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Ed Case's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2024.

  • "The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down Roe v. Wade is tragic on so many fronts. It rejects the basic rights of women, condemns millions of women and their families back to a dark pre-roe world, dismisses a careful balancing of interests that has stood for two generations, undermines our institutions of government and embarrasses us in the eyes of the world." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by Planned Parenthood Action Fund (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8296 "Women's Health Protection Act of 2022" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8297 "Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Social Security is among our most consequential programs ever. Today, in my district alone, out of some 730,000 residents, fully 138,192 receive Social Security benefits averaging $1,480/month for a total of $205 million/month. But Social Security is at great risk of failing soon if we don’t act now. I just joined 194 of my colleagues in introducing our Social Security 2100, a bill that would secure and improve Social Security for this and coming generations." (x.com)
  • Rated 100% by Alliance for Retired Americans (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 100% by National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of S 610 "Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I joined my HawaiÊ»i delegation colleagues in kicking off Gov Green’s invaluable & timely Federal Funds Coalition Summit to bring all of our state & county government & community partners together to share knowledge & opportunities on maximizing federal funding of Hawaii’s needs." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2 "Moving Forward Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 3684 "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5376 "Build Back Better Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Affordable housing is acute not just in our Hawai’i but across our country. This provide opportunities to partner with my colleagues in Congress on national initiatives, like cosponsoring the Interagency Council on Affordable Housing Act to expand the stock of affordable housing, protect public housing and housing voucher programs, combat rent gouging and encourage fairness in the rental market." (x.com)
  • "My Appropriations Committee confronted the everyday challenges this bill covers across our country and provided the funds necessary to address our crumbling infrastructure as well as the lack of affordable housing," (case.house.gov)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7301 "Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8294 "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Inflation Reduction Act passes House! Breakthrough day for Congress on climate change, prescription drug prices, family energy and health care costs, stabilizing our national budget and more, plus many direct benefits for Hawai’i" (x.com)
  • "Two landmark pieces of legislation, both of which I strongly supported, were enacted in the 117th Congress (2021-2023). The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan) is the largest reinvestment in our country’s infrastructure in generations. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the largest climate/energy-related investment in our history" (case.house.gov)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5376 "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The Inflation Reduction Act is critical not only to our world and country, but to our Hawai‘i on several fronts," said Case. "By offering grants, rebates and tax credits to help states, counties, communities and families move toward cleaner energy sources, the Act is fully synched with our own state leadership to renewables." (case.house.gov)
  • "Continuing to highlight my individual constituent services, here’s another good result, this one on getting my constituents to the right federal student loan forgiveness program. " (x.com)
  • "In the United States, rising tuition costs have made it an increasingly more difficult for many to go to college. I believe we need to make it easier for students to afford the cost of higher education." (case.house.gov)
  • Rated 100% by National Education Association (NEA) (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2547 "Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "The Voting Rights Act was the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement, and it must be restored in this time of unprecedented assaults on the right to vote. The "shield" provided by a restored Voting Rights Act can prevent late changes to state laws, provide for preclearance of laws affecting the right to vote, and give litigants a chance to effectively challenge laws in federal court" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Rated 94% by CommonCause (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 4 "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5746 "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Despite the advances that have been made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and, in Hawai‘i, under the Prepaid Health Care Act, there are still tens of millions of Americans who are uncovered and tens of millions more who are insufficiently or unaffordably covered. And there remain unacceptably high costs throughout much of current health care, especially prescription drugs, as well as attempts to reverse the ACA’s prohibition on discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions." (case.house.gov)
  • "My goal is to preserve the best of American health care while closing the unacceptable gaps in availability, affordability, access and quality. It is critical to get this right for current and future generations, and I believe we need a renewed national debate, including within Congress, on how best to do so. This is why it is critical for Congress to focus on the Affordable Care Act, prescription drug prices and medical research." (case.house.gov)
  • "This is why I have consistently voted for the legislation that will increase affordability and reduce premium costs for consumers, prevent "junk plans" or short-term plans that are not required to comply by the ACA’s consumer protections for pre-existing conditions or include essential health benefits. In addition, I have supported funding for community-based organizations (navigators) that provide a critical source of unbiased information on coverage options for consumers who have questions. " (case.house.gov)
  • Voted in favor of H.R. 1425 "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Just voted to pass our U.S. House’s second major #COVID19 bill in a week: the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, aiming straight at the concerns Hawaii’s families and workers with access to free testing, paid sick leave, food security and more." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6201 "Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "26% of Americans with diabetes ration their insulin at least once a year. No one should put themselves at grave health risk because of the cost of their prescription. That’s why I voted for the #AffordableInsulinNow Act, which will cap the cost of insulin at $35/month." (x.com)
  • "A truly momentous vote on HR 3, which I proudly cosponsored, to cut prescription drug costs for millions of Americans including throughout Hawai’i. It passed the House 230-192." (x.com)
  • "Inflation Reduction Act passes House! Breakthrough day for Congress on climate change, prescription drug prices, family energy and health care costs, stabilizing our national budget and more, plus many direct benefits for Hawai’i" (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6833 "The Affordable Insulin Now Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Deeply troubling visit with 17 of my House colleagues to the Southern Border at the Brownsville, TX and Matamoros, Mexico crossing, especially a refugee camp, and that’s exactly what it is, on the Mexico side, a camp of our own making." (x.com)
  • "I appeared yesterday on MSNBC to highlight the critical importance of the US House overcoming election year politics to forge & pass a bipartisan measure to secure our borders and aid our democratic friends & allies around the world, most urgently Ukraine." (x.com)
  • Voted against HR 2 "Secure the Border Act of 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 2494 "POLICE Act of 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I appeared yesterday on MSNBC to highlight the critical importance of the US House overcoming election year politics to forge & pass a bipartisan measure to secure our borders and aid our democratic friends & allies around the world, most urgently Ukraine." (x.com)
  • Voted in favor of HR 5692 "Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 6833 "Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 8035 "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7520 "Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Voted in favor of HR 7521 "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.

a) Abortions should always be legally available.
b) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
c) Abortions should be legal only when pregnancy resulted from incest, rape, or when the life of the woman is endangered.
d) Abortions should be legal only when the life of the woman is endangered.
e) Abortions should always be illegal.
f) Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and parental notification requirements.
g) Prohibit the late-term abortion procedure known as "partial-birth" abortion.
X h) Support "buffer zones" by requiring demonstrators to stay at least 15 feet away from abortion clinic doorways and driveways.
X i) Other
j) Should Hawaii government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services?
Abortions should be legally available except for some constitutionally-permissible restrictions on late-term abortion.

Indicate the principles you support (if any) concerning affirmative action. State government agencies should take race and sex into account in the following sectors:

Undecided a) College and university admissions
Undecided b) Public employment
Undecided c) State contracting
d) Other

Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.

X a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
X b) Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
X c) End parole for repeat violent felons.
d) Support the use of the death penalty.
e) Oppose the death penalty.
X f) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
X g) Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
h) Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences.
i) Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
j) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
X k) Strengthen penalties and sentences for sex offenders.
X l) Support the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
X m) Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious violent crimes as adults.
X n) Support the transfer of Hawaii inmates to out-of-state prisons.
X o) Support building a state prison in Kau on the Big Island.
p) Support labeling Rohypnol the, "date-rape drug", as a controlled substance, which would make possession a felony.
q) Other
Yes r) Should suspects accused of sexual assault be tested for HIV?

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning the economy and employment.

a) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
X b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
X c) Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
d) Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
X e) Ban workers' compensation claims for stress attributed to disciplinary actions on the job.
f) Legalize casino gambling in Hawaii.
g) Support a state lottery.
h) Support a state lottery if all the funds were used to fund education.
i) Oppose a state lottery.
X j) Other
Reduce government spending

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

a) Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
X b) Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
X d) Favor charter schools where independent groups receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools.
e) Support sex education programs which stress abstinence.
X f) Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices.
g) Increase state funds for school construction and facility maintenance.
h) Increase state funds for hiring of additional teachers.
i) Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
X j) Grant the University of Hawaii more autonomy in running the university system.
k) Other
Yes l) Should the state Board of Education be appointed by the Governor instead of elected?
Undecided m) Do you support establishing elected county school boards in place of the state Board of Education?

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

a) Require the use of cleaner burning fuels in order to prevent pollution.
X b) Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
c) Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
d) Require the state to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
e) Provide funding for recycling programs in Hawaii.
f) Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
g) Suspend participation in unfunded, federally mandated environmental protection legislation.
X h) Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power company.
i) Limit public access and research projects on the Mauna Kea mountaintop.
X j) Support the state proposal to buy the Queen's Beach area in Hawaii Kai for $11 million to use as a state park.
k) Other
No l) State environmental regulations should not be stricter than federal law.
Yes m) Do you support the proposal to buy the Waiahole ditch system?

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding government reform.a) Do you support limits on the number of terms of the following Hawaii officials?b) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

Yes 1) State Senators and Representatives
Yes 2) Governor
Yes 1) Individual
Yes 2) PAC
Yes 3) Corporate
Yes c) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
Yes d) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
Yes e) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
Undecided f) Would you vote to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring an annual balanced federal budget?
g) Other
Undecided h) Do you support Hawaii holding a constitutional convention to evaluate the state constitution?

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.

X a) Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
X b) Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
c) Maintain state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
d) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
e) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens.
f) Favor allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms.
X g) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
h) Other

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Hawaii's annexation.

a) Support recognizing the laws of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
b) Support creating a council of Native Hawaiians who would be consulted before the approval of land transactions in the Hawaiian Islands.
c) Support nation-within-a-nation sovereignty similar to Tribal Nations.
d) Support secession from the United States and establishing Hawaii as an independent sovereign nation.
X e) Oppose Hawaiian independence from the U.S.
X f) Other
Possibly support (c) depending on details

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.

a) Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
X b) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care, through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care when necessary.
c) Provide health care to uninsured children and low-income families through Hawaii's QUEST health insurance program.
X d) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
X e) Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
X f) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
g) Guaranteeing medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
X h) Other
continue demonopolization of health care industry

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

a) Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
b) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
c) Increase state funds to provide child care to children in low-income working families.
X d) Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
X e) Favor banning smoking in public places.
f) Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day.
g) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
h) Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement.
i) Other
Yes j) Do you believe that the Hawaii government should include sexual orientation in Hawaii's anti-discrimination laws?
Yes k) Do you believe that the Hawaii government should recognize same-sex marriages?
No l) Do you support a constitutional amendment granting the Hawaii Legislature the power to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples?

Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories. Select one level only.

a) Agriculture
b) Education (K-12)
c) Education (Higher)
d) Environment
e) Health care
f) Law enforcement
g) Transportation infrastructure (highways, roads, bridges)
h) Welfare
all may have to decrease in varying degrees in the short term

Indicate the tax levels you will support. Select one level only.

a) Alcohol taxes
Maintain Status b) Capital gains taxes
c) Cigarette taxes
Greatly Decrease d) Corporate taxes
e) Gas taxes
Slightly Decrease f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
Slightly Decrease g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
h) Sales taxes
Slightly Decrease i) Excise taxes
k) Other
No l) Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
No m) Do you support implementing state property taxes?

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.

X a) Maintain the five-year limit on welfare benefits.
X b) Require that able-bodied recipients participate in work-related programs in order to receive benefits.
c) Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
d) Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
e) Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
f) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
g) Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
h) Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
i) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
X j) Other
maybe on some of remainder
Regenerating Hawaii's economy and increasing public confidence in government.

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