Candidate Name: | Joanna Harbour |
Office Candidate is running for: | US Representative 3rd Congressional District |
Campaign Website: | www.joanna4oregon.com |
# | 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 President Trump's Energy Independent Plan? | Yes |
2 | Do you support spending cuts to balance the budget? | Yes |
3 | Will you vote to abolish the death tax? | Yes |
4 | Do you support a stronger military to protect America and its interests? | Yes |
5 | Do you support funding for infrastructure to protect the nation's electrical grid against an Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) event by a hostile nation or a natural solar disturbance? | Yes |
6 | Do you support government or private development of 5G capabilities to counter foreign threat to intelligence surveillance? | Yes |
After it has been vetted for safety and security. | ||
7 | Do you think the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) passed to help disabled veterans is being properly applied by environmental groups suing over environmental issues? | No |
8 | Do you subscribe to the theory that Oregon's human activity has a significant impact on climate change? | No |
9 | Do you support the decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement? | Yes |
10 | Do you support the Green New Deal's proposal to eliminate fossil fuel travel? | No |
11 | Do you support states contracting with other countries in cap-and-trade agreements? | No |
12 | Do you subscribe to the theory that animal waste on farms is a significant factor in global warming? | No |
13 | Do you support requiring follow-up studies to verify that federal household appliance efficiency regulations produce efficiencies? | Yes |
14 | Do you support national hunting and fishing regulations that protect wilderness areas without excluding recreational use? | Yes |
As long as the regulaton is reasonable and necessary. This is mostly a state issue and not a federal one. | ||
15 | Do you support categorizing violent political demonstrations as terrorism? | No |
There are already laws against violence that will cover this issue. | ||
16 | Do you support a public audit of the Federal Reserve System? | Yes |
17 | Does the federal government have constitutional authority to regulate schools? | No |
The federal government can say where its tax dollars go and how it is applied, such as vouchers. | ||
18 | Should biological males who identify as women be allowed to compete in women's sports? | No |
19 | Do you support Common Core State Standards? | No |
20 | Do you support the right of an American citizen to keep & bear arms as stated in the Second Amendment? | Yes |
21 | Do you believe more laws are an effective response to gun violence? | No |
22 | Should the federal government return to the states land it controls that is not for the purposes authorized by the Constitution? | Yes |
23 | Do you support eliminating the regulation that expands navigable waters to include dry drainage ditches? | Yes |
24 | Do you support requiring all employers to use the Federal E-Verify system to determine the employee's work eligibility status to work in the United States? | Yes |
25 | Do you support requiring proof that immigration laws are being enforced before laws granting amnesty are considered? | Yes |
I am opposed to amnesty. There are several steps that would need to be completed before citizenship is an option. | ||
26 | Do you support withholding federal funds to sanctuary cities that do not cooperate in federal immigration law enforcement? | Yes |
27 | Do you support blocking ICE from state records when investigating criminal immigrants? | No |
28 | Do you support stronger border security to prevent illegal aliens and illegal drugs from entering the U.S.? | Yes |
As well as preventing sex and human trafficking. | ||
29 | Do you support requiring aliens counted in the census to not be used for purposes of redistricting? | Yes |
30 | Do you support ending DACA? | Yes |
I believe it should be done Constitutionally through legislation and not executive fiat. | ||
31 | Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents? | No |
There must be some vetting. | ||
32 | Do you support allowing employer contributions into Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRA) for employees to purchase health insurance from the individual market? | Yes |
33 | Do you support proposed healthcare laws that require employers to provide accommodations for gender identity? | No |
34 | Do you support raising the Medicare eligibility age? | No |
35 | Do you support states contracting with Canada and other foreign entities to import drugs bypassing the U.S. Drug System for screening? | No |
36 | Do you support drug price fixing for cost control? | No |
37 | Do you support a national law legalizing marijuana? | No |
38 | Do you support the First Amendment right of business owners to run their business in accordance with their religious beliefs? | Yes |
39 | Do you support cutting federal funds to Planned Parenthood or any other organization that performs abortions? | Yes |
40 | Do you support a doctor's choice to not perform an abortion? | Yes |
41 | Do you support overturning the Supreme Court decision in Roe versus Wade, returning the decision to the states? | Yes |
42 | Do you support the Supreme Court's decision upholding same-sex marriage? | No |
This is an issue for the states and voters, just like Roe v. Wade. | ||
43 | Do you support preserving Israel's existing borders including occupied territories? | Yes |
44 | Do you support cutting aid to countries that vote against the U.S. in the United Nations? | Yes |
45 | Do you support laws that exempt government officials from laws that apply to private citizens? | No |
46 | Do you support replacing Social Security by gradually transitioning to private retirement plans for future beneficiaries? | No |
Unless the specific plan provides a secure retirement for the individual. | ||
47 | Do you see the 2030 Agenda (formerly Agenda 21) as a threat to the U.S. sovereignty? | Yes |
NARRATIVE QUESTIONS | ||
The following questions will not appear in the Candidate Comparison Guide, but will be included in your Individual Candidate Guide. | ||
48 | If you were writing a bill on gun regulations, what two main issues would you include? | |
1. National Carry - individuals should be able to carry their guns in every state of the nation and not have to apply state by state. 2. Any rule, regulation, or law that is passed that increases the financial burden on the individual must be paid by issuing governing authority. |