Mike Flood

Defense / Veterans Our veterans served our nation with bravery and honor, and we owe them a debt of gratitude we can never fully repay. The best we can do is keep our promises to them. I'll work to increase the quality of VA care, ensure accountability, and fight to get First Congressional District veterans the care, benefits, and services they've earned. Healthcare Health care is too expensive, and government intervention has only made the problem worse. I'll work to increase competition and reduce the cost of health care while protecting patients with pre-existing conditions and seniors. Defense / Veterans America faces unprecedented threats from abroad, including from Russia, China, North Korea, and radical Islamic extremists. Now more than ever, we must provide our armed forces with the resources to continue American military might for decades to come. We must invest in dominating new domains, like space and cyber, to ensure American soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and guardians always have the upper hand on the battlefield. Immigration I oppose amnesty and any pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. We must have strong immigration enforcement and order on our southern border—otherwise, we won't have a country at all. Abortion / Contraception In Congress, I'll work to ban abortions and expand prohibitions on taxpayer subsidies for abortion. Our tax dollars should never be used to subsidize abortions. Criminal Justice / Public Safety I'll work with law enforcement agencies to ensure our police officers are defended, not defunded. We must provide the tools needed to combat rising crime rates, fight human trafficking and opioid abuse, and keep our communities safe. Guns I will oppose any attempt to infringe on Americans' fundamental liberties, including our freedoms of speech and religion and our sacred right to keep and bear arms. Taxes / Budget I will protect President Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and work to further cut taxes and regulations that kill jobs. We need to get government out of the way and allow the free market to do what it does best: create more prosperity than any other economy in human history. Environment / Energy We must support energy exploration and the use of reliable, affordable energy sources like ethanol, coal, and natural gas. Only an all-of-the-above approach will ensure Americans secure access to affordable energy for our vehicles, homes, and businesses. Environment / Energy Nebraska ag producers are the best at what they do, and their efforts fuel our state's economy and feed the world. In Congress, I'll have their backs, working to expand free, fair trade, support family farming and ranching, oppose anti-competitive behavior in meatpacking, and fight the farm-killing Green New Deal. Civil Rights I support commonsense measures, like voter ID, that will better secure future elections and give voters the confidence that legal ballots will be counted accurately. Immigration Our nation's southern border is in a state of emergency, and Democrats' policies only create more incentives for illegal immigrants to come to this country and violate our laws. We must complete President Trump's border wall, expand funding for Customs and Border Protection and ICE, and close loopholes in our immigration laws.