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Cody Hart's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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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 2022.

  • "I am an absolute supporter of the right of unborn children to live and will protect their lives as I would every life." (codyhart.org)
  • "While I believe there are unique medical situations that abortion may be necessary, I am an absolute supporter of the right of unborn children to live and consider it my duty to protect their lives as I would all Americans lives from being harmed by another." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I believe our nation is obligated to keep the social security and medicare promises we have made but more needs done to make the system more efficient and accountable to tax payers." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
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  • "While I advocate for a strong military budget, I believe the increases the current defense budget provides an adequate level of funding." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Go Skagit: "Infrastructure system — As a civil engineer, I have been fighting infrastructure system abuse by politicians and government employees for years who have been taking advantage of under-qualified elected officials. I will not be taken advantage of and I will fight to eliminate the manipulation of our infrastructure funds by those who never want to see the system truly fixed." (www.goskagit.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "While I believe federal programs can in unique situations help specific business sectors for national goals, our federal government should generally take the position it supports a strong economy by not involving itself in most business and complicating the already too burdensome task of running a successful business." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I advocate for state and local control over school educations standards and the believe that the closer the voter/parent is to the government official in charge of their children's education, the more accountable that school will be to the parent and student's needs and ability to implement changes when needed." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Our school system is failing students. From misguided social programs that don't belong in school to dishonest sales tactics used by colleges. I will defend parental rights and fight to stop the sexualization of children in school!" (codyhart.org)
  • "On the issue of government funding the development of renewable energy, I support scientific research but I do not support meddling/mandating private development when more cost effective, and environmentally compliant resources are available. I am a believer in allowing free markets and private business to bring renewable energy options as an option if they have cost effective products that the public supports. I believe in supporting a balanced greenhouse gas emission federal policy that responsibly considers scientific research and available options whenever possible." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "On the issue of government funding the development of renewable energy, I support scientific research but I do not support meddling/mandating private development when more cost effective, and environmentally compliant resources are available. I am a believer in allowing free markets and private business to bring renewable energy options as an option if they have cost effective products that the public supports. I believe in supporting a balanced greenhouse gas emission federal policy that responsibly considers scientific research and available options whenever possible." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "As a gun owner, I am an advocate for gun rights, support responsible gun ownership and will oppose any legislation that infringes upon the 2nd Amendment." (codyhart.org)
  • "I am an advocate for the Right to Bear Arms but also, a believer in responsible gun ownership. While I understand that many are emotionally driven by unfortunate acts of violence to desire increased gun regulations, these emotions do not override the fact that evil exists and regardless of the laws, evil will not follow them. I do not support removing the opportunity for my fellow citizens from protecting themselves from evil and acts of violence and support gun rights for my fellow Americans." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I have lived through the failure of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and have been forced to deal with its catastrophic effects on my own family. Government should never have been allowed to destroy the private insurance industry and should make every effort to fix what it has done." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I support strong control of our nations borders, knowing who is entering our country, and enforcement of our nations immigration laws and not rewarding those who violate them." (codyhart.org)
  • "I support enforcement of our nations migration policies and not rewarding those who are caught breaking them. While I generally support the return of immigrants who unlawfully enter our country to their country of origin, there are exceptions I would likely support but not as a general policy." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "History has shown everyone, evil nations will perform evil acts upon the world if left unchecked. Whenever possible, America should do whatever it needs to do to prevent hostile nations from possessing weapons of mass destruction. We must stop the endless wars but we must also keep our promises to allies to provide military support. I would prefer never to have another Americans life taken from us in conflicts around the world but it is naive and dangerous to believe we can just ignore the realities of the world or we will find ourselves fighting them on our own soil." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "History has shown everyone, evil nations will perform evil acts upon the world if left unchecked. Whenever possible, America should do whatever it needs to do to prevent hostile nations from possessing weapons of mass destruction. We must stop the endless wars but we must also keep our promises to allies to provide military support. I would prefer never to have another Americans life taken from us in conflicts around the world but it is naive and dangerous to believe we can just ignore the realities of the world or we will find ourselves fighting them on our own soil." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "In the past, I would have supported removing all trade barriers but our nation has unfortunately seen that foreign nations such as China, do not believe in the basic fairness of free markets the way Americans do so we must use tools such as tariffs when foreign nations unfairly manipulate trade." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Pro-life Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
While I believe there are unique medical situations that abortion may be necessary, I am an absolute supporter of the right of unborn children to live and consider it my duty to protect their lives as I would all Americans lives from being harmed by another.
No In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
No Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
I believe our nation is obligated to keep the social security and medicare promises we have made but more needs done to make the system more efficient and accountable to tax payers.
No Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
No Do you support increasing defense spending?
While I advocate for a strong military budget, I believe the increases the current defense budget provides an adequate level of funding.
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?
Yes Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
While I believe federal programs can in unique situations help specific business sectors for national goals, our federal government should generally take the position it supports a strong economy by not involving itself in most business and complicating the already too burdensome task of running a successful business.
No Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
I advocate for state and local control over school educations standards and the believe that the closer the voter/parent is to the government official in charge of their children's education, the more accountable that school will be to the parent and student's needs and ability to implement changes when needed.
Yes Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
Yes Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
On the issue of government funding the development of renewable energy, I support scientific research but I do not support meddling/mandating private development when more cost effective, and environmentally compliant resources are available. I am a believer in allowing free markets and private business to bring renewable energy options as an option if they have cost effective products that the public supports. I believe in supporting a balanced greenhouse gas emission federal policy that responsibly considers scientific research and available options whenever possible.
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
I am an advocate for the Right to Bear Arms but also, a believer in responsible gun ownership. While I understand that many are emotionally driven by unfortunate acts of violence to desire increased gun regulations, these emotions do not override the fact that evil exists and regardless of the laws, evil will not follow them. I do not support removing the opportunity for my fellow citizens from protecting themselves from evil and acts of violence and support gun rights for my fellow Americans.
Yes Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
No Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
I have lived through the failure of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and have been forced to deal with its catastrophic effects on my own family. Government should never have been allowed to destroy the private insurance industry and should make every effort to fix what it has done.
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?
I support enforcement of our nations migration policies and not rewarding those who are caught breaking them. While I generally support the return of immigrants who unlawfully enter our country to their country of origin, there are exceptions I would likely support but not as a general policy.
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?
History has shown everyone, evil nations will perform evil acts upon the world if left unchecked. Whenever possible, America should do whatever it needs to do to prevent hostile nations from possessing weapons of mass destruction. We must stop the endless wars but we must also keep our promises to allies to provide military support. I would prefer never to have another Americans life taken from us in conflicts around the world but it is naive and dangerous to believe we can just ignore the realities of the world or we will find ourselves fighting them on our own soil.
No Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
In the past, I would have supported removing all trade barriers but our nation has unfortunately seen that foreign nations such as China, do not believe in the basic fairness of free markets the way Americans do so we must use tools such as tariffs when foreign nations unfairly manipulate trade.
1) Government Accountability: As a whistle blower I have found and reported hundreds of millions of dollars of waste, fraud, abuse, and discrimination in federal transportation, environmental, and aviation programs that have been allowed through ignorance and incompetence. I have the unique skills and experience needed to help stop what is going on, and improve all aspects of our federally managed infrastructure system. 2) Education Reform: I have real solutions for our student loan debt problems as well as cost of pubic education through school choice. My proposed changes will not only improve our education system at a lower cost.

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