VOTE411 Voter Guide

My top three priorities are restoring fiscal accountability, growing opportunity in the 4th District, and securing our border, all grounded in being present and responsive to the people I represent. First, we must rein in federal spending and ensure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly. Families here live within a budget, and Washington should too. Second, I am focused on strengthening our local economy by supporting small businesses, reducing burdensome regulations, and creating real opportunity. Third, we need a secure and lawful immigration system that enforces existing laws and operates efficiently and fairly. Across all of this, my commitment is to be present in the district, listen closely, and represent the people of the 4th, not the interests of Washington.

Programs like Medicaid and SNAP exist to support the most vulnerable, and that mission should be protected. At the same time, we have a responsibility to ensure these programs are efficient, accountable, and focused on those who truly need them. That means reducing waste, preventing abuse, and strengthening oversight so resources are not misused. I do not believe in cutting support for those who depend on it, but I do believe in reforming programs so they work better, encourage independence where possible, and remain sustainable for the long term. As with every issue, my approach is to stay grounded in the district, listen to the people affected, and ensure these programs serve their intended purpose responsibly.

Congress should respond by rebuilding trust, supporting practical research, and keeping public health grounded in the communities it serves.

In the Upstate, people want clear, honest information they can trust. Public health agencies must communicate openly and avoid politics so families can make informed decisions.

We should support targeted research that leads to real results, especially in prevention and treatment that impact our communities.

Healthcare decisions should remain between patients and their doctors. My focus is to stay present, listen locally, and support policies that protect public health while respecting trust and personal responsibility.

Congress has a responsibility to provide clear oversight, ensure accountability, and support a strong, prepared military.

That means making sure our troops have the resources they need while asking tough questions about where and why we are engaged. Military action should be strategic, clearly defined, and aligned with American interests.

We must also honor our commitments to allies while avoiding unnecessary or open ended conflicts.

My approach is to stay grounded in the district, listen to veterans and military families, and ensure decisions made in Washington reflect both strength and responsibility.

AI has real potential, but it raises concerns around privacy, data use, and accountability. In the Upstate, small businesses, healthcare providers, and manufacturers are already beginning to use these tools. We need to make sure they can benefit from AI without risking sensitive data or facing unclear rules. Congress should set clear, practical standards for transparency and data protection while avoiding heavy regulation that slows innovation. My focus is to stay present in the district, listen to local businesses and workers, and support policies that protect people while allowing communities like ours to grow and compete.

1. I will represent South Carolina’s 4th District with a firm vote against endless wars. These conflicts steal American taxpayers’ future earnings and rob foreign civilians of their lives. Congress has sent billions into these fights that do not make us safer. Trump promised to stop the dying—Congress must finally deliver. 2. I will introduce and support legislation that creates real checks and balances on government, demanding full transparency and expecting justice. The Epstein scandal is far larger and more sinister than Watergate. I would have signed Rep. Thomas Massie’s discharge petition to force the vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act while my opponent William Timmons sat it out. 3. I will review government’s relationship with lobbies and special interest groups. The democratic process fails everyday Americans in the Upstate when we are out-bought 2:1 by big donors. Do the strings attached to large corporations and foreign lobbies help your representative serve you?

I will not seek to reduce benefits for these programs, even though I am ideologically opposed to socialism in all its forms. Instead, I will aggressively attack the vertically integrated monopolies built by corporate lobbyists that extract maximum profits from American patients and taxpayers. Pharmaceutical and hospital giants spent over $500 million lobbying Congress in recent cycles alone, locking in high drug prices, eliminating competition, and driving up costs that force families onto these programs in the first place. My focus is real reform: break the monopoly power, enforce price transparency, and redirect savings from endless wars and crony contracts back to American families.

Congress should respond with radical transparency and real competition, not more mandates or taxpayer bailouts. If vaccines work, they should sell themselves on the open market like any other product. If parents have legitimate concerns about safety and effectiveness, the pharmaceutical industry must provide full transparency. The gold standard for any pharmaceutical remains the double-blind, placebo-controlled test using true placebos—not another vaccine. Promoting the honest results of those rigorous studies will go a long way toward restoring public confidence in the vaccine industry.

Congress’s constitutional role is clear: declare war, control the purse strings, and provide real oversight—not rubber-stamp endless adventures pushed by war hawks bought and paid for by the military-industrial complex. Too often our military adventurism is spurred by special interests that spent over $190 million lobbying Congress last year alone, while American taxpayers foot the bill and our children pay with their future. We don’t have a great record at “nation building.” Iraq became the seedbed of ISIS. We spent 20 years and trillions in Afghanistan, only for the Taliban to take over in a single day. After Gaddafi, Libya descended into rival militias, civil war, open slave markets, and an ISIS affiliate. Enough.

Yes—government oversight by the people, not corporate lobbyists, will be crucial as this transformative technology develops. Big Tech and AI firms spent hundreds of millions lobbying Congress last year alone, trying to shape the rules in their favor while building vertically integrated monopolies. There will be cases where algorithms need forced transparency so their manipulative effects can be curtailed. Oversight is needed to ensure foreign actors—or our own government—cannot manipulate or censor the powerful tools of information, knowledge, creation, and research. As your representative, I will demand real algorithmic accountability without handing more power to the swamp. True America First means keeping AI as a force for freedom.

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