Richard Matthews (Candidate)
410-344-7522
P.O. Box 19715
Baltimore, MD 21226
P.O. Box 19715
Baltimore, MD 21226
Biography
MATTHEWS, Richard born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 9, 1980; works as a deployment engineer for a encryption/messaging company; and volunteered on the 2008 presidential campaign of Ron Paul.
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
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Education
- According to his website, Matthews indicates how he might vote on bills before Congress. He supports the bill, Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 4137) to Amend and Extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for Other Purposes (H.R.956). He opposes Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (H.R.5563), which was to reauthorize and reform the national service laws. He would have voted against Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act(H.R.5715), which was introduced to ensure continued access to the Federal student loan program for students and families. He supports the bill, Congratulating Charter Schools and Their Students, Parents, Teachers, and Administrators Across the United States for Their Ongoing Contributions to Education, and for Other Purposes (H.R.1168). On 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R.3021), he would have voted against the bill, which was to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities.
Energy
- According to his website, on Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5351, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act (H.R.1001), Matthews would have voted no. The bill was introduced to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. However, he would have voted yes on Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act (H.R.5351). He would have voted no on Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (H.R.6049), because he opposes the tax increase incorporated in this bill.
Environment
- Nothing posted to date
Climate Change
- Nothing posted to date
Health
- According to his website, Matthews does not support the bill To Extend for One Year Parity in the Application of Certain Limits to Mental Health Benefits, and for Other Purposes (H.R.4848). He defended his view by claiming that the purpose of the government is to govern, not to act as a charity. He supports the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (H.R.1424), which was to amend previous legislations to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans. On Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against Hiv/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R.1065), he opposes the government's role as a charity and would have voted no. He thinks the NGO's should provide leadership on these issues. He would have voted against Reauthorization of Traumatic Brain Injury Act (S.793), because he does not see that the Federal Government is authorized to appropriate funds related to neurological injuries. He supports the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act (H.R.5856), which was to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the fiscal year 2009. He opposes the Health Centers Renewal Act (H.R.1343), which was to provide additional appropriations for the health centers program. On Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 (H.R.5669), he opposes the government's use of money to support Poison Center, as he thinks the local organizations would best handle these issues.
Innovation
- Nothing posted to date
Research and Research Management
- According to his website, he would have voted no on the National Ocean Exploration Program Act (H.R.1834), which was to authorize the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 (H.R.5940), authorizing activities for support of nanotechnology research and development, he would have voted no.
