Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Ohio 7th Congressional District in 2024 Ohio Primary Election.
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Get StartedDoug believes in the right of every person to have control over their own bodies, and that a decision as important and life-changing as having an abortion is a woman’s personal decision. The belief as to when life begins is based on one's religious beliefs many times, but surely, whatever one’s belief, the state should have no role in this most private of decisions. And we all should show respect for the weightiness of the decision whether we support pro-choice or not. Learn more
Doug believes in free speech and the benefits of communication and connection but also believes in protecting our privacy from big tech companies. He wants to continue investigating platforms such as TikTok for foreign surveillance; work with META to establish a large program to combat hacking, ID theft, tracking, and bullying; and aggressively prosecute individual offenders at the executive level in these businesses. Learn more
Doug believes in honoring our heroes and has a strong commitment to the men and women who have dedicated their lives in service to our great nation. Veterans currently have the highest rate of suicide, joblessness, and homelessness in America- and it is a disgrace. Doug believes we must stop with the cliches and “well wishes” and take concerted action to make a difference and support those who need help. Learn more
The damage that Fentanyl and other drugs have done to our communities is abhorrent, and we need a strong representative to put strong policies in place to ensure we are tackling this issue head-on. Doug aims to be the representative our community needs to get the job done. Doug wants to make trafficking in drugs really hurt – one strike, you’re out, not three, for drug dealers and traffickers. He wants life sentences, no parole, and solitary confinement for offenders. He advocates using military and National Guard use land, sea and air and all available technologies to make this happen, including very hard-nosed actions for China and Mexico to participate. Learn more
Doug wants to make it a norm and exciting for youth, particularly and adults generally, to give back to society and the world, as he believes the best American power is ‘soft power’ in the long run. He supports incentives with credits for college or tech schools in a gap year right after high school before university or tech schools with the aim that every young person finds a way to do this, meaning hundreds of thousands, even millions, over time. Learn more
Doug believes that both can be done. He believes that we have got to stop making it an either/or issue. Energy independence is a must and a matter of national security. Doug believes it will come from fossil fuels for the next period in history, but also that we must push relentlessly for cleaner energy. Doug believes the earth is warming, and we have a threat not thousands of years from now, more like low hundreds, even less. Learn more
So, too, does Doug support finding a pathway to peace between Russia and Ukraine. There is a high probability this could go nuclear. Russia took Ukraine’s land. Hundreds of thousands have died. Putin’s hands are linked with our sworn enemies, but NATO has been encircling Russia for years, forcing them ever more into a corner. Doug believes more far-sighted leadership could have prevented this. Learn more
Doug’s heart breaks for Israel, it breaks for innocent Palestinian civilians. He believes we must back Israel to finish Hamas and rebuild the region afterward with an eventual two-state solution and security for Israel and Palestinians. Learn more
Doug has been a gun owner for most of his life. He passed the conceal and carry license test to become a gun owner. But he wonders, why can’t owning a gun be like having a driver’s license? Doug supported Congressman Feighan when he got the Brady Bill passed, which established a 7-day waiting period after President Reagan and Jim Brady were shot. Learn more
Doug also believes we need to close the southern border entirely and swiftly using all means necessary but ensure we do so humanely. He believes there should be legal immigration into our country only- and that we need to use the National Guard and advances in technology to make this happen. Doug believes that we need to work deeply with countries where they are coming from to make it more attractive for them to stay. He believes that legal immigrants who do arrive need to be steeped in civics, government, and citizenship. Learn more
Doug believes that immigrants are the lifeblood and have made America the greatest nation. Immigration fights real labor shortages at all levels; immigrants create one of every two jobs, and immigrants run 50% of Fortune 500 companies. He believes our country needs to increase legal immigration to record levels, and he has supported this for many years through his service on the Global Cleveland board. Learn more
We helped Europe and Asia after WW II, to turn enemies into allies and, in so doing, lifted the world economy as never before, just as Lincoln and Grant led the Reconstruction after the Civil War. Doug believes we must do the same for our cities. We need this broad, far-reaching thinking and action in America and right here in Cleveland. Like it or not, as goes Cleveland, so goes the region and this is true nationwide. Cities are becoming islands of desperation, hopelessness, and poverty. Policing them will end up looking like the movie Robocop. Even given the tremendous strides forward here, we remain, by some indicators, the 2nd poorest city in America, particularly evidenced by rising gun crime and gun violence even in high schools. Learn more
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