Bob Holden on Abortion

Bob Holden on Budget & Economy

• Missouri is and should be fiscally conservative. (Jan 2001)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
• Protect local milk supplies with Southern Dairy Compact. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Civil Rights

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

Bob Holden on Corporations

Bob Holden on Crime

• Lower drunk driving limit to .08. (Jan 2001)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Drugs

Bob Holden on Education

• More resources for student and teachers. (Jan 2001)
• Cash incentive for National Board Certification for teachers. (Jan 2001)
• Provide parents with school accountability report cards. (Jan 2001)
• Improve and invest in public schools. (Aug 2001)

Bob Holden on Energy & Oil

• More funding to develop domestic energy supplies. (Sep 2001)
• Use federal funds for nuclear cleanup, with state input. (Sep 2001)
• Share offshore oil development revenue with states. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Environment

• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Supports national drought policy, focusing on readiness. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain water flow in Mississippi & Missouri Rivers. (Feb 2001)

Bob Holden on Families & Children

• $3M for more local domestic violence shelters. (Jan 2001)
• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Bob Holden on Foreign Policy

Bob Holden on Free Trade

• Enforce trade law against subsidized Canadian lumber imports. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Government Reform

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

Bob Holden on Gun Control

Bob Holden on Health Care

• Use tobacco settlement to pay for senior prescriptions. (Jan 2001)
• Healthy Families Initiative: health care access for all. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)

Bob Holden on Homeland Security

Bob Holden on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Jobs

• Invest in life sciences to apply farm products. (Jan 2001)
• More R&D & tax incentives for small farmers. (Sep 2001)
• Repeal the federal unemployment "temporary surtax". (Feb 2001)

Bob Holden on Local Issues

Bob Holden on Principles & Values

• Member of Democratic Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2000)
• New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Midwestern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Southern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Social Security

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

Bob Holden on Tax Reform

• $2B in tax relief in last 6 years; now tighten our belts. (Jan 2001)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Bob Holden on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)

Bob Holden on Welfare & Poverty

• Promote the next generation of welfare reform. (Aug 2001)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)
• More federal funding for Low-income energy assistance. (Sep 2001)
• Supports TANF grants to states. (Aug 2001)