Jeff Bartos in 2022 PA Senate race
On Abortion:
Rated pro-life by Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, LifePac
[On abortion rights]: "Jeff was proud to be rated 'pro-life' by both the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and LifePac in 2018.
As a senator, Jeff will always stand up for our most vulnerable and work with conservatives in Harrisburg to build a culture that respects life."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Oct 10, 2021
On Budget & Economy:
Big companies thrived in pandemic; mom-and-pops got crushed
[On small business]: "Our elected officials, time and again, do not have Main Street in their hearts and in their minds when they enact policies," Bartos said. "In many respects, they're distant, removed or aloof from Main Street.
That's why you see Walmart and Target thriving during the pandemic, Amazon thriving during the pandemic, and small mom-and-pops getting crushed, closing. Main Streets empty. Lives destroyed. Dreams destroyed."
Source: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 19, 2021
On Budget & Economy:
Trump tax cuts, deregulation led to best economy pre-COVID
It's important to kind of step back and talk about the policies that the president and his administration implemented. Domestically, we could talk about tax cuts, we could talk about deregulation, we could talk about the best economy any of us
have seen in our lifetimes prior to the pandemic, we could talk about the real impact of those economic policies on the lowest wage-earners. We were hitting on all cylinders and heading into 2020 with a record-breaking economy before the pandemic.
Source: Jewish Insider on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 11, 2021
On Budget & Economy:
Opposed American Rescue Plan as "spendapalooza"
Bartos opposed the recent $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that received no Republican support. "What was passed in Washington is what people hate about Washington," Bartos said. "We have a $1.9 trillion spendapalooza that is called a 'COVID relief
bill' when only--give or take--10% of the bill actually is directed at COVID relief, and the other 90% is a grab bag of liberal wish list and left-wing policies all cobbled together and passed in one bill with no bipartisan work, no compromise.
Source: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 19, 2021
On Budget & Economy:
Concerned infrastructure bill might burden working families
The announcement came that the Senate had agreed to move forward on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. When asked if he would have supported the bill, Bartos explained that he would have wanted to have read through the whole
proposal. "I'm deeply concerned about the nomenclature the Biden administration has used to describe infrastructure," he said. He conceded that Pennsylvania's roads "are in need of major repairs," but doesn't want to "place a burden on working families."
Source: Observer-Reporter on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Jul 30, 2021
On Crime:
Against "Defund the Police," police need to be fully funded
Jeff will oppose any radical attempts to 'Defund the Police.' Radical Democrats' attempts to Defund the Police are dangerous for our communities. Crime is soaring in our communities and national Democrats are actively turning their backs on our
women and men in uniform. Jeff believes our police departments and law enforcement officers need to be fully funded and have all of the tools necessary at their disposal to help keep our communities safe.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Education:
Silencing conservative students is fundamentally un-American
Citing two daughters in college, Bartos said students now have to be careful about what they say or write for fear of a failing grade or being "canceled" by classmates. "The idea that in our institutions of higher learning, those voices that would
stand up and present a different message are shunned into silence or chilled because of their conservative beliefs is something that is fundamentally un-American," Bartos told about 40 voters in Souderton.
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Aug 4, 2021
On Education:
Critical race theory is "state-sponsored racism"
Bartos denounced critical race theory, a decades-old concept once mostly confined to academic and legal circles. Very few districts actually teach the theory itself. But Bartos called it "state-sponsored racism" being pushed on elementary school
students. Pressed to name a Pennsylvania district that teaches critical race theory, Bartos said that he knew of none and that his comments center on one in Virginia. That district denies teaching the theory.
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Aug 4, 2021
On Energy & Oil:
Natural gas is bounty God has given us here in Pennsylvania
Oil and gas industry--"It is cruel and inhumane to tell women and men you can't make a living with the bounty God has given us here in Pennsylvania.
It's not only a jobs issue; it's a national security issue," Bartos said of the natural gas industry.
Source: Westfield Free Press-Courier: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Jul 29, 2021
On Energy & Oil:
Natural gas is key to future of Pennsylvania's economy
- Democrats are also waging a war on the energy industry and American energy independence.
- Pennsylvania's natural resources are America's gateway to sustained energy independence.
- The future of Pennsylvania's economy is dependent on
harnessing our God-given bounty of natural gas to power our commonwealth. We need to embrace the bounty of natural resources we were granted, invest in pipeline infrastructure, and establish ourselves as a national leader in the energy industry.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
Supports security for Israel, against Iran nuclear deal
Bartos, for his part, suggested that he may opt for a middle path, expressing admiration for a broad array of Trump's policies both domestic and foreign. As a Jew who is deeply invested in Israel's security,
Bartos was perhaps most enthusiastic about the Trump administration's recent achievements in the Middle East, including the Abraham Accords, as well as Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
Source: Jewish Insider on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 11, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
Hold China accountable, for moving embassy in Israel
Holding China accountable, making sure that America continued her important role to be the leading light onto all nations. Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, moving the American Embassy, the
Abraham Accords, pulling us out of the disastrous JCPOA--some people call it the Iran nuclear deal. I think all of those policies I'm not only comfortable discussing, but enthusiastic to discuss.
Source: Jewish Insider on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 11, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
U.S.-Israel relationship is sacred to me and to our family
The U.S.-Israel relationship is sacred to me and to our family. It's been something that we've really devoted the last eight years of our life to--our daughter Sarah attended Jewish day school in the Philadelphia suburbs, is very active with
Chabad on her college campus. So we as a family are deeply committed not only to the health and well-being of the State of Israel, but more importantly, a very, very strong U.S.-Israel relationship.
Source: Jewish Insider on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 11, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
Would fight UN Human Rights Council studying racism in US
United Nations--Bartos doesn't agree with President Joe Biden's decision to allow the HRC
[UN's Human Rights Council] to study racism in the U.S., and if elected, he'd fight against the U.N.
Source: Westfield Free Press-Courier: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Jul 29, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
Let people sue China for COVID, prosecute IP theft
Bartos will hold China accountable, protect American jobs, and prevent China from dominating the world economy. Jeff will join legislation that will allow Americans to sue the Chinese Communist Party for its role in creating and covering up the
COVID-19 pandemic.China steals intellectual property from US Companies every single day. Jeff Bartos will push for stronger cybersecurity and prosecution for anyone found to have stolen IP from the US, including the Chinese Communist Party.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Government Reform:
Election not stolen; Trump not to blame for insurrection
Bartos does not suggest that the election was stolen from Trump--Trump maintains baselessly that it was--and has said he believes Trump should have ended his efforts to overturn the outcome several weeks after the election when federal courts were
rejecting his legal challenges.But Bartos does not assign blame to Trump for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, unlike Toomey, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of suburban Philadelphia and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell.
Source: Associated Press on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 8, 2021
On Government Reform:
For voter ID, end "no excuse" absentee ballots
Bartos is also joining a Republican movement to tighten voting laws in the wake of Trump's loss to Biden. Bartos said that he supports voter ID laws and ending "no excuse" absentee ballots, a law that
Pennsylvania passed in 2019 with near-universal support from Republican lawmakers before Trump began attacking mail-in voting, baselessly, as being rife with fraud.
Source: Associated Press on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 8, 2021
On Government Reform:
Signed U.S. Term Limits pledge
U.S. Term Limits praises Jeff Bartos, for signing the pledge for an amendment to term limit Congress. It reads, "I pledge that as a member of Congress, I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2)
Senate terms and no longer limit." The U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Cruz and his colleagues (SJR3) and the U.S. House by Representative Ralph Norman (HJR12).
Source: TermLimits.com blog on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 7, 2021
On Government Reform:
Voting rights bill attempt by radical left to seize power
[On election reform]: "S.1 was a laughable attempt by beltway liberals to put Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and AOC in charge of Pennsylvania's elections," said
Republican Jeff Bartos. "S.1 was just the latest attempt by the radical left to seize more power. I'm glad it died a very public death in the Senate--our nation is better for it."
Source: Delaware Valley Journal on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Jun 30, 2021
On Government Reform:
Investigate 2020 election, particularly mail-in ballots
Some of Bartos' primary opponents are vocal election deniers. Bartos acknowledged that Joe Biden won Pennsylvania and the presidency and said he, his wife, and two daughters voted by mail, but Bartos also favors an investigation of the
2020 election, especially how mail ballots were used. Such calls have increasingly become a litmus test in GOP primaries in Pennsylvania and elsewhere as Trump has continued his lies of a stolen election.
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Aug 4, 2021
On Government Reform:
Senseless regulations drive businesses to other countries
- Cutting burdensome regulations will cut costs
- The fewer senseless regulations we have, the fewer bureaucrats we will need to administer them.
- Create an environment where businesses choose to do business in
Pennsylvania and America.
- Instead of creating an environment for American businesses to thrive, national Democrats seem hell-bent on driving businesses to other countries.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Gun Control:
Proud gun owner since dad gave him Glock on 21st birthday
Jeff will always stand up and defend the Second Amendment. On his 21st birthday, Jeff's father gave him a Glock 21- and he has been a proud gun owner ever since. In the U.S. Senate, Bartos will be sure to fight against radical Democrats like
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi who want to take away guns from hardworking, law-abiding Pennsylvanians. The need for Pennsylvanians to be able to defend themselves and their homes is more imperative than ever as crime soars.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Health Care:
Vaccinated but opposed to federal mandates
A slice of the Republican electorate has declined to be vaccinated against the virus and view it as either a hoax or overblown by the media. Bartos said that, yes, he has been vaccinated, but opposes federal
mandates. "I felt that being vaccinated was the right thing for me, and I believe at my core we should trust people to do what's best for themselves and their families."
Source: Observer-Reporter on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Jul 30, 2021
On Health Care:
Vaccine mandate is a backbreaker for small businesses
Jeff will fight back against any and all attempts at instituting a federal vaccine mandate. These mandates are a backbreaker for small businesses, driving up operating costs, and forcing even more businesses to close.
If the Coronavirus pandemic taught us one thing, it is that small businesses cannot afford more burdensome regulation from lawmakers who have no idea what running a business entails.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Immigration:
Secure the border, cut funding for sanctuary cities
We need to finish securing the border with technology and physical barriers. America's immigration system needs to be rooted in the rule of law--and that means knowing who is entering our country. Jeff will ensure sanctuary cities in
Pennsylvania do not see a single tax dollar from the federal government. Sanctuary cities are proven to be deadly for law-abiding Americans and hotbeds for crime.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Principles & Values:
People just need government to get out of the way
I haven't heard anybody say to me, "I want the government to do X--I really need this from the government." What I've heard is, "I just need the government to get out of my way, trust me to run my business, trust me to take care of my employees and my
family, trust me to be a good part of the community, just trust me and I will do right." Our campaign is going to be fighting for all Pennsylvanians to get the government out of the way so that they can live their lives.
Source: Jewish Insider on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 11, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Matters to me that I'm Jewish, not to average voter
So, does it matter to the average Pennsylvania voter that I'm a Jewish candidate in light of what happened at the Tree of Life? No, I don't think so. But it matters deeply to me. And, of course, I'll be representing all Pennsylvanians. But I want
to show, as part of this campaign, we're going to be bringing a terrific coalition together that, I think, is going to surprise people, and certainly, when I'm in Pittsburgh, with the Jewish community and with the overall community out in Pittsburgh,
Source: Jewish Insider on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Mar 11, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Marxists are trying to divide us by race
Critical race theory--"Marxists for 100 years attempted to divide Americans by class.
But America was founded on an entrepreneurial spirit, we've always rooted for the little guy to become the big guy. That didn't work, now they're trying to divide us by race," he said.
Source: Westfield Free Press-Courier: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Jul 29, 2021
On Principles & Values:
The only candidate with meaningful ties to the state
Bartos stands alone as the only candidate with meaningful ties to the state and a proven conservative record of bringing jobs to the state. Bartos' proven conservative credentials and long history in the state make him stand out in a crowd of
carpetbaggers with no history of standing up for the conservative positions they now claim to espouse. While other candidates move here, treating our seat like an At-Large district, Jeff knows Pennsylvania is unique and is prepared to lead.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Tax Reform:
Cut spending and waste, give working families tax breaks
Jeff will cut Washington's spending and eliminate bureaucratic waste. Washington doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a spending and mismanagement problem. Jeff believes that first and foremost,
Washington needs to cut spending, eliminate bureaucratic waste and pass those savings on to working families with tax breaks.
Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website JeffBartos.com
Jul 19, 2021
On Technology:
Rein in Big Tech--but owns stock in Google and Apple
[On tech giants]: "From shadow-banning conservatives, censoring content online, biased fact-checking, and now funneling millions of dollars into our elections it's become clearer than ever: Big Tech must be reined in," Bartos wrote on Twitter. But he
and his wife also were investing in Alphabet Inc., which owns Google, and Apple. "As a shareholder, who owns stock, I believe that the company needs to change for the better." He added that it's the "duty" of shareholders to lodge such criticisms.
Source: Imperial Valley Press on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Sep 10, 2021
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