Harry Montoya's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Harry Montoya has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
New Mexico Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Corona/Wuhan-19 financial relief funding should be targeted strictly for this purpose - assisting businesses, specifically small businesses. They are the backbone of our US economy and the ones being critically affected by this shutdown. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Our second amendment is very clear. Guns don't kill people. People kill people and this has been historically true, time immemorial. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The key word is "UNLAWFULLY" present. Let them return to their country of origin and apply for citizenship as any other individual seeking entry to our country. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I am for fair and balanced trade. Removal of any type of barriers that hinder the US that benefits us. Negotiating trade agreements that benefit the US and our trading partners. Equal trade. | |||
| 1. Introduce legislation to create a Land Grant Commission. This is required to allow farmers and ranchers access to federal lands for grazing. This is part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that needs to be re-visited. 2. Introduce legislation to allow for wood thinning in our National Forests, which will create small business opportunities for constituents in our District. |
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