"I come from a proud family in which each of the generations before me worked hard to ensure that their children and families had a better life than they did. We put God, Family, and Country first, not last. We make common sense decisions and don't force our opinions or way of life on others. We need to get back to this in our country. We need to offer better options for healthcare, teach our kids our history and constitution, support our police officers and first responders and teachers, protect our gun rights, strengthen our military, and fight socialism and ensure those with socialist agendas are no longer part of our government and leadership."
LIST OF ISSUES
U.S. MILITARY
One of my biggest regrets in life is that I did not serve this great Country in the military. The men and women who have served are my true heroes. Our leaders, and we as citizens, should thank God each and every day for these brave soldiers and pray for the safety. We need to do more to support our military and their families and our veterans. Congress wastes too much money on totally unnecessary spending that would be better spent improving our military and making it stronger instead of sitting idly by while China becomes the strongest military in the world. We have to change our priorities and make smart and focused decisions before it's too late.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
I support our law enforcement, not only the men and women in our Police Departments, but also our I.C.E. Agents. These strong, tough people put their lives on the line for regular citizens everyday, not always knowing if they will make it back home to see their families. And they are doing this, for us, at very meager wages. We can do more to support them.
SECOND AMENDMENT
I wholeheartedly support our constitutional rights under the 2nd Amendment to keep and bear Arms. I freely exercise this right and firmly stand against any infringements. I will do everything in my power to defeat any suggested or proposed changes to this amendment.
PRO-LIFE
I am 100% pro-life. I strongly oppose any federal funding to support abortion and believe that life begins at conception.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
This is one of the key topics that drives my run to be a representative of the people. I strongly believe that our religious freedoms are being taken away from us both overtly and covertly. I believe God has been and continues to be removed from our daily lives, our families, our schools, and our communities. I also believe too many of our leaders, both at the state and federal levels, are not using judgement founded on Christian faith when making decisions for our country. We need to follow the Constitution but we need to have faith that we are doing so as it was meant to be.
BORDER PROTECTION
I support immigration, as long as it is done legally, and Biden has reversed much of what President Trump implemented to keep us safe in his First Term. Biden allowed lawlessness to cross our borders and is sent criminals in the dark of the night to a city near you without any say from the constituency. We cannot allow this to continue to happen. I believe that the U.S. should aggressively continue to keep our country and citizens safe and stop illegal immigration. President Trump and his administration are working hard to undo the harm that Biden caused our country and citizens and I fully support those efforts.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY
I really believe we can do a better job in supporting economic growth in each of the counties in our district. This is where jobs are created. Having a Representative that understands this process, who has experience in working with Rural Economic Development Directors, and is willing to spend time in each county to help them bring new jobs to our District would be huge. I can do this! More than 11% of GA-14 is living below the poverty level (and Polk County has 19% living below the poverty level). I WANT TO HELP! Let's put GA-14 First for a minute.
EDUCATION
Nothing is more critical to the future of Georgia and our Country than education. An education system that removes the history of the United States and replaces it with non-fact based and divisive material cannot be tolerated. Our U.S. history should be taught based on facts, not feelings. Our kids deserve better and parents need to be involved in their children's education. We cannot have an education system based on bias and division.
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VETERANS AFFAIRS
My father served in the Air National Guard and my father-in-law served in the Air Force. My father-in-law has lived in the Alvin C York Veterans Community Living Center in Murfreesboro, TN for the past six or so years. When we go to visit him, it really makes you appreciate our veterans! But I also appreciate the nursing staff and doctors who take such good care of him. Although that center is in TN and not here in GA-14, I still want to do all that I can to help the staff there and at all VA Hospitals, CLC's and medical centers have the best equipment and access to all that they need to care for our veterans and I promise I will do everything I can to ensure our Congress is doing exactly that! As an example, I would absolutely support the VA Accountability Reforms going through committee now. You can read about this using this link https://veterans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=7823.