• CANDIDATE RESPONSE

    United States Representative District 6

  • Craig Miller (REP)


  • ABORTION FUNDING BAN: Prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay for or provide insurance coverage for elective abortions?
  • SUPPORT
  • Candidate Comments: Taxpayer money should never be used to pay for the murder of the unborn.

  • COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM: Legislation that ensures the integrity of our borders, fosters family reunification and provides a path to citizenship for the undocumented who have lived in the United States for a number of years, and do not have a criminal record?
  • OPPOSE
  • Candidate Comments: We must first close our borders and realize that the first act from someone coming into this country should not be an illegal one.

  • EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE: Reauthorizing the current provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to ensure that all public and nonpublic schoolchildren receive equitable services?
  • SUPPORT
  • Candidate Comments: I agree.

  • MARRIAGE: Defining marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman?
  • SUPPORT
  • Candidate Comments: Marriage is a religious institution and must be held as this exclusive union.

  • POVERTY-FOCUSED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: Maintaining and increasing funding for U.S. international humanitarian and development assistance to poor countries and communities?
  • OPPOSE
  • Candidate Comments: While our own economy is struggling and we are trillions of dollars in debt, we have a moral imparative to get this under control before spending monies worldwide. While certainly a noble effort it is imparative to balance our budget first for our children and grandchildren.

  • PRIORITY FOR THE POOR: Budget policies with adequate revenues to put a circle of protection around programs that serve poor and vulnerable people at home and abroad?
  • SUPPORT
  • Candidate Comments: I support a safety net for individuals mixed with ways to give a hand up, not a hand out.

  • RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Allowing individuals and businesses, including religious organizations, to offer employee benefits and services to the public in accordance with their religious beliefs?
  • SUPPORT

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