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Lance Gooden's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (TX) - District 5

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Issue Positions

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  • "Roe v. Wade being overturned will save more lives than Joe Biden's gun control bill." (x.com)
  • "63 million unborn babies have lost their lives since Roe v. Wade. Abortion has NEVER been safe or rare. Roe v. Wade has got to go!" (x.com)
  • "Fifty years of marching for life. First year marching since the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Today, I stand with every pro-life American marching for those who can't march for themselves." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee (None)
  • Rated 0% by Alliance for Retired Americans (None)
  • "Social security will run out of money in 12 years. The LAST THING the federal government needs to do is spend trillions on new social programs!" (x.com)
  • Rated 0% by National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (None)
  • "Throughout his tenure in the Texas Legislature, Rep. Gooden has been committed to low taxes and responsible budgets. In 2011, during his first session in the Texas House, Rep. Lance Gooden worked with Governor Perry and addressed the state’s $27-billion shortfall by passing one of the most fiscally conservative budgets in Texas history that slashed wasteful spending, excluded new taxes and protected the Rainy Day Fund." (lancegooden.com)
  • "Joe Biden will tax EVERYONE to pay for his radical $6 TRILLION agenda. Stop the spending and let the economy do its job!" (x.com)
  • "Scrap the Inflation Reduction Act. Make Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent." (x.com)
  • "Your Tax Day reminder that Joe Biden wants to give the IRS $80 billion to hire 87,000 new agents to take your money." (x.com)
  • Rated 97% by The Club for Growth (None)
  • "Scrap the Inflation Reduction Act. Make Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent." (x.com)
  • "Your Tax Day reminder that Joe Biden wants to give the IRS $80 billion to hire 87,000 new agents to take your money." (x.com)
  • Rated 85% by National Taxpayers Union (None)
  • Rated 6% by Common Cause (None)
  • "I have arguably the most conservative/America First voting record in Congress! Of course I wouldn’t support the radical left’s, Anti-Police Act. I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition!" (x.com)
  • "THANK law enforcement. PRAY FOR law enforcement. BACK THE BLUE!" (x.com)
  • "We must immediately end the WAR ON COPS." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4365: "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2670: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 1605: "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Democrats passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill and still wonder why inflation is at 7.9%." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden will tax EVERYONE to pay for his radical $6 TRILLION agenda. Stop the spending and let the economy do its job!" (x.com)
  • "The national debt in our country is out of control. At present, our federal government spends approximately $7 million a minute, and we face a debt of nearly $19 trillion. This is one of the defining issues of our time. Many in Washington seem to believe that the mountain of debt is so high at this point that there is nothing wrong with continuing to borrow more. That is not true. It is unsustainable, and we must take action to cut spending, require a balanced budget in Congress, and work to ensure that the next generation does not have to pay the price for this generation’s financial irresponsibility." (lancegooden.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Scrap the Inflation Reduction Act. Make Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden said there's no guarantee we will 'get rid of inflation.' So the "Inflation Reduction Act" was a farce?" (x.com)
  • "Only Joe Biden would think spending $5.8 trillion would lower inflation." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Joe Biden's student loan bailout has been ruled unconstitutional. How many young voters went to the polls Tuesday thinking their loans would be cancelled?" (x.com)
  • "Don't cancel student loans" (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden's $1,400 stimulus checks helped cause inflation. Imagine what "canceling" $10,000 in student loan debt will do." (x.com)
  • "87% of Americans do not have federal student loans. Why should they be forced to pay the loans of the 13%?" (x.com)
  • "75% of Americans support voter ID. 69% of African Americans support voter ID. 89% of Republicans support voter ID. 60% of Democrats support voter ID. Instead of trying to appease the radical Left, Corporate America should listen to the American people." (x.com)
  • Rated 6% by Common Cause (None)
  • "One citizen. One voter ID. One vote." (x.com)
  • "80% of Americans support voter ID laws. When Joe Biden pushes the far left's election bills this week, remember that." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by American Energy Alliance (None)
  • "Climate change ranked LAST on the list of most important issues for Americans. Congress should be spending $0 on the mini Green New Deal — not $369 billion." (x.com)
  • "If you think gas prices are bad now, just imagine gas prices under the Green New Deal." (x.com)
  • "The United States is sitting on a 200-year supply of oil. Joe Biden should use the Defense Production Act to expand American oil production, not solar panels." (x.com)
  • "The United States is sitting on a 200-year supply of oil. Joe Biden should use the Defense Production Act to expand American oil production, not solar panels." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden's gas tax holiday would temporarily save Americans 18 cents. The Keystone XL pipeline would've permanently delivered 830,000 barrels of oil per day. A gimmick vs. a solution." (x.com)
  • "Shut down Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline and restart the Keystone XL pipeline." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by American Energy Alliance (None)
  • "Today, Beto O'Rourke stood by his pledge to CONFISCATE guns from law-abiding Americans. How many elections does Beto have to lose until he realizes voters HATE his anti-2nd Amendment agenda?" (x.com)
  • "A fact Democrats won't tell you: 90% of prisoners who possessed a gun during their crime didn't obtain it from a retail source. Universal background checks will do NOTHING to reduce crime." (x.com)
  • "Rep. Gooden is a consistent and unwavering supporter of the 2nd Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. He has been endorsed multiple times by the National Rifle Association and the Texas State Rifle Association for his work to strengthen the rights of Texans." (lancegooden.com)
  • Rated 100% by Gun Owners of America (None)
  • "The "Inflation Reduction Act" will reduce inflation as much as the "Affordable Care Act" made healthcare affordable." (x.com)
  • "Obamacare has been a miserable failure. It has not reduced costs. It has not increased access to quality, affordable health insurance, and for many the result has been skyrocketing premiums. In the Texas Legislature, Rep. Gooden crusaded against Obamacare, the expansion of Medicaid in Texas, and the use of tax dollars to pay for abortions. In Washington he will do the same by focusing on health care reforms that put the patient ahead of the bureaucrats and insurance companies. Basic, common sense reforms such as allowing individuals to purchase health insurance across state lines would dramatically reduce insurance costs. In fact, state-based reforms, rather than a federal approach, would drive down costs and increase the quality of care available to patients." (lancegooden.com)
  • "Less than SIX-PERCENT of Joe Biden's $2.3 TRILLION giveaway would actually go toward infrastructure. Roads & bridges are infrastructure. Paid leave and electric vehicle subsidies are NOT." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 3: "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5378: "Lower Costs, More Transparency Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Title 42 ends next month. Declare an invasion. Close the border. Finish the wall." (x.com)
  • "Our borders and our immigration system are broken. The federal government has failed time and time again to secure our borders, which is our greatest national security risk today. We must know who is coming into our country in order to keep Americans safe, particularly at a time when terrorist organizations are growing more sophisticated and brazen." (lancegooden.com)
  • "Solution to the open border? Secure the Border Act." (x.com)
  • Rated 91% by NumbersUSA (None)
  • "Our borders and our immigration system are broken. The federal government has failed time and time again to secure our borders, which is our greatest national security risk today. We must know who is coming into our country in order to keep Americans safe, particularly at a time when terrorist organizations are growing more sophisticated and brazen." (lancegooden.com)
  • "I am AGAINST Joe Biden's plan to give citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants. We are in the middle of recovering from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Massive amnesty & open borders are a slap in the face to every American who is struggling right now." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden's radical amnesty plan: Illegal aliens deported under Donald J. Trump would be allowed back into the U.S. to receive green cards. This should ENRAGE every American who wants to uphold the rule of law!" (x.com)
  • Rated 91% by NumbersUSA (None)
  • Voted in favor of HR 340: "Hamas International Financing Prevention Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Iran has been asking for relaxed sanctions due to Coronavirus while attempting to hack the WHO. They’re bad actors who cannot be taken seriously." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7691: "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7691: "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes." (votesmart.org)
  • "The American people will always stand with Ukraine." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 5692: "Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 3522: "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Elon Musk put billions on the line to protect free speech. Now Congress must act to rein in the rest of Big Tech." (x.com)
  • "Big Tech is an enemy of the American people." (x.com)
  • "Companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook have too much power. I am leading a bipartisan effort in Congress to rein Big Tech in." (x.com)
  • "The Judiciary Committee just PASSED our bill to REIN IN BIG TECH. This is A HUGE WIN for conservatives & WE THE PEOPLE" (x.com)

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