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Matt Van Epps

Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Tennessee - District 7

Current Position: US House Representative TN-7

Running For: House Representative - District 7

Policy Positions

Economic Policy

  • For the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extending Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 tax cuts, implementing welfare reforms, and increasing border security funding

Business & Labor

  • For reducing the size of the federal workforce and broad deregulation to stimulate small business growth
  • For regulating and developing cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence to ensure U.S. global leadership in both industries

Health Care

  • For market-driven healthcare reforms including reducing prescription drug costs through increased market competition; supports state-level Medicaid efficiency reforms and opposes expanding federal bureaucracy in healthcare

Education

  • For school choice and federal policies allowing education funding to follow students to private or charter schools

Civil Rights

  • Against abortion rights; opposes taxpayer funding for abortion, supports protecting the unborn, and frames opposition to abortion as defending the sanctity of life
  • Against transgender athletes competing in women's sports; supports a ban on taxpayer-funded gender surgeries and opposes gender-affirming care for minors

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • For completing the U.S.-Mexico border wall and deporting undocumented immigrants with criminal records; opposes open-border policies
  • For a robust defense budget and 'Peace Through Strength' foreign policy; supports Israel and opposes Iran's aggression
  • For banning foreign land grabs of American farmland and protecting farmers from federal overregulation

Public Safety

  • For Second Amendment rights; opposes federal measures for stricter gun control