Parris Glendening on Abortion

Parris Glendening on Budget & Economy

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

Parris Glendening on Civil Rights

• Vociferously opposes more gambling. (May 2002)
• Racial Profiling is immoral and must stop. (Jan 2001)
• Do more to foster and support small and minority business. (Jan 2001)
• Combat discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Jan 2001)
• More federal funding of IDEA for disabled education. (Mar 2000)
• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Parris Glendening on Corporations

Parris Glendening on Crime

• Issues moratorium on the death penalty. (May 2002)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)

Parris Glendening on Drugs

• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)

Parris Glendening on Education

• Began the Golden Age of School Construction ($1.6B). (Jan 2001)
• Make tuition an anachronism: free college for all. (Jan 2001)
• Improve and invest in public schools. (Aug 2001)

Parris Glendening on Energy & Oil

• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• 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)

Parris Glendening on Environment

• $955 million for public tranist & Smart Growth initiatives. (Jan 2001)
• 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)

Parris Glendening on Families & Children

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

Parris Glendening on Foreign Policy

Parris Glendening on Free Trade

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

Parris Glendening on Government Reform

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

Parris Glendening on Gun Control

Parris Glendening on Health Care

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

Parris Glendening on Homeland Security

Parris Glendening 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)

Parris Glendening on Jobs

• More R&D & tax incentives for small farmers. (Sep 2001)
• Repeal the federal unemployment "temporary surtax". (Feb 2001)

Parris Glendening on Local Issues

Parris Glendening on Principles & Values

• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Democratic Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Southern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)

Parris Glendening on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)
• Maintain federal funding of Social Services Block Grants. (Sep 1999)

Parris Glendening on Tax Reform

• Cut 28 taxes & returned $2.6B to taxpayers. (Jan 2001)
• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Parris Glendening on War & Peace

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

Parris Glendening on Welfare & Poverty

• Maintain TANF block grants. (Apr 2000)
• 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)