Bill Graves on Abortion

Bill Graves on Budget & Economy

• Reauthorize the Kansas state lottery. (Jan 2001)
• Let state meat inspection suffice for interstate shipments. (Jul 2000)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
• Foster dairy production that is market driven. (Feb 1998)
• Maintain & enforce existing spending caps in the future. (Sep 1998)

Bill Graves on Civil Rights

• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)
• Require 90 day delay for compliance before ADA lawsuits. (May 2002)
• Limit interstate class-action lawsuits to federal courts . (May 2002)

Bill Graves on Corporations

Bill Graves on Crime

• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Bill Graves on Drugs

• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Bill Graves on Education

• More funding for special education and parental services. (Jan 2001)
• Focus educational resources to help those with greatest need. (Jul 2001)
• Require state standards, regular assessments, and sanctions. (Jul 2001)
• Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable. (Jul 2001)

Bill Graves on Energy & Oil

• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)
• Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases. (Sep 1998)

Bill Graves on Environment

• Replace MTBE in gasoline with cleaner ethanol. (May 2000)
• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001)
• Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001)
• Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001)
• State primacy over water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001)
• Supports grants for brownfields remediation. (May 2002)
• Make EPA into a Cabinet department. (May 2002)
• More EPA flexibility on interstate ozone. (May 1998)
• Focus on results, not regulation. (Sep 1998)

Bill Graves on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Bill Graves on Foreign Policy

Bill Graves on Free Trade

• Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement. (May 2002)
• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (May 1998)
• Grant fast-track authority to the President. (Nov 1999)

Bill Graves on Government Reform

• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)
• Reduce federal government size & scope, including military. (Sep 1998)

Bill Graves on Gun Control

Bill Graves on Health Care

• Eliminate waiting period for HealthWave child health care. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for Medicaid matching & pharmaceuticals. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Tax credits for those without employee health insurance. (May 2002)
• Tax deduction for long-term care insurance. (May 2002)
• Support telemedicine for underserved areas. (May 2002)
• $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors. (May 2002)
• Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits. (Oct 1999)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Bill Graves on Homeland Security

Bill Graves on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• English immersion over bilingual education. (Jul 2001)
• Ease Canadian border-crossing rules. (Oct 1999)

Bill Graves on Jobs

• Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)
• State instead of federal rules for animal operations. (Nov 1999)
• Immediate federal assistance for farm crisis. (Sep 1999)

Bill Graves on Local Issues

Bill Graves on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: United Methodist. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Midwestern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of the Republican Main Street Partnership . (Jan 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Bill Graves on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)
• Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives. (Sep 1998)

Bill Graves on Tax Reform

• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts. (Sep 1998)

Bill Graves on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
• Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism. (Jan 2002)
• Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)

Bill Graves on Welfare & Poverty

• Support LIHEAP, low-income heating assistance. (May 2000)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)