Joshua Foxworth's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Joshua Foxworth has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Texas Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am strongly pro-life. I do not support funding for Planned Parenthood. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I would end the wars in the middle east, place some of the military on our borders and alter the military to face the challenges of the next century. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| I support the Fair Tax. I support the lowest taxes possible to have a balanced budget. I do not support specific cutouts for specific industries or corporations. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I support school choice. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I support some research into finding and developing alternative fuels. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| No person who is here as the result of illegal entry can be allowed to remain. We must enforce our laws to prevent illegal aliens from getting welfare, illegal employment, and free health care. They will then return home and we can reconfigure our immigration system into something that works for us. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| End the wars, place our military on the border. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Our current trade policies are designed to favor foreign nations. We must end this practice. | |||
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