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Al Gross' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Al Gross did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 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 2022.

  • Anchorage Daily News: "My mother Shari always reminds me that before Roe v. Wade, women had to choose between the law and their lives. My wife Monica and I refuse to allow our daughters to be forced to make the same life and death decisions. As a doctor, I understand that health care decisions are personal and complicated. We must keep the government out of our personal lives, including our health care decisions. When I’m elected to Congress, I’ll vote to finally enshrine women’s reproductive rights into law once and for all." (www.adn.com)
  • "Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to listen to women and doctors and allowed a harmful law in Kentucky to remain in effect. As a doctor, I find this law abhorrent on so many levels. I'll always fight to protect a woman's right to choose." (twitter.com)
  • "I'll defend a woman's right to choose and fight attacks on safe, affordable reproductive healthcare." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "With Dunleavy attacking Alaska's Supreme Court & a woman's right to choose, it's never mattered more to send a doctor to Washington who'll fight for a woman's right to make her own medical decisions in consultation w her doctor. I'm proud to be pro-choice." (twitter.com)
  • "Today is the anniversary of the #SocialSecurityAct being signed into law. But Mitch McConnell & his allies have made it clear they want to cut #SocialSecurity, #Medicaid, and #Medicare to pay for the $1.5 trillion in tax cuts they gave to huge corporations and the very wealthy." (twitter.com)
  • "I'm a commercial fisherman and doctor. I don't owe the special interests anything. I'll be a U.S. Senator who fights to protect #SocialSecurity and to make #HealthCare more affordable for everyone." (twitter.com)
  • "After the recent federal court decision in Texas striking down the ACA, I can't think of a more compelling reason to push forward for a single payer system and a Medicare for all type of health care system. It is the only way we can truly cover preexisting conditions." (twitter.com)
  • "As your senator, I will first balance Medicare so that it works and is fair for both patients and for providers. We must allow Medicare to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical industry for competitive savings. Then, we must offer Medicare as a public option, on the health care exchange for people to buy at cost, which will be markedly less expensive than what people are paying for health insurance today, without compromising access. This is a public option and it can and will work." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "I will work to end dark money’s influence on our politics, and will always put your voices ahead of those of other politicians’ wealthy campaign contributors." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "Today, I am proud to announce that our campaign has been endorsed by End Citizens United -- the leading organization working to stop the influence of dark money and special interests in our government." (www.facebook.com)
  • "We must fix the corrupt campaign finance system that undermines our democracy and prohibits our politicians from being held accountable when they stop working for us. I will fight to end Citizens United and get dark money out of politics." (dralgrossak.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "The Russian invasion of Ukraine highlights the need to adequately fund the U.S. military based in Alaska, and to invest in Alaska-based energy sources to ensure the U.S. has energy independence." (www.adn.com)
  • "From @realDonaldTrump on down, our leaders are failing us. We need a plan that is bigger & bolder. More investments in jobs and infrastructure. More protection for the front lines. Enough playing catchup." (twitter.com)
  • "The infrastructure bill is a huge win for AK’s economy and our families, especially in the most rural parts of our state. This bipartisan legislation, which Rep. Young championed, will provide much needed funding to upgrade our state’s core infrastructure" (twitter.com)
  • "Today is the anniversary of the #SocialSecurityAct being signed into law. But Mitch McConnell & his allies have made it clear they want to cut #SocialSecurity, #Medicaid, and #Medicare to pay for the $1.5 trillion in tax cuts they gave to huge corporations and the very wealthy." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "I'll put students, teachers, and parents first. I'll fight for public education." (twitter.com)
  • "We can't put a priority on private schools while our public schools systems suffer. @BetsyDeVosED needs to stop doing the bidding of the special interests and start giving working families a chance at a quality education." (twitter.com)
  • "While @BetsyDeVosED is prioritizing exclusive private schools over public schools, we are seeing an emerging crisis in education. We can't allow these outcomes." (twitter.com)
  • "Climate change isn't some hypothetical problem for future generations -- it's already here and we're seeing its effects firsthand in Alaska. That's why we're proud to announce that our U.S. Senate campaign will be the first in Alaska to be 100% carbon-neutral." (twitter.com)
  • "I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy – one that utilizes responsible development of oil and gas resources in Alaska’s federal areas while at the same time promoting increasing use of clean renewable energy. Alaska and our nation’s economy cannot currently exist without fossil fuels." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "I've been commercial fishing in Alaska since I was 14 and am a lifelong Alaskan. Before this summer, I've never experienced 90+ degree days or large numbers of salmon dying from high water temperatures. Climate change is threatening our planet and our way of life. We need new leadership that's focused on taking this crisis on and growing Alaska's green-jobs economy." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Promote funding and increase federal investment in clean energy sources, sustainable energy infrastructure, energy efficiency and conservation;" (dralgrossak.com)
  • "Alaska is ground zero for climate change, but Senator Dan Sullivan called the Alaskans he was elected to represent "climate change alarmists." He voted to say climate change isn't real, he's against the Paris Climate Treaty and he even wanted to let energy companies dump their waste on tribal lands. It's clear, Dan Sullivan doesn't understand what Alaskans are living with every day. We can win this, but we need your help." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Alaska needs a plan for an economy that isn’t as dependent on the fossil fuel industry, but our nation needs to rapidly increase domestic oil and gas production now in response to the current world supply crisis. I will work hard to make sure Alaskan oil and gas will be included in the necessary increase in our national production." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "I believe Alaska is at ground zero for climate change. We're facing a crisis, and it's time for immediate action." (www.facebook.com)
  • "The debate on #ClimateChange is over, and we can't continue to allow leaders to run away from this issue. It's time for us to find real solutions to a problem that's impacting our food, our land, our economy and our security. It shouldn't take years of rapidly changing weather patterns, food shortages, and wildfires that destroy lives to convince our elected officials to take action." (www.facebook.com)
  • Anchorage Daily News: "I am for common sense regulations. We need to restore a sense of responsible gun ownership — as Alaskans know well — by ensuring background checks are thorough, sufficient, and mandatory. I agree with the American Academy of Pediatrics’ positions to fund gun violence prevention research at $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and $25 million for the National Institute of Health, and to allow family members or law enforcement to petition a judge to temporarily remove firearms from a person deemed at high risk of harming themselves or others." (www.adn.com)
  • Anchorage Daily News: "I support universal background check legislation. I support personal interviews by local authorities for assault weapon purchases, which should be funded by federal legislation and held to a national standard so that people don’t drive across a state border to a more lenient state. I had to be interviewed and cleared by a TSA agent to get my Global Entry/TSA pre-check card to fly, and I believe this level of scrutiny is also appropriate if someone wants to buy an AR-15. I also strongly support the federal government funding mental health programs that help prevent gun violence." (www.adn.com)
  • "I will also close the “boyfriend loophole” that allows convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms and improve information sharing among states to improve the NICS database." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "After the recent federal court decision in Texas striking down the ACA, I can't think of a more compelling reason to push forward for a single payer system and a Medicare for all type of health care system. It is the only way we can truly cover preexisting conditions." (twitter.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "There is just no good reason to shut the government down over a wall. These are separate issues and illegal border crossings are down 90% compared to 10 years ago. This is NOT an emergency." (twitter.com)
  • "There is no doubt that a secure border is important, but the President's fixation on a border wall is not the answer." (www.facebook.com)
  • "Uncertainty and fear of the unknown has led to the misled hysteria in our country about our southern border. It is NOT a crisis. Alaska needs H1B visas a lot more than it needs the guard marching off to the Arizona desert." (twitter.com)
  • "The H-2B visa program is crucial to on-shore fish processors in Alaska and to our national seafood supply. It is important for the fishing industry to have the workers it needs as it heads into the critical summer seafood season, especially with the current shortage of labor here in Alaska. These temporary, non-immigrant visas are fundamental to filling vacant jobs left unfilled by American labor, enabling seafood industries to hire seasonal workers and to continue operations. Processors must be ready and able to keep pace with the salmon run and their independent fishermen to provide our nation’s supply of sustainable, wild-caught Alaska salmon." (dralgrossak.com)
  • "Uncertainty and fear of the unknown has led to the misled hysteria in our country about our southern border. It is NOT a crisis. Alaska needs H1B visas a lot more than it needs the guard marching off to the Arizona desert." (twitter.com)
  • 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.
  • "30% Chinese tariffs on imported Alaskan seafood is terrible for Alaska's commercial fishermen. Not fair. End the trade war!" (twitter.com)
  • "Huge trade deficits, the ballooning federal deficit, and continued fish tariffs aren't doing Alaskans any favors." (twitter.com)
  • "The Chinese fish import tariffs and Alaska's huge healthcare costs are adding to the struggle to make ends meet for Alaska's fishermen and small businesses. We need change now. #endtarriffs #healthcarereform #Alaska." (twitter.com)
  • "Trump just gave 16 billion to American farmers because of the Chinese trade war. How about some relief for Alaskan fishermen caught up in your trade war too!" (twitter.com)

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