Michelle Fischbach

Her campaign website's issues page says she wants to protect the unborn and defend the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death, and that she co-chairs the House Pro-Life Caucus. Its record page lists co-sponsoring a bill declaring that life begins at conception.^9,10

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to prohibit abortions once an unborn child's heartbeat is detected, and the issues page counts the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling that reversed Roe v. Wade among its wins.^9,10

1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
2. Leave abortion law to each state
3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)

The issues page says she wants to stop federal funding for abortion. The record page lists authoring bills to bar federal funding to entities that perform abortions and to defund Planned Parenthood, and co-sponsoring a bill to make the Hyde Amendment permanent.^9,10

1. Bar public funds for abortions and for groups that provide them, including for their other services
2. Bar public funds for most abortions, but let clinics that provide them be paid for other care
3. Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)

Its religious liberty section says government should never be able to compel people to act against their religious beliefs in the workplace. The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to protect health care providers who decline to take part in abortions because of religious belief or conviction.^9,10

1. Broaden exemptions, including for businesses and their owners
2. Keep exemptions as current law and court rulings allow
3. Narrow exemptions so anti-discrimination and health coverage laws apply to more employers and businesses

The record page lists co-sponsoring a proposed constitutional amendment that would fix the Supreme Court at nine justices.¹⁰

1. Add justices to the court
2. Keep nine justices under current law
3. Fix the number at nine in the Constitution

The record page says she voted for an amendment requiring probable cause warrants in the FISA Section 702 reauthorization and voted against final passage because the bill lacked that requirement.¹⁰

1. Don't renew it, or replace it with much narrower authority
2. Renew it, but require a warrant to search the collected records for Americans' communications
3. Renew it without major changes

The issues page says she opposes efforts to abolish ICE and wants law enforcement at all levels supported in enforcing immigration laws. The record page lists co-sponsoring and voting for the Laken Riley Act, which it says provides for detaining people in the country illegally who commit theft.^9,10

The issues page says she opposes efforts to promote what it calls sanctuary cities, and the record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to cut federal funding to such cities.^9,10

1. Require full cooperation, with penalties for places that limit it
2. Let each state, county or city decide
3. Cooperate only in cases involving people convicted of serious crimes
4. Bar police and jails from helping without a judge's warrant

Her page on the No Bailouts for Sanctuary Cities Act backs the bill, which it says would stop federal money from paying for shelter, food, transportation, health care or legal help for immigrants without legal status in sanctuary jurisdictions.¹¹

The record page lists co-sponsoring the Remain in Mexico Act, which it says would return people to Mexico while their immigration cases are pending, and voting for H.R. 2, which it says would also end catch and release and streamline the asylum process.¹⁰

The record page lists a vote for H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, and says the bill would complete the border wall, along with other measures.¹⁰

1. Build walls or fencing along much more of the border
2. Add barriers only in selected places, relying mainly on technology and agents
3. Build no new barriers and spend the money on other border security

The issues page says law enforcement officers deserve support through programs to recruit officers and provide training and equipment. The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill for federal funding and incentives to update police equipment and training in de-escalation technology, and her page on the Law Enforcement Education Grant Program Act, which she introduced, says it would give students working toward law enforcement or criminal justice degrees federal grants of up to $16,000 if they then serve four years as full-time officers.^9,10,12

1. Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
2. Keep funding near current levels
3. Shift some police funding to mental health, housing or other services

The record page lists co-sponsoring the Conceal Carry Reciprocity Act, which it says protects the right to carry concealed and to travel freely between states without conflicting state rules.¹⁰

1. Require every state to accept other states' permits
2. Let each state decide which permits to accept

The record page lists co-sponsoring and voting for a resolution to block the federal rule on stabilizing braces for firearms. Her Hearing Protection Act page backs taking suppressors out of the National Firearms Act, which would end the $200 tax and the registration process for them, and says the Senate has an opportunity to go further by ending other taxes and regulations on items such as short-barreled rifles and pistol braces.^10,13

1. Tighten rules, such as registering pistols with stabilizing braces and requiring serial numbers and background checks for all gun kits and parts
2. Keep current rules
3. Loosen rules, such as ending federal registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles

The issues page says she led and joined congressional efforts demanding answers about fraud in Minnesota and will keep pursuing where tax dollars went. The record page lists leading oversight of the Feeding Our Future fraud and co-sponsoring bills on audit controls for pandemic assistance programs and on recipient-level data for SNAP. Her page on that SNAP bill says it would require states to hand beneficiary-level data to the Agriculture Department when lawfully asked, and her page on the No Aid for Ghost Students Act says she backs screening every federal student aid application for identity fraud and holding aid until a flagged applicant confirms who they are.^9,10,14,15

1. Pause payments that show signs of fraud until they're verified, and require states to share program data with federal investigators
2. Add more data checks before payments go out, with limits on how long payments to people who qualify can be held up
3. Focus on upgrading agency systems and staff, and limit sharing people's program data beyond the agencies that run each program

The issues page says she carried a zero-based budgeting bill in the Minnesota Senate, brought that approach to Washington, and that Washington has a spending problem.⁹

The record page lists co-sponsoring a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.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

The record page lists co-sponsoring bills to raise the deduction cap for small businesses buying equipment and to make full, immediate expensing of new investments permanent.¹⁰

1. Expand breaks for investment, research and hiring, such as larger research credits for small businesses
2. Keep current business tax breaks
3. Cut back many of these breaks and use the money for lower tax rates, deficit reduction or other priorities

Her page on the Hardworking Seniors Act, which she introduced, says it would let people who are still working after enrolling in Medicare Part A keep putting money into a Health Savings Account, and the record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to let 529 tax-free savings accounts pay for non-degree technical training certificate programs.^10,16

1. Expand these breaks and make more of them refundable, so families who owe little income tax also benefit
2. Add or expand breaks for costs such as education savings, adoption and selling a home
3. Keep the current breaks
4. Cut back these breaks and use the money for lower tax rates or deficit reduction

Her page on the Death Tax Repeal Act, which she has co-sponsored, says the bill would permanently do away with both the estate tax and the generation-skipping transfer tax, which it says weigh on family farms, ranches and small businesses handed down to heirs.^10,17

The record page lists co-sponsoring a constitutional amendment to limit how many terms a member of Congress may serve.¹⁰

The record page lists co-sponsoring and voting for the REINS Act, which it says would require congressional approval of major rules, and co-sponsoring a bill to sunset regulations established under Chevron deference.¹⁰

1. Require Congress to approve every major new rule before it takes effect
2. Make it easier for Congress to overturn rules, such as by canceling several at once from the end of a president's term
3. Keep current law, under which most rules take effect unless Congress votes to overturn them
4. Protect agencies' power to write detailed rules, such as by having courts again defer to agencies' reading of unclear laws

The record page lists co-sponsoring and voting for the SAVE Act, which it describes as nationwide voter ID requirements, and co-sponsoring a bill that includes mandatory photo ID to vote.¹⁰

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

Her page on the SAVE America Act says she has fought hard for the bill, which it says would make people show documents proving U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections and photo ID when voting, and would have states find noncitizens on their voter rolls and remove them.¹⁸

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

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill on the Veterans Community Care Program that strengthens wait time standards and reduces bureaucratic hurdles so veterans can get timely care through community providers.¹⁰

1. Let veterans choose private doctors at the VA's expense whenever they prefer
2. Write wait-time and drive-time limits into law, so veterans can use private care when the VA can't meet them
3. Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it

The record page lists co-sponsoring the Major Richard Star Act, which it says would let combat-disabled retirees with fewer than 20 years of service receive both their retired pay and their veterans disability compensation in full.¹⁰

1. Let all military retirees with service-connected disabilities collect both payments in full
2. Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
3. Keep current rules, which already pay both in full to some retirees, such as those with 20 or more years of service and a disability rating of at least 50%

The issues page says she wants reforms centered on patients that boost competition and cut costs, while keeping protections for people with preexisting conditions, and that she will work to protect the promises made to seniors.⁹

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill setting requirements for how Medicare Advantage plans use prior authorization, in order to speed up patient care.¹⁰

1. Expand Medicare Advantage and encourage more private plan options
2. Keep current rules
3. Tighten rules on what these plans are paid and when they can require approval for care

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to ensure prompt, permanent Medicare coverage for medical devices designated as breakthrough technologies.¹⁰

1. Add more services by law, such as permanent telehealth from home and testing and treatment by pharmacists
2. Leave new coverage mainly to Medicare's own reviews of the medical evidence
3. Add services only when savings elsewhere in Medicare cover their cost

The record page lists co-sponsoring and voting for a resolution to reverse the Biden administration's Waters of the United States rule.¹⁰

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill that would cancel a public land order and bring back mining leases and permits within the Superior National Forest.¹⁰

1. Protect more land, such as with new national monuments or wilderness areas
2. Keep roughly the current mix of protection and development
3. Open more federal land to mining, logging and grazing

The record page lists co-sponsoring and voting for a resolution to overturn a Department of Labor rule that lets retirement plan managers take climate change and similar ESG considerations into account when selecting investments.¹⁰

1. Require managers to base decisions only on expected financial risk and return
2. Let managers weigh ESG factors, such as climate risk, when they judge them relevant to returns
3. Require managers to consider climate and other ESG risks, and require companies to disclose them

The record page lists voting for the Lower Energy Costs Act, which it says would increase domestic energy production and reform permitting processes.¹⁰

Her page on a Department of Energy furnace rule says she and Senator Ted Cruz introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn it; the page says the rule would require gas furnaces to turn at least 95% of their fuel into heat, and calls it a backdoor ban on gas stoves that would raise costs for consumers.¹⁹

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill to restrict the EPA from issuing a waiver for rules banning the sale or use of new vehicles with internal combustion engines.¹⁰

The record page lists voting for an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act ending all U.S. military aid to Ukraine.¹⁰

1. Send more US-funded weapons and money to Ukraine
2. Keep supplying weapons, with European allies paying for most of them
3. End US weapons and aid for Ukraine, including weapons paid for by allies

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill that would bar Chinese purchases of American farmland.¹⁰

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

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill giving premium support to some crop insurance plans.¹⁰

1. Expand price supports, crop insurance or emergency aid
2. Keep the programs at current levels
3. Cut payments, such as with tighter limits for the largest farms
4. Phase out price-support payments and rely on crop insurance

The record page lists co-sponsoring a bill that would let E-15 fuel be sold all year.¹⁰

1. Expand biofuel use, such as by allowing E15 sales all year
2. Keep the current requirements
3. Lower the requirements or end the Renewable Fuel Standard