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Alexander Portelli

U.S. House of Representatives - New York 19th Congressional District

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Infrastructure / Transportation Xpand trucker duty windows to 15 hours, like Canada. Infrastructure / Transportation I will introduce a bill : Raise U.S. Trucking weight limits to 102,000 lbs. Immigration I will introduce a bill to: Repeal the Immigration Act of 1965. Infrastructure / Transportation Allow farmers to process and sell meat for domestic or international export with vet certification. Immigration End sanctuary cities. Environment / Energy Unleash Private American industry to build nuclear power plants, hydropower dams, oil refineries, pipelines and natural gas plants. Immigration End all H-1B visas and corporate guest-worker pipelines. Immigration Prioritize immigration from culturally compatible nations. Taxes / Budget Replace payroll taxes with tariffs. Environment / Energy Allow counties to opt-in to fracking. Defense / Veterans Bring troops home. Immigration Allow and streamline temporary farm-worker visas only. Foreign Policy I will introduce a bill to: Close over 95% of foreign bases. Defense / Veterans Reinforce our own borders. Taxes / Budget I will introduce a bill to: Restore a Bretton Woods-style gold standard Audit the Federal Reserve Stop reckless money printing Protect the value of the dollar and the savings of every American family. Foreign Policy I will introduce a bill to: Ban foreign corporations from running America’s power grids Push for legislation to put delivery of energy back in the hands of local public municipal utilities. Taxes / Budget I will introduce a revised tax bracket as follows: A 55% federal income-tax bracket for all companies and individuals earning over 100 million a year A 65% bracket for all companies and individuals earning over 500 million a year A crackdown on offshore tax havens Elimination of corporate loopholes. Taxes / Budget I will introduce a bill to repeal the federal income tax for every person and business earning under 1 million a year. Foreign Policy I will introduce a bill to end all foreign aid immediately, and keep that money here at home. Foreign Policy Rebuild our own cities, not foreign governments. Economy Break corporate meatpacking monopolies and return food processing to local communities. Legislation I will introduce a bill to: Restore tariffs to rebuild American manufacturing Replace payroll taxes with tariffs Protect American workers from foreign competitors whose governments subsidize their industries. Taxes / Budget Audit the Pentagon to end waste and fraud. Taxes / Budget Repeal federal gas and diesel taxes.

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