Sam Johnson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Issue Positions
For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2018.
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- "Sam supports reconsideration of America's tax laws and regulations to bring more economic benefit and freedom to middle-class and working American families. [â¦] This also includes ensuring large corporations pay their fair share of taxes rather than hiding behind armies of CPAs and attorneys to avoid paying taxes altogether." (votesmart.org)
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- "Sam supports pro-growth policies to both protect the environment and grow the economy, but also believes in innovating aggressive, science-based solutions to reduce emissions and change the way we create and consume energy." (votesmart.org)
- "Climate change is real, exacerbated by humans, and must be faced head-on. [â¦] Sam believes that the challenges presented by global warming open the door to innovation, cooperation, and creation of countless new jobs as businesses find solutions and scale them to be economical, profitable, and environmentally responsible." (votesmart.org)
- "As a License to Carry holder, the right to bear arms is one I hold dear. [â¦] am supports inaction of reasonable laws that protect Americans but preserve law-abiding citizens' rights to own guns must be given a fair chance, especially when the lives of so many innocents are at stake." (votesmart.org)
- "It is time for Congress to act on the mass shooting epidemic that is an affront to public safety in America" (twitter.com)
- "Sam believes that we must ultimately evolve to a single-payer system to ensure every American has access to the services they need." (votesmart.org)
- "I'm disappointed to see Mr. Trump threatening American families to gain leverage for his unpopular wall. I'm ready to take on immigration because it impacts, more than anything else,our families. Tu familia es mi familia." (twitter.com)
- "We are a nation of immigrants, and our immigration policies and actions must focus on humanity if it is to be effective on national security. [â¦] Sam believes in passing comprehensive immigration reform that achieves several benchmarks, including: (i) protection of 'Dreamers' and their families [...]" (votesmart.org)
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