Issue Position: Anti-Corruption

Issue Position

Term Limits

As your Congressman, I will push to enact term limits to check the power of politicians like David Price and Nancy Pelosi, who have spent more than thirty years in Congress. The Founding Fathers never intended for politicians to spend their entire careers in Congress. Congress's approval rating has continued to plummet yet these same politicians are continually re-elected to positions of power. It's time we hold our politicians in Washington accountable. This allows our representatives a significant amount of time to fight for the issues we care about, while also limiting the effects of corruption. Rather than constantly focusing on future elections, politicians will instead concentrate on the issues they can resolve during their time in Washington. Lastly, this will allow for fresh faces to join Congress with potentially new ideas that may never be heard without term limits in place.

Campaign Finance

Reform When it comes to money in politics, our nation desperately needs transparency. Too often, secret donors have shifted the balance of campaigns. I believe wholeheartedly in the value of expressing one's political views through monetary contributions, but I recognize the need to regulate campaign contributions in some instances. That is why I support raising the maximum individual contribution of donors while requiring that all donors are identified within 24 hours of the contribution. Furthermore, we should ban any unregulated soft money contributions given to political parties from unidentified donors. I also believe public, taxpayer funded institutions, such as the University of North Carolina, should be unable to fund politicians like David Price. I believe these provisions promote transparency while maximizing the freedom of individuals and businesses to financially contribute to causes they believe in.

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