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Larry Bucshon's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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  • Voted in favor of HR 4712 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • As thousands gather today in our nation's capital for the National #MarchForLife, I stand with them and will always stand up for the Sanctity of Life. #WhyWeMarch (twitter.com)
  • "It is imperative we continue to protect the lives of innocent, unborn babies who do not have a voice." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Received a 100% rating in 2021 for National Right to Life Committee- (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Today's vote was an unprecedented victory for America's seniors, children, and their families. After years of flawed Medicare policy, we are finally creating a stable system that ensures Medicare patients will have access to their doctors while protecting the Medicare promise for future generations. Gone are the days of uncertainty for physicians and their patients. With this bipartisan compromise we've demonstrated how Washington, D.C. can work together to improve the lives of the American people." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by Alliance for Retired Americans. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "However, in order to protect Social Security and Medicare for future generations, we must provide commonsense reforms to strengthen and preserve these programs. In fact, according to the Medicare Trustees the Trust Fund will be insolvent in 15 years and the Social Security Trustees indicate the Social Security Trust Fund will begin consistently paying out more than it receives in 2033 Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion with the White House to meet this challenge. Not acting on entitlement reform will result in these programs not being available for future generations." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I support the #JUSTICEAct as an original co-sponsor. Increased accountability, improved training methods, and further transparency between local, state, and federal law enforcement is a must if we are going to stop tragic events, such as the death of George Floyd from happening." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "This comprehensive reform bill builds on the action recently taken by President Trump and ends the practice of chokeholds and provides grants for de-escalation tactics training and the use of body-worn cameras. Americans from all walks of life are asking Congress to act, and I urge both chambers to move quickly in approving this landmark legislation." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Hoosiers know the vital importance of defense spending, not only because it protects our national security but also because it creates jobs." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by Center for Security Policy. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The Bipartisan Budget Act paves the way for Congress to provide the higher levels of defense spending that Defense Secretary Mattis has said is needed to begin rebuilding our nation's military capabilities and will allow our men and women in uniform to be able to do their jobs." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 1605 "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022." (votesmart.org)
  • "Funding our Nation's infrastructure should not be a political issue. We all agree that we need a long-term solution to fund our Nation's crumbling infrastructure, but today we need to approve this motion." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 3684 "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act." (votesmart.org)
  • "Dems have voted in the U.S. Senate, without a single Republican vote, to raise taxes on the American people during a recession and spend billions of taxpayer dollars during a period of record inflation. Inflation that has been driven by previous Dem spending bills. Very stupid." (twitter.com)
  • "Prices are skyrocketing due to inflation and Democrats in Congress are only adding fuel to the fire with their reckless spending bills. This week alone, Speaker Pelosi is trying to spend $5.5 trillion dollars which will only make matters worse." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 266 - Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "While in Tell City today I stopped by a local favorite, Bliss, to enjoy a fresh made pizza. The Paycheck Protection Program was able to help them sustain their employees and business through this health care crisis. Keep the pizzas coming!" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Hardworking Americans deserve transparency when it comes to the use of taxpayer dollars. In @HouseCommerce today, I discussed the need to advance H. Res. 1263 to hold the Biden Administration accountable for inflation-inducing spending." (twitter.com)
  • "Inflation has gone up every single month that President Biden has been president. The policies that he and his administration are enacting are failing Hoosiers." (twitter.com)
  • "Prices are skyrocketing due to inflation and Democrats in Congress are only adding fuel to the fire with their reckless spending bills. This week alone, Speaker Pelosi is trying to spend $5.5 trillion dollars which will only make matters worse." (twitter.com)
  • Voted against HR 5376 "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Like last week's inflation-inducing reconsiliation legislation, President Biden's plan to forgive student debt comes at a cost that will prove detrimental to the American people." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 0% by National Education Association (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 2547 "Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Congressional Democrats' claim that they are “bolstering the integrity of elections” is far from the truth. In reality, their bill would eliminate existing voter ID laws and make it easier to cheat in elections. In elections, it should be easy to vote and hard to cheat." (twitter.com)
  • "Pelosi’s bill H.R. 1 would eliminate Indiana’s voter ID law. It would also legalize ballot harvesting nationally. Political operatives could then legally collect thousands of ballots from “voters” without the requirement to confirm they can legally vote. I will be voting NO." (twitter.com)
  • Voted against H.R. 4 “John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021” (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5746 "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "I look forward to tackling climate change policy through removing barriers to innovation, incentivizing more clean energy, and putting forth realistic, free-market solutions driven by the American consumer". (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I support an all-of-the-above strategy that incorporates renewables as well as fossil fuels. However, the way forward is through private sector innovation, not top down federal regulations that damage our economy and stymie research and development." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Our energy portfolio needs to be an "all of the above" approach to support economic growth and prosperity. We need to use our domestic resources, including drilling in environmentally responsible ways both on shore and off and using coal, natural gas and other domestic supplies in the most efficient way. We also need to support alternative energies such as nuclear, wind, hydropower and ethanol and include significant conservation programs as well." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1119 - SENSE Act. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I am pleased to see President Trump has taken action to replace the Obama Administration's failed Clean Power Plan which exceeded authority Congress gave to the EPA and which never fully went into effect due to Supreme Court intervention. President Trump's Affordable Clean Energy Rule gives power back to the states, incentives private investment in new, cleaner technologies, and aims to reduce CO2, mercury, and ozone precursors from coal-fired electric generation." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1119 - SENSE Act. (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Additional rules and regulations preventing firearms ownership only endanger law abiding citizens. The solution to reducing gun violence in the United States is to strictly enforce existing laws and sentence offenders to the longest prison terms possible." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "In Congress, I will ALWAYS stand up for our 2nd Amendment rights. Every Hoosier and every American deserves to have their god-given rights protected and deserves to exercise that right" (twitter.com)
  • Received a 92% with the NRA in 2020 (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Medicare for All will end Medicare as we know it, leaving the health care of millions of seniors in jeopardy." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1628 "American Health Care Act of 2017" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 2192 “McSally Amendment” (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6201 "Families First Coronavirus Reponse Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 6833 "The Affordable Insulin Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Confirmed: Democrats’ pricing control provisions in their budget reconciliation plan will raise prescription drug costs for Hoosiers." (twitter.com)
  • "Hoosiers should be able to make an informed decision about the best way to pay for their medications. As a physician, I support increased transparency in drug pricing that helps patients save money when they are purchasing prescription drugs." (twitter.com)
  • Voted against HR 3 "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • "600K illegal migrant “gotaways” that came across the Southern border last year. That is in addition to the millions who were caught by border control. It is a dereliction of duty by the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats to ignore the situation at our border." (twitter.com)
  • "Drugs are flowing across the southern border and into our communities. Every day, more than 100 Americans die from drug related overdoses. #SecureTheBorder" (twitter.com)
  • Rated 88% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The crisis along our southern border has gone on too long. Americans on Main Street understand this crisis and its impacts on their communities – even those far away from the border – and they want their elected officials to solve it. #SecureOurBorder" (twitter.com)
  • "First and foremost, I believe we must secure the borders of the United States and strictly enforce our current laws, and do not support amnesty." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "This flawed bill not only fails to address the actual crisis on our southern border, but it would exacerbate it by providing mass amnesty and incentivize even more illegal immigration." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3003 "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 88% by NumbersUSA (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3003 "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6968 "Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Sanctions on Russia are necessary. Obama admin. needs to give Congress a classified briefing on the evidence. They have refused to do so." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 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)
  • "We must safeguard America’s energy security. If President Biden rolls back sanctions on Venezuela, it will not only jeopardize America's national security interests, but also signal to the world that we condone Venezuela’s corruption and abuse of power." (twitter.com)
  • "Last night, Putin ordered Russia’s military forces to begin an attack on the people of Ukraine without provocation and without honor. Read my full statement calling on the US to stand firm, protect the sovereignty of Ukraine and condemn Putin’s actions." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 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 S 3522 "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Dems have voted in the U.S. Senate, without a single Republican vote, to raise taxes on the American people during a recession and spend billions of taxpayer dollars during a period of record inflation. Inflation that has been driven by previous Dem spending bills. Very stupid." (twitter.com)
  • "President Biden promised America that he wouldn’t raise taxes on working class Americans. However, Democrats in Congress are set to raise taxes on hardworking Americans as part of another bloated spending bill designed to push Democrats’ big government spending agenda." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 80% by National Tax Limitation Committee (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1 "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "I am pleased to see that a trilateral agreement has been reached between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Throughout this renegotiation for a fairer, smarter, and modern trade deal, President Trump remained steadfast in his efforts to create more reciprocal trade, support American jobs, and protect American intellectual property. The previous trade deal, NAFTA, was nearly 25 years old and in desperate need of modernization to keep up with demands of the 21st century. I look forward to reviewing the agreement in greater detail to ensure that it promotes a level playing field and creates expanded opportunities for Hoosier farmers, manufacturers, and workers." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I am thrilled with the Administration's decision to remove the Section 232 aluminum tariffs, without quotas, from our responsible trading partners Canada and Mexico. We can take a targeted approach on China, the true culprit of unfair trade practices harming the industry. We must work with our allies to address Chinese overcapacity and protect American Jobs and the integrated aluminum supply chain." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by Public Citizen. (justfacts.votesmart.org)

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