Jim Geringer on Abortion

Jim Geringer on Budget & Economy

• Spend one-time revenue on one-time expenditures. (Jan 2001)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain & enforce existing spending caps in the future. (Sep 1998)

Jim Geringer on Civil Rights

• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)
• Require 90 day delay for compliance before ADA lawsuits. (May 2002)
• Limit interstate class-action lawsuits to federal courts . (May 2002)

Jim Geringer on Corporations

Jim Geringer on Crime

• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Jim Geringer on Drugs

• Supports drug courts & breaking the drug cycle. (Jan 2001)
• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Jim Geringer on Education

• $10M per year for college merit scholarships. (Jan 2001)
• $26M for professional and vocational skills training. (Jan 2001)
• Reform Charter School law to allow real parental choice. (Jan 2001)
• Focus educational resources to help those with greatest need. (Jul 2001)
• Require state standards, regular assessments, and sanctions. (Jul 2001)
• Support Ed-Flex: more flexibility if more accountable. (Jul 2001)

Jim Geringer on Energy & Oil

• Expand energy infrastructure & exploration. (Jan 2001)
• 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)
• Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases. (Sep 1998)

Jim Geringer 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)
• Supports grants for brownfields remediation. (May 2002)
• Make EPA into a Cabinet department. (May 2002)
• Focus on results, not regulation. (Sep 1998)

Jim Geringer on Families & Children

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

Jim Geringer on Foreign Policy

Jim Geringer on Free Trade

• Promote the Andean Free Trade Agreement. (May 2002)

Jim Geringer on Government Reform

• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)
• Reduce federal government size & scope, including military. (Sep 1998)

Jim Geringer on Gun Control

Jim Geringer on Health Care

• More funding for prescription drugs & senior care. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Tax credits for those without employee health insurance. (May 2002)
• Tax deduction for long-term care insurance. (May 2002)
• Support telemedicine for underserved areas. (May 2002)
• $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors. (May 2002)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Jim Geringer on Homeland Security

Jim Geringer on Immigration

• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• English immersion over bilingual education. (Jul 2001)

Jim Geringer on Jobs

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

Jim Geringer on Local Issues

Jim Geringer on Principles & Values

• Focus on building Wyoming’s capacity to grow. (Jan 2001)
• Religious affiliation: Lutheran. (Nov 2000)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of the Republican Main Street Partnership . (Jan 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Jim Geringer on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)
• Supports individual savings accounts and work incentives. (Sep 1998)

Jim Geringer on Tax Reform

• One-year 1/2% reduction in sales tax. (Jan 2001)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)
• Implement socially fair, broad-based tax cuts. (Sep 1998)

Jim Geringer on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
• Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism. (Jan 2002)
• Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)

Jim Geringer on Welfare & Poverty

• Work First: move families to self-sufficiency. (Jan 2001)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)