Mike Molesevich, Democrat, Candidate for U.S. Congress - 15th PA District
What is your position on abortion policy?
Women, their families, and doctors should be free to make their own choice. Mike supports the right of a woman to make her own decisions on health care. He is outraged by the recent Supreme Court decision denying women control of their own bodies and their Constitutional right.
Mike supports efforts to guarantee women the right to reproductive privacy in a post-Roe world, and supports the following actions: ?
Codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. Protect sensitive data on reproductive health apps. Guarantee the right of individuals to travel to another state to seek an abortion; and Ensure that women will have continued access to contraceptives, including through the mail (regardless of where they live).
What is your position on voting administration? (ex: mail-in ballots, drop boxes, voter ID, etc.)
Support the Carter Center to promote the Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections and their principles of honesty, civility, security, and trust of the outcomes.
What are your positions on economic policy and job creation (ex: inflation reduction, taxes, regulations, etc.)?
Support job and small business retention first.
Reduce our dependence on volatile expensive fossil fuels such as petroleum that contributes to high process and inflation.
Prosecute corporations for price gouging, fixing, and collusion, and prosecute those who take advantage of consumers. Consider a windfall tax on excessive profits of energy produces who do not reinvest efficiency, renewables and new production/transmission. Promote and protect American made products.
Have good trade policies.
Support and promote education at all levels and types of schools to have a smart and trained workforce ready to work. Mike believes that a strong economy is vital for the health and well-being of central PA. Support the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which provides $18 billion for federal investment in upgrading Pennsylvania’s roads, ports, bridges, freight rail, airports, and broadband.
What is your position on climate change and environmental policy?
The future belongs to the efficient and sustainable users of our natural resources. Everything we do creates waste, heat, and carbon emissions. The laws of physics, science, and thermodynamics cannot be repealed. The fastest ways to reduce emissions is to maximize efficiency and eliminate waste as we transition, as quickly as possible, from burning fossil fuels to renewable and sustainable fuels for thermal, electrical, and mechanical tasks. Fossil fuels will always be needed as components of consumer goods and will become too valuable to burn. We all must maximize efficiency, eliminate waste, as we transition to renewable and sustainable energy, and use science to educate our children so they can learn to use our resources wisely.
What is your position on immigration policy?
Supports strong and effective border enforcement. We need to protect the integrity of the border and prevent human traffickers, drug dealers, and terrorists from entering our country. Improve border security through hiring more border control agents, creating an electronic “virtual” fence on the border, streamlining immigration court proceedings, and mandatory employment verification. Legal immigrants are vital to our economy and our society, from technical, medical to help grow our food, and serve in our armed forces. Legal immigrants make America stronger. Evaluate and improve guest worker program to meet the critical shortage of agricultural workers.
What is your position on LGBTQ rights? (ex: marriage, adoption, sports participation)
Citizens should choose their own partners, who they love or with whom to live, and not be influenced or affected by government and be able to adopt children the same as others. Choose our healthcare, partners, reproductive rights, religion, books in our schools, and other daily choices in our lives without influence of big government or political party.
What is your position on criminal justice reform?
As a former mayor Mike understands police issues, concerns and strongly supports the police; he also recognizes the need for improved police training. We need to fully fund our police and increase funding for community programs to combat crime, including mental health services. Our police officers also need additional training and support.
Mike favors the comprehensive police reform bill passed in the U.S. House in March 2021, which would:
- end certain police techniques, including chokeholds
- ban no-knock warrants in federal drug cases
- end “qualified immunity,” which shields police officers from most civilian lawsuits require the use of body cameras.
We also need to protect our police ghost guns and more dangerous military-style weapons on the street.
What is your position on gun ownership policy?
Gun ownership is fine but we need to expand universal background checks, and “red flag” legislation to protect citizens. Review access age requirements, and ownership of military-style assault weapons to those who should not have them and take appropriate actions. Assess and mitigate the community impacts from gun violence and use excessive corporate profits from firearm manufacturers to establish community impact trust fund to mitigate communities, families, and those who have been innocent victims, directly and indirectly, of gun violence including the enormous economics that is shared by all taxpayers and communities.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Reasonable voters should renounce political extremism, election deniers, conspiracy groups, hate, racism and reject violent acts and language and vote for competent candidates who live and work in PA.