Politician
American businessman and politician from Indiana
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Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports continuing resolutions that freeze spending to avoid shutdowns while backing budget measures aimed at expanding tax cuts and reducing federal spending.
🗳 Yea on HR9770 (2026-07-21)🗳 Yea on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)
As a farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, supports policies benefiting farmers, including subsidies, trade protections, and addressing farm labor shortages.
Strongly supports gun rights, receiving a top rating from Turning Point Action on Second Amendment issues.
Supports strict border security and enforcement of existing immigration laws, opposed a broad amnesty bill, but has called for updated agricultural guest-worker policies to address farm labor shortages.
Holds a strongly pro-life position, supporting protection of life at conception with limited exceptions and voting to defund Planned Parenthood.
Opposed the For the People Act, rejecting a federal Election Day holiday and same-day voter registration provisions.
Opposes same-sex marriage, favoring a traditional one-man-one-woman definition of marriage.
Advocates a conservative, pro-business economic approach emphasizing reduced taxes and regulation to spur job creation and growth.
