Republican Representative (TX-14); previously Libertarian for President:
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- More needless and harmful regulations today than ever. (Sep 2012)
- What we say, do, and think has become government's business. (Sep 2012)
- If Congress doesn't earmark, the Executive Branch decides. (Feb 2012)
- Preach the gospel of liberty. (Jan 2012)
- All spending should be designated by earmarks. (Jan 2012)
- Veto every single bill that violates the 10th amendment. (Sep 2011)
- Some Executive Orders are legal; but power has been abused. (Sep 2011)
- I believe in market regulation, but not federal regulation. (Sep 2011)
- Everything government does is a mandate. (Sep 2011)
- Don't use Executive Orders for controversial laws. (Sep 2011)
- FEMA just conditioned people to build where they shouldn't. (Sep 2011)
- Government investment in ANY business is malinvestment. (Jun 2011)
- Enough bipartisanship; gridlock can be the friend of liberty. (Apr 2011)
- Tax-funded elections are worse than campaign finance reform. (Apr 2011)
- People shouldn't be able to vote to take away others' rights. (Apr 2011)
- Government "insurance" is really just a transfer payment. (Apr 2011)
- I vote for term limits, but they won't solve anything. (Apr 2011)
- Lobbyists shouldn't see bills before Congressmen. (Feb 2011)
- Paper money makes Congress believe it has no spending limit. (Sep 2010)
- Introduced Federal Reserve Transparency Act with Sen.Sanders. (Sep 2010)
- The “living Constitution” is the death of democracy. (Apr 2008)
- Constitution defines much smaller government. (Feb 2008)
- Received the most campaign contributions from the military. (Feb 2008)
- Dismantle agencies that have no Constitutional role. (Dec 2007)
- Supports compulsory term limits, not voluntary for himself. (Dec 2007)
- DC voting representation should be determined by Amendment. (Sep 2007)
- No federal voter ID card; but state ID cards ok. (Sep 2007)
- Constitution was written to restrain the federal government. (Sep 2007)
- We are drifting rather rapidly into a totalitarian state. (Sep 2007)
- Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God. (Sep 2007)
- End government secrecy; restore openness of information. (Aug 2007)
- With neocon philosophy, Cheney is more powerful than Bush. (Aug 2007)
- Signing statements erode constitutional balance. (Jul 2007)
- Conservatives support big government war policies. (Jun 2007)
- Close departments of Energy, Education & Homeland Security. (May 2007)
- Judges have become legislators by de-emphasizing juries. (Dec 1987)
- Our government routinely lies to us. (Dec 1987)
- Federal abuses today worse than King’s in 1776 revolution. (Dec 1987)
- Politicians dislike gold standard--it disallows dishonesty. (Jul 1982)
- Spending without taxation causes inflation. (Dec 1981)
Voting+Sponsorships
- Put 65 projects into 2006 bills, worth $4B to his district. (Dec 2007)
- No on all earmarks, even those he proposes for his district. (Dec 2007)
- Voted NO on Senate pay raise. (Jun 2009)
- Voted NO on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
- Voted NO on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
- Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
- Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)
- Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
- Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
- Voted YES on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)
- Voted NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)
- Voted NO on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)
- Limit federal power, per the 10th Amendment. (Dec 2000)
- Unlimited campaign contributions; with full disclosure. (Dec 2000)
- Reduce the salary of Members of Congress. (Jan 2011)
- No recess appointments without Congressional approval. (Jan 2012)
- Require all laws to cite Constitutional authorization. (Jun 2009)
- Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises. (Jan 2009)
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