Rick Perry on Abortion

• Abortion only for rape, incest, or maternal health. (Jun 2002)

Rick Perry on Budget & Economy

• Priorities: education; transportation; border; e-government. (Jan 2001)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)

Rick Perry on Civil Rights

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

Rick Perry on Corporations

Rick Perry on Crime

• Executes Mexican citizen despite plea from Pres. Fox. (Aug 2002)
• Vetoes ban on execution of mentally retarded inmates. (Jun 2002)
• Supports DNA testing; standards for capital defenders. (Jan 2001)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Rick Perry on Drugs

• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Rick Perry on Education

• $305 million for public schools and colleges. (Jan 2001)
• Start a pilot voucher program in Texas. (Jun 2002)
• Supports vouchers, but didn?t push proposal through. (May 1999)

Rick Perry 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)
• Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)

Rick Perry 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)
• 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)

Rick Perry on Families & Children

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

Rick Perry on Foreign Policy

Rick Perry on Free Trade

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

Rick Perry on Government Reform

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

Rick Perry on Gun Control

Rick Perry on Health Care

• More focus on nursing home and in-home care. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)

Rick Perry on Homeland Security

Rick Perry 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)

Rick Perry on Jobs

• More R&D & tax incentives for small farmers. (Sep 2001)
• Repeal the federal unemployment "temporary surtax". (Feb 2001)
• Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)

Rick Perry on Local Issues

Rick Perry on Principles & Values

• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of Southern Governors' Association. (Sep 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Rick Perry on Social Security

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

Rick Perry on Tax Reform

Rick Perry 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)

Rick Perry on Welfare & Poverty

• Help Texans move off public assistance. (Jan 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)