Lauren Witzke's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Lauren Witzke has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Delaware Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| 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? | ||
| I believe in ending government waste, and particularly ending our $150 billion annual tax burden spent on illegal aliens, so we can fully fund Social Security and Medicare. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I believe in bringing our troops home, and only fighting wars if they are authorized by Congress, unlike the 20-year war in the Middle East. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I believe that Congress should stop playing games, and pass a pork-free bill providing direct relief to Americans for as long as the COVID-19 shutdowns last. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Despite withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, America's carbon emissions have dropped more drastically even than those countries in the Accord. Until China and India stop their pollution, penalizing American businesses which have, relative to the rest of the world, been good environmental stewards, does not make sense. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| I support a 10-year net-zero moratorium on immigration. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support ending the wars in the Middle East and bringing our troops home immediately. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I don't support allowing foreign enemies like China to rip America off at every turn. | |||
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