League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Orange County, CA June 3, 2014 Election
	Wendy Brooks Leece Answers Questions Candidate for United States Representative; District 48

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Questions & Answers

1. In this time of high unemployment and budget deficits, what are the most important steps that should be taken to improve our nation’s economy and sustain job creation?

Raising the minimum wage would hurt businesses as employers are having to adjust to the financial effects of the ACA. Costs would be passed on to consumers. Instead, Congress needs to focus on creating more jobs. The 2012 JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) has been successful and an innovative way for entrepreneurs to get financing, grow and go public. Congress must continue to look for ways to reduce regulations and look for ways to encourage entrepreneurship and free enterprise.

2. What, if any, changes should be made to federal health care policies or programs?

We should allow private sector providers to sell their policies across state borders to introduce competition to the 35 U S health insurance companies, keep prices low and offer a variety of plans appealing to different sectors of the market. Federal bureaucracies administering Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA must be consolidated and audited for duplication of services. We must get rid of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) which ultimately would ration care for Medicare patients.

3. What are your priorities with respect to our nation’s energy policy?

I would be sensitive to environmental concerns and weigh the benefits of new energy resources to consumers.

4. What, if any, changes should be made with respect to our nation’s security, including our national defense or anti-terrorism measures?

Protect our personal liberty from government intrusion. Strong national defense. Congress alone should declare war.

5. What is your position on the issue of immigration reform? What, if any, changes to legislation or policy would you support?

First, our borders must be very secure. Penalties for illegal entry must be in place before we implement a path to citizenship. Enforcing employer sanctions and e-verify will open jobs to Americans. Congress must attach strings to any financial support to Mexico to force Mexico to care for its people and help them prosper. A rigorous process to become a US citizen would include tests in English, America's history and government, the Constitution and free enterprise system.

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