Economy

Our national debt of over $9 trillion, and growing by over $1.5 billion per day, has weakened our economy and created a monumental tax burden for future generations. While the Bush administration has squandered billions on an unnecessary war and government mismanagement, Congress continues to be controlled by special interests.
I am beholden to no special [...]

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Iraq war

We need to gradually, responsibly withdraw our troops from Iraq as soon as possible so that we will be able to effectively fight the terrorist networks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other parts of the world.

Our military and civilian officials should drive the withdrawal. The perception that U. S. troops will be in Iraq indefinitely discourages [...]

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Veterans care

I will work diligently to ensure that we provide excellent medical care to all of our injured veterans.

Where Veterans Hospital facilities are remote, we must pay for veterans to go to comparable, or better, civilian facilities closer to home.

The incumbent, Darrel Issa, has only a 29% approval rating from the conservative Disabled Veterans Association and [...]

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Education

We must continue to improve our education system nationally to provide the skilled research and workforce needed to solve problems, compete globally, and meet the needs of the future.
I would urge expansion of early education programs, further reductions in classroom sizes, especially in middle schools and high schools, and making higher education costs affordable.  We [...]

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Environment

We must reverse the trend toward global warming by investing in clean energy production.
Indeed we can become global leaders in new industries that protect the environment and answer the need for alternative energy solutions.
We must practice good stewardship of our resources in the country, balancing the demands of business and consumer with the obligation we [...]

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Immigration

We must enforce our borders. We have laws in place and all people that break our laws should be held accountable.
At the border, we should build a “virtual” wall with equipment capable of detecting unauthorized cross-border human transit and hire more border patrol agents to respond where needed. I believe that a physical wall extending [...]

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Senior citizens

Social Security has served us well and must be preserved. 
Social Security remains one of our country’s most important ways to help our elderly live with dignity.  Yet, we need to act soon to adjust the cap on which wages are taxed and the age when benefits are collected.
The incumbent Darrell Issa refers to Social Security [...]

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Liberty Quarry

I am opposed to locating the Liberty Quarry on the border between San Diego County and Riverside County, next to the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve and the Santa Margarita River.
San Diego State University has millions of dollars invested in sensitive scientific research that would be rendered useless by the proposed quarry in that location. The [...]

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Wildfire prevention & firefighting

I will work to encourage San Diego County and its cities to invest more in firefighting resources.
I will work to encourage homeowners to protect their homes with fire resistant landscaping that provides a fire-safe zone of 100 feet around homes.
The state and federal governments should take on greater responsibility for the vast lands that they [...]

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