Lillian Joseph

Education I believe parents have an absolute right to know what their children are being taught. The right to be heard when questions arise about school curriculums, the right to object when attempts are made to indoctrinate their children. Education Encourage high schools to offer specialize job training for students who plan to enter the work force after receiving their high school diploma. Education Increase the supply of science and math teachers and deploy them to the classrooms by increasing college scholarships for those willing to enter the field. Taxes / Budget Congress must do its job, which includes a comprehensive audit of federal agencies and spending programs to find ways to reduce their cost, eliminate duplicate programs, and improve technology so that more can be done with less. Taxes / Budget We need to cap the amount of deficit spending allowed when budgets are passed by Congress instead of spending first and raising the debt limit later to pay the bills. Guns I believe the second amendment to the Constitution means what it says. That all law-abiding Americans have an inalienable right to keep and bear arms. Government Reform No Member of Congress should be allowed to profit from information not available to the public. And Members who are provided private classified briefings, advance notice of policy decisions or closed-door meetings with key decision makers should not be allowed to use that information to feather their financial nest. What is illegal on Wall Street should be illegal for Members of Congress. I will support the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act, which would force Members of Congress to divest or place in a blind trust stocks owned by the Member, the Member's spouse, or their dependents. Abortion / Contraception I believe God is the author of life; that life begins at conception; that the unborn have a right to life. It is our obligation as Americans and as a society to protect life. Defense / Veterans Establish a new trade alliance with democratic and freedom loving nations that treat Chinese aggression on one as an attack on all. Defense / Veterans Make our Navy the largest and most technologically advanced in the world