James Comer on VoteMatch

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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Not one penny of tax dollars to Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion should NEVER be allowed, except for maternal life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Include pre-born human beings in 14th Amendment protection: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports human life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports defunding Planned Parenthood federally & locally: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Supports pro-life legislation: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't require comparable pay regardless of gender: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Support traditional marriage between one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports letting businesses disagree with same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	I believe that public servants should put God above all else: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports Judeo-Christian framework of morality: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports religious liberty and sees it at risk: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	ObamaCare stifles businesses; pass tort reform instead: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports Congressionally repealing Affordable Care Act: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing the 2010 affordable care act: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Teach without interference from the federal government: Strongly Favors topic 7 Opposes Common Core as a nationwide academic standard: Strongly Favors topic 7 Opposes states adopting federal education standards: Strongly Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (0 points on Social scale)	Require DNA samples from all criminal parolees: Favors topic 9 Allow expungement of criminal records after 5 years: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Unwavering support of 2nd Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 National cross-state standard for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10 Strongly opposes restrictive gun laws: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes gun-control legislation: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes tax increases, even to balance the budget: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports lowering taxes to promote economic growth: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Support the wall; oppose amnesty & sanctuary cities: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Vocally in support of building a wall on the southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Supports constructing a wall to control our border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Supports illegals returning to country of origin: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports ban on resettlement of Syrian refugees: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Advocate for investments in national defense: Strongly Favors topic 15 Supports maintaining a numerically superior nuclear arsenal: Strongly Favors topic 15 Constitutional amendment for Congressional term limits: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	Self-imposed term limit of 6 terms: Strongly Favors topic 16 Strongly opposes voting without photo id: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-5 points on Social scale)	Strongly opposes Islamic Sharia as threat to the US: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Opposes waiting; go after militant Islam abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	War on coal is a war on Kentucky's economy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports deregulating domestic oil exploration and drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Opposes government developing wind and solar energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports building the Keystone XL pipeline: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Opposes regulation of greenhouse gas emission: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Help farmers with first hemp program in Kentucky: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Strongly opposes legalizing marijuana: Strongly Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Federal fiscal restraint to tackle $19 trillion debt: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Opposes federal spending to promote economic growth: Strongly Opposes topic 20