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Rodney Walker

Moderate
Republican
N/A
Alabama

Current Position: Business Owner

Running For: Senator

Policy Positions

Economic Policy

  • For increased federal highway funding and infrastructure spending; supports appropriating money to ALDOT for large-scale paving and widening projects
  • Against importing food from other countries with preservatives; supports protecting domestic food supply and agricultural production
  • Against estate taxes (death tax); supports repealing the 40% estate tax to protect family farms
  • For encouraging the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to stimulate housing markets and help businesses
  • For implementing a flat tax system to replace income tax with a percentage-based tax on all purchases
  • For eliminating the Internal Revenue Service under a flat tax system
  • For requiring a balanced federal budget

Business & Labor

  • For expanded small business support through SBA, USDA, Farm Credit, and local banks; supports low-interest loans for young entrepreneurs
  • For building new dams on the Alabama River to provide electricity for AI data centers

Health Care

  • For funding USDA and inspection agencies to prevent foreign agricultural diseases from entering the country
  • For proper funding and staffing of VA hospitals with quality doctors and nurses
  • For requiring 100% of American prescription drugs to be manufactured on American soil instead of overseas

Education

  • Against the federal Department of Education; supports closing it and transferring funds to state and local education departments

Environment

  • For removing Obama-era coal production regulations to allow Alabama coal producers to increase production
  • For protecting Alabama's water rights on the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers against Georgia's dam-building efforts
  • For expanding natural gas and crude oil production in Alabama through reduced regulations and funding; supports 'Drill Baby Drill' policies
  • Against the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) applying to the United States
  • For developing federal programs to eradicate the Southern Pine Beetle through research, insecticide development, and contracted spraying
  • For maintaining federal funding for water navigation infrastructure including dredging waterways and maintaining dams and locks

Civil Rights

  • For maintaining veteran retirement benefits, medical care, housing assistance, PTSD treatment, and insurance coverage
  • For expanded mental health programs to address veteran suicide rates
  • For ensuring senior citizens have access to retirement homes, food assistance, utilities, and affordable insurance
  • Against abortion rights; will fight for the rights of unborn children and promote adoption as alternative

Voting Rights & Democracy

  • For establishing congressional term limits of two six-year terms for senators and four two-year terms for representatives; personally committed to serving only 2 terms if elected

Immigration & Foreign Affairs

  • Against foreign countries owning American National Forests and natural resources
  • For the Land and National Defense Act banning China and Iran from buying American farmland
  • For restricting birthright citizenship for children of unlawfully present immigrants and those on temporary visas
  • For closing borders and deporting criminals who entered during Biden administration
  • For requiring all visa workers to obtain Taxpayer Identification Numbers and pay taxes
  • For combining Social Security Offices with Immigration Offices to streamline visa processing

Public Safety

  • For the right to bear arms for law-abiding citizens; against gun rights for criminals and non-law-abiding citizens
  • For law enforcement funding and supporting police officers, sheriffs, and deputies