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Markwayne Mullin

Nationalist
Republican
N/A
Oklahoma

Current Position: Secretary of Homeland Security

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

Business & Labor

  • Against increasing federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10

Health Care

  • Against the Affordable Care Act; demanded it be delayed or defunded even at risk of government shutdown

Education

  • Against Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

Environment

  • Against EPA Clean Water Rule and supports limiting Clean Air Act authority
  • For Keystone XL pipeline approval
  • Against EPA and OSHA regulations; supports reversing Obama administration oil and gas regulations

Civil Rights

  • Against abortion; supports federal ban on abortion without exceptions and protecting rights of the unborn
  • Against transgender girls using girls' restrooms in public schools and transgender women participating in women's sports

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • For expunging Trump's first impeachment and supporting Trump's efforts to contest 2020 election results

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • For building Trump's border wall and securing the border; supports mass deportation strategy
  • For US aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan worth $95.3 billion
  • For US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and alleged drug traffickers
  • Against United States intervention in Syria; voted against authorizing force in 2013

Public Safety

  • For Second Amendment rights; opposed executive orders on gun control and called such proposals 'absurd'
  • Against the Violence Against Women Act; voted against reauthorizing in 2013
  • Against Hurricane Sandy relief bill due to concerns about adding to national debt