Rick Lazio on Abortion

• No litmus tests for Supreme Court justices; likes O’Connor. (Oct 2000)
• Partial birth abortion is infanticide. (Oct 2000)
• No Medicare funds for abortions; OK to fund privately abroad. (Jun 2000)
• No funding for abortion; but don’t criminalize it. (May 2000)
• First trimester abortion OK; partial birth not. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
• Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)

Rick Lazio on Budget & Economy

• Bring Jets and Giants back to NY in new stadium. (Oct 2000)
• Stimulate upstate economy by tax breaks & tech partnerships. (Sep 2000)
• NY should get more back from Washington than it sends. (Sep 2000)
• Not a big fan of casino gambling, but it’s a local decision. (Sep 2000)
• Supported GOP budgets for “smaller decentralized govt”. (Jun 2000)
• Supported balanced budget amendment. (May 2000)
• Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Civil Rights

• Work for better future rather than reparations. (Oct 2000)
• Racial profiling is not needed to keep NYC streets safe. (Oct 2000)
• Racial preferences OK in college admissions. (Jun 2000)
• Ban gays in the military. (Jun 2000)
• No gay adoption or marriage; domestic partners OK. (Jul 1999)
• Limit bank info-sharing; but expand federal wiretapping. (Jul 1999)
• OK: Day of Prayer; religious memorials; monitor persecution. (Jun 1999)
• Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)

Rick Lazio on Corporations

Rick Lazio on Crime

• Limit death-row legal challenges. (Jun 2000)
• Tort Reform: Limit product liability damages. (Jun 2000)
• Law enforcement is a fundamental govt responsibility. (May 2000)
• Jennifer’s Law: help identify deceased children. (Mar 2000)
• More prisons; stricter sentencing; death penalty. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
• Voted NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
• Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
• Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
• Stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Mar 1993)
• More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Drugs

• Vote helped pass crime bill, drug courts, community police. (Oct 2000)
• Supports Weed and Seed anti-drug program. (May 2000)
• Stricter penalties for drugs; more funding & border security. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)

Rick Lazio on Education

• More teachers, smaller classes, no Washington decisions. (Oct 2000)
• Teacher testing for new teachers and current teachers. (Oct 2000)
• Arkansas education: high spending, disastrous performance. (Oct 2000)
• Testing only new teachers is trap by teachers’ unions. (Oct 2000)
• Immoral to force kids to stay in bad schools. (Oct 2000)
• Buffalo teacher’s strike illegal; get back to classrooms. (Sep 2000)
• $97 Billion Education Plan. (Sep 2000)
• Provide opportunity for education for all children. (May 2000)
• Supports easier certification & mentoring new teachers. (May 2000)
• Instill standards via local control over spending. (Aug 1999)
• Ed-Flex gives school spending flexibility. (Aug 1999)
• Teacher testing; merit pay; block grants for teachers. (Jul 1998)

  School Choice

• Vouchers help the poor escape failing schools. (Sep 2000)
• Vouchers for private school tuition. (Jun 2000)
• Supports limited vouchers & charter schools. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
• Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Voted YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)

Rick Lazio on Energy & Oil

• Develop alternative energy & a new energy policy. (Oct 2000)
• Support EPA and CWA; but allow drilling in ANWR. (Jun 2000)
• Allow experimenting for voluntary greenhouse gas reductions. (May 2000)

Rick Lazio on Environment

• Clean up toxic areas with new Superfund legislation. (Sep 2000)
• Balance prosperity and conservation. (May 2000)
• Require reduced sulfur emissions from gasoline. (May 2000)
• End “Mountain Top Removal” mining practice. (May 2000)
• More emission controls; more air & water standards. (Jul 1998)
• More grazing & mining fees; promote pollution credits. (Jul 1998)

Rick Lazio on Families & Children

• Require companies to allow unpaid family leave. (Jun 2000)
• Forgive college debt to encourage more day-care workers. (May 2000)
• Encourage-not require-notifying parents for contraceptives. (Oct 1999)
• Blame Hollywood; maybe post Ten Commandments. (Jun 1999)
• Religious memorials OK; Ten Commandments sometimes OK. (Jun 1999)
• Use tax code to reinforce families. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Foreign Policy

• Embrace our role as a world leader. (May 2000)
• Supports restitution of Holocaust assets. (Feb 2000)
• Pay our UN debt. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)

Rick Lazio on Free Trade

• Supports NAFTA; GATT; WTO; Fast-Track. (Jul 1998)
• Supports retaliatory tariffs; human rights as MFN factor. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)

Rick Lazio on Government Reform

• Rejects use of soft money. (Oct 2000)
• Average donation is under $100. (Oct 2000)
• Public financing of elections is welfare for politicians. (Oct 2000)
• Demands Hillary sign “Freedom from Soft Money Pact”. (Sep 2000)
• Fully fund the National Endowment for the Arts. (Jun 2000)
• Ban soft money & issue ads. (Jun 2000)
• Supported a Term Limits constitutional amendment. (Jun 2000)
• No soft money; yes full campaign disclosure. (Jul 1998)
• Term limits: 12 years for Senate & House. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)
• Limit punitive damages; term limits on Congress. (Sep 1994)
• Government is too big, too intrusive, too easy with money. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Gun Control

• Require criminal background checks at gun shows. (Jun 2000)
• Use gun technology instead of licensing handguns. (Jun 2000)
• For Brady Bill & trigger locks; no fans at NRA. (May 2000)
• Against gun registration; for sportsmen’s rights. (May 2000)
• Tougher juvenile gun rules; more juvenile justice funds. (Sep 1999)
• Ban assault weapons; maintain federal gun restrictions. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)

Rick Lazio on Health Care

• Give uninsured employees a deduction to pay for health care. (Oct 2000)
• Lazio: Hillary’s proposals would destroy teaching hospitals. (Sep 2000)
• Patient rights include access but not unlimited lawsuits. (Sep 2000)
• Opposes allowing patient lawsuits against HMOs. (Jun 2000)
• Against allowing assisted suicide. (Jun 2000)
• Hillary’s universal health care is “an abysmal disaster”. (May 2000)
• Supports Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act. (May 2000)
• Focus on prevention; patient rights; more coverage options. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
• Supported funding Family and Children's Coverage. (Jul 1999)

Rick Lazio on Homeland Security

• Ensure the best-trained and equipped military. (May 2000)
• Supports F-22; ensure best technology for future wars. (May 2000)
• Veterans guaranteed democracy: we must never forget. (May 2000)
• Proudly supported $20 billion in emergency defense spending. (Aug 1999)
• More spending on SDI; readiness; personnel; infrastructure. (Aug 1999)
• Voted NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill. (Jul 1999)
• Voted YES on deploying SDI. (Mar 1999)
• No US troops under UN command; more defense spending. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Immigration

• More aid for immigrants; more high-tech immigrant visas. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)

Rick Lazio on Jobs

• Disallow hiring scabs during union strikes. (Jun 2000)
• Tie minimum wage increase to business tax cut. (Jun 2000)
• Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Principles & Values

• Supported NAFTA & assault weapon ban despite unpopularity. (Oct 2000)
• Hillary’s a good mom, but it’s about different philosophies. (Oct 2000)
• Contract with America votes led to surplus and opportunity. (Oct 2000)
• A majority party senator will be most effective for N.Y. (Oct 2000)
• NY is a great melting pot of bottom-line people. (Oct 2000)
• Lazio: Hillary has chutzpah to make guilt by association. (Sep 2000)
• With Dems on social issues; with GOP on taxes & impeachment. (Jun 2000)
• Proud of his “mainstream record”. (Jun 2000)
• Supported Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America. (May 2000)
• Effective representation comes from community partnership. (May 2000)
• Politics is philosophy in action. (Aug 1999)
• Priorities: defense; education; social security; tax relief. (Aug 1999)
• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
• Endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans; supports gay rights. (Nov 2000)
• Contract with America: 10 bills in 1st 100 days of Congress. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Social Security

• Invest Social Security funds; privately or via Trust Fund. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
• Voted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)
• Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on Tax Reform

• Supports a “significant tax cut”. (May 2000)
• Limit tax burden: 38% is too high. (May 2000)
• Marriage is sacred event, not a taxable event. (Feb 2000)
• Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)
• Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes. (Sep 1994)

Rick Lazio on War & Peace

• Allowing UN condemnation of Israel was great mistake. (Oct 2000)
• Unequivocal support for security of Israel. (Oct 2000)
• Hillary cavorts with terrorists & encourages Hamas violence. (Oct 2000)
• Move embassy to Jerusalem now; Hillary won’t do it. (Oct 2000)
• No support for Palestinian state. (Oct 2000)
• Pollard’s pardon is for only the President to decide. (Sep 2000)
• Supported intervention in Kosovo. (Jun 2000)
• Follow Israel’s lead on independent Palestine. (May 2000)
• Israel: Supports strong partnership. (May 2000)
• Supports military action against Iraq. (Jul 1998)
• Keep army in Bosnia; with a deadline. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on disallowing the invasion of Kosovo. (May 1999)
• Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)

Rick Lazio on Welfare & Poverty

• Advocate for public housing in Congress. (Oct 2000)
• Congressional fight against FHA was supported by HUD. (Oct 2000)
• Allow food stamps for legal immigrants. (Jun 2000)
• Public housing: More work & service; less concentrated poor. (Jun 2000)
• Promote responsible fatherhood via faith-based institutions. (Nov 1999)
• Tax incentives & vouchers to reduce homelessness. (Jul 1998)
• Continue welfare-to-work & block grants. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)
• Increase the earned income tax credit. (Jan 1993)
• Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending. (Sep 1994)