Mai Tran's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mai Tran 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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- " Dr. Tran is a strong advocate for choice. She empathizes with fellow women whose bodies are constantly under scrutiny and legal contention by unaffected men in high offices. As a physician she believes that any legislation enacted to interfere with a womanâs reproductive rights does more harm than good for the health of these women and for society as a whole. She will fight to prevent any measures that further restrict medical access to women or make limitations on a womanâs choice for herself and her family." (doctran2018.com)
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- "There is a great deal of research showing that access to prekindergarten and afterschool programs is strongly correlated with improved academic performance, as well as positive emotional, social, economic, health, and wellness outcomes for students. Given this, I will support legislation that increases affordable access to prekindergarten and afterschool programs. Itâs crucial that we invest in aiding our children, and do everything we can to maximize their early development and prepare them to be the best students they can be. Within our public school system, there are a number of struggling schools where student achievement lags far behind the national average. One of the problems cited most often at these schools is the difficulty they have attracting and retaining high-performing teachersâan issue that severely hamstrings any efforts to improve student outcomes. To address this, I will support legislation to create and expand programs that incentivize teachers to relocate to underperforming schools and stay at struggling schools once theyâve arrived." (doctran2018.com)
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- "In order to keep our communities safe, I believe it is imperative for anyone wishing to purchase a gun in any manner to be required to pass a background check. For that reason I support passing federal legislation that would enforce universal background checks. It is absolutely crucial that we as a nation keep guns out of the hands of individuals who are experiencing mental health crises or who have been deemed to be a danger to themself or others. To achieve this, we need to improve the rate at which states report information identifying these people to the federal and state agencies who run background checks. Therefore, I will support legislation to create incentives for states to improve the rate at which they report such information. As a doctor, I appreciate the value of science, and I believe the best way to find a solution to any problem is to have solid research to work off of. Yet for over two decades, research into gun violence prevention has been hamstrung by the Dickey Amendment, which has largely prevented the Center for Disease Control and Prevention from funding research associated with gun-control. In Congress, I will work to repeal the Dickey amendment so that we can finally begin to fund the research that will lead to effective gun violence prevention policies. Every year around 60,000 Americans are injured, and more than 30,000 are killed by guns. Given the seriously deleterious effects gun violence has on our society, I believe that we need to approach gun violence as we would any other public health crisis, and provide funding for gun violence prevention research so that we can create policies to increase gun safety without infringing on the Second Amendment rights of our citizens. Oftentimes, individuals who commit mass shootings show warning signs of violence before committing these atrocities. In order to protect our communities and citizens, it is vital that we give law enforcement the ability to temporarily restrict a personâs access to guns when they are showing these telltale signs. Therefore, I support passing a federal red flag law that empowers family members, educators, and healthcare professionals to request that a judge issue these temporary restrictions." (doctran2018.com)
- "The best way to achieve this is to improve and build off of the Affordable Care Act. Therefore Dr. Tran believes it is imperative that we fight to reinstate the individual mandate, strengthen the healthcare exchanges, and work to institute reforms that can help cut down on costs." (doctran2018.com)
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