Alison Esposito's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Alison Esposito did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "Alison believes that we must support and empower women. This includes providing quality medical care. Like most Americans, Alison believes in reasonable exceptions and has NEVER advocated for a federal abortion ban. She believes that abortion should be safe, rare and not used as a form of birth control and rejects the far-leftâs push for partial-birth and late-term abortions, which Pat Ryan supports.Babies who are born alive should receive medical care." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "Pat Ryan and the far-left advocate for only one option for women who find themselves in an unplanned pregnancy. In stark contrast, Alison believes in empowering women and babies and supporting them at all stages of pregnancy to have access to more options in terms of financial resources, healthcare resources, and emotional support. She has always advocated for providing more resources and options to women." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "Alison believes that we must support and empower women. This includes providing quality medical care. Like most Americans, Alison believes in reasonable exceptions and has NEVER advocated for a federal abortion ban. She believes that abortion should be safe, rare and not used as a form of birth control and rejects the far-leftâs push for partial-birth and late-term abortions, which Pat Ryan supports.Babies who are born alive should receive medical care." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "Pat Ryan and the far-left advocate for only one option for women who find themselves in an unplanned pregnancy. In stark contrast, Alison believes in empowering women and babies and supporting them at all stages of pregnancy to have access to more options in terms of financial resources, healthcare resources, and emotional support. She has always advocated for providing more resources and options to women." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "Alison will not support cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or other benefits Americaâs seniors depend on. We must rein in out of control, wasteful government spending and come up with new solutions to ensure that future generations of Americans can also reap the benefits of their investments in these retirement programs." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "If elected, Alison will work with fellow members to remove the State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT) cap and give needed relief to Hudson Valley families. She believes we must also lower taxes for all Americans to stop Bidenâs taxes on hard working families." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "Increased regulations, high taxes, and #Bidenomics have made life harder in the Hudson Valley. I will work to reduce inflation, decrease cost of living, decrease government spending, remove SALT, and take every step necessary to reverse the downward spiral of our economy." (x.com)
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- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Alison served with the NYPD for nearly 25 years. She was a Cop and Commanding Officer and understands the support our men and women in Blue need and deserve. For far too long, Police Officers across our nation have been treated as public enemy number one. To secure our streets for New Yorkers, we need our members of Congress to stand with and support our officers." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "In Congress, she will work tirelessly to support a Federal Law Enforcement Bill of Rights, keep qualified immunity, and oppose any effort to defund the police." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "We must support our police officers so they can do the job we need them to do. #BackTheBlue" (x.com)
- "Our military should always be fully funded to provide our service members with the training and tools they need to stay a lethal fighting force capable of defending American national security interests. We have lost our footing on the world stage, and as a result there are two active wars." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "I will work to reduce inflation, decrease cost of living, decrease government spending, remove SALT, and take every step necessary to reverse the downward spiral of our economy." (x.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "Alison will fight to bring down inflation and the cost of living. Americans should not have to choose between putting gas in their car or food on their table." (www.alisonesposito.com)
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- "We should require voter ID and other methods to ensure the person submitting the ballot is who they say they are. No one should be opposed to more safeguards on our elections." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "The average gas price in New York and across the country continues to rise to new record highs. The answer is to increase American energy production. New York can and should do its part by safely extracting natural resources right here in the state." (x.com)
- "The far-Left is hellbent on passing Green New Deal policies that will destroy your wallet. From banning gas stoves, restricting the sale of gas cars, & banning gas hook ups on new construction, its never enough. Now, you'll be paying more to heat your homes thanks to NY Dems." (x.com)
- "The average gas price in New York and across the country continues to rise to new record highs. The answer is to increase American energy production. New York can and should do its part by safely extracting natural resources right here in the state." (x.com)
- "Why are we even considering tapping into our Strategic Petroleum Reserve which is to be used in time of emergency or conflict when we have the ability to be energy independent NOW!!" (x.com)
- "I will always work to preserve our right to bear arms." (x.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.
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- "It is clear that under the Biden Administration, there is a manufactured humanitarian and national security crisis. Our Southern Border is NOT secure, and deadly drugs, such as fentanyl and fentanyl related substances, plague our communities are not the only concern. Over the past year alone, over 170 people on the terrorist watch list have illegally crossed our border that we know of." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "The construction of our border wall must resume, and new technologies should be employed to monitor our borders." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "We must increase border security, finish the wall, and hire more Border Patrol Officers." (x.com)
- "We need leaders in Washington who will give the Department of Homeland Security the manpower and equipment they require to stem the tide of drugs, and rescue children and women from human traffickers. And who will stand up to foreign adversaries making our border crisis worse." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "Instead of ending sanctuary policies and calling on the Biden Administration to secure our broken southern border, radical leftists are funneling cash to illegals. The manufactured migrant crisis can end today, Biden and his liberal allies in Congress like @PatRyanUC don't want it to." (x.com)
- "This Country was founded on Lawful Immigration, and we must work together to fix the system for those who wish to legally immigrate and live the American Dream." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "This is tragic. Our nation is being flooded by unvetted, dangerous illegal aliens under @JoeBiden and @PatRyanUC failed open border agenda. We must secure our southern border and end disastrous sanctuary policies." (x.com)
- "The United States should be ready to leverage the diplomatic tools at its disposal, including the imposition of sanctions, to protect the American consumer from high prices, safeguard the environment, and avoid supporting our foreign adversaries in the pursuit of resources that can otherwise be sourced sustainably within our borders" (www.alisonesposito.com)
- "We must unequivocally support our ally, Israel, and give them the resources needed to defeat the terrorist group Hamas. They have every right to defend themselves from horrific terrorist attacks, and any Congressperson who does not support Israel should be called out and asked why." (www.alisonesposito.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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