Tim Burchett

Conservative

Republican

House Representative

Tennessee - District 2

Current Position: US House Representative TN-2

Running For: House Representative - District 2

Policy Positions

For government oversight of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency); serves on the House subcommittee overseeing DOGE

Against government regulations on businesses; supports rolling back EPA and other agency regulations, including those enacted via Obama executive orders, and opposes regulations seen as discouraging investment and job creation

Against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); supports repealing it and replacing with free-market policies including allowing interstate insurance purchases, eliminating mandates and coverage requirements, encouraging individual marketplaces, and breaking up insurance monopolies

For domestic energy production; supports lifting restrictions on offshore drilling and investing in domestic energy resources
Against the EATS Act, which would have invalidated state and local agricultural laws including farm animal welfare laws; opposed it on states' rights grounds
Against cloud seeding and weather modification; co-introduced a bill to ban government cloud seeding

Against abortion rights; proudly pro-life with a 100% Tennessee Right to Life rating, sponsored state constitutional amendment to protect unborn life, and opposes taxpayer funding for abortions

For government transparency; supports increased spending transparency, introduced the TVA Transparency Act of 2019 to open TVA board meetings to the public, and opposes taxpayer-funded health care subsidies for members of Congress
For congressional term limits; sponsored term limits legislation in Tennessee and pledged to support term limits legislation in Congress
For banning congressional stock trading; co-sponsored the Restore Trust in Congress Act (H.R.5106) to ban members of Congress and their spouses and dependents from owning and trading stocks

Against illegal immigration; supports enforcing existing immigration laws, securing the southern border, building a border wall, and sponsored legislation imposing penalties on those who transport illegal immigrants
Against the Iran nuclear deal; supports its dissolution and the return of economic sanctions against Iran
For strong U.S.-Israel alliance; supports Israel's right to defend itself and moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem recognizing it as Israel's undivided capital
For repealing the 2002 AUMF authorizing military force against Iraq
Against expanding H-2B visas; voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which would have nearly doubled available H-2B visas
Against prohibiting ICE cooperation with HHS to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of Unaccompanied Alien Children; voted against the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158) which included such a prohibition
For providing military support to Israel following the October 7 attacks

For expanding gun rights; lifetime NRA member, avid gun owner with carry permit, sponsored legislation to expand gun rights and protect lawful carry permit holders
Against gun control legislation; stated he sees no 'real role' for Congress in reducing gun violence after the Covenant School shooting, saying 'we're not gonna fix it'
For criminalizing possession and distribution of Salvia divinorum; sponsored and passed a 2006 Tennessee bill making it a Class A misdemeanor