Josh Hawley in 2018 MO Senate race
On Principles & Values:
Under investigation for mixing public funds with campaign
The Republican Secretary of State has formally requested an investigation into allegations that Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley used public resources to support his successful campaign for the U.S. Senate. The action was sparked by a complaint
filed in early November by The American Democracy Legal Fund, demanding an investigation to determine whether Hawley should be prosecuted for violating a state law barring elected officials from using public funds to support political campaigns.
The complaint cited a report by The Kansas City Star in October that out-of-state campaign consultants who would go on to run Hawley's Senate campaign gave tasks to taxpayer-funded staff in the attorney general's office. The consultants led meetings
with official staff during work hours in the state Supreme Court building in Jefferson City. The arrangement raised concerns among some of Hawley's employees about the mixing of politics with public business.
Source: Kansas City Star on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Dec 10, 2018
On Health Care:
ObamaCare has raised premiums by 145%
Q: Your opponent Senator McCaskill [has been focusing as] the number-one issue on voters' minds was healthcare? JOSH HAWLEY: On healthcare, Missourians are paying outrageous healthcare costs, up 145% price increases in the state. They want to see
that change. Claire McCaskill is responsible.
Q: If you get elected, are you going to vote to repeal and replace ObamaCare?
JOSH HAWLEY: Yes, I would. I think it's absolutely vital that we get rid of the failures of ObamaCare, we bring down costs,
we protect people with pre-existing conditions in the law with a mandate, Chuck, that ensures that we do it, but that we multiply options for families.
You know, I have had family after family, in this state, come up to me and say, "Look, we can't afford our health insurance. We're having to get a second job, send a spouse back to work." It shouldn't have to be that way.
Source: Meet the Press interviews for 2018 Missouri Senate race
Oct 14, 2018
On Health Care:
Cover pre-existing conditions by mandate, without ObamaCare
Q: In your lawsuit against ObamaCare, which you filed as attorney general, you said could've severed the issue of pre-existing conditions. How do you plan on protecting pre-existing conditions?JOSH HAWLEY: There are a number of ways to do it, to
protect folks with pre-existing conditions. Congress should mandate it. My position is insurance companies should be required, by law, to protect folks with pre-existing conditions.
Q: Do you think that's constitutional?
HAWLEY: I do, absolutely.
What's not constitutional is the requirement that people buy health insurance they don't want. But it's absolutely constitutional to say that insurers have to cover people with pre-existing conditions. Congress should mandate it. People like my own
little boy, who has a pre-existing condition, should be covered under the law, but apart from ObamaCare. We don't have to have ObamaCare to do it. I think we need to clear away the failure of ObamaCare and put patients back in charge of their healthcare.
Source: Meet the Press interviews for 2018 Missouri Senate race
Oct 14, 2018
On Abortion:
Roe v. Wade was most unjust decision in U.S. history
Q: Abortion: Mostly ban or mostly legal?Josh Hawley (R): Ban. Called Roe v. Wade "one of the most unjust decisions" in U.S. judicial history.
Claire McCaskill (D): Legal. Supported bill to prevent abortion providers being singled out for
medically unwarranted restrictions.
Q: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if disagree with it morally?
Josh Hawley (R): Yes. Was lawyer in Hobby Lobby case that gave businesses religious freedom
rights to withhold this coverage.
Claire McCaskill (D): No. Says best way to reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions is by expanding access to birth control.
Q: Allow public funding of Planned Parenthood for non-abortion health services?
Josh Hawley (R): "No tax money of any kind."
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Taking away birth control will increase abortions.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Corporations:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional
Q: Financial Regulation: Support cutbacks in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?Josh Hawley (R):
Yes. Argued that its creation was unconstitutional.
Claire McCaskill (D): No, but voted to amend some of its banking rules.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Drugs:
Supports medical marijuana
Q: Legalize or decriminalize marijuana.Josh Hawley (R): "Inclined" to support medical marijuana in initiative.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports medical marijuana, alternatives to prison for nonviolent drug offenders, "might support" recreational marijuana.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Education:
Give religious schools state educational resources
Q: Provide vouchers to send children to private schools with public money?Josh Hawley (R):
Has supported eligibility of religious schools for state resources. Position unclear on vouchers.
Claire McCaskill (D): No.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Education:
Universities provide worthless degrees and waste billions
Q: Refinance student loans at lower rates, by raising high-earner taxes? Increase student financial aid, like Pell Grants?Josh Hawley (R): Unclear, but says universities waste billions of public funds and leave families with billions of debt,
giving students "worthless degrees" and indoctrinating them in far-left thinking.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Co-sponsored Elizabeth Warren proposal to refinance student loans. Supports increasing Pell Grants.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Energy & Oil:
Oppose the job-killing climate agenda
Q: Consider climate change a critical threat? Limit or tax greenhouse gas production?Josh Hawley (R): No. Criticized Obama's "job-killing `climate agenda'" and "climate change crusade." Backed lawsuit against Obama Clean Power Plan.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes, but asked for more time for coal plants to implement Obama Clean Power Plan, while opposing its repeal. Opposed carbon tax but supports US participation in Paris Climate Accord.
Q: Support government subsidies for renewable energy?
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Supports alternative energy subsidies, but also recognizes Missouri's dependence on coal and supported Keystone Pipeline.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Environment:
Fought Obama EPA overreach
Q: Support cutbacks in Environmental Protection Administration?Josh Hawley (R): Fought Obama EPA "overreach." Opposed EPA "Clean Power Plan."
Claire McCaskill (D): No, but opposed some EPA regulations affecting farmers.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Families & Children:
Supports biblical truth about husband & wife, man & woman
Q: Support gay marriage?Josh Hawley (R): No. Supports "the biblical truth about husband and wife, man and woman."
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Free Trade:
Supports Trump's tariffs on China, but what about farmers?
Q:Support President Trump's tariffs on Chinese steel and other products?Josh Hawley (R):
Supports approach but worried about farmers, so wants to see the deal.
Claire McCaskill (D): Opposes.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Government Reform:
Supported by Citizens United PAC for Attorney General
Q: Require political ads to disclose their largest funders?Josh Hawley (R): Unclear. Has said need ethics reform, but no stands requiring this.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Backed bills to require.
Q: Support Citizens United decision, allowing unlimited political donations from corporations and unions?
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown, although Citizens United PAC supported for Attorney General.
Claire McCaskill (D): No. Restore reasonable limits.
Q: Elections: Support nonpartisan "Clean Missouri" redistricting initiative to address partisan gerrymandering and limit gifts by lobbyists.
Josh Hawley (R): No current stand.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. "Couldn't be more enthusiastic"
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Government Reform:
Defended strict Missouri voter ID requirements
Q: Voting Rights: Support stricter voting rules like voter ID requirements or reduced registration times, even if they prevent some people from voting?Josh Hawley (R):
Defended strict Missouri Voter ID Law, but may have just been in his role as Attorney General.
Claire McCaskill (D): Opposes.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Gun Control:
Supports background checks but not assault rifle ban
Q: Support more restrictive gun control legislation? Restrict semi-automatic weapons?Josh Hawley (R): Supports background checks, banning bump stocks, but not assault rifles.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Supports Second Amendment, but supports background checks, closing gun show loophole, assault rifle ban.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Health Care:
ObamaCare was never constitutional
Q: Support or Repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as ObamaCare?Josh Hawley (R): Repeal & replace ACA, which "was never constitutional." Part of lawsuit to end required coverage of pre-existing conditions.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports "improving" ACA. Offered Senate resolution to protect coverage of pre-existing conditions.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Immigration:
Amnesty is not the answer; supports border wall
Q: Support DREAM Act (DACA), allowing "Dreamers" who arrived illegally as children, then grew up in the US, to achieve legal status if meet certain conditions? Support path to citizenship for America's 11 million illegal immigrants?
Josh Hawley (R): Opposes general path to citizenship. "Amnesty is not the answer." Supports Trump border wall. Position on DACA unclear.
Criticized McCaskill for "giving illegal immigrants a free pass and allowing them to use children as a human shield."
Claire McCaskill (D): Voted for 2010 DREAM Act. Worked on bipartisan immigration proposal with path to citizenship for
DACA kids combined with more border security. Opposes Trump's wall and family separations. Has opposed general path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Jobs:
Support Right to Work: make union dues optional
Q: Support "Right to Work" laws, which make union dues optional?Josh Hawley (R): Yes.
Claire McCaskill (D): No. Opposed MO ballot initiative.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Jobs:
Minimum wage increase may result in lost jobs
Q: Support Missouri minimum wage initiative?Josh Hawley (R): Hasn't made up mind. "Worried it may actually result in lost jobs."
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports MO initiative to raise to $12/hour by 2023.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On War & Peace:
Withdraw from Iran nuclear treaty
Q: Support Trump withdrawal from treaty limiting Iran nuclear capability in return for lifting economic sanctions?Josh Hawley (R): Yes.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supported original treaty. "Concerned about what comes next" and effect on the relationship with allies.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Missouri Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
On Health Care:
Get rid of ObamaCare, but cover pre-existing conditions
Josh Hawley says he is all about making sure anybody can get health insurance, regardless of their medical status: "We need to cover pre-existing conditions," he said earlier this summer.But Hawley is one of the 20 state officials who has signed
onto a new lawsuit seeking to eliminate the Affordable Care Act's guarantee of coverage, which they argue is unconstitutional. Hawley is also a longtime supporter of Congress repealing the law outright. "It's simple: ObamaCare must go,"
he told supporters last year.
Hawley would have Missourians believe there is nothing contradictory in his rhetoric and action--he simply wants to get rid of "ObamaCare," not the law's promise of insurance for anybody regardless of pre-existing
conditions.
In reality, Hawley and other Republicans have no plan for replacing the law with something that would provide the same kind of access. The GOP, including Hawley, is now talking up a Senate bill experts have said wouldn't solve the problem.
Source: Huffington Post on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Sep 2, 2018
On Free Trade:
China systematically abuses the global trade system
Higher 25% levies imposed by China on American soybean and pork exports could depress demand for pork produced in Missouri. The Chinese government has announced $50 billion in tariffs on more than 100 US goods, part of an escalating battle over trade
between Beijing and Washington. And some observers say the potential for economic upheaval could affect pivotal political races later in 2018--like the race for one of Missouri's US Senate seats.In a statement, Hawley sounded notes similar to
messages he posted on Twitter in early March. He noted that most of the US's trade partners "follow the same rules we do," but "one in particular doesn't: China."
"China systematically abuses the global trade system and we should respond firmly to
defend American workers," Hawley continued. "One of my top concerns is to ensure there is no retaliation against our agricultural community--including Missouri farmers--and that we are not punishing trade partners who do follow the rules in the process."
Source: Springfield News-Leader on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Apr 5, 2018
On Gun Control:
Stronger gun control background checks; ban bump stocks
President Trump's effort to ban bump stocks has the support of Josh Hawley, Missouri's attorney general and a Republican running for U.S. Senate against the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Claire McCaskill. Hawley, speaking to reporters
after formally filing paperwork to run for Senate, fielded˙multiple questions about firearms in America. He said he supports˙some gun-control measures, such as improving the background check system used by weapons dealers with federal firearms licenses.˙
Source: Springfield News-Leader on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Feb 27, 2018
On Tax Reform:
Ad-Watch: tax plan gives 25%, not 83%, to richest 1%
Claire McCaskill ad claim: Hawley supported the tax plan giving 83 percent of tax benefits to the richest 1 percent of Americans
We found this to be incomplete. A Tax Policy Center analysis shows about 25 percent of tax cuts will go to the top 1 percent in 2025.
The amount of tax cuts going to the richest Americans does jump to 83 percent in 2027, but only because most individual income tax changes expire then.
Hawley's team called the attack false in a press release saying, "It's a classic case of politicians using a technically accurate statistic but without the context or explanation it requires."
Source: KOMU-TV-8 Fact-check on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Feb 27, 2018
On Families & Children:
1960s sexual revolution destroys our families
Excerpts from an audio tape have leaked of Hawley speaking to a conclave of Christian-right activists in December that's more than a little out there, blaming the scourge of human trafficking on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and '70s.
Sexual freedom leads to sexual slavery, he explained."It ends in the slavery and exploitation of young women. It will destroy our families," he said. "You know what I'm talking about, the 1960s, 1970s, it became commonplace in our culture among
our cultural elites, Hollywood, and the media, to talk about, to denigrate the biblical truth about husband and wife, man and woman."
But there will always be a political market for the proposition that if we had just kept the womenfolk under control
and both genders under bonds of premarital celibacy, we wouldn't be dealing with problems like human trafficking. It's very much the point of view of the dominant class of men in the dystopian feminist classic The Handmaid's Tale.
Source: New York Magazine on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Feb 1, 2018
On Principles & Values:
Fight the false gospel of 'anything goes'
During a speech at a "Pastors and Pews" event hosted by the Missouri Renewal Project, Hawley tied the sexual revolution, the cultural shift in the 1960s and 1970s that eliminated the social stigma for premarital sex and contraception that had been
commonplace in the United States:"We have a human trafficking crisis in our state and in this city and in our country because people are willing to purchase women, young women, and treat them like commodities. There is a market for it. Why is there?
Because our culture has completely lost its way. The sexual revolution has led to exploitation of women on a scale that we would never have imagined, never have imagined," Hawley told the crowd.
"We must deliver a message to our culture
that the false gospel of 'anything goes' ends in this road of slavery. It ends in the slavery and the exploitation of the most vulnerable among us. It ends in the slavery and exploitation of young women."
Source: Kansas City Star on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Jan 31, 2018
On Budget & Economy:
Reduced budget via staff reduction and exposing fraud
Hawley is requesting a $25.3 million budget, which is a reduction of about $100,000. He tells the House Budget Committee he wants to eliminate two full-time employees. "So I'm proposing to eliminate FTE's (full-time employees) from the executive
administrative staff, not lawyers, but from the administrative staff one IT (information technology) line and one executive assistant," says Hawley. Hawley also testifies his office has recovered a record $24 million in Medicaid fraud in 2017.
Source: MissouriNet on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Jan 30, 2018
On Corporations:
Went after big mortgage companies for improper loans
AG Josh Hawley, along with AG's from 48 states reached a $45MM settlement with mortgage lender and servicer PHH Mortgage Corporation. The settlement resolves allegations that PHH improperly serviced mortgage loans from 2009 through 2012. "Home ownership
is at the center of the American dream, and my Office will take action against companies whose illegal business practices would frustrate that dream," Hawley said. "This settlement holds PHH to account for its improper loan servicing practices."
Source: AG press release on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Jan 4, 2018
On War & Peace:
under many threats from radical Islam & N Korea
"Josh Hawley is a constitutional lawyer who has fought for cases at the Supreme Court and won," said Ambassador John Bolton. "He'll take that same fight to the U.S. Senate, where I know he will vote and advocate for a stronger national security and an
America-first foreign policy." "It is an honor to receive an endorsement from Ambassador Bolton. An expert in foreign policy, he understands the many threats posed to America by radical Islam, North Korea, and Iran.
Source: Globe News Wire on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Dec 12, 2017
On Homeland Security:
Provide veterans with free legal help
Missouri AG Josh Hawley says he wants to develop the first statewide program to provide free legal help to military service members. He plans to form a Military Legal Assistance Team. That team will work with attorneys from military bases to find
private attorneys who will provide pro bono services to service members with certain legal needs. The team will formally launch early next year. Hawley said in a news release that the board will determine which legal needs would qualify for the program.
Source: The Seattle Times on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Dec 11, 2017
On Tax Reform:
Keep deductions for local taxes & 401(k) contributions
Hawley himself, staked out similar parameters: He said he wants passage of a tax reform plan "to provide real tax relief for working people" and changes to parts of the tax code that are currently "rigged" for the rich. When asked about two elements
Republicans have floated that Democrats say could hurt middle-class taxpayers--eliminating deductions on state and local taxes paid, and lowering the cap on tax-free contributions to 401k retirement plans--he said he is uncomfortable with both ideas.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Oct 25, 2017
On Crime:
Use anti-riot laws on crowds protesting police shootings
The AG wants anti-rioting laws to be enforced after this weekend's vandalism across the St. Louis region. The vandalism began after the Jason Stockley verdict [where a white police officer was acquitted of the shooting death of a black driver].
"Missouri has laws against rioting, against vandalism, against assaulting police officers and those laws need to be enforced," Hawley says. "And local officials have the responsibility to enforce the law." Hawley says citizens who demonstrate
peacefully must be protected, vandal and looters must be prosecuted. "Violence is not protected by the 1st Amendment," says Hawley.
About 1,000 protesters gathered outside the St. Louis City Justice Center. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found
Stockley not guilty of first degree murder and armed criminal action, for the December 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith during a police chase. Meantime, St. Louis Police say they made 123 arrests.
Source: MissouriNet on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Sep 19, 2017
On Drugs:
Charges opioid manufacturers with deception
Missouri AG Josh Hawley filed a lawsuit against 3 of the largest manufacturers of opioids, accusing the companies of violating Missouri's consumer protection laws. The complaint, which was filed in St. Louis, calls opioid abuse an epidemic in
Missouri that is a "direct result of a carefully crafted campaign of deception" by the pharmaceutical companies that "fraudulently misrepresented the risks posed by the drugs that they manufacture and sell, misleading both doctors and consumers."
Source: Kansas City Star on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Jun 12, 2017
On Government Reform:
Work for campaign ethics reform, starting with Missouri
The Constitution guarantees to every state "a republican form of government." Self-government by the people--is at the heart of what it means to be free. There is good reason to think Missouri's government is ailing. Missouri is one of the only states
in the nation to permit lawmakers to accept unlimited gifts from special interests, and the resulting quid pro quo culture is undermining public trust. Meaningful ethics reform is vital to restoring public confidence in Missouri's political system.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Apr 29, 2017
On Crime:
Apply consumer protection laws to pursue human traffickers
Missouri AG Josh Hawley announced his office will begin to target human traffickers through new regulations under Missouri's consumer protection laws, an effort supporters hope will lead to more prosecutions. Consumer protection regulations
are typically used to combat unfair trade practices. Using them in this context gives law enforcement additional tools to go after traffickers. Hawley explained the new regulations will be easier to enforce and won't rely as much on victim cooperation.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Apr 3, 2017
On Energy & Oil:
Clean Power Plan hurts economy by raising energy prices
Trump signed an executive order dismantling the plan his predecessor put into effect in 2015. The Clean Power Plan was meant to reduce CO2 emissions, which many climate scientists say contribute to man-made global warming, from power plants.
Attorney General Josh Hawley sees it as a victory for Missouri. Hawley said the˙Clean Power Plan hurt Missouri by installing a massive network of regulations that would have driven energy prices up in Missouri by double digits.
Source: The Missouri Times on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Mar 30, 2017
On Energy & Oil:
Dismantle Obama-era network of energy regulations
President Trump signed an executive order dismantling the plan that President Obama put into effect in 2015. The Clean Power Plan was meant to reduce CO2 emissions, which many climate scientists say contribute to man-made global warming, from power
plants. Trump's action marked a step back from the environmentally conscious administration of Obama. However, Attorney General Josh Hawley sees it as a victory for Missouri.Hawley said the Clean Power Plan hurt Missouri by installing a massive
network of regulations that would have driven energy prices up in Missouri by double digits. Missouri challenged the regulations in federal court as unconstitutional. "This is a major win for the people of Missouri," Hawley said. "As we have long argued
and as legal experts from across the political spectrum have recognized, these regulations are flatly unconstitutional. We fought these job-killing regulations in court and soon they will be gone. Relief is on the way for Missouri families."
Source: The Missouri Times on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Mar 30, 2017
On Health Care:
Ran for Attorney-General on anti-ObamaCare platform
After spending months on the campaign trail last year railing against ObamaCare, Missouri's new attorney general is staying tight-lipped about his party's plan to replace it. Hawley ran on a platform largely based on his role in a lawsuit against the
Affordable Care Act that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.As a private attorney, he worked with more than a dozen lawyers on a case in which Hobby Lobby and other businesses challenged a federal requirement to provide insurance coverage for
contraceptives for employees.
His campaign web site notes that, "ObamaCare is hurting Missouri families--limiting their healthcare and driving up their bills. And it's hurting jobs. If we want better healthcare and better jobs in our state, it's
simple: ObamaCare must go," it adds.
With the Republican-led Congress and Trump now pushing to repeal ObamaCare, other statewide officials in Missouri have weighed in on the effects of the replacement plan, including Republican Gov. Eric Greitens.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Mar 17, 2017
On Education:
Excluding religious school choice amounts to discrimination
In 2007, Jon Huntsman Jr., then the governor of Utah, signed a statewide school voucher program into law. The "Parent Choice in Education Act" enabled all children in the state to access a scholarship to attend any private school of their choosing.
Opponents of school choice decry the use of public money to fund private schools. There is a wrinkle: the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and, more specifically for Missourians, the Blaine Amendment to the Missouri Constitution, which
stipulates that "no money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect or denomination of religion."
In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that excluding religious institutions from school choice programs
and funding amounted to discrimination. The court is currently weighing a challenge to Missouri's Blaine Amendment. Newly inaugurated Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley insists, "Blaine Amendments cannot be allowed to trump the First Amendment."
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Jan 20, 2017
On Principles & Values:
Conservative principles are the backbone of our country
The American Conservative Union announced its endorsement of Josh Hawley, the leading conservative in Missouri's race for AG. Josh Hawley said about to the endorsement: "I'm honored to receive the endorsement of the ACU, one of our nation's strongest
advocates for promoting our constitutional rights, personal responsibility & limited government. This continues the strong momentum for our grassroots campaign that is focused on the conservative principles that have made our country free & prosperous."
Source: American Conservative Union on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Jul 27, 2016
On Immigration:
Immigration laws need overhaul but not via executive order
President Obama recently announced that he was dissatisfied with America's immigration laws--which he only sometimes bothers to enforce--and so he has decided to change them. By executive order.˙I suspect most Americans think our immigration
policy is in need of an overhaul. But the Constitution says that laws are written by Congress, the people's elected representatives, and enforced by the president. President Obama's attempt to rewrite immigration law threatens this separation of powers.
Source: The Joplin Globe on 2018 Missouri Senate race
Dec 14, 2014
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