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Drew Ferguson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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  • "My 100% pro-life record means that I will ALWAYS use my vote to defend the rights of our smallest voices. I am proud to have the endorsement of the National Right to Life. I will continue working to defend all life every day that I serve in office and beyond." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee. (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4712 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. (votesmart.org)
  • "We must continue to fight to protect all children from conception " (twitter.com)
  • "My 100% pro-life record means that I will ALWAYS use my vote to defend the rights of our smallest voices. I am proud to have the endorsement of the National Right to Life. I will continue working to defend all life every day that I serve in office and beyond." (twitter.com)
  • "We must continue to fight to protect all children from conception" (twitter.com)
  • "We write to express strong bipartisan support for the Medicare Advantage program, which 40 percent of eligible Medicare beneficiaries, more than 22 million people, choose to enroll in.[1] We appreciate your ongoing commitment to preserving and strengthening the Medicare Advantage program for current and future Medicare beneficiaries. As the Administration considers updates to the program for plan year 2021, we urge you to ensure that the Medicare Advantage program will continue to offer affordable, high-quality, patient-centered coverage options for the diverse populations the program serves, including beneficiaries with End Stage Renal Disease who for the first time will be able to choose a Medicare Advantage plan." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As a dentist, I saw firsthand the problems created when a government bureaucrat gets in the middle of the doctor-patient relationship. Medicare For All would decrease the quality of care available to patients across the country" (twitter.com)
  • Rated 10% by Alliance for Retired Americans. (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 849 - Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act. (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 1 "For the People Act of 2021." (votesmart.org)
  • "The LAST thing Georgia needs -- and the last thing America needs -- is Hillary Clinton She wants to appoint judges to the Supreme Court who are ultra-liberal and will overturn previous rulings especially on gun control and campaign spending." (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 0% by Common Cause. (votesmart.org)
  • "To add insult to injury, this legislation would use taxpayer dollars to influence the outcome of our elections by creating a six to one government match for small dollar donations of $200 or less in a congressional or presidential campaign. These are all hard-earned taxpayer dollars that Democrats want to use to bankroll their next campaign." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 1280 "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021." (votesmart.org)
  • "As a Member of Congress, my most important duty is to provide for our national security, and I am proud to support this legislation that rebuilds and reinvests in our military." (votesmart.org)
  • "Drew has voted to ensure our military receives critical funding and give our troops their largest pay raise in eight years." (ferguson.house.gov)
  • "Reports have been released stating that the U.S. Army is currently experiencing its lowest number of active-duty soldiers since World War II. This is not due to lack of patriotism, but rather lack of proper funding from Washington." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 1605 "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022." (votesmart.org)
  • "As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, he worked on the first long-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration since 2012, and the 2018 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to strengthen our infrastructure for a 21st century world." (ferguson.house.gov)
  • "Drew is fighting to ensure folks across Georgia’s Third District have access to broadband, regardless of where they live, so they can compete in the global marketplace." (ferguson.house.gov)
  • "The United States cannot be an economic leader without targeted investments that strengthen our transportation systems. I am anxious to get to work in these subcommittees to create opportunities for American businesses and workers to succeed." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 3684 "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act." (votesmart.org)
  • "Drew is fighting to ensure folks across Georgia’s Third District have access to broadband, regardless of where they live, so they can compete in the global marketplace." (ferguson.house.gov)
  • Voted in favor of HR 266 "Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "The CARES Act provides unprecedented resources to our healthcare system during these extraordinary times. It will get more resources into the hands of our healthcare providers quickly, expand access to care for #coronavirus patients, and support our public health response." (twitter.com)
  • "The relief package also appropriately includes over $280 billion in additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which has been the lifeline for many small businesses throughout the pandemic. We fought for extending key tax provisions and reversed the ridiculous IRS ruling which would have prevented small businesses from deducting expenses paid with PPP loans. The intent of Congress was to help small businesses and their employees survive through the pandemic. It was never the intent to hit them with a tax burden. Reversing this ruling will ensure small businesses are helped and not hurt by the PPP loans." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Democrats pandering to far-left progressives have given our country record-high fuel and food prices, and now with even more unchecked government spending, inflation will worsen and our country will fall deeper into a recession." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Instead of reversing course away from reckless spending policies that caused an economic recession, Democrats have doubled down and rammed through another massive tax and spend plan which will only result in higher prices for consumers and exacerbate the economic crisis," (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 5376 "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "87% of adult Americas don’t have student loans, but Biden is dishing over 300 BILLION of your tax dollars to pay off the wealthy college goers debt. This is stealing from folks who did the right thing, and it takes the incompetent leadership of this president to a new low." (twitter.com)
  • "Hardworking Americans are not responsible for paying off the student loan debt of others and the Biden administration’s big government proposal to cancel student debt unfairly comes at the expense of taxpayers." (twitter.com)
  • Signed Letter to Speaker Pelosi: "We write to you concerned with the massive executive overreach by President Joseph R. Biden to illegally cancel federal student loan debt. On Wednesday, August 24, President Biden announced that he would cancel $10,000 in federal student debt for individual Americans earning $125,000 or less per year or married couples making less than $250,000 a year. In addition, those who receive federal Pell Grants and make less than $125,000 a year would be eligible for total forgiveness of $20,000. Unfortunately, this policy will cost us over $300 billion and establishes a terrible precedent that will drive up the cost of higher education, exacerbating the very problem President Biden pretends to address." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "#HR4 is nothing more than another Pelosi power play to federalize our elections. This unconstitutional attack hampers states' ability to conduct free and fair elections, eliminates commonsense voter ID requirements, and gives DC bureaucrats veto authority. I'm voting NO." (twitter.com)
  • "The facts are clear. 35 other states require voter ID to vote. The state of Georgia has mechanisms in place to help individuals get a voter id, at zero cost! It’s condescending to our fellow Americans to say we don't think you're capable of getting an ID." (twitter.com)
  • Voted against HR 5746 "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "America is the world’s largest oil and gas producer and remains independent from foreign sources of energy. House Democrats are working to ban the harvesting of these critical resources which would slow our economy, eliminate jobs, & make America energy dependent #AntiEnergyWeek" (twitter.com)
  • "Pelosi's so-called "infrastructure bill" is filled with expensive Green New Deal mandates that leave rural America behind. Americans want better roads and bridges, not another socialist wish list." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 100% by American Energy Alliance. (votesmart.org)
  • "America is the world’s largest oil and gas producer and remains independent from foreign sources of energy. House Democrats are working to ban the harvesting of these critical resources which would slow our economy, eliminate jobs, & make America energy dependent #AntiEnergyWeek" (twitter.com)
  • "Pelosi's so-called infrastructure bill" is filled with expensive Green New Deal mandates that leave rural America behind. Americans want better roads and bridges, not another socialist wish list." (twitter.com)
  • Rated 6% by League of Conservation Voters. (votesmart.org)
  • "The Stream Protection Rule is a perfect example. This rule puts almost one third of coal mining jobs in jeopardy and ignores the Department of Interior's own reports that virtually all coal mines already operate safely and have no off-site impacts and that lands are being restored successfully under pre-existing regulations. By overturning this rule, we can begin to chip away at the daunting regulatory burden American industries face." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of H Con Res 119 - Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy. (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1119 - SENSE Act. (votesmart.org)
  • "Concealed carry by law-abiding citizens makes everyone safer except for criminals. Where do our freedoms stop? On a college campus? A public street? A restaurant? Americans should be free to protect themselves and their liberties wherever they go." (votesmart.org)
  • Rated 92% by National Rifle Association (NRA). (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The debate on gun control ended with the 2nd Amendment. RT if you agree." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1446 "Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021." (votesmart.org)
  • "As a dentist, I saw firsthand the problems created when a government bureaucrat gets in the middle of the doctor-patient relationship. Medicare For All would decrease the quality of care available to patients across the country" (twitter.com)
  • "Today @WaysandMeansGOP is holding a hearing on #MedicareForAll. This one-size-fits-all approach would raise taxes, send costs sky-rocketing, decrease quality of care and strip 4.9 million Georgians of their employer provided insurance. The facts are clear: this is bad policy" (twitter.com)
  • Voted against HR 1425 "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "The pandemic exacerbated the need for flexible solutions to address paid family and medical leave, but it cannot be accomplished by a one-size fits all mandate. Individual families need individualized solutions." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6201 "Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "There is no question that the costs of brand-name prescription drugs have soared too high, putting affordable healthcare out of reach for many Americans," said Rep. Johnson, "I am pleased to take steps to address this through introducing the "Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2021" today with my colleague Representative Issa, at the same time companion legislation is being introduced in the Senate by Senators Blumenthal and Cornyn. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation should help bring down costs by streamlining the patent litigation pathway for generics to produce alternatives to expensive, brand-name biological drugs, known as biologics, to get to consumers." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 3 "Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019" (votesmart.org)
  • Voted against HR 6833 "The Affordable Insulin Now Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Biden continues to ignore the out-of-control crisis at our southern border, and the situation is only getting worse. Border security is national security and Biden’s radical open-border policies are putting every community across America at risk." (twitter.com)
  • "Drew believes that protecting the homeland starts with securing our borders. In the 115th Congress, he introduced H.R. 6415, the American Border Act, which would authorize construction and ensure the necessary funding to build a wall along our southern border in keeping with President Trump's commitment to the American people. Drew has also voted to fulfill President Trump's full funding request for construction of a southern border wall." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "When I came to Congress, I promised the people of Georgia's Third District that I would work to secure our southern border and make America safe again. Correcting the many flaws in our immigration system begins with strong border security, which is why I will be introducing legislation that will be the first step towards answering Georgians' concerns, securing our border and helping the President fulfill his pledge to build the wall and keep America safe." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 91% by NumbersUSA. (votesmart.org)
  • "Sanctuary cities that refuse to turn illegals over to federal law enforcement should lose their funding." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3003 - No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. (votesmart.org)
  • "We need to enforce our immigration laws rather than throwing up our hands and saying, as the President has, that there is nothing we can do about the problem." (votesmart.org)
  • "I proudly voted to impose the harshest sanctions yet in response to Vladimir Putin's cruel invasion of Ukraine," said Rep. Johnson. "By raising tariffs, the United States will join with our allies in further isolating Russia's economy and withholding funds from Putin's war chest. As we stand in solidarity with the brave people of Ukraine, the Democratic Congress also continues to work alongside President Biden to curb the impacts of Putin's Price Hike here at home by lowering energy costs and speeding up America's transition to a clean energy future." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6968 "Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "We must hold North Korea accountable. Today I voted to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Pyongyang" (twitter.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." (votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 3522 "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022" (votesmart.org)
  • "For too long, we have had a tax regime that is a barrier to the meaningful economic growth, but, with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we are finally lowering the tax burden on job creators and ensuring businesses can invest in their communities and workers. I have said time and again that the United States should be the most competitive place in the world to do business, and today's vote creates an environment where businesses and innovators can grow, create jobs and increase wages for hard-working employees." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The positive impacts of tax reform have been felt by millions more Americans just this month as the updated withholding tables took effect. As employers implemented these tables, Americans across the country have seen these tax cuts reflected in bigger paychecks. This means keeping more of your hard-earned money to spend as you see fit. I have long said that Americans know how to spend their hard-earned money far better than the bureaucrats here in Washington. I look forward to seeing how our economy continues to improve." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 1 "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" (votesmart.org)
  • "Accordingly, we appreciate your support for farmers and ranchers in the face of Chinese retaliation, and we encourage the Administration to work diligently in its negotiations with China to address China's trade practices in a manner that will avoid retaliation, helping to return our agriculture industry to a state of certainty and back on the road to prosperity." (votesmart.org)
  • "The #USMCA is a win for American workers. It is time for the House of Representatives to bring this vitally important trade deal to the floor and send it to @realDonaldTrump's desk!"
  • "Today, President @realDonaldTrump signed "Phase One" of his historic US-China trade deal. The agreement addresses China's unfair trade practices and includes several of Americas top priorities. This is a big win for American workers and businesses." (twitter.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5430 "United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act." (votesmart.org)
  • "Today, President @realDonaldTrump signed Phase One" of his historic US-China trade deal. The agreement addresses China's unfair trade practices and includes several of Americas top priorities. This is a big win for American workers and businesses." (twitter.com)

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