Candidate Name: | David Delk |
Office Candidate is running for: | US Congress, Oregon District 3 |
Campaign Website: | daviddelk.org |
# | ISSUE | ANSWER |
CANDIDATE COMPARISON QUESTIONS | ||
Please answer "yes" or "no" to the following questions. The optional explanations will be included in your Individual Candidate Guide. | ||
1 | Do you support drilling for oil and natural gas on public lands and waters? | No |
I don't support drill on private lands and waters either. Keep it in the ground | ||
2 | Do you support a balanced budget? | No |
I support reduction of our trade deficits by, in part, not approving new "free" trade agreements like the TPP | ||
3 | Do you support giving Puerto Rico and states access to bankruptcy court to legally impair its general-obligation debt when fiscally in trouble? | Yes |
4 | Do you support cutting the military budget by not giving raises to military personnel? | No |
I do support cutting the military budget but there are lots of areas to cut without going after the personnel. | ||
5 | Do you support the EPA conducting aerial surveillance on agricultural operations? | Yes |
6 | Do you support land-use rights for rural farmers/ranchers against EPA's forced land grab? | No |
7 | Do you support EPA temporarily closing BLM roads to give time for public hearings and a permanent order? | Decline |
I think there is more to this question than can be conveyed in this short space. | ||
8 | Do you support the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act allowing the U.S. Military to arrest and detain ANY "suspected" terrorist without trial, legal counsel, or accusation of wrongdoing? | No |
Such broad authorizations are very dangerous to civil liberties. | ||
9 | Do you support the UN Strong Cities Network sending foreign troops into states to train local enforcement to strengthen community resilience against violent extremism? | Decline |
Again, I think there is more here than just what is in the question. I would need more information. | ||
10 | Do you see environmental protections as a necessity that takes precedence over human rights? | Decline |
There can be no human rights in an environment which is being destroyed. | ||
11 | Do you subscribe to the theory that Oregon's human activity has an impact on carbon emissions affecting global warming? | Yes |
12 | Do you support a public audit of the Federal Reserve System? | Yes |
13 | Do you support the authority of IRS to request Social Security numbers of nonprofit contributing members? | No |
Again I fear there is more to this question than is evident from the question. I need more information. | ||
14 | Do you support cutting ties with ICANN as an agent of the U.S. Government, which guarantees free speech on the internet? | Decline |
I am not familiar with ICANN | ||
15 | Do you support closing Guantanamo Bay? | Yes |
16 | Does the federal government have constitutional authority to regulate schools? | Yes |
17 | Do you support dismantling the U.S. Department of Education? | No |
18 | Do you support Common Core State Standards? | No |
19 | Do you support restrictions on the ownership of guns by law abiding citizens? | Yes |
20 | Should the federal government return to the states land it owns that is not for the purposes authorized by the Constitution? | No |
21 | Do you support free trade agreements with foreign nations? | No |
The reason I am running is because Rep. Earl Blumenauer has a long record of support for such agreement and as not opposed TPP. | ||
22 | Do you support requiring all employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States? | No |
23 | Do you support securing the borders before any form of amnesty is legalized? | No |
24 | Do you support spending public funds to benefit illegal immigrants? | Yes |
25 | Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents? | Yes |
26 | Do you support the Federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Obamacare)? | No |
I support affordable and universal health care; I do not think that providing health insurance is the same as providing health c | ||
27 | Do you support a national law legalizing marijuana? | Yes |
28 | Do you support the First Amendment right of business owners to run their business in accordance with their religious beliefs? | No |
Human rights in the secular sphere before religious rights. | ||
29 | Do you support spending public funds on abortion services? | Yes |
However, public federal funds are not now spent in this manner. | ||
30 | Do you support repealing the Supreme Court decision in Roe versus Wade? | No |
I support a women's right to choose. | ||
31 | Do you support the Supreme Court's decision upholding same-sex marriage? | Yes |
Equal treatment under the constitution. Good decision. | ||
32 | Do you support the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research? | Yes |
33 | Do you support preserving Israel's existing borders including occupied territories? | No |
I support a single state solution with all people of Israle/Palatine having equal rights. | ||
34 | Do you support U.S. aid to Israel to ensure it can defeat its enemies? | Decline |
35 | Do you support laws that exempt government officials from laws that apply to private citizens? | Decline |
36 | Do you support replacing Social Security gradually rolling over to private retirement plans for future beneficiaries? | No |
37 | Do you support raising the Medicare eligibility age? | No |
38 | Do you support reining in the Supreme Court to strengthen the checks and balances in the federal system? | Decline |
39 | Do you support the use of presidential executive orders that changes law? | Decline |
40 | Do you see the 2030 Agenda (formerly Agenda 21) as a threat to the U.S. sovereignty? | Decline |
NARRATIVE QUESTIONS | ||
The following questions will not appear in the Candidate Comparison Guide, but will be included in your Individual Candidate Guide. | ||
41 | How do you weigh environmental protections when it has a negative impact on human survival? | |
My simple view is that environmental protections always has a positive impant on human survival. | ||
42 | How would you propose screening war refugees to prevent potential terrorists from entering the country with them? | |
They already go though years of screening. |