Chris Graves' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Chris Graves has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2018 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "I believe politicians should never come between a woman and her doctor when it comes to reproductive health â from contraception to abortion." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "[â¦] the flood of money that has been permitted to flow into politics coupled with the growing gap between the haves and the have-nots undermines the political system as a path to fairness. It is more and more evident that politicians are following the money rather than tending to the needs of their constituents." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Create job opportunities with good pay and a future: [â¦] Federally-backed capital market for small businesses" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Create job opportunities with good pay and a future: [â¦] Rebuild our infrastructure to be smart and consistent with the sustainable lifestyle we will need in the future" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Create job opportunities with good pay and a future: [â¦] Steer more Federally-funded research to regions to create a foundation or support an existing economic foundation for growth" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Rationalize tax policies across countries to prevent global corporations from taking advantage of loopholes to avoid paying their fair share for public services used" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Build a springboard to success for those who need it: [â¦] Eliminate financial barriers for those who want to go onto higher education or vocational school; ability to pay should not outweigh qualifications" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Build a springboard to success for those who need it: [â¦] Quality elementary and secondary education for all communities regardless of their economic circumstances" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "To build an elementary and secondary school system that acts effectively as a springboard to opportunity and prosperity for every student I am fully committed to the following measures: [...] National curriculum guidelines [...]" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "As your Congressman I would be committed to leading the fight against climate change by working to mitigate the current crisis and adapting for the future. Specifically, Iâll work to: [â¦] Introduce legislation for stronger incentives for switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy in electricity generation [...]" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "As your Congressman I would be committed to leading the fight against climate change by working to mitigate the current crisis and adapting for the future. Specifically, Iâll work to: [â¦] Impose a carbon tax on new car purchases based on projected lifetime emissions." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Yes, we need to address the different socio-economic and cultural roots of gun safety to purge the violence for good, but as a first step, we need to address gun ownership to ensure guns do not fall into the wrong hands." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "Build a springboard to success for those who need it: [â¦] Affordable, universal healthcare" (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "I will strongly support whatever design works, single payer, Medicare for all or mixed private-public, provided the resulting system yields the goals we want." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "As your Congressman, I will: [â¦] Commit to fighting the bans on Muslims, refugees, and immigrants from countries with high populations of Muslims. Our immigration policy should mirror our values and our countryâs great history of being a nation of immigrants." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "As your Congressman, I will:[â¦] Embrace Dreamers and DACA recipients who came to this country as children, were raised as citizens and are contributing to making our society better. They deserve full citizenship and I will fight for them to get it." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- "As your Congressman, I will: Support and sponsor legislation that creates a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who have worked to build a better life for themselves and their families in this country." (chrisgravesforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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