Mark Hurt's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mark Hurt has failed to 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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- "Mark Hurt believes life is precious and has intrinsic value, both at the beginning and end of life. This is an unalienable right, for without the right to life there is no right to liberty or property. For that reason, Mark Hurt will fight to protect life at all phases of liveâprotections for the unborn, those with special needs, and the elderly. As an extension of that value, Mark Hurt is morally opposed to euthanasia in its various forms." (www.markhurt.org)
- "Mark Hurt is a Pro-Life Conservative" (twitter.com)
- "Today is National Sanctity of Human Life Day. We celebrate the precious value of human life and bring awareness to the attacks that are daily waged against human life through the abortion industry." (x.com)
- "We have a spending problem in Washington D.C. The qualitative easing and reckless printing of money has caused inflation. Both Democrats and Republicans have overprinted and overspent causing budget deficits that pose moral challenges for our nation and the future of our children. We must reduce our debt (presently more than $32 trillion dollars) by bringing some of the money home from overseas and protecting and preserving Social Security and Medicare, and cutting waste and inefficiencies in the delivery of services. In short, the government must downsize and we must do a better job of identifying and stopping funding for ineffective programs and those programs not fulfilling their intended purpose." (www.markhurt.org)
- "Hardworking Hoosiers are already seeing the benefits of the President's historic tax bill. Tell 'DC Joe' Donnelly to put Hoosiers first and help make our new tax cuts permanent!" (x.com)
- "The Senate passed a MAJOR bill to reduce and simplify our federal tax code!We're one step closer to the tax cut Americans deserve." (x.com)
- "The Senate passed a MAJOR bill to reduce and simplify our federal tax code!We're one step closer to the tax cut Americans deserve." (x.com)
- "Hardworking Hoosiers are already seeing the benefits of the President's historic tax bill. Tell 'DC Joe' Donnelly to put Hoosiers first and help make our new tax cuts permanent!" (x.com)
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- "Our troops deserve the best in training and equipment when they go into battle and provide for our common defense while serving at home and abroad." (www.markhurt.org)
- "The lack of emphasis on our military strength is leading to an escalation in nuclear weapons." (x.com)
- "As your next Republican Congressman, I will get to work on day one to STOP out of control government spending! These numbers are unconscionable and affect us all daily." (x.com)
- "We have a spending problem in Washington D.C. The qualitative easing and reckless printing of money has caused inflation. Both Democrats and Republicans have overprinted and overspent causing budget deficits that pose moral challenges for our nation and the future of our children. We must reduce our debt (presently more than $32 trillion dollars) by bringing some of the money home from overseas and protecting and preserving Social Security and Medicare, and cutting waste and inefficiencies in the delivery of services. In short, the government must downsize and we must do a better job of identifying and stopping funding for ineffective programs and those programs not fulfilling their intended purpose." (www.markhurt.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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- "America must be energy independent and that means expanding nuclear energy, drilling and fracking to use fossil fuels and using wind and solar energies where advantageous. We must remove newly added federal regulations that inhibit the use of domestic energy. Utility bills must go down, the Keystone XL pipeline must move forward and the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline should not be green lighted." (www.markhurt.org)
- "During the last 3 years, the Biden environmental agenda has posed an existential threat to our energy independence and a strong American economy. We must work to decrease the role of the federal government. Mark is a strong believer in the 10th amendment and believes we must tame the beast at the federal level. In this vein, Mark strongly opposes the "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. President Reagan has warned us to be extremely cautious when the federal government offers a call for help." (www.markhurt.org)
- "America must be energy independent and that means expanding nuclear energy, drilling and fracking to use fossil fuels and using wind and solar energies where advantageous. We must remove newly added federal regulations that inhibit the use of domestic energy. Utility bills must go down, the Keystone XL pipeline must move forward and the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline should not be green lighted." (www.markhurt.org)
- "Mark Hurt firmly believes the Second Amendment of the US Constitution is a fundamental right, not just for hunting but for personal defense. For that reason, Mark Hurt fully supports Justice Antonin Scaliaâs precedent setting opinion in the District of Columbia v. Heller (June 26, 2008) when the United States Supreme Court re-affirmed our individual right to keep and bear arms. Research is clear that conceal and carry laws work to protect innocent people, particularly women and the more defenseless among us. For that reason, Hurt is a member of the NRA and supports their ongoing efforts to protect the legal rights to keep and bear arms." (www.markhurt.org)
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- 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.
- "A nation without secure borders is not a nation. I believe that those who come to America illegally are not granted some of the protections afforded to US citizens under the 14th amendment." (www.markhurt.org)
- "Mark supports efforts to restart construction of the border wall in key areas of our Southern border, as well as deploying greater technology on the southern and norther border, increasing the number of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and border patrol agents who are underpaid, and strengthening and streamlining our asylum process. We need to use our military when working with the Mexican government on the Southern border." (www.markhurt.org)
- "A nation without secure borders is not a nation. I believe that those who come to America illegally are not granted some of the protections afforded to US citizens under the 14th amendment." (www.markhurt.org)
- "On the borders, we must create work visas that are easy to understand and easy to enforce. Texans and Arizonans that Mark has spoken to need workersâdocumented immigrants. This means eliminating bureaucratic red-tape and modernizing the work visa system. While a small part of the problem, birthright citizenship should be stopped, not protected. No person should fly into the United States to simply have a baby. Uncompensated care in our border states has skyrocketed due to the treatments provided to those who are not U.S. citizens." (www.markhurt.org)
- "People that are not in our country legally should NOT be receiving Government benefits! We need to expedite work visas and screening on the Mexican side for those who wish to work here. We need to secure the border, NOW. As your next Congressman, I will get to work on successful Immigration Policy." (x.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "While we cannot write a blank check to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it we do not stop the expansion of Russia in Ukraine, we will see an advancement into Moldova, Romania where my children were born and the old Iron Curtain. In sum, if Ukraine is taken, the Russians will move forward with plans in Poland and we will see American soldierâs boots on the ground. Peace through strength means we deal with Russian expansionism now so that American troops are not in Eastern Europe later." (www.markhurt.org)
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