Sam is committed to defending our nation from enemies at home and abroad. He believes we must make every effort to protect our borders, our cities, our transportation, and our citizens. Cutting defense spending for the sake of pursuing ill advised health care legislation, for example, should not be an option. Sam opposed the Obama Administration’s decision to end the F-22 program, not just because it meant losing Connecticut jobs, but because the military said it was needed.

Making Health Care Accessible and Affordable

Sam believes that we can and must make health care more affordable and accessible – but we can and must do so without growing the size of government. Sam is a strong advocate of using tax policy to achieve these goals, instead of creating new bureaucracies that we cannot afford. Among other things, Sam supports offering small businesses a refundable tax credit in order to make it more affordable for them to provide health insurance for their employees. Sam supports health care policies that empower patients, not the government. He became the first candidate in Connecticut to sign the Repeal It! pledge, promising to repeal any federal government takeover of health care once in Congress.