Priorities
Anita's current thinking regarding her priorities are outlined below along with potential avenues for solutions.
Dignity Restoration
Dignity Restoration: I stand for a justice system that affirms the dignity of all individuals, particularly those caught in cycles of exploitation. So often, our justice system has failed to serve the most vulnerable among us and our goal as a society and nation must be to protect them through our legal systems.
Passing national legislation that ensures the trafficker, not the victim, is punished (Tribune)
Providing resources to local officers with the technologies and training to pursue trafficking operations online (Thorn)
End perverse incentives that increase homelessness (Robert Woodson on poverty incentives)
Community Safety
Community Safety: I stand for a government that provides community safety through robust local law enforcement and a firm stance against crime. Government's role in enforcing laws is crucial, as failure undermines safety and trust. While local issues must be addressed locally, issues of national importance demand federal support for community safety.
Prevent the illicit importation of Fentanyl (HR Bill: HALT Fentanyl Act)
Introduce technology to increase speed case processing (National Institute of Justice Report)
Securing the Southern border (HR Bill: Secure the Southern Border Act)
Educational Freedom
Educational Freedom: I stand for an educational system that prioritizes the role of parents in their child's education. Parents should have the right to choose how, where, when and what their children learn until adulthood. States, not the federal government, should set education standards, and local entities along with parental oversight should govern school decisions.
Promote parent engagement in student education (Parent’s Bill of Rights)
Reserve the right to review and determine curriculum (State’s Education Rights)
Return educational standards to the states (History of Federal Education Incentives)