Bill Owens on Abortion

Bill Owens on Budget & Economy

• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)

Bill Owens on Civil Rights

• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Bill Owens on Corporations

Bill Owens on Crime

• DNA tests for all felons; “Two strikes” for child molesters. (Jan 2001)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Drugs

• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Education

• Teacher merit pay; student standards; smaller class sizes. (Jan 2001)

Bill Owens on Energy & Oil

• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Environment

• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001)
• Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001)
• Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001)
• State primacy over water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Foreign Policy

Bill Owens on Free Trade

Bill Owens on Government Reform

• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Gun Control

Bill Owens on Health Care

• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Bill Owens on Homeland Security

Bill Owens on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)

Bill Owens on Jobs

• Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Local Issues

Bill Owens on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Tax Reform

• Has cut income taxes, sales tax, & marriage penalty. (Jan 2001)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)

Bill Owens on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
• Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)

Bill Owens on Welfare & Poverty

• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)