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Ed Cabrera's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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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 2022.

  • "Public funds should not be used to fund Planned Parenthood or any other organization that supports abortion" (edcabreraforsouthtexas.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Our social safety net was originally designed to help people born into or falling into poverty. These policies rarely lift them out of poverty. Intergenerational poverty has persisted and worsened since the 1960s." (edcabreraforsouthtexas.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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Government cannot create prosperity, though government can limit or destroy it. Prosperity provides the means by which citizens and their families can maintain their independence from government, raise their children by their own values, practice their faith, and build communities of cooperation and mutual respect." (edcabreraforsouthtexas.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.
  • "Schools should cease teaching sex education to grade-school children since it should the responsibility of the parents" (edcabreraforsouthtexas.com)
  • "Ed supports the enactment of policies to increase domestic energy production, including production on public lands, to counter market manipulation by OPEC and other nationally owned oil companies. This will reduce America’s vulnerability to energy price volatility. To advance this process, we urge greater state and local responsibility for, and control over, the federally controlled land and corresponding programs." (edcabreraforsouthtexas.com)
  • "Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind can provide only a small fraction of the energy needs of our country. Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind can provide only a small fraction of the energy needs of our country." (edcabreraforsouthtexas.com)
  • "Together, the people of America’s energy sector provide us with power that is clean, affordable, secure, and abundant. Their work can guarantee the nation’s energy security for centuries to come if, instead of erecting roadblocks, government facilitates the creation of a coherent energy strategy." (edcabreraforsouthtexas.com)
  • "Passing legislation that will modernize pipelines and the electric grid, protect the grid from disruption, expedite energy exports, and lower energy costs" (edcabreraforsouthtexas.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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Finish building the Trump Border Wall in high traffic areas to stem the inflow of illegals since it is a powerful enforcement tool"
  • "I absolutely believe there should be a path to come to this country but it needs to be legally." (ballotpedia.org)
  • "The federal government has been unable to secure our borders. With Democrats in control of Congress, we will continue to see uncontrolled immigration. An amnesty bill will only encourage more immigrants in search of a coveted U.S. passport." (edcabreraforsouthtexas.com)
  • "We can’t keep our country safe if we don’t secure the border. For more than a decade, the Border Patrol has asked for the tools to do their job. Ed frequently speaks to former and current Border Patrol agents and they have shown me that a handful of agents can effectively patrol a mile of fenced border, while hundreds of agents are needed to patrol that same mile of open border. A border wall in high traffic areas also makes it possible to channel and apprehend criminals, such as drug smugglers and human traffickers crossing the border" (edcabreraforsouthtexas.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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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