Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Texas 13th Congressional District in 2018 Texas 2018 General Election.
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He pushes for greater attention to space, cyber warfare, and irregular warfare, as well as for management reforms to help ensure that the taxpayers get the most for each dollar spent on national security. Learn more
The most important element of our national security is the people in the military and other national security organizations. Learn more
Mac believes we must ensure that the country continues to get and to keep top quality personnel; that they have the education and training they need; that they have all of the tools and resources necessary; and that they are given the country’s full support when carrying out their assignments. Learn more
He also believes it is wrong to play partisan politics with those who risk their lives to protect America. Learn more
He has co-sponsored a number of regulatory reform bills, and he has voted for those and other measures aimed at reining in regulation and forcing agencies to consider the cost on our businesses. Learn more
Mac has actively fought a long list of overly-intrusive regulations. Learn more
The most important element of our national security is the people in the military and other national security organizations. Learn more
He has been a strong advocate for making sure that the military and national security professionals have the tools they need to do the job the country asks of them. Learn more
Mac believes that the first job of the federal government is to defend the country. Learn more
Today there are more federal regulations on the books than any other time in our nation’s history. Learn more
Mac is a strong advocate for simplifying, streamlining, and opening up the regulatory process to prevent or reduce overreach by the federal government. Learn more
He also supports efforts to ensure that health care decisions are made by the doctor and patient, not by a bureaucrat in Washington. Learn more
He voted against the original bill when it was forced through the House and has voted to support all efforts to repeal, dismantle, and defund any and all parts of the law. Learn more
Mac believes Congress should fully repeal and defund Obamacare because it is already driving up premiums, forcing employers to stop offering health care, and causing Americans to lose the care they already have. Learn more
Mac believes that upending the entire health care system when 84 percent of Americans are already covered by health insurance was an enormous mistake. Learn more
He also supports major tax reform. Learn more
Mac always remembers that every dollar spent by the federal government is first earned by a taxpayer. Learn more
He also knows that the more money the government confiscates in taxes, the less money there is for the family to spend on its needs. Therefore, Mac is a strong advocate for lower taxes. Learn more
Mac has also cosponsored the “Fair Tax,” a national sales tax that would replace the income tax and the payroll tax. Learn more
Mac has cosponsored a bill that would give each taxpayer a choice of paying a simple, flat-rate on his or her income or continue paying under the existing system. Learn more
He believes that the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 should be made permanent. Learn more
Mac believes that Members of Congress from both parties have abused congressionally-directed earmarks and that there should be a moratorium on earmarks until a new, transparent system of accountability can be implemented. Learn more
He believes there must be a serious debate to implement a simpler, fairer tax system that ordinary Americans can understand and in which they can greater confidence. Learn more
Mac has introduced a bill to permanently repeal the death tax, a measure cosponsored by 94 other Members of Congress. Learn more
He has cosponsored a bill to establish a bipartisan commission on entitlements that would report is recommendations back to Congress for an up or down vote. Learn more
he is concerned about the tremendous growth of automatic spending programs – entitlements – which currently make up about half of all federal spending and are growing at an alarming rate. Learn more
He is a cosponsor of a federal sunset proposal that would terminate every federal program after a certain period of time and require that Congress reauthorize it. Learn more
Mac believes that the federal government should be required to balance its budget, just as millions of American families have to do. He supports a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution and has voted for it repeatedly. Learn more
He believes there must be priorities in federal spending so that if extra spending is required for a particular purpose, other, lower-priority spending must be reduced. Learn more
He supports tools, such as a line-item veto, which can help reduce wasteful spending. Learn more
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