Toomey for Senate

I had the great pleasure of visiting Israel in 1999 on an AIPAC-sponsored trip.  On a policy level, this was an incredibly informative experience.  Not only were our official meetings with governmental and military leaders insightful, but directly seeing the physical terrain and challenges Israel faces was eye-opening.  My Israel trip was also moving on a personal and spiritual level.  No one who takes their faith seriously, as I do, can leave Israel without a profound sense of the historical and biblical importance of the land, and without a profound respect for the manner in which the Isr

Pat is fully committed to making sure our soldiers and our veterans always come first.  Our veterans and soldiers risk their lives to keep our country safe and protect our freedom; they deserve the best in return.  When Pat was in Congress, he voted to make sure our veterans and their families had the resources and services they needed, including educational, counseling, and employment aid.  As your senator, Pat will commit all the resources needed to provide the personnel, training, intelligence, and equipment required to support the missions necessary to protecting our national security a

There is no more important issue today than the economic recession and the rising unemployment rate. All across the Commonwealth, hard-working Pennsylvanians are struggling to make ends meet and provide for their families. But the approach taken by politicians in Washington is not working. Government bureaucrats cannot create sustainable jobs. When they try to create jobs by spending taxpayer dollars, they merely take money out of the private sector that would be better spent in the marketplace by the people who earned it.

Pat opposed the taxpayer-funded bailouts from the very beginning and will continue to oppose them.

As a senator, Pat will fight to save taxpayer dollars from wasteful bailouts and to protect hardworking, responsible businesses and individuals.

America is in danger of becoming a bailout nation. First, Congress bailed out the Wall Street companies, then homeowners who borrowed too much, and then the auto industry. Altogether, the American people have been placed on the hook for several trillion dollars.

When people work hard, they have a right to enjoy the money they have earned. But when the government imposes an unnecessarily heavy burden on our paychecks, our businesses, our investments, and our goods and services, it impinges upon our economic freedom.

Washington politicians are on a dangerous spending spree. A combination of wasteful pork projects, multiple bailouts, the so-called stimulus, and new government programs have pushed the deficit for 2009 to a record-breaking $1.6 trillion dollars and the ten-year deficit to $9 trillion dollars.

All across the country citizens are rightly worried about the rising cost of health care in America. Over the past couple of decades, health insurance premiums have increased much faster than the general rate of inflation. But many politicians in Washington are pushing for a government-run healthcare system that does not make health care any cheaper, will push many people out of their private coverage, limits patient choice, restricts access to life-saving procedures, and puts government bureaucrats in charge of our health care.

Immigration has been a very contentious issue in this country, but it doesn’t have to be.

Pat believes there are a couple of key principles that should guide our country’s immigration policy. The first is the importance of the rule of law. America is a country built on a common respect for the rule of law, and we must make sure we do not allow politicians in Washington to undermine this fundamental value. For this reason, Pat opposes amnesty.

Pat is pro-life and believes that children should be welcomed into the world and protected by its laws.

While reasonable people may differ on the question of abortion rights, we should all be able to agree on policies that encourage adoption over abortion, that avoid taxpayer funding of abortions, and that allow parental involvement in decisions that involve minors. As a senator, Pat will support policies that further these important goals.

Whether for sportsmen and women or for self-protection from crime, Pat is a proud supporter of the Second Amendment, just as he supports all enumerated Constitutional rights.

Like the First Amendment’s right to free speech and a free press, the Second Amendment must be protected. As a member of Congress, Pat received top scores from organizations that are dedicated to gun ownership rights and policies. He would consistently support those policies in the Senate.