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Pat Fallon's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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On The Ballot: Running, Republican for U.S. House (TX) - District 4

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Issue Positions

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  • "While I support the overturning of Roe v. Wade, last night's SCOTUS leak is completely unacceptable. Undermining the judicial process, as this leak has done, cannot be tolerated!" (x.com)
  • "Today, Speaker Pelosi is bringing two radical pieces of legislation to the floor. Both go much further than just codifying Roe v. Wade! This is unacceptable and must be stopped." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee (None)
  • Rated 0% by Alliance for Retired Americans (None)
  • Voted against S 610 "Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Thanks to Joe Biden's economy, 58% of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck. Yet, Democrats still want to increase taxes on ALL AMERICANS." (x.com)
  • "Americans want and DESERVE lower prices at the grocery store, lower gas prices, & lower taxes. Congressional Democrats are giving higher taxes, thousands of new IRS agents, & a tax hike in the middle of a recession." (x.com)
  • "Inflation has increased by 550% since Biden took office. RT if you think now is a TERRIBLE time to raise taxes." (x.com)
  • "Thanks to Joe Biden, Americans are already facing 40-year high inflation and a recession. Now, Congressional Democrats want to RAISE taxes on hard working Americans so they can continue funding their failed Far-Left agenda." (x.com)
  • Rated 80% by FreedomWorks (None)
  • "Inflation has increased by 550% since Biden took office. RT if you think now is a TERRIBLE time to raise taxes." (x.com)
  • "Thanks to Joe Biden's economy, 58% of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck. Yet, Democrats still want to increase taxes on ALL AMERICANS." (x.com)
  • Rated 80% by National Taxpayers Union (None)
  • "America is fed up with shady candidates who run their campaigns to enrich themselves & their families. We must hold candidates to a higher standard, and bring greater transparency to campaign finance." (x.com)
  • Rated 6% by Common Cause (None)
  • "Our communities are less safe, and our nation’s law enforcement are under attack from violent criminals due to the failed one-party rule of Democrats in Washington." (x.com)
  • "As Americans, if we're not safe, we're not free. The radical left must STOP demonizing law enforcement." (x.com)
  • "If you're not safe, you're not free. Right now, the streets of America are chaos because of soft-on-crime policies, failed bail reform, and Defund the Police movement pushed by Democrat officials." (x.com)
  • "For 2 years, Democrats across the country have promoted the "Defund the Police" movement & soft-on-crime policies. It's time for change. I promise you a Republican majority will FUND the police and crack down on officials who refuse to prosecute crime. #CommitmentToAmerica" (x.com)
  • "Our military must focus on ensuring the warfighter has the support and resources necessary to maintain peak readiness and lethality. The FY24 Defense Appropriations bill does this by redirecting $20 billion from woke priorities like climate change and DEI." (x.com)
  • "Biden's defense budget proposal falls painfully short. Their decision to cut the Armed Services' buying power severely limits our capabilities on the world stage." (x.com)
  • "China is increasing their defense spending by 7% -- meanwhile, Biden wants to cut our Armed Services' buying power. His budget proposal puts America at a strategic disadvantage and only emboldens our adversaries." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4365: "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "I am voting NO on this debt ceiling increase. America must get its fiscal house in order and stop the reckless spending." (x.com)
  • "Inflation reached a 39-year high this morning, yet Democrats are still pushing forward with trillions in new spending." (x.com)
  • "It's time to curb wasteful government spending and ease the financial burdens facing American businesses and families." (x.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Roughly 60% of Americans are worried Biden’s student debt cancellation scheme will make inflation WORSE. Joe Biden is clearly more concerned with pushing a political agenda than he is addressing actual concerns of the American people." (x.com)
  • "Inflation is UP 9.1% and wages are DOWN 3.6%. Instead of cutting costs and working to curb inflation, Democrats are working to pass a liberal wish list package with tens of billions of dollars in reckless spending." (x.com)
  • "Inflation reached a 39-year high this morning, yet Democrats are still pushing forward with trillions in new spending." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 5376: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "Roughly 60% of Americans are worried Biden’s student debt cancellation scheme will make inflation WORSE. Joe Biden is clearly more concerned with pushing a political agenda than he is addressing actual concerns of the American people." (x.com)
  • "The CBO confirmed this week we already knew—there is no such thing as canceling or "forgiving" student loan debt. Now the American taxpayers are going to foot the $400 BILLION bill." (x.com)
  • "Of 255 million adult Americans, 45 million have student loan debt. Joe Biden's student loan cancellation demands that those 210 million Americans take on the debt of those 45 million borrowers." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden claims to be for the "working-man", yet he is doubling down on his tax hike for EVERY American. Canceling student debt will cost taxpayers OVER $2,000, while benefiting the wealthy upper-class." (x.com)
  • Rated 6% by Common Cause (None)
  • "Election integrity is essential." (x.com)
  • "Voter ID is just common sense." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by American Energy Alliance (None)
  • "Americans deserve efficient, affordable, and American-made energy, yet Democrats want to put America LAST by using their egregious reconciliation package to spend $369 BILLION on their Green New Deal agenda." (x.com)
  • "In the midst of a recession, Congressional Democrats are planning to raise taxes on America’s job creators and throw money at their Green New Deal agenda. The American people deserve better than this!" (x.com)
  • "The same week that Gov. Newsom announces CA will ban gas-powered cars by 2035, he asks residents to stop charging their electric vehicles due to blackouts. For Dems, these radical energy policies are a way to feel better at their cocktail parties, not practical solutions." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden is now blaming US energy producers & gas stations for our energy problems. Why don't we ever hear about: this Admin sitting on 4,400+ applications for permits to drill; or how Joe's economic burdens are thwarting the creation of new large-scale refineries." (x.com)
  • "Don't forget – on President Biden's first day in office, he killed over 11,000 American jobs by halting construction on the Keystone Pipeline." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden is currently sitting on over 4,700 pending Applications for Permits to Drill. So when your home heating bill is higher than it has been in years, thank this Administration." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by American Energy Alliance (None)
  • Rated 100% by National Rifle Association (None)
  • "Biden’s nomination of a Far-Left gun control advocate to head the ATF is an attack on Americans' Second Amendment rights -- plain & simple." (x.com)
  • "The Second Amendment is not up for negotiation." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by Gun Owners of America (None)
  • 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.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "What we're seeing at our southern border is no longer a crisis--it's a catastrophe. 7 million illegal border crossings under Joe Biden, and his White House wants to blame @HouseGOP? We're working to end this chaos with the Secure the Border Act. Biden is nowhere to be found." (x.com)
  • "Joe Biden does not have the political will to secure our southern border. We've seen a record 14 months of 200,000+ encounters. No more band-aid fixes." (x.com)
  • "Never before in American history had we seen a month with 200k+ illegal border crossings. Under Biden, we've had 17 such months. We call this a failure to maintain operational control of our southern border." (x.com)
  • Rated 91% by NumbersUSA (None)
  • "No Amnesty for illegal aliens!" (x.com)
  • "Amnesty for all is not a real solution -- I don't care how many times Chuck Schumer says it is." (x.com)
  • "Illegal immigrants are flooding into the United States. Instead of addressing the issue, Dems are now proposing amnesty for millions of those violators. Thank you @RepDonaldsPress for allowing us to shed light on the incredible dangers of the reconciliation bill." (x.com)
  • Rated 91% by NumbersUSA (None)
  • Voted in favor of HR 340: "Hamas International Financing Prevention Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Here's an idea – if this Administration wants to deter Russia – they should reimpose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline IMMEDIATELY." (x.com)
  • "Iran's brazen actions in the Persian Gulf are a direct consequence of Joe Biden's policy of appeasement. Iran becomes further emboldened and innocent lives are jeopardized when Biden fails to enforce the most important sanctions against the regime." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7691: "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes." (None)
  • "We must continue sending Ukraine lethal aid at a high tempo. We can’t continue the Biden policy of too little too late." (x.com)
  • "President Zelensky's address to Congress reaffirmed what I believed to be true. This Administration has drug their feet from the onset. It is IMPERATIVE that we provide Ukraine with every necessary tool to defend their country. That means supplying the Mig-29s." (x.com)
  • "Vladimir Putin is a bully and bullies only respond to strength. It's time for the tip toeing to stop. This Administration needs to change their rhetoric and support Ukraine with every means possible." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7691: "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes." (None)
  • "For far too long, big tech has had their thumb on the scale. They owe America answers and come January, my @GOPoversight colleagues and I will get them!" (x.com)
  • "For far too long Big Tech has operated with unchecked power. It is time that their unchecked power comes to an end." (x.com)
  • "Accountability is coming for big tech." (x.com)
  • "America deserves a future that is built on freedom -- that means holding big tech accountable." (x.com)

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