Gregory Coll's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Gregory Coll did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? "Pro-Life" (votesmart.org)
- "Gregory Coll is pro-life and believes that life starts at conception. Gregory Coll aims to stop late-term abortions, in order to save babies lives. Support should be offered in other ways for expecting mothers, helping them and their babies to be happy and healthy." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- "Healthcare systems run by governments are inefficient, have reduced standards of care, and diminish patient and physician relationships. A healthcare system based on free market principles promotes competition, drives down costs, and gives the power to the patients and physicians caring for them. Gregory Coll believes Flexible Spending Accounts with unspent money should roll over with zero restrictions." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? "No" (votesmart.org)
- 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.
- Do you support increasing defense spending? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- "Gregory Coll believes the U.S. needs a strong military with an emphasis on defense to combat growing threats domestically and abroad. Staying ahead in military technology is critical to maintaining U.S. global leadership and keeping our communities safe at home. Maryland is a leader in the field and has one of the largest defense contractors in District 8. As a really inspiring story which speaks to the great technology coming out of Maryland, when each state was asked to bring an item to the White House, Maryland brought a Joint Strike Fighter: an advanced fighter aircraft. Gregory Coll wants to develop the high technology systems that are required for the U.S. military and the defense of the nation." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- "We need a strong military with an emphasis on defense to combat growing threats domestically and abroad. Staying ahead in military technology is critical to maintaining our global leadership and keeping our communities safe at home. Maryland is a leader in the field and has one of the largest defense contractors in District 8." (ballotpedia.org)
- Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "We need to stop runaway government spending and the worst inflation in 40 years. Reduce taxes and simplify regulation to improve our economy. " (www.gregorycoll.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.
- Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- "Our environment needs to be conserved and maintained for future generations. Gregory Coll wants to continue to study and address environmental concerns, stop pollution, and stop over-stressing our natural resources, especially marine resources like fisheries. Gregory Coll believes climate change is real and needs to be addressed rationally and with an associated risk and return posture." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- "Our environment needs to be conserved and maintained for future generations. Gregory Coll wants to continue to study and address environmental concerns, stop pollution, and stop over-stressing our natural resources, especially marine resources like fisheries. Gregory Coll believes climate change is real and needs to be addressed rationally and with an associated risk and return posture." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- Do you generally support gun-control legislation? "No" (votesmart.org)
- "Gregory Coll wants to support local police stop criminal activity and crack down on illegal possession of fire arms, without sacrificing law abiding citizens' rights to bear arms." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- "Gregory Coll will support your local police in stopping criminal activity and cracking down on illegal possession of fire arms without sacrificing law-abiding citizensâ rights to bear Arms. " (www.gregorycoll.com)
- "Gregory Coll will support your local police in stopping criminal activity and cracking down on illegal possession of fire arms without sacrificing law-abiding citizens rights to bear Arms. " (www.gregorycoll.com)
- "Gregory Coll believes patients should come first in the U.S. healthcare system. Healthcare systems run by governments are inefficient, have reduced standards of care, and diminish patient and physician relationships. A healthcare system based on free market principles promotes competition, drives down costs, and gives the power to the patients and physicians caring for them. Gregory Coll believes Flexible Spending Accounts with unspent money should roll over with zero restrictions." (www.gregorycoll.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.
- "Gregory Coll wants to promote and welcome legal immigration and put a stop to illegal border crossings. Illegal immigration is not good for this country or the individuals participating in it." (www.gregorycoll.com)
- Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
- "Illegal immigration is not good for this country or the individuals participating in it. Passing legislation to increase the legal immigration caps while simplifying legal immigration processing is key; especially when the individuals have studied in the U.S. and have employment sponsored support. Gregory Coll wants to attract the best people from around the world. Gregory Coll wants to keep the criminals and illegal immigrants out, thereby reducing the burden on U.S. law enforcement and welfare systems. " (www.gregorycoll.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.
- "Dow drops almost 600 points as U.S. stocks fall sharply Friday morning on surging inflation - MarketWatch We need to stop runaway government spending and the worst inflation in 40 years. Reduce taxes and simplify regulation to improve our economy." (twitter.com)
- "We need to stop runaway government spending and the worst inflation in 40 years. Reduce taxes and simplify regulation to improve our economy. " (www.gregorycoll.com)
- Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? "Yes" (votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Gregory Coll aims to stop late-term abortions, when mothers are not at risk, in order to save children's lives. Gregory Coll believes there is no reason for a late-term abortion to be administered unless there is a health risk to the expecting mother. Support should be offered in other ways for expecting mothers, helping them and their babies to be happy and healthy. Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Gregory Coll believes the U.S. needs a strong military with an emphasis on defense to combat growing threats domestically and abroad. Staying ahead in military technology is critical to maintaining U.S. global leadership and keeping our communities safe at home. Maryland is a leader in the field and has one of the largest defense contractors. Each state was asked to bring an item to the White House, Maryland brought a Joint Strike Fighter: an advanced fighter aircraft. Gregory Coll wants to develop the high technology systems that are required for the U.S. military and defense of the nation. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Our environment needs to be conserved and maintained for future generations. Gregory Coll wants to continue to study and address environmental concerns, stop pollution, and stop over-stressing our natural resources, especially marine resources like fisheries. Gregory Coll believes climate change is real and needs to be addressed rationally and with an associated risk-and-return posture. Gregory Coll is a rocket scientist and has studied the physical sciences for most of his life, and is knowledgeable about remote-sensing from spacecraft. Gregory Coll will be able to interpret the hard, physical facts from speculation and un-anchored analytical results. Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Gregory Coll will support your local police in stopping criminal activity and cracking down on illegal possession of fire arms without sacrificing law-abiding citizens' rights to bear Arms. Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Gregory Coll wants to promote and welcome legal immigration and put a stop to illegal border crossings. Passing legislation to increase the legal immigration caps while simplifying legal immigration processing is key; especially when the individuals have studied in the U.S. and have employment sponsored support. Gregory Coll wants to attract the best people from around the world. Gregory Coll wants to retain students trained in the U.S. to feed the growing demand of our thriving economy, while keeping the criminals and illegal immigrants out, thereby reducing the burden on U.S. law enforcement and welfare systems. Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Gregory Coll believes that removing barriers to international trade is good and will promote global economic growth, though tariffs can be used as a negotiating tool when other countries don't eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers. Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com | |||
| Improve healthcare, putting patients first; drive down cost using free market principles. Strengthen preparedness for national emergencies. Defend against terrorism; maintain strong military emphasis defense to combat growing threats domestically and abroad. Support local police in stopping criminal activity and crack down on illegal possession of fire arms without sacrificing law-abiding citizens' rights to bear Arms. Hold all national government departments to high operating standards. Generate fair tax structure, and federal assistance during crisis situations. Restore global view of economics to safeguard maximum employment never overlooking needs of vulnerable groups such as senior and veterans. Learn more at https://www.gregorycoll.com |
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