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