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Christopher Hearsey's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Christopher Hearsey 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.

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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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  • "If we do not support research and development, we will fall behind in the global marketplace and our children will not be prepared for the economic shocks sure to come our way in the future." (hearseyforcongress.com)
  • "I pledge to support science, from education to research and development to applied technologies, as part of my push to prepare Maryland for the 21st Century." (hearseyforcongress.com)
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  • "The Affordable Care Act ended this inequity and finally gave me and millions of Americans a chance to break free from the cycle of debt that our health insurance market tends to incentivize." (hearseyforcongress.com)
  • "We must find a way to reduce the cost of administering such an important but expensive program so that that the country can forever afford to provide its citizen the opportunity to live healthy, happy, and productive lives." (hearseyforcongress.com)
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  • "DACA recipients deserve to have Congress come up with a solution, not to be used as pawns in a political trade for an ineffective and expensive border wall constructed at taxpayer expense." (hearseyforcongress.com)
  • "I do not believe that we should give violent criminals a path to citizenship, but those who show that they want to be productive members of American society should be allowed to build their lives here and contribute to our economy." (hearseyforcongress.com)
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  • "Defense should be part of a smart foreign policy that prioritizes diplomacy over destruction. When diplomacy fails, our military must buy more bullets." (hearseyforcongress.com)
  • "The brave action and selfless sacrifices of our men and women in uniform does not give the Department of Defense a free pass." (hearseyforcongress.com)
  • "Defense should be part of a smart foreign policy that prioritizes diplomacy over destruction. When diplomacy fails, our military must buy more bullets." (hearseyforcongress.com)
  • "The brave action and selfless sacrifices of our men and women in uniform does not give the Department of Defense a free pass." (hearseyforcongress.com)

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