Ronnie Musgrove on Abortion

Ronnie Musgrove on Budget & Economy

• Attract new businesses; develop existing ones. (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)

Ronnie Musgrove on Civil Rights

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Corporations

Ronnie Musgrove on Crime

• Teach prisoners skills by building senior housing. (Jan 2001)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)

Ronnie Musgrove on Drugs

Ronnie Musgrove on Education

• Remove the 5% cap on teacher pay. (Jan 2001)
• Universities: settle the Ayers Case. (Jan 2001)
• Improve and invest in public schools. (Aug 2001)

Ronnie Musgrove 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)

Ronnie Musgrove 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)

Ronnie Musgrove on Families & Children

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Foreign Policy

Ronnie Musgrove on Free Trade

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Government Reform

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Gun Control

Ronnie Musgrove on Health Care

• Medical Education Scholarships for rural doctors. (Jan 2001)
• Invest in state employees’ health plan, despite budget. (Jan 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)

Ronnie Musgrove on Homeland Security

Ronnie Musgrove 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)

Ronnie Musgrove on Jobs

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Local Issues

Ronnie Musgrove on Principles & Values

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Social Security

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

Ronnie Musgrove on Tax Reform

Ronnie Musgrove on War & Peace

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

Ronnie Musgrove 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)