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Candidates › MI-06 race › 2025–2026
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, MI-06
Has not served in Congress
3 priorities from smileyforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Budget
- Work Smarter; Eliminate wasteful spending/departments, increase transparency & informed decisions, balance the budget.
Civil Rights
- Practice & enforce unbiased education, employment, and housing opportunities, and protect the rights of all Americans.
Education
- Ensure safety and focus curriculum solely on academics, American excellence, and global competitiveness.
Elections
- Ensure and enforce ballot & voter integrity, and protect voting to only include legal U.S. citizens.
Energy
- Restore energy independence, unleash the free-market, and protect/improve the infrastructure.
Environment
- Protect and restore air/water/land, wildlife and their habitats, and the human condition
- Transparency, terms limits for all elected officials, blind-trust investments, personal/legal accountability.
Health
- Protect life (womb, special needs, elderly), in-source
drug production, and stop illegal drug importation/production.
- Close the borders, remediate illegal entrants, address chain migration, protect existing guest-worker provisions.
- Unleash the free market, in-source manufacturing, protect citizen jobs, and ensure reciprocal trade practices.
- Enforce equal protection/enforcement, protect against bias, and uphold fair & natural law.
- Eliminate omnibus spending, allow sufficient time for review/dialogue prior to vote, ensure plan alignment with bills/laws.
- Advocate for resident health, safety, welfare, economy, environment, natural resources, and infrastructure.
- Restore/build arsenal and focus on lethality & protection from enemies both foreign and domestic.
- Allow the free practice of religion without fear, government overreach, and judicial bias.
- Enable and support law enforcement to effectively perform their duties, and enforce the rule of law.
- Protect the right to arm & defend yourself/others, and shield manufacturers from personal responsibility.
- Restrict foreign ownership of land, encourage/protect the domestic food chain, and assets/intellectual property.
- Protect and ensure original, impartial & unrestricted creation and distribution amongst all media platforms.
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I would have voted in favor of this single-issue legislation because it amended the existing Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict entry into the U.S. and deport any alien who has been convicted of domestic violence, stalking, child abuse/neglect/abandonment and violations of protection orders.
HR 8281 Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (requires voters to provide proof of citizenship)
I would have voted in favor of this legislation.
It is incumbent upon our elected officials to ensure and uphold and represent our rights as U.S. citizens to individually vote our conscious, and to ensure voting integrity.
I would have voted in favor of this single-issue legislation because it improved forest management activities on National Forest, public, and tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands.
It required the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody non-citizens who have been charged in the United States with theft.
What this the motivation for anyone to vote to reward a thief?
HR 7700 Unaffordable Dishwasher Stds Act, HR 7637 Refrigerator Freedom Act & HR 6192 Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
I would have voted in favor of all of this legislation.
Essential appliances are becoming unaffordable for the non-wealthy because unelected bureaucrats are prescribing regulations that require manufacturers to use emerging and/or costly technologies that exponentially increase costs that get passed-on to consumers.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because it provides a choice to individual states to decide whether or not they want to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding for pregnancy centers that offer resources and services to mothers, fathers, and families, including relationship counseling, prenatal and pregnancy education, pregnancy testing, diapers, baby clothes.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because Social Security funding for U.S. citizens is already at risk.
This would have required the deportation of non-citizens that knowingly committed fraud to collect Social Security benefits.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because it provided for documented environmental exceptions, and prevented governmental agencies from banning or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or waterways.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because it prohibits federal health care programs (including Medicaid) from coverage & pricing discrimination based upon quality-adjusted life years (government decides value of a life based on disability, age, or terminal illness).
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I would have voted in favor of this single-issue legislation because it imposes Visa and property-blocking sanctions on any member of the Chinese Communist Party that plays a significant role in violating the autonomy of Hong Kong; harass or intimidate the people of Taiwan; or contributes to the oppression of individuals/groups within China, (e.g. Falun Gong, Uyghur Muslims, etc.).
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because it funds the salaries of our military personnel (all branches), operational maintenance costs, counter-ISIS training & equipment, etc.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because funding our Intelligence, Analysis & Situational Awareness, Border Protection, Coast Guard, Secret Service and related agencies is paramount to ensuring safety and security in our country and its citizens.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation because it funds VA Medical Centers (including the familial-named John D. Dingell Medical Center in Detroit), and also included; Military family housing maintenance (all branches), National Cemetery Administration & cemeterial expenses, Armed Forces Retirement Home, and more.
I would have voted in favor of this legislation.
Existing immigration laws exist but they are not being followed.
Whether northern or southern borders, suspected terrorist entry is up 2,500%, fentanyl deaths and human trafficking are now an epidemic, and all types of non-citizen crime is skyrocketing
If the offender would attack an officer, what would they do to defenseless citizens?
What this the motivation for anyone to vote to reward an offender that attacked someone in law enforcement that protects and serves U.S. citizens?
Iran is a known state sponsor of terrorism and this would have prohibited certain actions related to exports, imports, and financing.
Dingell Voted: Didn’t bother to vote!
I would have showed up for work and voted in favor of this legislation because it funds military pay, health care and operational maintenance, national cyber security (90% cite urgent action required including software anomalies), nuclear facility defense/safety, matters relating for foreign nations, etc.
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Citizen Rights
- Constitutional Adherence
- Pursue and enforce laws where violations occur, and uphold our God-given rights as the framers intended
- Rule of Law
- Enable and support law enforcement to effectively perform their duties, enforce equal protection, and uphold natural law
- Voting Integrity
- Ensure and enforce ballot security, and secure voting only for legal U.S. citizens
Economic Strength
- Fiscal Responsibility
- Eliminate excessive & wasteful spending, pay off the debt and balance the budget, and ensure plan transparency
- Reciprocal Trade
- Protect and Increase global trade relations and ensure nothing less than bi-directional fairness
- Unleashed Free Market
- Allow marketplace demand to be the impetus for businesses to flourish, and restrict the government from unnecessary meddling
National Sovereignty
- Border Security & Remediation
- Restore border security, improve immigration policies & practices, and address the issues associated with those who have entered the country illegally
- In-Source Jobs
- Strengthen and protect domestic manufacturing & food chain, prioritize cyber security, and restrict foreign ownership of land
- Peace Through Strength
- Restore/build arsenal and focus on lethality & protection from foreign and domestic enemies
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Campaign committee · 2025–2026 · latest available filing · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00879718
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No endorsements page
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