David Goenaga-Torres' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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David Goenaga-Torres did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "Federal statute protecting RvW should already be getting done. The clock is ticking on womenâs rights throughout the country, Congress. 2022 is slowly becoming more significant than 2020 and that is saying a lot. #CO5 #TogetherWeProsper #RoeVWade" (twitter.com)
- "Abortion is healthcare. When radical extremists ban abortion, they are condemning half the population to forced birth, regardless of impacts to the health of the mother, even death. I pledge to do everything I can to fight for the right to bodily autonomy and abortion access for all." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "An almost forty year campaign to rob American women of bodily autonomy is about to come to fruition. Roe vs. Wade, and the availability of safe, legal abortions, are about to be wiped out. While this harms women and pregnant people everywhere, it impacts poor people and people of color the most." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "Federal statute protecting RvW should already be getting done. The clock is ticking on womens rights throughout the country, Congress. 2022 is slowly becoming more significant than 2020 and that is saying a lot. #CO5 #TogetherWeProsper #RoeVWade" (twitter.com)
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- "Supporting this effort is crucial to police reform as it will create a stronger form of recruiting and hiring because it is evident that universally, our current practice has many flaws. For police reform to succeed we must start at the root of the issue How we hire those that protect our streets must be addressed. In not supporting more stringent hiring practices such as demanding better qualifications, we risk allowing the cycle to continue and no patchwork laws will provide effective, long-term solutions." (twitter.com)
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- "We should relieve the burden of student debt now and make the education necessary for success affordable and attainable for future generations." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "Colorado is the gold standard for voter registration, accessibility and election integrity. I am proud of our state and how we conduct free, fair and accessible elections, and I will fight to make this a national norm. I will fight for national voting rights initiatives on the first day I take office and will not stop until I leave." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "We must do our part in combatting the rising concern of our climate. This is a state and federal issue we need more than just awareness, we need action. Right now in Colorado, a House Resolution (HJR 22-0283) is calling for an economy-wide carbon price to be enacted. We need federal legislation to pass legislation that would place fees on the potent fossil fuels being burned. Fees that would flow through the economy and incentivize businesses and people to switch to clean energy. In addition, we could not only provide clean energy solutions but also clean energy JOBS. That is a win-win for both our planet and our economy. Even if you do not believe in Global Warming, you can take solace that acts like this will result in cleaner air and a stronger economy." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "Climate change is an issue that demands more than just awareness, it demands action." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "We must do our part in combatting the rising concern of our climate. This is a state and federal issue we need more than just awareness, we need action. Right now in Colorado, a House Resolution (HJR 22-0283) is calling for an economy-wide carbon price to be enacted. We need federal legislation to pass legislation that would place fees on the potent fossil fuels being burned. Fees that would flow through the economy and incentivize businesses and people to switch to clean energy. In addition, we could not only provide clean energy solutions but also clean energy JOBS. That is a win-win for both our planet and our economy. Even if you do not believe in Global Warming, you can take solace that acts like this will result in cleaner air and a stronger economy." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "Climate change is an issue that demands more than just awareness, it demands action." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- ""Meaningful gun control legislation. Now" It is not that hard folks! I'm watching the news interview the families of those we lost in Boulder, and I can't imagine how congresspeople can sleep at night without working this out. #TheTimeisNow" (twitter.com)
- "We have much to learn about GUN CONTROL but educating ourselves with experts will go a long way towards preventing illegal purchases of any firearms. I know that most responsible GUN OWNERS will agree that not EVERYONE should own a gun. The ultimate goal is that responsible gun owners, safely store their guns so that they do not get into the wrong hands. I will work with local and national experts to create legislation to ensure that we help make our schools and streets safer from the violence that plagues our country." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "Common sense measures such as universal background checks, red flag laws, safe storage laws, and raising the age limit on semiautomatic weapons are a start, but we can and must do more. Increased firearms education, care-based threat prevention measures in our schools, such as investing in more social workers, therapists and psychologists instead of walls, doors and bulletproof backpacks." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "Meaningful gun control legislation. Now" It is not that hard folks! I'm watching the news interview the families of those we lost in Boulder, and I can't imagine how congresspeople can sleep at night without working this out. #TheTimeisNow" (twitter.com)
- "While universal health care is my goal for all Americans, it's possible to achieve lower health care costs while improving health care quality in the short term with a collaborative approach to legislation. When elected, I will advocate to get Universal Health care for all Americans and will never stop looking for solutions that result in the best possible health care accessible to the most people." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
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- "We cannot have laws that divide families and create harsher conditions than where they come from. We are a better nation and a better people than that and I ask that you help support my aspiration to provide a strong immigration policy that is beneficial for our district, state, and country." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
- "America deserves an immigration policy that establishes a path to citizenship for Dreamers, one that provides valuable labor in all skill categories to employers, that treats refugees and asylum seekers with compassion and dignity, and that secures our borders by providing an orderly, transparent and fair process to visit or emigrate to the United States." (www.davidtorres4congress.com)
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