Issue Position: Rein in the Federal Government

Issue Position

THE GOVERNMENT THAT GOVERNS BEST GOVERNS LEAST AND CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE. I WILL WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION AND STATE AGENCIES TO STRENGTHEN UTAH'S CONTROL OVER THEIR DESTINY AS A STATE AND LET INDIVIDUALS CONTROL THEIR OWN LIVES.
For example, we should not be further expanding Medicaid under ObamaCare. A University of Oregon study showed that Medicaid actually resulted in worse health outcomes than having no insurance at all. It is yet another government program that was intended to be compassionate, but in reality, it is not only unwise but sacrifices true compassion at the altar of feel-good policy.

The Federal Government should also stay out of local decisions that should be made by local communities. We know better than the politicians and bureaucrats in DC how to use our local lands, what our school curriculum should be, and how best to protect our local environment. Again, the larger the role played by the Government in DC, the smaller the influence of local families and communities will be. We need to keep the Federal Government reigned into its limits set in the Constitution.

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