Jay Adkins' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jay Adkins has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Tennessee Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe life begins at conception and it should be protected until natural death. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I believe in a strong national defense, but there is no part of our budget that doesn't have bloat to cut out. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I wish to repeal the Hughes Amendment, and ultimately the National Firearms Act of 1934 | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I support real free trade amongst nations that share that principle. However, I do not support the idea that we should engage in free trade policies with nations that do not act in good faith, engage in currency manipulation, or rely on human rights abuses for production. | |||
| My priorities are the complete defunding of Planned Parenthood, Criminal Justice reform to allow those who have paid their debt to society to live as full citizens, and constituent services to make sure that the people of my district have complete access to me and any help I can provide. |
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