Richard Gillmor's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Richard Gillmor refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- Richard Gillmor. Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops: 2012 Candidate Questionnaire Project. Responded "SUPPORT" to the question: "Prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay for or provide insurance coverage for elective abortions?" (www.flaccb.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Richard Gillmor. Florida Today - Matt Reed Does Independent Gillmor Make Sense for Congress?. 13 September 2012. Answered: "Absolutely. Everything's got to be on the table. You've got to control costs. If we're returning to peacetime, why do we need a wartime budget? We don't" to the question: "Would you cut military spending? House Republicans voted to exempt defense from the looming "sequestration" cuts. Obama had already proposed cutbacks. Is defense on the table?" (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Richard Gillmor. Issue Position: Spending. 1 January 2012. "The Federal Government needs to get smaller, not larger! Reducing onerous regulations, and encouraging investment in America, will help kick start the economy." (votesmart.org)
- Richard Gillmor. Issue Position: Spending. 1 January 2012. "Virtually all states, counties, and cities in America must balance their respective budgets. The Federal Government must be reined in. We don't have a Tax Problem, we are suffering from a Spending Problem." (votesmart.org)
- Richard Gillmor. Facebook: Wall. 28 March 2012. "Our economy needs to be jump started and it needs to be jump started by getting government out of the way." (www.facebook.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Richard Gillmor. Issue Position: Energy Independence. 26 July 2012. "We must get off foreign oil, period! America has an abundant supply of oil and natural gas we should be tapping as we search for clean alternative fuel sources like solar, tidal geothermal, and ultimately hydrogen." (votesmart.org)
- Richard Gillmor. Energy Policy of the U.S. "The purpose of this policy shall be to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in the U.S from foreign origination and to minimize the use of domestic fossil fuels starting in the short term (five to ten years) with complete elimination by the midterm (seven to 20 years) or until other sources of naturally replenish able energy fuels can be found and made available in the market place at prices currently comparable to fuels generated from petroleum (i.e. gas, diesel). In the short and Midterm the Government shall streamline the oil drilling permitting process eliminating rules and regulations who's sole purpose is to inhibit oil well drilling. Local and State referendums will determine where wells will be drilled when there is conflict between the economic well-being of a locale or a State and the immeasurable benefits to local, State and National environmental organizations both private and Governmental. Common Sense shall be the rule and good demonstrable science shall be used to make environmental claims." (www.electgillmor.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Richard Gillmor. Video: Richard Gillmor Candidate for Congress Interview with Jeff Vogel Channel 10 News. 12 September 2012. "The United States of America is the only type of major country without some type of safety net, health safety net for its citizens. So, in the fact that Obamacare did get passed, thats one thing, but it wasn't passed with any help of the Republicans [¦] I think we need to sit down with both sides [¦] lets fix what we've got in place." (youtu.be)
- Richard Gillmor. Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops: 2012 Candidate Questionnaire Project. Responded "SUPPORT" to the question: "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?" (www.flaccb.org)
- Richard Gillmor. Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops: 2012 Candidate Questionnaire Project. Responded "SUPPORT" to the question: "Defining marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman?" (www.flaccb.org)
- Defining marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman?"
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