Tulsi Gabbard

Candidate's Website, 2018

"Tulsi has a consistent record of advocating for sensible gun control. She has long called for reinstating a federal ban on military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines, requiring comprehensive pre-purchase background checks, closing the gun-show loophole, and making sure that terrorists are not allowed to buy guns. Tulsi has an F-rating from the NRA, a 0% rating by the Hawaii Rifle Association, and a 100% rating by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."

Candidate's Twitter Feed, 2017

"Replacing Medicaid with block grants would cost Hawaii billions, throwing tens of thousands off of their health insurance"

2019

"'That's something that I'm looking at. I think decriminalizing could lead to open borders. We need safe, secure borders in this country,' Gabbard said on The View. During the second Democratic debate, Gabbard said 'we can and should have both secure borders as well as humane immigration policies.'"

Candidate's Website, 2017

"President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is wrong. It will break up families and punish young people who were brought to this country as minors through no choice or fault of their own. These are people who have grown up in the United States, and who know no other country to be their home. DACA transformed the lives and futures of hundreds of thousands of young people, in Hawaii and across the country. Because of DACA they've been able to go to college, find a job, support their family, serve their country, and live free from the constant fear of deportation."

Candidate's Website, 2018

"So far, every GOP version of healthcare reforms intended to replace the Affordable Care Act only make the problems worse, threatening to slash billions from Medicaid, strip away essential health benefits like maternity care, substance abuse treatment, and mental health services, expand a crippling age tax on our kupuna, eliminate healthcare tax credits for over 7 million veterans, and break the bank for those with pre-existing conditions."

Candidate's Website, 2018

"Tulsi has a consistent record of advocating for sensible gun control. She has long called for reinstating a federal ban on military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines, requiring comprehensive pre-purchase background checks, closing the gun-show loophole, and making sure that terrorists are not allowed to buy guns. Tulsi has an F-rating from the NRA, a 0% rating by the Hawaii Rifle Association, and a 100% rating by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."

Voting Record, 2017

Gabbard voted against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation (HR 36).

Candidate's Website, 2018

"Tulsi is committed to defending a woman's right to choose, which government has no place infringing on. She has a 100% voting record with both Planned Parenthood and NARAL."

Candidate's Website, 2018

"I'm pushing for the Raise the Wage Act to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour - giving more than 41 million low-wage workers a raise."

Candidate's Website, 2015

"Local businesses, students, teachers, working families, and the environment will benefit from the extension of tax credits for higher education, energy efficiency, renewable energy, research and development, and more."

Candidate's Website, 2017

"By investing in green technologies and ending corporate hand outs to the fossil fuel industry, we can grow the economy, create good jobs, and protect our environment. The promise of a clean energy economy is one of skilled, good-paying jobs, advanced and sustainable infrastructure, and clean and safe neighborhoods."

Candidate's Website, 2019

"Since I've been in Congress, I've supported legislation to help alleviate the burden of student loans on our students and begin to find a solution to this crisis. I helped to launch the Congressional Future Caucus my first year in Congress which is focused on bringing millennial leaders from both sides of the aisle together, to address the challenges of our generation. We introduced the Pathways to Affordable Education Act in my first term, aimed at safeguarding Pell Grants through increased funding and expanding eligibility to increase access for low-income students. I've also supported bills like the HELP for Students and Parents Act which would give tax credits to businesses that assist in paying off the student loans of their employees, taking much off of their monthly payment burden off of their backs of these working graduates.

"Now, this year I've supported legislation like the College for All Act, which would eliminate tuition and fees at four-year public colleges and universities for families that make up to $125,000 a year, and it would make community college tuition fee-free for everyone-- something that's already practice in countries like Germany, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It would also help us to dramatically reduce crushing student loan debt for both our students and their parents by cutting all student loan interest rates for new borrowers in half; enabling existing borrowers to refinance their loans based on the interest rates available to new borrowers - less than 2 percent for federal loans made to undergraduates; and preventing the federal government from profiting off of the student loan program."

Candidate's Website, 2017

"This tax bill was written by and for lobbyists and the corporations who sign their paychecks, without consideration for the lasting impact it will have on low-income and middle-class families who are struggling just to make ends meet - the reality for so many Hawaii families and millions more nationwide. It should be no surprise that with this legislation, the top 1% in our country will receive over 82 percent of the tax benefit.

"While industry giants see the largest corporate tax cut in American history made permanent, 86 million low and middle class families will pay higher taxes in eight years than they do today."

2019

"'Tariffs are just another form of taxes on the American people,' Gabbard told The Post. 'Trump's trade war with China has been enormously destabilizing and bad for American farmers and businesses. It also undermines peace between [the] U.S. and China. It is a lose-lose situation. Future U.S. actions must be part of a larger strategy that provides stability & certainty for our economy.' When asked at the second Democratic debate whether she would keep Trump's tariffs in place, Gabbard said, 'I would not, because the approach that President Trump has taken has been extremely volatile without any clear strategic plan, and it has a ravaging and devastating effect on our domestic manufacturers, on our farmers.'"

Candidate's Website, 2018

"Last year, Congress came together to pass a long overdue transportation and infrastructure bill that reauthorized critical funding for our highways, bridges and other infrastructure, transportation safety, and public transit projects in Hawaii and across the country for the next 5 years. We must continue to ensure the federal government prioritizes its' investment in infrastructure, especially at our airports."

Candidate's Website, 2019

"The fact that marijuana's still a Schedule I drug is unacceptable in the harm that it is causing to the people of our country and to taxpayers as well. The impact this has on individuals, potentially leading to criminal records that impact them, their families, their ability to get a job, housing, financial aid for college--the impacts of this are great. That's not to speak of the impact on states, small businesses and banks in those states that have legalized some level of marijuana."

2017

Gabbard cosponsored H.R.676, the Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act, which would have eliminated private insurance that duplicated Medicare coverage.

2019

Gabbard supports a Medicare for All system. In response to a New York Times survey on her health care plan, she said, "Like many other countries in the world that have universal health care, I believe there is a role for private insurance but we have to re-evaluate what that looks like - we need to create transparency in the system, break up what is essentially an oligarchy in the pharmaceutical and health care industries and ensure Americans aren't being gouged for services they need to live."

Candidate's Twitter Feed, 2019

"Putting a border wall on the Tohono O'odham nation's land would be detrimental to their people. This is their traditional homeland and we must respect their sacred land and not build this wall."

Candidate's Website, 2018

"While Washington provides a band aid for a bullet wound, people in Hawaii and communities nationwide are battling an ever-worsening opioid epidemic that takes tens of thousands of lives each year. The bills we passed this week help provide more transparency into the dangers and addictive-nature of opioids through education, training, and outreach, and more. However, these bills fail to address the root of this epidemic-- big pharma continuing their deception and lies to earn a greater profit off their highly addictive and dangerous opioid drugs. We must pass the Opioid Crisis Accountability Act to empower prosecutors to hold Big Pharma accountable."

Candidate's Website, 2016

"Mr. Speaker, I'm rising today in strong support of H.R. 757, the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act, which I'm proud to be a co-sponsor of.

"North Korea continues to pose a serious and dangerous threat to my constituents in Hawaii , the Pacific, and the West Coast of the United States. Our communities and our families lie within range of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missiles. North Korea's nuclear tests just a week ago, and their continued pursuit of developing more nuclear weapons and miniaturizing those weapons, serve as a reminder of the threat that North Korea poses to our country, which my constituents in Hawaii know all too well.

"There are some necessary steps that the United States must take to deal with this threat. We need to increase the strength and capabilities of our Pacific fleet and forces. We need to stop the downward trend in investment of ballistic missile defense development and capabilities, and strengthen our ballistic missile defense capabilities, specifically in Hawai'i and the Pacific, to counter this threat. We need to re-examine our strategy of so-called 'strategic patience' with North Korea, recognizing that North Korea has continued to grow in their nuclear and missile capabilities, which tells us that the status quo is not working.

"This bill, however, deals with another important area where we need to act-sanctions. It gives us the tools to respond to North Korea's provocations. One provision would apply sanctions that prohibit the export of munitions to North Korea and severely restrict export licenses for controlled goods and technologies. It would prohibit financial transactions between U.S. persons and the government of North Korea, and sanction those who send or receive lethal military equipment to North Korea. "

Candidate's Website, 2018

"Tulsi is committed to protecting Medicare and Social Security, preserving the safety net that cares for those most in need."

2019

"It's essential that we make sure that Social Security, something that we all pay into throughout our lives, remains solvent, not only for those who are receiving those benefits now, but for my generation and generations to come. We can do that through two main things. First of all, making sure that no other government agency or political is able to raid the existing Social Security funds to pay for other things. And number two, by lifting the caps, to make sure that the burden of paying into Social Security is not solely placed on hard-working middle-class Americans, but those who do very well are also contributing and paying their fair share."

Candidate's Website, 2014

"'Russia has violated the sovereignty and independence of the Ukrainian people, in direct contravention of its own treaty obligations and international law,' said Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, an Army combat veteran and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. 'I support the sanctions announced today, and I strongly urge the President to go further and consider a broader range of consequences. If Russia is allowed to continue its aggressive push for control in Ukraine, there will be long-term, serious, and costly security risks for the United States and Europe. Russia must face serious consequences for their actions; the U.S. must consider options that truly isolate Russia economically and diplomatically-not just sanction a handful of oligarchs-and send a message of unity and strength from the international community.'"

Candidate's Website, 2019

"Since I've been in Congress, I've supported legislation to help alleviate the burden of student loans on our students and begin to find a solution to this crisis. I helped to launch the Congressional Future Caucus my first year in Congress which is focused on bringing millennial leaders from both sides of the aisle together, to address the challenges of our generation. We introduced the Pathways to Affordable Education Act in my first term, aimed at safeguarding Pell Grants through increased funding and expanding eligibility to increase access for low-income students. I've also supported bills like the HELP for Students and Parents Act which would give tax credits to businesses that assist in paying off the student loans of their employees, taking much off of their monthly payment burden off of their backs of these working graduates.

"Now, this year I've supported legislation like the College for All Act, which would eliminate tuition and fees at four-year public colleges and universities for families that make up to $125,000 a year, and it would make community college tuition fee-free for everyone-- something that's already practice in countries like Germany, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It would also help us to dramatically reduce crushing student loan debt for both our students and their parents by cutting all student loan interest rates for new borrowers in half; enabling existing borrowers to refinance their loans based on the interest rates available to new borrowers - less than 2 percent for federal loans made to undergraduates; and preventing the federal government from profiting off of the student loan program."

Other, 2019

"Breaking this commitment that the U.S. made to Iran and our allies will likely push Iran to restart its nuclear weapons program, increase the potential of war, and undermine critical negotiations to denuclearize North Korea - a country that already has nuclear weapons that threaten Hawaii and the United States. Due to President Trump's actions today, there is no reason for North Korea's Kim Jong-un to believe that the United States will abide by any agreement made with them to denuclearize North Korea. This short-sighted decision ruins already damaged U.S. global credibility, proving that the U.S. cannot be trusted to keep its promises."

Candidate's Website, 2017

"President Trump's decision today to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, making us just one of three countries in the world not to participate, is short-sighted and irresponsible. Without global action to drastically curb carbon pollution, climate change threatens the safety and security of the planet, especially in places like Hawai'i where we are already experiencing its' devastating effects."