U.S. House of RepresentativesCandidate for District 1

A migrant workforce has always been a staple to the American economy. Many that have come here and are working are not in compliance with current laws governing their stay here. These people need to be normalized, pay taxes and carry required insurance like the rest of us. Citizen ship is not part of mandatory normalization. If a person has strong desires to become an American Citizen and is willing to learn and become their civic duty as a citizen, a path to citizenship should be made available to them.

I am uniquely qualified among all candidates to solve this problem. Being an Independent and self-funded, I will be free from obligations or pressure to join the two party feuding. That acrimony is the root of the problem in Washington and creates the dysfunction that we see so much of today.

As an independent I will be able to attend to the caucus of both parties while avoiding the restrictions of either caucus. This will be an advantageous position where my history as a technical solutions expert will be available to find reasonable compromises to hard questions.

The national security apparatus is out of control. We spend 1 Trillion dollars a year on National Security. A large portion of that is not auditable, because the agencies refuse to tell Congress how the funds are spent. I would propose that we cut any funds that refuse an audit.

In general we need to dial back that spend on foreign affairs and reevaluate our return on investment regarding how we go about national security. We waste entirely too much money and that money would be better spent on veterans health care, infrastructure and education at home.

I am in favor of the proposed Sites Reservoir project. It is a diversion project and is the best bet to support the health of the river. I oppose the Delta Tunnels.

There are 75,000 damns in America. The Federal Bureau of Reclamation has overdone damn building in the last century. The federal government has to define criteria to assess damns across the county for safety viability and river health. It’s likely many should come down. Other will prove well worth the efforts to sustain.