Issues

Corporate Welfare

Taxpayer subsidies of giant corporations is the wrong way to spend public money. Investments in our infrastructure, reform of our tax and regulatory structure, and a lower cost of living are far more important to attracting business investments than subsidies. In fact, corporate surveys show that public subsidies rank at the bottom of the list for site selectors when choosing a new business location.

The recent corporate welfare proposal my opponent supported involving General Motors spends $166,000 per job promised, however, those jobs are not required to pay more than minimum wage and don’t have to be permanent.

Hardworking taxpayers struggling to pay their own bills do not want politicians using their money for corporate subsidies. I share that view which is why I have a near perfect voting record opposing corporate welfare in the State Legislature.

Crime

Over the last two years, crime rates have exploded around the country. Lansing hit a record number of murders and is now the 9th most dangerous city in America. Woke politicians have slashed police budgets and stopped enforcing the law, leading to increased crime affecting all of our communities.

Our first job is to keep our communities safe from violent crime. I’ve consistently supported the men and women in public safety. One of my proudest honors was when I was awarded “Legislator of the Year” by the Michigan Corrections Officers Organization because of my work to recognize the men and women who are so often a forgotten part of our law enforcement community. I also sponsored the largest state police budget in history and will oppose all efforts to defund our police and prosecutors.

Education

I am a product of public schools and went to college on the G.I. Bill. Ashley and I are now parents of school age children and like so many parents we are very concerned about the level of control the bureaucracy and the unions have asserted over our kids. Decisions that should be made by parents are increasingly being claimed by the education bureaucracy and parents who speak out are shamed and bullied. Reports of school districts monitoring parents’ social media and contacting their employers, the teaching of CRT, encouraging gender confusion, and the indefensible at-home learning and in-school masking policies, are leading more and more families out of public schools.

If we are going to save our public schools, we have to push back and make our children the priority. Our schools should spend less time on progressive and woke indoctrination, and more time focused on educating our children and keeping them safe.

My opponent is one of the top recipients of teacher’s union money in the entire Congress and takes the union’s side over our children every time. Our kids deserve better.

Foreign Policy

The American withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of the most embarrassing events in our nation’s history. President Biden, General Milley, and their congressional allies abandoned the nation with no exit strategy, stranded American allies, and are responsible for the deaths of 13 American servicemembers.

Their failure led to my decision to run for Congress and as a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Army, I promise to put American interests and the protection of American lives at the forefront of our foreign policy, not political-pandering and weakness.

Illegal Immigration

We are a nation of immigrants and that history is what makes America the most diverse, pluralistic society in the history of the world. It is also what attracts so many to seek our shores and the American Dream.

However, our immigration system is broken and our southern border is an out-of-control mess. There are currently 11 million people in the United States illegally and hundreds of thousands entering the country through our porous border. The Biden Administration has revoked Title 42, which grants the government the ability to deport those entering the country illegally if they pose a public health risk such as Covid. Nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants were deported using Title 42.

I will work hard to make sure our border security agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs have the tools they need to prevent people from entering the country illegally. I will also work to complete the border wall, which has worked successfully in places like the California-Mexico border, which has seen a dramatic drop in illegal immigration since the wall was erected.

Life

While Senator Barrett has been a consistent pro-life state legislator, Elissa Slotkin supports some of the most extreme abortion policies of anyone in Congress. She opposes any limits, right up until birth, wants taxpayers to pay for abortions, and wants to take away a parent’s right to know if their minor daughter seeks an abortion.

Slotkin even led the fight to get Google to prevent women from having access to crisis pregnancy centers in search results.

Taxes

Mid-Michigan families are overtaxed and with inflation driving up the costs of everything we rely on, they deserve more money in their pocket. Michigan has record surpluses but rather than giving them back to taxpayers, Governor Whitmer has proposed the largest spending plan in Michigan history.

I’m the only candidate running who has signed the Taxpayer’s Protection Pledge and will work to lower the tax burden on all Americans as a member of Congress.