OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Clay Higgins: 96 million children have been murdered in the womb.
Ralph Abraham: A child's life begins at conception.
Garret Graves: Human life begins at conception.
Ralph Abraham: Human life begins at conception.
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Budget & Economy
Clay Higgins: Insidious lust for power and money drives deficit spending.
Garret Graves: Free enterprise instead of assuring livable income.
Ralph Abraham: Free enterprise instead of assuring livable income.
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Civil Rights
Clay Higgins: FactCheck: Biblical marriage includes polygamy and chattel.
Clay Higgins: I define marriage Biblically: one man and one woman.
Garret Graves: Marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
Ralph Abraham: Marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
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Crime
Clay Higgins: Resounding voice for the Thin Blue Line.
Clay Higgins: Penitentiaries should be for PENITENCE, not punishment.
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Education
Clay Higgins: Dismantle Common Core; dismantle Education Department.
Clay Higgins: College education has become more of burden than benefit.
Garret Graves: Oppose nationwide standards like Common Core.
Ralph Abraham: Oppose nationwide standards like Common Core.
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Energy & Oil
Clay Higgins: Do more in DC to help the oil & gas industry.
Garret Graves: No federal subsidies for wind & solar.
Ralph Abraham: No federal subsidies for wind & solar.
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Environment
Clay Higgins: Pipe system to replenish river silt & fight coastal erosion.
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Foreign Policy
Clay Higgins: Russia is a Christian ally to be handled with caution.
Clay Higgins: The United Nations compromises our sovereignty.
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Free Trade
Clay Higgins: TPP is massive transfer of American wealth to Pacific Rim.
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Government Reform
Ralph Abraham: Term limits for Congress, plus no salary.
Garret Graves: Require photo ID for voting.
Ralph Abraham: Require photo ID for voting.
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Gun Control
Clay Higgins: We already have reasonable limits on 2nd Amendment rights.
Ralph Abraham: We must protect our right to bear arms.
Garret Graves: Additional restrictive gun control laws are unneeded.
Ralph Abraham: Additional restrictive gun control laws are unneeded.
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Health Care
Clay Higgins: Repeal ObamaCare's 2800 pages of unintelligible psychobabble.
Ralph Abraham: Repeal ObamaCare; don't expand Medicaid.
Garret Graves: Repeal ObamaCare.
Ralph Abraham: Repeal ObamaCare.
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Homeland Security
Clay Higgins: I have no problem with FISA: not a secretive rubber-stamp.
Ralph Abraham: Never forget our veterans: we owe them.
Garret Graves: Maintain a numerically superior nuclear arsenal.
Ralph Abraham: Maintain a numerically superior nuclear arsenal.
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Immigration
Clay Higgins: Forgive passive visa overstays; deport aggressive illegals.
Garret Graves: Protect the border and prevent illegal entry.
Ralph Abraham: Protect the border and prevent illegal entry.
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Principles & Values
Clay Higgins: Freedom OF religion, not the freedom FROM religion.
Garret Graves: Judeo-Christian framework is moral.
Ralph Abraham: Judeo-Christian framework is moral; Shariah is a threat.
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Tax Reform
Clay Higgins: Eliminate the IRS; introduce 15% federal sales tax.
Ralph Abraham: America has been taxed to the point of bankruptcy.
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War & Peace
Clay Higgins: Iran is our enemy; revoke the Iran Deal.
Clay Higgins: ISIS must be hunted, identified, and killed.
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