Paul A. Gosar

Supports reforming the guest-worker program to avoid taking jobs from American citizens and incentivizing illegal immigration.

“As long as these programs are viable, are constructed in such a way that they do not take jobs away from American citizens and don’t incentivize further illegal immigration, they can be a valuable tool for economic development and agriculture.”⁷

Supports farming and ranching as vital to jobs, economic stimulus, and Arizona’s way of life.

“Farming and ranching are vital to jobs, economic stimulus and Arizona’s way of life.”⁷

Opposes amnesty for those who have broken U.S. immigration laws, regardless of how it is granted.

“I oppose the efforts to grant any sort of amnesty by executive fiat, and I oppose any efforts in Congress to grant amnesty to those who have broken our laws.”²³

Wants the executive branch to enforce existing laws without undermining them with executive orders.

“The executive branch must enforce the laws on the books with equal application and without executive orders that undermine those very laws.”²³

Wants the border to be secured with personnel, technology, and weaponry if necessary.

“But it must also verifiably secure the border with personnel, technology, and weaponry, if necessary.”²³

Supports legislation to enforce existing laws and crack down on illegal immigration.

“I have consistently supported and introduced legislation to enforce the laws on our books and crack down on illegal immigration.”²³

Opposes unconstitutional gun restriction laws and will actively fight attempts to undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

“I will not support unconstitutional gun restriction laws. I will actively fight any attempt to undermine our Constitution and infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”³¹

Believes limiting an individual’s ability to lawfully purchase or carry firearms allows only those with the intent to break the law to have weapons.

“When you limit an individual’s ability to lawfully purchase or carry firearms you are allowing only those with the intent to break the law to have weapons.”³¹

Supports responsible gun ownership and has been a life-long supporter of it.

“I have been a life-long supporter of responsible gun ownership. I have also been a hunter for most of my life, and I am well aware of our rights and duties relative to firearms.”³¹

Opposes the Paris Agreement, believing it would cost the United States money and jobs without significant climate impact.

“The Paris Agreement was entered without Congressional approval and would not have any significant on the climate, costing the United States approximately $25,000,000,000 and 2,700,000 jobs by 2025.”³⁷

Believes education matters are best handled at the state and local level, empowering parents, school boards, and local communities.

“Federal law prohibits a national curriculum and education matters are best handled at the state and local level. Parents, school boards and local communities know our children’s needs best and should all play an essential role in making fundamental decisions that affect our children’s development.”⁴³

Supports returning education matters to the local level, empowering educators, parents, and school boards.

“To that end, I will continue to do everything in my power to return education maters to the local level.”⁴³

Believes the United States should lead in the world and act as a global power, continuing President Trump’s America first policy.

“The United States is the greatest country in the world and the only real global power. It is far past time that we acted like it and stopped apologizing. The time has come for America to lead.”³⁷

Wants to terminate Pakistan's designation as a major non-NATO ally due to its support for terrorist organizations.

“The Haqqani Network is an extremely dangerous insurgent group with significant ties to the Taliban operating out of Pakistan. This bill is designed to make sure the president and Congress take steps to eliminate Pakistan’s assistance with this terrorist organization.”³⁷

Supports India following attacks by a terrorist organization based in Pakistan.

“The terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad is based in Pakistan. I co-sponsored H. Res. 261 condemning this attack, honoring the 40 Indian paramilitary force members who lost their lives.”³⁷

Wants to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.

“All these reasons and more are why the United States should classify the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. In May 2019, I co-sponsored H. Res. 2412 requesting the Secretary of State to make this classification in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.”³⁷

Supports Israel and believes the United States should stand together with Israel against extremism.

“As our strongest ally in the Middle East, it is in the vital interest of the United States to stand together with Israel against a rising tide of extremism. Our two nations must show the courage necessary to thwart existential threats to Israel and to make the hard choices necessary to ensure peace.”³⁷

Opposes the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel.

“I’ve co-sponsored a bill (H.Res.246) that opposes the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (or BDS) Movement, which is a movement dripping with antisemitic sentiment and seeks to punish Israeli people and businesses – which would also hurt innocent Palestinians who rely on many of those businesses for jobs.”³⁷

Supports strengthening ties with Israel through military and economic partnerships.

“I have led and supported multiple measures to strengthen our ties with Israel through both military and economic partnerships.”³⁷

Supports Israel’s right to self-defense against regional aggression.

“I introduced an amendment to the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act in order to fully support Israel’s lawful exercise of self-defense, including actions to halt aggression.”³⁷

Supports recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

“In November 2017, I participated in a House Oversight subcommittee on National Security hearing on moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. I made my views clear then, and now, that the United States should honor the chosen capital of Israel, which is Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv.”³⁷

Believes Congress has jurisdiction on immigration matters.

“Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of our Constitution gives Congress clear jurisdiction on immigration matters.”²³

Believes the process to amend the Constitution should be difficult, as the Founders intended.

“We have a process to amend the Constitution, and that process is intentionally difficult. The Founders labored to come up with our original Constitution and rightly believed that future sessions of Congress should solemnly reflect when seeking to amend it.”⁶³

Wants to ensure the federal government remains limited by honoring the Tenth Amendment.

“I will seek to ensure that our federal government remains a limited government by honoring the text of the Tenth Amendment.”⁶³

Wants to reclaim the lawmaking responsibility of the legislative branch.

“As your Congressman, I will fight to reclaim the lawmaking responsibility of the legislative branch and ensure that the proper separation of powers is maintained.”⁶³

Believes in maintaining a proper separation of powers among the three branches of government.

“As part of this originalist interpretation, I believe that we should maintain a proper separation of powers among the three branches of our federal government.”⁶³

Believes that powers not delegated to the federal government should be reserved to the states or the people.

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”⁶³

Consults the Constitution before considering legislation.

“I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is ‘needed’ before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible.”⁶³

Believes in an originalist interpretation of the Constitution.

“I believe in an originalist interpretation of the text of the Constitution, and I believe that courts have placed an improper emphasis on the precedents of prior Courts instead of basing their judgments on the text of the Constitution.”⁶³

Supports providing the finest medical care for veterans our country can provide.

“Accordingly, our veterans deserve the finest medical care our country can provide.”⁷⁸

Wants to improve care for veterans and clean up the Phoenix VA.

“I have been leading the charge to improve care for our nation's veterans and to clean up the Phoenix VA.”⁷⁸

Supports mental health programs and suicide prevention efforts for veterans.

“I have offered multiple amendments to the Military Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon/VA) Appropriations Acts to transfer funds from an increasingly large VA bureaucracy to more important mental health programs and suicide prevention efforts.”⁷⁸

Wants to reduce the disability claims backlog and lengthy wait times at the VA.

“That is why I have offered and passed multiple amendments to reduce the disability claims backlog and lengthy wait times.”⁷⁸

Supports Veterans Treatment Courts that promote sobriety and recovery.

“Veterans Courts promote sobriety and recovery through coordinated local partnerships among community corrections agencies, drug treatment providers, the Judiciary, and other important community support groups.”⁷⁸

Supports protecting agriculture and vital water supplies from federal government control.

“To combat this, I have introduced and supported a number of legislative efforts aimed at protecting agriculture and our vital water supplies.”⁷

Supports investment in water storage and delivery projects.

“we invested in water storage and delivery projects that supply water and hydropower in dry times.”⁷