Core Values

Core values are an individual’s set of standards and beliefs. My core values guide me through tough times and influence every decision I make. Anyone running for public office has an obligation to let the voters know what there core values are.

These values are the core of my ethical and moral character:

• Give more than your receive.
• Be honest — to yourself as well as others.
• Honor commitments.
• Do what is right regardless of consequences.
• Respect others. Act in a manner so that others will respect you.
• Be a team player.

Beliefs

Based on my experience in the Navy, in business, and in community service, I have developed a set of general beliefs. These beliefs will guide me when making decisions in Washington.

I believe that:

• Government should be as small as possible.
• Government action should be taken at as low a level of government as possible where people have more control.
• Each individual should be given the right and the responsibility to live life as he or she sees fit. Government regulations and mandates should be reduced to a minimum.
• People, as opposed to government, should make decisions for themselves. I believe that the people know better than bureaucrats about how to live their lives.
• Liberty should prevail over government control.
• Most of the world’s problems can be solved by honest, hardworking people, willing to dedicate themselves to the common good. I do believe, however, that those who hurt others by stealing, lying, killing, and doing unethical things should be punished.
• The United States is the best country in the world. I am very lucky to have been born here when I was. No other country, no other system, no group of people or government has done so much for the average person as the United States of America. No other country has given its citizens, regardless of race, religion, or origin, so much freedom and opportunity. No other country has increased the average standard of living as we have. No other country has fought wars and laid down the lives of its young men and women for the freedom of others as much as the United States.