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I would never vote to increase anyone's taxes unless there was an urgent national emergency, such as an attack on our home soil. I believe that the federal government collects far too much of our hard earned money in the form of taxes, and I also believe there is significant waste in the federal government that absolutely must be addressed.

I would not purposely or knowingly take any money from PACS that support anything that goes against my Christian principles and values. In fact, I will not accept any money from PACS that do not have a specific interest in our district. I want to always be able to vote for what is best for our people- without compromising my Christian values and the principles that I learned while growing up here.

The beer and wine issue is controversial in and of itself. My wife and I choose not to drink, and we don't serve alcohol in our home. I do not believe that it is necessarily wrong for someone who is of legal drinking age to consume alcohol in a responsible manner. However, I know that many others believe that any alcohol consumption is wrong, and I respect that opinion as well. I do believe that the abuse of alcohol can be devastating on many levels, and I support strict consequences for persons who violate our laws concerning alcohol use.

On that note, I have been very concerned with the fact that when one of my opponent's staff members was caught drinking and driving in September, the staff member was only given a "two-week suspension" from work. I will tell you now that I expect any person who works with me to be above reproach in every aspect of their lives. If someone is arrested for a DWI (or any other crime) they will be gone from my staff- no questions asked.

Clearly our founding fathers and the original colonies felt that the Bill of Rights was critical to insuring that the federal government did not become too oppressive. During my career as an attorney, I have personally defended and fought for many individual's rights as spelled out in these amendments.

I strongly support the Second Amendment, and believe in the individual's right to keep and bear arms.  When this amendment was written, it was considered every man's duty to have arms with which to protect himself and his family, and also to protect our nation against attack if necessary.

I believe that we have too many gun-control laws which only serve to restrict law-abiding citizens without doing anything to deter criminals from obtaining weapons with which to commit crimes. I do not believe that additional gun-control laws will have any benefit in deterring crime. Some of our gun control laws are ineffective because they are unenforceable until after a crime has been committed.  Why should we expect a criminal who is planning to commit a violent crime to worry about whether he has obtained his weapon legally?? If he kills someone and is charged with murder, I doubt if he will be concerned with an additional charge of obtaining a weapon without a license!

We absolutely must find a way to stop violent crime without restricting the rights of our law-abiding citizens.  We need to support and defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as they were written and intended to be used by our founding fathers.

I'm very sorry that you have to go through such suffering, no-one should have to go through the difficulties you have experienced just to obtain health care.

I believe that health insurance should be available to all citizens. I have seen the current state of our health insurance system, and I have found it to be incredibly flawed--we need to find a solution that allows anyone to afford health care without extremely high premiums or unfair deductibles. Unfortunately, we can thank excessive civil judgments and unnecessary regulation for some of the high prices we must endure today.

Many solutions to these issues have been proposed, and while I have not had the chance to personally evaluate every one of them, I know that no workable solution has been found. However, from my own personal experience, I also know that universal government-run health care is not the solution to these problems, nor can the government completely step away from the issue either. I think this is a crucial problem which requires solutions that are both responsive and meaningful, which must be examined now. Simply put, the current system absolutely must be reformed as soon as possible to meet our health care needs.

If I am elected your Congressman, I will work hard to ensure that Congress does not ignore cases like yours when we debate the health care crisis. I will be sure to keep you in my prayers, and I hope that after I am elected I will be able to help you find a solution that will remove the burden that has been placed on your shoulders.

Thanks,
Lance