Qualifications: What training, experience and characteristics qualify you for this position?
Democracy: What, if anything, needs to be done to protect our democracy and restore faith in our institutions?
Immigration: What policy changes are needed so the U.S immigration system is both effective and humane?
International Relations: What is the role of the U.S. in protecting democracy across the world and how do we balance that position against our economic interests?
Climate Change: What measures, if any, need to be taken at the federal level to address the impacts of climate change?
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Carl Oscar Sherman
I have a background as a city manager, businessman, mayor, member of the Texas House of Representatives, and pastor. These help me understand the challenges faced by rural, suburban, and urban Texans.
www.carlsherman.com
Our main focus should be on bipartisanship and addressing the needs of everyday Americans, regardless of their political affiliation. We must also provide protection for voters. Poor turnout in elections is due in large part to gerrymandering, discriminatory voter ID laws, lack of access to polls, and prejudice towards formerly incarcerated Texans.
We must conduct investigations on unfair conditions in detention facilities, oppose private immigration centers, and provide additional judicial resources, translators, and social workers at our borders. It is also important to provide more pathways to citizenship and education to immigrants about their rights so they can also be their own advocates in an unfair system.
Take a strong role in cultivating democracy helps ensure a peaceful world in which both human dignity and trade are facilitated and protected. But it can’t be a policy of words without action. While it is important to collaborate and partner with other countries, democracy must start at home, which allows us to be a role model for others
The federal government can establish protected areas and support small agricultural producers. They can also implement carbon taxes to the largest producers of greenhouse gas and use the money to invest in small farmers, sustainable tech, and support organizations to combat climate change. Since global problems require global solutions, we must also collaborate with the international community.
