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Joshua Williams' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Joshua Williams 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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  • "As your congressman, I’ll demand a timely, thoughtful balanced budget that provides essential services & fulfills our promises without breaking the backs of working people & wasting billions. " (twitter.com)
  • "We must expand credit to help small businesses start and grow, and provide tax incentives and credits to those businesses who really are 'job creators.'" (joshuawilliamsforcongress.com)
  • "Students should not have to borrow the cost of a first home to get an education, and student loans should not be a profit center for banks or the government." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Alternative energy sources represent an economic opportunity; solar energy now employs more people than coal, oil, and gas combined." (joshuawilliamsforcongress.com)
  • "Informed and inspired. 🌎 Great meeting with the Citizens' Climate Lobby last night. #climatechange" (twitter.com)
  • "We’re now at a point where preparing for climate change should rank alongside carbon reduction as an environmental priority. " (joshuawilliamsforcongress.com)
  • "Join me in the fight for common sense gun reform - The mayhem cannot go on! Together we win." (twitter.com)
  • "Healthcare in America is broken. Too many of our citizens can't afford insurance, because the drive for profit turns people into numbers. Together, we can fix this. I will fight for you and for the care you deserve, East Tennessee. #TN02" (twitter.com)
  • "I support universally accessible, affordable, quality health care in our country. " (joshuawilliamsforcongress.com)
  • "If we open our doors wider and make it easier to come to this country legally and contribute, we’ll be stronger. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen America." (joshuawilliamsforcongress.com)
  • "Allowing them to continue their lives in this country, and receive the benefits that all of our other productive citizens receive amounts to a moral imperative." (joshuawilliamsforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "The only thing more appalling than Trump’s nuclear button tweet is the fact that the Republican Congress is not concerned and failed to act. I support H.R. 669, that prohibits the President from launching a nuclear first strike before Congress has declared war. #NuclearButton" (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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