Resides: Sanbornton
Email: tlang@thelangs.us
Positions on issues
Did not complete 2020 Citizens Count survey. Following are based on candidate's voting record, as researched by Citizens Count.
Tax revenues for private and home schooling costs:Â Voting Record, 2018: Voted for the "education freedom savings account program" (SB 193)
Road usage fee: Voting Record, 2020: Voted for HB 1649, which would establish a road usage fee ranging from $10 to $125, based on a vehicle's miles per gallon, as part of annual car registration.
Minimum wage increase: Voting Record, 2019: Voted against
HB 186 (to gradually raise the minimum wage to $12/hour) and
SB 10 (to gradually raise the minimum wage to $12/hour)
Capital gains tax: Voting Record, 2019: Voted against HB 686, a bill that would extend the interest and dividends tax to capital gains and increase the exemptions and filing thresholds for the interest and dividends tax. HB 686 would have used the new capital gains tax revenue to increase per-pupil school funding and lower the state property tax rate.
Statewide, mandatory family and medical leave: Voting Record, 2020: Voted against
HB 712 and
SB 1, both bills that would establish a statewide family and medical leave program, paid for with a percentage of employee wages, with no opt-out.
Abortion ban after 24 weeks:
Voting Record, 2020: Voted to consider
HB 1475, a bill that would prohibit abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.
Marijuana legalization:
Voting Record, 2019: Voted against
HB 481, a bill to legalize and tax marijuana for adults over age twenty-one.
Stricter gun laws:
Voting Record, 2020: Voted against
HB 1285 and
HB 564 (banning firearms on school grounds),
HB 109 and
HB 1379 (expanding firearm background checks),
HB 514 and
HB 1101 (establishing a waiting period for firearm purchases), and
HB 687 (establishing extreme risk protection orders, similar to a red flag law).
Mail-in voting: Voting Record, 2020: Voted against HB 611 and HB 1672, both bills that would allow any voter to vote by absentee ballot, whether or not he or she will actually be absent on election day.
Net metering expansion: Voting Record, 2020: Voted against
HB 1218 and
HB 365, both bills to increase the electric generating capacity of customer generators who may participate in net energy metering, generally from 1 megawatt to 5 megawatts.
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