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Jana Sanchez's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Jana Sanchez has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2018 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2018.

  • "The courts have decided that the right to access abortion, is protected under the 4thAmendment. Abortion must remain safe, legal and rare." (votesmart.org)
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  • "Any tax reform must include the following aspects: […] Spur infrastructure investment and create good, well-paying jobs" (sanchezforcongress2018.com)
  • "[…] voters don’t want healthcare taken away, their money spent on a useless wall, Medicare/Social Security cut to pay for tax cuts for corporations." (twitter.com)
  • "The GOP backed this tax cut for corporations that will leave the next generation bankrupt and has done nothing for working families." (twitter.com)
  • "Emphatically, I do not support depleting public schools to provide vouchers for students attending private or for-profit charter schools and will do everything possible at a federal level to prevent such initiatives. While this is primarily a state and local issue, I will do everything possible at a federal level to promote public education." (sanchez4texas.com)
  • "Many parents and teachers tell me that far too many resources are spent on state tests mandated by federal law. I would like to see this policy reviewed to reduce the stress on students, teachers, parents and schools. While we do need to be assured schools are educating students, let’s make sure we are not creating an undue burden in doing so." (sanchez4texas.com)
  • "The renewable energy sector is growing 17 times as fast as the rest of the U.S. economy and increasingly provides more and more jobs. The solar energy industry created 73,000 jobs nationally in 2016, an increase of 25%. We must bring some of those jobs to this district." (sanchezforcongress2018.com)
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  • "Congress needs to support the will of the majority of Americans, who want increased regulations of firearms and who have to right to attend church, school or a concert without fear for their lives. We need universal background checks for all handgun sales. We should prevent convicted domestic abusers from owning firearms." (votesmart.org)
  • "Universal affordable healthcare is a basic human right. […] I will push legislation that creates universal healthcare but that will work to control prices." (sanchezforcongress2018.com)
  • "Until now, the policy we as a nation have pursued is to make it physically difficult for immigrants to get here. This includes increased border enforcement and physical structures such as a wall. The problem with these are that the end result will not eliminate illegal immigration but it will destroy our environment […]" (sanchezforcongress2018.com)
  • "I believe Dreamers should be fast-tracked to citizenship and never again face the terror of being deported back to countries of origin." (votesmart.org)
  • "Texas should join the other states that deal with marijuana through regulation rather than criminalization. This would free up law enforcement resources and provide additional revenues for schools and infrastructure." (votesmart.org)
  • "Our National Leaders need to contain North Korea’s nuclear capacity and other hostile acts against the US and its regional allies. […] For diplomacy to work, we must gain the trust of North Korea that we are honest brokers by not pulling out of negotiated agreements with countries that act hostile with us like Iran." (sanchezforcongress2018.com)
  • "Al Qaeda in 9/11 and ISIS of Iraq and Syria have been severely weakened by actions taken by the US and our allies. […] Deny them safe havens to operate and gain strength and to counter their recruitment of young men and women to their radical ideology." (sanchezforcongress2018.com)

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