EDUCATION:
- Feds should not be involved with creation of content. (Aug 2015)
- Allow opt-out of Common Core if states define standards. (Aug 2015)
- Federal government should create choices, not standards. (Mar 2015)
- Common Core is not a federal takeover. (Feb 2015)
- I won't run from Common Core, even if GOP does. (Apr 2014)
- 13,000 politicized unionized monopolies isn't the best model. (Apr 2014)
- Common Core is the right thing to do for our country. (Apr 2014)
- Advocate for Common Core education standards. (Mar 2014)
- No Child Left Behind got states to start reforms. (Oct 2013)
- Common core lets 1,000 different curriculum flowers bloom. (Oct 2013)
- We test too much; focus on accountability instead. (Oct 2013)
- More STEM grads, to maintain global technology leadership. (Mar 2013)
- Civics & government for high school graduation. (Mar 2013)
- Full immersion for English learners. (Mar 2013)
- Education savings accounts: Fund students instead of schools. (Mar 2013)
- Restore schools via standards for teachers instead of tenure. (Nov 2012)
- Let's give every parent in America a choice about schools. (Aug 2012)
- School choice is about unions versus kids. (Aug 2012)
- Don't restrict creationism discussion, but don't require it. (Feb 2007)
- School prayer OK if prayers are voluntary and student-led. (Mar 1999)
- Grade inflation breeds culture of falsely perceived success. (Nov 1995)
Immigration:
- When students ask questions in Spanish, I answer in Spanish. (Sep 2015)
- My wife is Mexican and she wants a wall on Mexican border. (Sep 2015)
- OpEd: Vigorously booed as moderate, by deep conservatives. (Aug 2015)
- Eliminate sanctuary cities, plus more enforcement. (Aug 2015)
- Earned legal status, not amnesty. (Aug 2015)
- There is no plan to deport 11 million people. (Feb 2015)
- 2009: favored deportation; 2012: favored path to citizenship. (Feb 2015)
- Supports DREAM Act, but not via executive action. (Feb 2015)
- Immigrants are an engine of economic vitality. (Jan 2015)
- OpEd: Disagrees with Tea Party on immigration and education. (Dec 2014)
- OpEd: Rational sympathy rather than economic logic. (Apr 2014)
- Immigration is 'not a felony' but 'an act of love'. (Apr 2014)
- Immigrants are committed to family, even if illegally here. (Apr 2014)
- Illegal immigration is act of love: different kind of crime. (Apr 2014)
- Advocate for residency for illegal immigrants. (Mar 2014)
- FactCheck: Yes, immigrants are more fertile. (Jun 2013)
- My plan is legalization, not self-deportation. (Mar 2013)
- People come illegally because there's no legal path to come. (Mar 2013)
- Path to citizenship or path to legalization: both could work. (Mar 2013)
- Reform must make it easier to come legally than illegally. (Mar 2013)
- 6-part proposal for comprehensive immigration reform. (Mar 2013)
- There is no realistic pathway to citizenship for most people. (Mar 2013)
- Limit family reunification: no siblings nor parents. (Mar 2013)
- Treat illegals with compassion but also rule of law. (Mar 2013)
- Path to legal resident status: pay fines & no criminals. (Mar 2013)
- Secure border as component of reform, not as prerequisite. (Mar 2013)
- To become citizen, pass exam in English and civic history. (Mar 2013)
- Illegals can't "wait in line"; there is no line to wait in. (Mar 2013)
- Objections to more multiracial America are misplaced. (Mar 2013)
- GOP wooed Hispanics in 2004; but alienated them by 2012. (Jun 2012)
- Education reform more critical than immigration reform. (Jan 2011)
- Pray for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, not AZ law. (Apr 2010)
- 1980s: Voter registration for 88,000 naturalized Hispanics. (Feb 2007)
- Speaks Spanish; husband and father of Hispanics. (Feb 2007)
- Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
- Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
- Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)
Health Care:
- Fund good care providers for women, not Planned Parenthood. (Sep 2015)
- You should vaccinate your children; over and out. (Feb 2015)
- Clear & concise response stops unneeded fears about Ebola. (Oct 2014)
- Handle Ebola like I handled anthrax in 2001. (Oct 2014)
- ObamaCare is flawed to its core, and doesn't work. (May 2014)
- ObamaCare is flawed to its core. (Nov 2013)
- Let ObamaCare fail due to its own dysfunction. (Oct 2013)
- Move Medicaid from "defined benefit" to defined contribution. (Dec 2009)
- Provide risk-adjusted premiums (insurance vouchers). (Dec 2009)
- Slashed every request for adult mental health. (Dec 2009)
- OpEd: Medicaid reforms won't cover chronic conditions. (Dec 2009)
- ObamaCare is focused on access; should be focused on quality. (Aug 2009)
- Terri Schiavo: Did all possible to keep her hooked up. (Feb 2007)
- Compromised on limiting medical malpractice awards. (Feb 2007)
- KidCare and Medikids: expand to 1.6M kids and then even more. (Mar 2004)
- Leave research funding to feds, not state. (Jun 2001)
- No physician-assisted suicide. (Nov 1998)
- No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
- Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)
Gun Control:
- 99.999% of people should be able to keep their guns. (Sep 2015)
- Stand-your-ground bill: Deadly force OK when threatened. (Dec 2009)
- Violent gun crime rate is down by more than 25%. (Jan 2002)
- Use a Gun and You’re Done. (Nov 2001)
- Concealed carry OK; supports instant background check. (Jul 1998)
Climate Change/Sustainable Energy:
- Why is State Department in permit business for XL pipeline? (Aug 2015)
- Embrace the energy revolution and build the XL pipeline. (Aug 2015)
- On global warming: I'm a skeptic; I'm not a scientist. (Jul 2014)
- Replace crony capitalism with free-market strategy. (Oct 2013)
- A "patriotic energy policy" will yield far more revenue. (Mar 2013)
- I'm a skeptic about global warming. (Aug 2009)
- We're vulnerable because we don't control our energy sources. (Aug 2009)
- During hurricanes, prosecutes gas stations for price gouging. (Feb 2007)
- 2005: 125-mile no-drill zone; then 75 miles ok for drilling. (Feb 2007)
- Eliminate automobile emissions testing. (Jun 2000)
- Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
- Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
- More funding to develop domestic energy supplies. (Sep 2001)
- Use federal funds for nuclear cleanup, with state input. (Sep 2001)
- Share offshore oil development revenue with states. (Sep 2001)
- Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)
College Expenses/Debt:
Jeb Bush was also in New Hampshire on Wednesday. NH1 News asked Bush what he thought of O’Malley’s debt-free ideas. He summarized it as “just wipe the $1.2 trillion of debt without reform of our higher education system, more free stuff,” according to the news site.
Jeb Bush was also in New Hampshire on Wednesday. NH1 News asked Bush what he thought of O’Malley’s debt-free ideas. He summarized it as “just wipe the $1.2 trillion of debt without reform of our higher education system, more free stuff,” according to the news site.
National Security:
- My brother kept us safe after 9/11. (Sep 2015)
- Stop the craziness of the sequester & rebuild the military. (Sep 2015)
- Deal with bullies like Putin with strength, not nuance. (Jun 2015)
- We need strategy against ISIS: advisory but not military. (Jun 2015)
- Weakness invites war: our military should equal any threat. (Feb 2015)
- Issues where Rand Paul disagrees with Jeb Bush. (Jan 2015)
- OpEd: a multilateralist more than a neoconservative. (Dec 2014)
- OpEd: Distancing himself from brother & neocons. (May 2014)
- Conflicting accounts of Benghazi emboldens terrorists. (Oct 2012)
- Benghazi attacks had warnings which were ignored. (Oct 2012)
- 1985: Contra freedom fighters' cause is noble and just. (Feb 2007)
- Save Florida's 21 military bases from closure or downsizing. (Feb 2005)
- Make Florida the most military-friendly state in the nation. (Mar 2004)
- Threat from 9/11 is unprecedented for our generation. (Jan 2002)
- $17M for new programs for terrorism response. (Jan 2002)
- Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
- Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
- Increase defense spending to meet global responsibilities. (Jun 1997)
Foreign Policy:
- Give Israel sophisticated weapons to send message to Iran. (Sep 2015)
- Cancel any nuclear deal Obama makes with Iran. (Jun 2015)
- Putin is a bully; expand US troops in countries near Russia. (Jun 2015)
- Peace deal with Iran threatens America & menaces Israel. (Mar 2015)
- US should shape events and build alliances of free people. (Feb 2015)
- Pressured father's V.P. staff to help Cuban prisoners. (Feb 2015)
- Built schoolhouse in Mexico on a high school project. (Feb 2015)
- Where do the three Bushes disagree on foreign affairs? (Jan 2015)
- Strengthen the Cuban embargo instead of lifting it. (Dec 2014)
- We are leader among equals in community of nations. (Dec 2014)
- Words matter: presidents should mean it when they say it. (Dec 2014)
- Nourish our existing alliances: that means NATO & Israel. (Oct 2014)
- Passivity hasn't worked on Russia and Ukraine. (May 2014)
- Leading from behind is so odd to me. (Apr 2014)
- 2010: Ineptitude will bring down Chavez regime in Venezuela. (Apr 2014)
- Neo-isolationism and American passivity both have dangers. (Mar 2014)
- South Korea success: 1952 devastation to 2014 first-world. (Jun 2013)
- Supports economic cooperation between US and China. (Jan 2012)
- Honorary Cuban to exile community in Miami. (Feb 2007)
- Two years in Venezuela; majored in Latin American studies. (Feb 2007)
- 1988: Joined relief effort for Armenian earthquake. (Oct 2006)
- 1990: Defended anti-Castro terrorist as patriot in exile. (Sep 2004)
- Supports increasing aid to Nigeria and developing countries. (Sep 2004)
- Support Israel in its battle against terrorism. (Apr 2004)
- Role in the world: military strength and moral clarity. (Jun 1997)