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Cliff Heinzer's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Cliff Heinzer 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.

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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 2024.

  • "The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade set the clock back 50 years on the protection of women’s freedom, health, and privacy. We must never forget that decisions on reproductive health belong to a woman and her physician, not government officials. While immediate legislative protections are essential, we must also address more long-term issues including the composition of the Supreme Court and insufficient constitutional protections for women." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will work to advance: Medicare-X, the Medicare Exchange health plan, which allows individuals who are not otherwise eligible for Medicare to enroll in a government-administered health insurance plan." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "A surge in inflation rarely has a single cause and is generally the consequence of decisions made years earlier. Too little competition among the corporations that dominate our economy, printing trillions of dollars to support Wall Street, and massive tax cuts that benefitted the wealthiest Americans combined to create an economic environment so volatile that all it took was a supply chain shock to set off explosive inflation." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "Focus on reducing deficits, not tax cuts for the wealthy." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "A surge in inflation rarely has a single cause and is generally the consequence of decisions made years earlier. Too little competition among the corporations that dominate our economy, printing trillions of dollars to support Wall Street, and massive tax cuts that benefitted the wealthiest Americans combined to create an economic environment so volatile that all it took was a supply chain shock to set off explosive inflation." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "Focus on reducing deficits, not tax cuts for the wealthy." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • As your Representative in Congress, I will: Support campaign finance reform—it is time to put voters, not donors in the driver’s seat." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Work to restore United States domestic industrial capacity and the defense industrial base to levels that can produce the systems we need to prevail in future conflicts." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "The United States must confront our 21st Century strategic challenge, the loss of the advantage we enjoyed in industrial capacity during 20th century conflicts. For example, if we were to find ourselves in a confrontation in the Pacific, we would have to overcome the reality that China has over TWO HUNDRED TIMES our shipbuilding capacity. If there ever was an era when we could risk unilateralism, it has passed. Our future security rests with strong alliances, firm commitments, and deft diplomacy." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "The evolution of warfare that we see unfolding in the Ukraine suggests that our 20th Century combat systems are nearing the end of their usefulness, and we will need timely, effective, and affordable replacements. We must build the force we need for the coming decades, including a renewed strategic deterrent. Our military capability is linked to and limited by the strength of both our economy and democracy." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress I will work to advance: Affordable housing in every community." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "A surge in inflation rarely has a single cause and is generally the consequence of decisions made years earlier. Too little competition among the corporations that dominate our economy, printing trillions of dollars to support Wall Street, and massive tax cuts that benefitted the wealthiest Americans combined to create an economic environment so volatile that all it took was a supply chain shock to set off explosive inflation." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Defend our institutions, voting rights, and first amendment freedoms." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Work with other House members to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Defend the Environmental Protection Agency from politicization and attack by special interests." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Seek funding for the protection of green spaces in our communities." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Support incentives for the further development of clean energy sources and an orderly transition away from fossil fuels." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Ballotpedia "Protecting our environment, climate, and remaining green space" (ballotpedia.org)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Seek funding for the protection of green spaces in our communities." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Defend the Environmental Protection Agency from politicization and attack by special interests." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Support incentives for the further development of clean energy sources and an orderly transition away from fossil fuels." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Ballotpedia "Protecting our environment, climate, and remaining green space" (ballotpedia.org)
  • "As someone whose family has been impacted in the worst way by gun violence, this anniversary is a painful reminder of the critical work that remains ahead of us. We owe it to the victims and their families to keep fighting for common sense reforms and a safer, brighter future for Virginia." (x.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Require universal background checks and keep military style weapons out of the wrong hands;" (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Ballotpedia "Reducing crime and gun violence" (ballotpedia.org)
  • "Americans have the highest health care costs in the world, averaging $12,555 per person in 2022, $4,000 more than any other high-income nation, but we have lower life expectancy (77 years vs 80-85 for other developed nations) with higher maternal mortality (9.8/100,000 OECD, 23.8 U.S.) and infant mortality. Health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is not so affordable. Health care costs are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the United States. We also pay far more for prescriptions than our Canadian neighbors do. Just scheduling an appointment with a physician can take weeks or months, but if you must go to the emergency room, you can expect surprise medical bills. Your insurance company, rather than your physician, has the final call on what care you can get, and pharmacy benefit managers determine which prescriptions you are allowed." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will work to advance: Medicare-X, the Medicare Exchange health plan, which allows individuals who are not otherwise eligible for Medicare to enroll in a government-administered health insurance plan." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "Americans have the highest health care costs in the world, averaging $12,555 per person in 2022, $4,000 more than any other high-income nation, but we have lower life expectancy (77 years vs 80-85 for other developed nations) with higher maternal mortality (9.8/100,000 OECD, 23.8 U.S.) and infant mortality. Health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is not so affordable. Health care costs are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the United States. We also pay far more for prescriptions than our Canadian neighbors do. Just scheduling an appointment with a physician can take weeks or months, but if you must go to the emergency room, you can expect surprise medical bills. Your insurance company, rather than your physician, has the final call on what care you can get, and pharmacy benefit managers determine which prescriptions you are allowed." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will work to advance: Legislation such as the Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts Act, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program to reduce the inflated cost of prescription drugs." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will work to advance: Measures that assure that patients and their doctors, not insurance companies, have the final say in the care we receive and the drugs we are prescribed." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will work to: Improve the security on our southern border using a proven combination of enforcement patrols, electronic surveillance, and where necessary, physical barriers." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "Congress is unable to get anything done just when we need urgent action on the southern border, infrastructure, and the Middle East. Last year, the House only passed 27 bills, most just to keep the government from shutting down or defaulting on the debt. With 90% of house districts so gerrymandered that primary elections rather than the general determine the winner, grandstanding for your base has replaced negotiating, representatives produce soundbites, not solutions, and too few will support bipartisan legislation out of fear of being primaried." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will: Encourage administration efforts to enhance defense cooperation with Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other regional allies and partners." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "To further a peaceful and enduring solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as your Representative in Congress, I will advocate for policies that: Oppose regional malign actors, such as Iran, who support violence directly or indirectly." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • "As your Representative in Congress, I will" Legislate to provide more robust assistance to Ukraine to assure it has the arms it needs to defeat Russian aggression, while working with our European partners bolster NATO’s defenses." (www.heinzerforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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