Tom Emmer

Nationalist

Republican

House Representative

Minnesota - District 6

Current Position: US House Representative MN-6

Running For: House Representative - District 6

Policy Positions

For making the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax rates permanent; supported the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as House Majority Whip
Against a House resolution to end President Trump's tariffs on Canada

For cryptocurrency and digital assets; opposes federal regulation of the crypto industry and co-sponsored the SEC Stabilization Act to effectively remove SEC chairman Gary Gensler
Against minimum wage laws; introduced an amendment in 2005 to eliminate Minnesota's minimum wage law
Against eliminating funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; voted in favor of an amendment to eliminate CFPB funding in November 2023

For repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); voted for the American Health Care Act in 2017

Against climate science consensus; dismissed climate science as 'Al Gore's climate porn' and co-sponsored a resolution supporting domestic oil and gas drilling; has a 5% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters
For supporting copper-nickel mining in the Superior National Forest; backed mining leases near the Boundary Waters

Against abortion rights; holds A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and opposes taxpayer-funded abortions
Against same-sex marriage historically; supported a state constitutional amendment banning civil recognition of same-sex marriage and introduced HF 1847 to that effect, though later voted for the federal Respect for Marriage Act codifying same-sex marriage rights
For banning Sharia law; founding member of the Sharia-Free America Caucus
For pharmacist conscience clause legislation allowing pharmacists to refuse to dispense contraception on ethical, moral, or legal grounds
Against legislation to combat school bullying targeting gay and lesbian youth; opposed anti-bullying legislation as a state lawmaker

For allowing states to nullify federal laws; sponsored a 2010 amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to that effect

For Trump's 2017 executive order temporarily restricting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries
For providing U.S. support to Israel following the 2023 Hamas attack

Against establishing a national commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol
For reducing DWI penalties; sponsored a bill to shorten license revocation periods for DUI and delay revocations until after conviction