driven climate change threatens global prosperity. |
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Environment Jimmy Gomez: Fund river revitalization; fight for environmental justice. Jimmy Gomez: Protect endangered species; and protect animal shelters. Jon Ossoff: Investigate failures to enforce environmental laws. Ron Estes: Fight the intrusive arm of the EPA. |
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Families & Children Jimmy Gomez: Expand Paid Family Leave. |
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Foreign Policy Jon Ossoff: Defend the NATO alliance & multinational military exercises. |
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Free Trade Jon Ossoff: Empower our community's businesses to compete globally. |
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Government Reform Jimmy Gomez: Replace Citizen's United with public financing. Ralph Norman: Term limits to end the rein of career politicians. Jon Ossoff: Investigate corrupt politicians and organized crime. Ron Estes: Five-year ban on members of Congress working as lobbyists. |
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Gun Control Ron Estes: Support the rights of gun owners, sportsmen, and hunters. Ron Estes: Support for concealed carry reciprocity. |
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Health Care John Curtis: Repealing or fixing ObamaCare takes time. Jimmy Gomez: Supports single-payer at state level and federal level. Ralph Norman: Repeal and replace ObamaCare with free-market-based plan. Jon Ossoff: Defend Medicare and Medicaid and affordable health care. Ron Estes: ObamaCare must be repealed. Jon Ossoff: Maintain funding for CDC pandemic infrastructure. Tommy Pope: Repeal and replace ObamaCare. |
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Homeland Security John Curtis: Make sure military has tools they need. Jimmy Gomez: VA medical benefits, job training, and housing loans. Jon Ossoff: Don't undermine private communications & strong encryption. Tommy Pope: Allow opt-out for REAL ID rules for drivers licenses. Tommy Pope: Peace thru strength: provide military with needed resources. |
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Immigration John Curtis: Take politics out of immigration debate. Jimmy Gomez: Deporting parents of U.S. citizens is morally wrong. Ralph Norman: Build the wall to protect our sovereignty. Tommy Pope: Build the border wall, and cut off sanctuary cities. Jon Ossoff: Unconstitutional to slander or ban entire religious groups. Ron Estes: Securing the Southern border must be our first priority. |
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Jobs Jimmy Gomez: Raise the national minimum wage. Jimmy Gomez: Equal pay for equal work & Paycheck Fairness Act. Jon Ossoff: Minimum wage should be a living wage. |
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Principles & Values Ralph Norman: Empower those who believe in the virtues of faith in God. |
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Social Security Ralph Norman: Raise retirement age; lower benefits for top 10% of earners. Jon Ossoff: A civilized nation cannot abandon its elders to destitution. Tommy Pope: Fund the state retirement system to keep our promises. |
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Tax Reform John Curtis: Cut taxes; simplify system. Ralph Norman: Cut taxes and eliminate regulations that kill job-creation. Jon Ossoff: Reduce tax burden on small businesses & simplify tax filing. Ron Estes: Simplified, fairer, flatter tax code grows the economy. |
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Technology Tommy Pope: Fix our dangerous and crumbling roads for the long-term. |
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War & Peace Ralph Norman: Take the fight to ISIS on their turf. Tommy Pope: End hands-off policy and destroy ISIS. Jon Ossoff: Avoid reckless, destabilizing missteps like the Iraq War. Jon Ossoff: Destroy ISIS without deploying regular US ground forces. Ron Estes: Take the fight to ISIS and exit the disastrous Iran deal. |
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