Lee Bright in Survey of 2014 Senate campaign websites

On Abortion: Protect our unborn children from abortion providers

When it comes to protecting the lives of the unborn, there is no greater advocate in the South Carolina legislature than Lee Bright. Each year, Lee introduces legislation that protects our children from abortion providers. He has fought to block funding to Planned Parenthood abortion clinics on numerous occasions, sometimes shutting down the whole Senate in his effort to save the lives of children.

Lee believes that life begins at conception, and has introduced legislation such as the Personhood Act of South Carolina, which protects life at the earliest stages of a child's development. Other legislation Lee has introduced includes Life Beginning at Conception Act, Pregnant Women's Protection Act, Pain-Capable Child Protection Act and a host of many others throughout the years.

On Budget & Economy: All federal spending comes from pockets of taxpayers

All that money comes from one place: the pockets of American taxpayers (or worse the pockets of future generations of taxpayers through unconscionable debt). Federal spending has been climbing steadily since Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty.

There is no reason to think that a majority of members in the current Congress have the will--or even the desire--to change the budget trajectory. For generations, politicians in Washington have seduced more and more Americans into becoming dependent on handouts and government programs. In turn, these politicians have used the growing ranks of poor, unemployed, and program-dependent citizens as an excuse to expand spending even more.

On Corporations: Lower corporate tax rate: pro-free enterprise reforms

Lee will push for pro-free enterprise reforms to the tax structure. Lee will start by pushing to rollback income tax rates overall after the disastrous capitulation to the Obama administration over the Bush-era tax cuts. This should be followed by lowering the corporate income tax rate.

The US has the highest corporate income tax rate in the industrialized world, especially if you include the taxes levied by many state governments. This high tax burden reduces competitiveness and hurts businesses that should be creating innovative products and technologies. More importantly, by hurting employers we are keeping unemployment high.

He opposes special carve-outs that bail out some businesses at the expense of others.

On Energy & Oil: Free market energy policy: nuclear, coal & natural gas

But the Obama administration is pushing a misguided and economically destructive "green energy" plan that centralizes power in Washington and ends up taking more money from taxpayers. It is essentially a backdoor tax to pay for more failed liberal policies. The result is economic stagnation, higher costs (especially for manufacturers), and energy shortages.

Lee believes that America needs to do more to develop existing known supplies of oil and gas here in this country that are currently off-limits to exploration. Lee supports opening up more areas to exploration, including offshore drilling, and ending wasteful subsidies to unproven technologies.

By encouraging nuclear, coal and natural gas production, Lee believes we can supply our economy with the energy it needs in a cost-effective manner.

On Gun Control: Constitutional Carry Amendment: no permits needed

Lee Bright strongly believes that the Constitution should be taken literally when it says that our right to bear arms "shall not be infringed". This means that the government has no authority to prohibit the free exercise of this liberty, which is why Lee proposed his Constitutional Carry Amendment. This bill would allow S.C. citizens to protect themselves at all times without the need to ask the government for permission first. Other states that allow guns to be carried in public have seen drops in crime rates, while states that enforce strict gun laws see a noticeable rise in crime. Other pro-Second Amendment bills sponsored by Lee include the Firearms Freedom Act, Firearms Liberty Act, along with many others that promote the rights of gun owners.

On Health Care: Growth of Medicare & Medicaid create nanny-state dependency

On Homeland Security: Our liberty depends on a strong military

Lee believes one of the core functions of our federal government, as required by the Constitution, is providing America's security. After all, our liberty depends on a strong military.

The Obama administration and Congressional liberals have skillfully used the "sequester" to gut critical defense programs and shift that spending to wasteful domestic spending. Lee will work with other conservatives to make sure our military remains second to none. That doesn't mean that the Pentagon should have a free hand to purchase every new technology a defense contractor comes up with. In the U.S. Senate, Lee will be a deficit hawk with every aspect of the Federal budget, encouraging policy-makers to look for efficiencies in defense as in every other government program.

On Tax Reform: Taxes punish productive citizens

It is no wonder that our economy continues to struggle when employers and investors must carry such a heavy tax burden. In the last few years, Republicans in Congress have repeatedly succumbed for Obama's demands for just one more tax increase. This must stop.

Lee Bright is a strong advocate for a complete overhaul of the tax code. Our current tax code is out of date, confusing and burdensome to comply with.

Lee supports a fairer, flatter and simpler tax structure to boost economic growth, like the Fair Tax and the Flat Tax. Lee believes that American economy can thrive if the tax code is reformed and the overall tax burden reduced.

On War & Peace: US is not first-responder for every problem around the world

While Lee believes America must maintain our commitment to protecting our allies, we can no longer afford to be the first-responder for every problem around the world. It is time for our allies to begin shouldering a larger share of their own defense.

No other country in the world has the quality of fighting force and the global reach of the United States Armed Forces and we must be prepared to meet any threat anywhere it affects our national interest.