John Moolenaar

His campaign website's pro-life page says he believes life begins at conception and that human life must be protected, and it cites a 100 percent voting record with Michigan Right to Life. The page also says he supports protections for babies born alive, pregnancy resource centers, and adoption and foster care programs, and his home page says he will protect the unborn.^5,8

His campaign website's Second Amendment page lists the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act among the bills he cosponsored.⁹

His campaign website says he has worked to reduce federal spending, including by supporting the Rescissions Act, which the site says saved taxpayers 9 billion dollars, and that he will keep supporting efforts to reduce deficits and eliminate waste. His home page lists cutting wasteful Washington spending among his commitments.^5,10

1. Increase overall federal spending
2. Hold overall spending near current levels
3. Cut overall federal spending
4. Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years

His campaign website says he supports a constitutional balanced budget amendment as a way to restore long-term fiscal discipline.¹⁰

1. Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
2. No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
3. No constitutional requirement or new spending limits

His campaign website says he supported the Working Families Tax Cuts law, whose provisions it lists as including the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime.¹¹

His campaign website says the Working Families Tax Cuts law he supported made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, and that he plans to keep fighting for lower taxes.¹¹

His campaign website lists an expanded child tax credit among the provisions of the Working Families Tax Cuts law that he supported.¹¹

His campaign website says he was proud this year to cut taxes on Social Security and Medicare benefits for seniors, and it lists tax relief for seniors among the provisions of the Working Families Tax Cuts law.^5,11

His campaign website says he will ensure Social Security and Medicare are preserved.⁵

His campaign website says he backed the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, which it describes as requiring parental consent before a school changes a minor student's gender marker, name, pronouns or sex-based accommodations, and as barring schools that receive funds under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act from teaching or promoting concepts related to gender ideology.¹²

His campaign website says he strongly supports school choice, including policies that let families pick the educational setting that suits their child. It points to a federal tax credit of up to 1,700 dollars, starting in 2027, for donations to state-approved scholarship granting organizations, and says he hopes Michigan's next governor will have the state take part.¹²

His campaign website says he supports voter identification requirements and backs the SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act, which it describes as requiring a photo ID to vote.¹³

1. Require a government-issued photo ID, with free IDs for people who need one
2. Require ID but accept other documents, such as a utility bill or bank statement
3. Don't require ID at the polls; confirm identity through registration records and signatures

His campaign website says the SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act, which he supports, would require proof of citizenship to vote.¹³

1. Require documents proving citizenship to register
2. Check citizenship against government records instead of requiring documents
3. Keep relying on applicants' sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, that they are citizens

His campaign website says federal immigration laws already on the books should be applied consistently, with deportation for immigrants who commit crimes.¹⁴

His campaign website says visa programs need reforms so businesses can reach the workers they need, while making sure visa holders go home when their visas expire instead of staying unlawfully.¹⁴

His campaign website says he has led efforts to keep the Chinese Communist Party from purchasing American farmland, and it lists preventing adversaries from buying farmland among the work of the House Select Committee on China, which he chairs.^3,5,15

1. Ban farmland purchases by all foreign buyers
2. Ban purchases by buyers tied to China, Russia, Iran or North Korea
3. Require more reporting and national security reviews of purchases, but no outright bans
4. Keep current reporting rules, with no new limits on foreign buyers

His campaign website says he has supported changes to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate and other steps to give farmers a reliable agricultural workforce and help them manage rising labor costs.¹⁵

His campaign website says he supports state and local governments pausing construction of new data centers with moratoriums until the community is satisfied that certain conditions are met. Those conditions include a transparent public process, local control of the decision, environmental safeguards and strict protections on electricity rates.¹⁶

1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
3. Pause or limit new data centers

His campaign website says that as chair of the House Select Committee on China he has worked to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable, citing efforts that include stopping the Chinese-linked Gotion project in Michigan. It also says Chinese companies and other adversaries should not be allowed to build data centers in local communities or use existing ones to undermine the economy and national security.^5,16

His campaign website says the armed forces must be given the resources they need to meet emerging threats, and that he is committed to strengthening and modernizing the military and equipping servicemembers. His home page lists rebuilding the military among his commitments.^5,17

His campaign website calls expanding rural broadband one of his top priorities. It says he has voted for bills providing hundreds of millions of dollars for rural broadband, introduced the BOOST Act for a 300 dollar tax credit toward mobile hotspot or signal booster equipment in eligible areas, and supported farm bill funding for rural internet access.¹⁸

His campaign website says a single-payer Medicare for All system would not be the right approach, that health care decisions should stay between patients and their doctors, and that families should be able to choose their coverage and treatment options.^19,20

His campaign website says he was an original cosponsor of the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, which the site says aims to improve veterans' health care, bolster the VA workforce and widen the benefits available to veterans.²¹