Natalie James in 2022 AR Senate race
On Abortion:
Support safe access to reproductive services
Support safe access to reproductive services and a woman's
right to choose what happens to HER BODY.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Budget & Economy:
Fund projects strengthening under-served communities
As a senator, she will:- Prioritize investments in internet and broadband to expand access;
- Support the funding of projects aimed at strengthening underserved communities and communities of color;
- Improve
existing water infrastructures while investing in green efforts to roll back pollution and strengthen communities; and
- Repair roads, bridges, and infrastructures in rural and urban communities often deprived of sustaining infrastructure.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Budget & Economy:
Prioritize assistance to small and minority businesses
As your Senator,
she will prioritize assistance to small and minority businesses and entrepreneurs.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Corporations:
Revoke tax breaks for corporations that outsource US jobs
As a senator, she will:- Revoke tax breaks for corporations that outsource American jobs.
- Oppose the automation of American jobs while supporting Made in America incentives for corporations.
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Advocate for a living wage for all Americans.
- Invest in vocational and technical training and opportunities.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Crime:
End Qualified Immunity, end mass incarceration
As your Senator, she will:- Fund police departments responsibly so that accountability and restoring trust are possible;
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End Qualified Immunity
- Create and Strengthen pathways for re-entry citizens;
- Reduce Senseless Gun Violence; and
- Support measures to put an end to mass incarceration.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Education:
Strengthen public school system; prioritize Pre-K education
As your Senator, she will:- Strengthen our public school system;
- Prioritize Pre-K education;
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Defend Educators and advocate for school resources, and
- Rollback the cost of higher education and ease the burden of student loan debt.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Energy & Oil:
Advocate for equity in developing clean energy economy
As your Senator, Natalie James will:- Support President Biden in his efforts to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and continue our committed effort to combat climate change.
- Hold Corporate America accountable for its role in assuring
our goal of net-zero emission by 2050
- Advocate for black and brown communities in the development of a clean energy economy.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Environment:
Reverse Trump's EPA war on environmental justice
As your Senator, she will prioritize efforts to roll back
Scott Pruitt & the Trump Administrations' war on the Clean Power Plan and Environmental Justice.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Free Trade:
Expand market access; fight trade policies hurting farmers
As your Senator, Natalie James will:- Fight trade policies that hurt Arkansas farmers.
- Ensure the U.S.D.A. (the U.S. Department of Agriculture) adopts policies that close the equal opportunity gap for small, minority, and
black-owned farms; while expanding existing resources.
- Expand market access for Arkansas grown products. and
- Ensure Arkansas farmers have a voice in the conversation regarding the U.S. efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Health Care:
Defend and improve the Affordable Care Act
As your Senator, Natalie James will:- Defend Protections for those with pre-existing conditions.
- Support legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs and measures to allow Medicaid to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies.
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Defend and improve the Affordable Care Act.
- Hold Big Pharma accountable for its role in the opioid epidemic.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Senate campaign website JamesForArkansas.com
Jun 7, 2022
On Gun Control:
Ban AR-15 weapons & raise purchasing age
Natalie James of Little Rock, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, said she supports a ban on AR-15 weapons. James added that she is also in support of raising the purchasing age for
AR-15 weapons, saying the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde would not have taken place if the age requirement was higher.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 2022 Arkansas Senate race
Jun 5, 2022
On Homeland Security:
Cut defense budget; move money to homelessness, education
[On budget priorities]: "If we don't take care of the actual people there's nothing left for us to take care of," James said in an interview before the primary. "So, we need to make sure that we have our budgets balanced first, and we need to get out of
debt, second, but we also need to see where we're spending it so we can reallocate funds from different discretionary funds." She said moving money from the military budget would help with issues such as homelessness and education.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 2022 Arkansas Senate race
Jun 5, 2022
On Government Reform:
Pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act & Freedom to Vote Act
Q: What's the first thing you'd like to accomplish if elected?
A: Vote to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Freedom to Vote Act, Women's Health Protection Act along with pushing to codify Roe vs Wade.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 2022 Arkansas Senate race
Apr 25, 2022
On Jobs:
Supports living wage starting with $15-an-hour minimum
Q: What is the most pressing issue facing your constituents and how would you address it?A: A living wage that will help them thrive and not simply survive. Health care worries mixed with a 21st-century education and broadband access for our future.
I would support legislation to increase our living wages to start federally at $15-an-hour along with those already at the minimum receiving raises to compensate for the current value.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 2022 Arkansas Senate race
Apr 25, 2022
On Drugs:
Decriminalize marijuana; expunge marijuana-related offenses
The candidate listed stances including health care issues such as lowering the prices of prescription drug prices; criminal justice reform, such as decriminalizing
marijuana and expunging the records of those with marijuana-related offenses; and education investment and reform as among her top priorities.
Source: El Dorado News on 2022 Arkansas Senate race
Jun 16, 2021
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