State of Missouri Archives: on Principles & Values

Vicky Hartzler: Work hard, trust in God, help your neighbors in need

Vicky Hartzler: ?Chairs the House Values Action Team

Vicky Hartzler: Liberals have thrown us into crisis with socialist ideas

Scott Sifton: Championed strong ethics rules for legislators

Vicky Hartzler: Voted for Trump efforts over 95% of the time

Vicky Hartzler: Benefitted from farm subsidies she voted for

Vicky Hartzler: Voted against certifying Biden's Electoral College victory

Eric Schmitt: Taken a blow torch to protect the America First Agenda

As Attorney General, Eric Schmitt defended President Trump at every turn and fought for justice for Missourians against the radical left, Big Tech, and even the Communist Party of China. Now with Joe Biden in the White House and a liberal takeover in the House and Senate, we need a proven Conservative to take the fight to the Senate and save our values, our culture, and our country.

Eric Schmitt: Take the radical left's cancel culture movement head-on

We need more fighters in Washington willing to stop the radical cancel culture agenda being advanced by the left that is destroying lives and suppressing speech. Eric is ready to take the radical left's cancel culture movement head-on and protect our values.

Scott Sifton: Supported impeachment of then-governor Eric Greitens

Mike Kehoe: I'm a true Missourian who's never lived anywhere else

Scott Sifton: Promote truth and equality; trust science

Josh Hawley: Under investigation for mixing public funds with campaign

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.

Josh Hawley: Represented Hobby Lobby for businesses religious freedom

Hawley: Yes. Was lawyer in Hobby Lobby case that gave businesses religious freedom rights to withhold this coverage.

McCaskill: No. Says best way to reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions is by expanding access to birth control.

Mike Parson: Vows to bring honor, integrity and transparency to office

Josh Hawley: Attorney General's duty to investigate Governor Greitens

Some have criticized the Attorney General for his investigations, saying his office took it easy on Greitens. "I've soft-pedaled nothing. I take my responsibilities as Missouri's chief law enforcement officer very seriously," he said. "This is bad for the state, there's no way around it."

When asked whether he believed the Governor should step down, Hawley responded, saying that he didn't want to say anything to compromise the investigation, but called the situation "very grave."

When asked if Greitens was one of the 15 entities that had been subpoenaed, Hawley said, "We will subpoena anyone and everyone who is relevant to this investigation," he said. "And we will not be put off by any invocation of executive privilege or anything else. We will get the facts."

Josh Hawley: Fight the false gospel of 'anything goes'

"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."

Austin Petersen: Though agnostic, stands for religious freedom

Josh Hawley: Conservative principles are the backbone of our country

Lester Turilli: We live in a nation founded on Christian freedom

A: Freedom of speech and religious liberty are important to the framework of our country. We live in a nation founded on Christian freedom, and to extract it from our society is to unravel every fiber of our nation's heritage and its future. It is my belief that by acknowledging God and the Bible as the unchangeable foundation for life, both personally and professionally, I am recognizing His Sovereignty and blessing upon our great country.˙Our founding fathers original intent for our nation was that it be as a "city on a hill" (John Winthrop 1630, Governor Massachusetts Bay Colony).˙ My "relationship" with God guides my life and I love sharing this.˙ I am not an advocate of promoting religion.

Peter Kinder: Amend constitution to protect religious liberties

"SJR 39 boils down to a simple question, whether Missourians should be given the chance to decide whether the Missouri constitution should be amended to provide vital protections for all Missourians' religious liberties," Kinder said. "This is not about discrimination, as opponents are trying to spin it. It is purely about letting voters have a voice on reserving a zone of protected activity based on their sincere religious convictions. This zone of religious liberty is a foundational principle of America: a morally, legally, philosophically, and ideologically neutral principle available to all comers. SJR39 is but another piece of the fabric of religious liberty that everyone in America enjoys, whether Christian, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Hindu or atheist."

Eric Greitens: Protect the religious liberties of all Missourians

John Brunner: Lost 2012 primary to Todd Akin, who then lost Senate race

Despite spending millions of dollars of his own money, and leading in many polls, Brunner came in second behind Akin--who soon after self destructed with his comments about "legitimate rape,'' leading to his huge loss in a general election against U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

After sitting out the 2014 election cycle, Brunner recently formed an exploratory committee to run for governor next year, largely as a response to the Feb. 26 suicide of then-state Auditor Tom Schweich, at the time a leading GOP contender.

Jay Nixon: Our legacy is measured by lasting impact on our communities

The same can be said for all of us in this room. Every day when you put that pin on your lapel, and enter these doors to do the people's business, it's a privilege. And with that privilege comes responsibility. It's easy to get caught up in the controversy of the hour. Or the latest tweet. But we must be bigger than that, because the work we do here is very, very real [to Missourians]. And their state government has been with them every step of the way -because that's what we do. That's why we serve. We're here to make a difference for those who work hard and need a hand--often times for people we'll never meet. Because the legacy we leave will not be measured by votes on Election Day or back-slaps in these hallways--it will be measured by the lasting impact we have on the communities we serve.

Sarah Steelman: Elected officials are trustees of the people

Akin advocated for getting rid of the Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce. The representative believes every bill before Congress should have a webpage dedicated to why a certain bill is constitutional or not.

Todd Akin: I'm no career politician; I left a safe district

Akin, a six-term congressman, took exception. "If I were a career politician, I'd stay in a safe congressional district, wouldn't I?" While Akin listed jobs in a steel mill and for IBM, he also painted his experience in Washington, D.C., as an attribute. "I don't think the Senate is the place for on-the-job training," he said.

Brunner, who has poured more than $2 million of his own money into his campaign and has outspent his opponents, called Akin's remarks about on-the-job training "political talk." His opponents' recent job experience "is a little different than being on the production line," he said.

Todd Akin: Experienced conservative voice in Congress

Robin Carnahan: Rep. Blunt is an insider Congressman

"The fact was that I was in Jefferson City and he was in Washington," she said. Blunt shot back that voters put Democrats in charge in 2006, when the party took over the House, and in 2008, when Pres. Obama was elected, "and look where that got us."

Blunt also addressed an issue that's been the crux of Carnahan's "insider" allegations: She says Blunt attempted to put a provision that benefited his then-girlfriend's company into the bill that created the Homeland Security Dept.

Blunt said the provision was one of many that he heard that made sense when Congress crafted the bill, though he didn't mention his now-wife, who was then a lobbyist for tobacco giant Phillip Morris. Blunt previously had remained mum on the provision, saying only that it was a national security issue.

Roy Blunt: Married a lobbyist for tobacco giant Phillip Morris

"The fact was that I was in Jefferson City and he was in Washington," she said. Blunt shot back that voters put Democrats in charge in 2006, when the party took over the House, and in 2008, when Pres. Obama was elected, "and look where that got us."

Blunt also addressed an issue that's been the crux of Carnahan's "insider" allegations: She says Blunt attempted to put a provision that benefited his then-girlfriend's company into the bill that created the Homeland Security Dept.

Blunt said the provision was one of many that he heard that made sense when Congress crafted the bill, though he didn't mention his now-wife, who was then a lobbyist for tobacco giant Phillip Morris. Blunt previously had remained mum on the provision, saying only that it was a national security issue.