Indiana Representatives District 62 Choose 1
The Indiana House of Representatives includes up to 100 members chosen by popular election from legislative districts to serve two year terms. All 100 members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years. Those seeking election to the House must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Indiana for at least two years, and an inhabitant of his or her district for at least one year. Senators must be at least 21 years of age when elected.The Indiana Senate and the House of Representatives make up Indiana s General Assembly. The General Assembly has broad powers to enact laws that directly affect the daily lives of Indiana citizens.
Biographical Information
1. What policies and plans do you have to address the challenges of pollution as it affects community health, the climate, and the environment?
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2. Should all schools that receive state funds be held to the same standards of fiscal transparency, academic standards, and accommodations that public schools are subject to? Please explain your answer.
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3. What are your priorities on reproductive health and access to obstetric health care?
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4. What actions, if any, would you take to address the need for affordable housing?
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5. What policies on gun safety do you support?
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Biographical Information
Campaign Mailing Address
PO Box 1443
Bloomington, IN 47402
Bloomington, IN 47402
Campaign Phone
3174405078
Campaign YouTube URL
Campaign X (formerly Twitter)
@HorrocksForIN62
Campaign Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/horrocksforhoosiers/
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Education Background
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Master of Divinity
Occupation
Pastor and Military Chaplain
1. What policies and plans do you have to address the challenges of pollution as it affects community health, the climate, and the environment?
U.S. News and World Report has ranked Indiana 50th in "Natural Environment." Our waterways are the most polluted in the country and our air is the third most polluted. For those reasons, I would support a State Environmental Action Plan that seeks to reduce pollution across all sectors. That plan should include increased state funding for conservation, mitigation, and restoration. It should also include both incentives for promoting environmentally friendly policies and practices as well as penalties for polluters. That plan should also require an environmental impact report on all proposed legislation and, ideally, major developments.
2. Should all schools that receive state funds be held to the same standards of fiscal transparency, academic standards, and accommodations that public schools are subject to? Please explain your answer.
Funding for public education is a direct investment in our future and, as such, should be a top priority for our state. In order to ensure fiscally and socially responsible investment, any school that receives public education dollars should be subject to the same standards and accountability as traditional public schools. Schools that wish to be exempt from those requirements should not receive state money.
3. What are your priorities on reproductive health and access to obstetric health care?
As of 2022, Indiana had the third highest maternal mortality rate and the seventh highest infant mortality rate in the country. Furthermore, 25 percent of Indiana’s counties are maternity care deserts, and this is likely to get worse as OB-GYN’s flee the state in response to the legislature’s drastic overreach. It is imperative that we prioritize the full spectrum of reproductive health by both rolling back the state’s abortion bans and working to increase the accessibility and affordability of obstetric health care across the state.
4. What actions, if any, would you take to address the need for affordable housing?
I would support measures that incentivize both county and municipal-level governments to invest in and promote mixed-income housing developments. I would also support subsidies for new housing developments to help offset the costs of infrastructure, so long as those cost savings are passed on to the buyers and/or renters in order to lower the barrier to entry. Finally, I would support measures that enforce habitability standards and protect the rights of low-income tenants.
5. What policies on gun safety do you support?
I support universal background checks on all firearm purchases without loopholes, restrictions for people with dangerous histories and other red flag laws, secure storage regulations, and an end to gun-maker immunity.