We can never do too much to help those who have risked their lives protecting the freedoms we all enjoy. All veterans deserve quality health care when they need it, preferences on jobs when they are looking for work, food and housing aid when they encounter economic or health related issues.

Our Colleges and Universities need to do some soul-searching. The purpose of higher education is to teach our young how to think, and equip them with skills required to master a craft or subject. ​ It is not to indoctrinate them to a particular point of view, or give them worthless degrees, or tell them what to think or portray the United States an evil empire. ​ It is not to silence the voices of conservative thinkers, or deny jobs to conservative scholars, or regulate free speech or punish students who dare to challenge conventional wisdom.

All law-abiding American citizens have the right to keep and bear arms. That language is in the United States Constitution. It means what it says. ​ Consistent with the oath I will take to the Constitution, I will oppose any and all attempts to infringe on that right as a Member of Congress.

The ultimate authority over the raising of a child is the parent. It is not a teacher, or guidance counselor or psychologist employed by a school corporation. ​ Therefore, I believe parents have an inherent right to object when schools try to indoctrinate their children, assign objectionable books or materials, or fail to inform parents about medical issues involving their children.

The official unemployment rate in the United States is 4.3%. The number omits a painful statistic—the families where both fathers and mothers must work to make ends meet, the parents who have to hold more than one job in order to pay the mortgage, the inflation rate that ravages the purchasing power of their paycheck. The purchasing power of the middle class is only slightly higher than it was 25 years ago. Little wonder that working class people are in revolt, unable to afford a home, never able to get ahead, living paycheck to paycheck, one illness or calamity away from bankruptcy. America needs good jobs that pay good wages, access to trade school where they can learn new skills and crafts, and a tax policy that encourages American companies to build their manufacturing and production facilities on American soil.

Our Bill of Rights entitles us to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. All people are entitled to be who they are. ​ There are however, biological differences between genders. I do not believe that someone born male has an inherent right to compete in sports against someone born female. Not in grade school. Not in high school. Not in college.

There is too much violent crime in the United States. Too many innocent victims of crime. And too little done to stop it. It is quaint to hear liberals say that crime is down. What they fail to mention is that it skyrocketed during the covid crisis and still permeates the landscape in too many cities, on too many streets, in too many neighborhoods. This is my truth. When you lessen the consequences of crime, you will have more crime. When criminals know that they’ll be released by a lenient judge, or offered cashless bail, or given a slap on the wrist for peddling drugs, or set free after assaulting a helpless senior, or hamstring prosecutors, they will do it again. Feeling safe is the foundation of freedom!

It began with the North American Free Trade Agreement, grew worse when China was admitted to the World Trade Organization, and became an economic crisis for the middle class when our trading partners exploited the rules and tariff rates. ​Middle America has never recovered from the damage done to the working class, the loss of good manufacturing jobs, and the ability of Americans to raise a family on one income. For the past 25 years we have had a trade deficit with the rest of the world. During that period, more than 5 million manufacturing jobs disappeared from U.S. soil. China has risen to an economic and military superpower thanks to U.S. trade policy that put America last. ​We can do better. We must.