Huddleston for Congress : Issues

Leading in a New Direction

The most important issue in this election is the need for a new direction in Washington. We need a Congress that provides a check-and-balance to an administration that is moving too fast and too far to the left.
Despite mounting evidence that the public rejects their agenda on a number of issues, the White House and the Democrats in Congress are stubbornly pushing their extreme liberal vision for America.
Most Americans are generally conservative in their political beliefs. They want responsible government that keeps them safe, spends wisely, respects their values, and looks after the greater good, not special interests.
Lou Huddleston has been listening to the voters of North Carolina's 8th District. He has heard their concerns. They want a new direction in Congress. A new direction guided by common sense that puts the needs of families, small businesses, and working Americans at the forefront of its agenda.
With proven experience and leadership, Lou Huddleston is ready to chart a new direction in Congress.

Lou Huddleston believes Congress should focus on creating new jobs, not creating more government.
Wasteful stimulus spending, expensive bailouts, massive new debt, and huge tax increases have resulted in job losses not job gains.
Washington's misguided policies are depriving the small business sector of the capital and freedom it needs to innovate and grow. This is crushing the only proven engine of job growth in America -- small business.
Lou Huddleston will lead in a new direction. He will work to provide immediate assistance to small businesses to create the conditions for job growth, increased productivity, and a lasting economic recovery.

As a 31-year Army veteran, Lou Huddleston believes we must fully support the servicemen and women who are in harm's way in defense of our nation.
Having served as an Army colonel and senior strategist in Afghanistan, Lou Huddleston understands the military and the resources and manpower necessary for the military to accomplish its missions.
Appeasement and indecisive negotiations with potential adversaries will not protect US national interests abroad or at home. Lou Huddleston will fight to ensure America remains resolute and strong throughout the world.

We need health care reform. However, to fix the problems with health care, we don't need a massive government takeover of the entire system, encompassing one sixth of the US economy.
Lou Huddleston proposes a new direction: A common sense step-by-step approach to implement health care reforms about which there is already widespread agreement in Congress.
We can guarantee health insurance coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, make health insurance portable so you keep it when you change jobs, increase competition among insurance companies, and put an end to junk malpractice lawsuits that drive up medical costs.

The federal government is currently projected to have a budget shortfall of $1.4 trillion for this fiscal year alone! This is the largest deficit in the history of the United States.
Deficits this large will have severe long-term consequences for our economy and our prosperity. Government should not be a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others.
Lou Huddleston believes in responsible spending that benefits the nation as a whole.

Congress should be protecting not tearing down the traditional values that made America great.
Lou Huddleston believes in God and country and in the importance of family and individual responsibility.
He supports capital punishment, every American's right to bear arms, and traditional marriage.
Lou is pro-life and he defends the legitimacy of keeping God in America's public life.