Joshua Lafazan's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Issue Positions
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- "I have always been pro-choice and I believe that a womans right to choose is a fundamental right." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "Womens health decisions are for a woman to make alone with her doctor. The government should not be allowed to interfere in a choice that is meant to be one that a woman makes about what she would like to do with her own body." (www.joshlafazan.com)
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- "I am only Democrat in this race taking a stand against efforts to defund the police. I have perviously been endorsed by police unions for my work on public safety, and will continue to take action to make Long Island and Queens communities safe." (www.joshlafazan.com)
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- "In Congress, I will make it a top priority to ensure that our infrastructure is not an afterthought and we recognize the immense improvements that need to be made to ensure our communities continue to thrive. The infrastructure bill is paramount to rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure here. In Congress, I will fight tooth and nail to secure those federal dollars for projects like I did in the Legislature." (www.joshlafazan.com)
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- "I want to get federal money for renewable energy - to bring down energy costs and to have more electric charging stations along the North Shore." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "I want to get money to combat air pollution, to make sure - specifically in Queens and in our densely populated areas - that our kids are breathing clean air." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "The climate crisis is one of the most pressing and threatening issues that we as a society face today. We need to come together and develop concrete plans to improve our quality of life and make sure everyone is doing their part to keep our air and water clean. In my capacity as a Legislator I have supported and called for legislation that is aimed at reducing our carbon footprint." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "Gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic. More Americans die at the hands of gun violence here than in any other industrialized nation. Ive tackled gun violence at the county level where I co-sponsored a safe storage bill to keep guns out of the hands of children. And I proposed the Scott J. Beigel Gun Violence Prevention Bill which would authorize and direct the Nassau County Police Department to check the identity and home address of an individuals transported involuntarily by an officer for physiatric evaluation against the Nassau County Police Departments Pistol License Registry and the Nassau County Sheriffs Pistol License Registry." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "We need to ensure that universal background checks are in place, so that domestic abusers dont get their hands on guns, so that people who dont pass mental health checks dont get their hands on guns, and so that the no fly no buy list is upheld. And we also need to get illegal guns off our streets and make our communities safer by banning military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Ive done it as a legislator and I will do it again as a Member of Congress." (www.joshlafazan.com)
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- "Countries have a right to secure their borders. But we have a moral, economic, and global obligation to support immigration into this country." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "Regarding DACA, this country is the only country these young people have ever called home, and if you look at the accomplishments of the recipients of DACA, they are some of our brightest young people. A country of 315 million people is big enough to include those DACA recipients; they make this country a better place." (www.joshlafazan.com)
- "We have 11 million people in this country who are undocumented, so of course we are going to have to pass some sort of pathway to citizenship for those 11 million." (www.joshlafazan.com)
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