1,256. DATE: 01/05/2016 DISTRICT: 2 nd PARTY: Democrat. Dorian C.L Myrickes VOTING ADDRESS: CAMPAIGN ADDRESS: WEBSITE: Dorianforcongress.

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1 Part I: Instructions and Candidate Details Instructions: From within your Word processor, please answer all questions in Part I (Instructions and Candidate Details) and Part II (Issue Questionnaire). Part II includes yes/no and short answer questions. Please mark the appropriate bo for each yes/no question. If you wish to add comments to a yes/no question, or if elaboration is requested, you may type directly below the question by adding a paragraph return at the end of the question and typing your comments in the same cell as the question. In the Essay sections, please answer the questions at the length you deem sufficient. It is OK if your comments cause tables, etc., to shift pages. Thank you for your participation. Candidate Details DATE: 01/05/2016 DISTRICT: 2 nd PARTY: Democrat NAME: Dorian C.L Myrickes VOTING ADDRESS: HOME PHONE: BUSINESS PHONE: CAMPAIGN ADDRESS: CAMPAIGN PHONE: CAMPAIGN FAX: WEBSITE: Dorianforcongress.org CAMPAIGN MANAGER: NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES FILED: NA NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES REQUIRED: 1,256 Candidate Details A) Elective or appointive, public or party, offices previously held (including dates). None B) Other elective offices for which you have been a candidate. 2 nd Congressional District State Committeeman C) What is your primary occupation? Writer and Professor D) Briefly list your civic activities of the past ten years. Voters Registration E) What eperience have you had which will be most helpful to you in the office you seek? I have over 20 years of finance and economic eperience. F) Please list any candidates have you supported in past elections and specify your role in each campaign. None G) Please list all endorsements you have received. None as of today H) Please concisely state (a) why you feel you should be endorsed over the other candidate(s) and (b) what goals for the office you seek are most important to you personally? NA I) (a) What is your campaign budget and (b) how much have you raised to date? NA J) (a) How many paid staffers and (b) how many volunteers do you have on your campaign? NA Page 1 of 9

2 Do you support the: A. Foreign and Military 1 use of drones in military operations? 2 use of drones in targeted assassinations? 3 use of drones in domestic law enforcement? 4 epansion of NATO? 5 closing Guantanamo? 6 normalization of relations with Cuba? 7 Helms-Burton Act? 8 Iran Nuclear Deal? 9 Trans-Pacific Partnership? A. Foreign and Military: Essay Questions 10. What should be Congress s role in formulating foreign policy? Communicating affairs for peace, decisions on war, safety and security. 11. Under what circumstances would you vote to authorize the President to commit US troops in foreign conflicts? NA Answer in person. 12 oil drilling in protected wilderness? 13 cap and trade? B. Energy and Environment 14 further reductions in carbon emissions? 15 Clean Diesel Program? 16 National Energy Efficiency goals? 17 coal liquification? 18 increasing use of nuclear power for electric generation? 19 mountaintop coal strip mining? Page 2 of 9

3 B. Energy and Environment 20 increasing user fees for grazing, mining, and lumbering on Federal lands? 21 opening more Federal land for lumber eploitation? 22 the Keystone pipeline? 23 incentives for business to develop alternative energy systems? 24 ta credits for individuals to implement sustainable and renewable systems in their homes? 25 a moratorium on fracking until the environmental impacts are known? creation of a superfund to compensate losses from industrial accidents which harm the environment? allowing states to adopt more stringent environmental standards than provided for in Federal law? C. Transportation: Essay Question 29. Please eplain the role the Federal government should play in maintaining and improving national infrastructure. Please specifically include your policy positions regarding highways, mass transit, high-speed rail, Amtrak, and the air transportation system. 30 a more progressive income ta? 31 a flat ta? 32 a national sales ta? D. Taes and Economic Policy 33 taing capital gains at the same rate as earned income? 34 taing dividends at the same rate as earned income? 35 reduction/elimination of the estate ta? 36 ending ta incentives for companies to shift profits offshore? Page 3 of 9

4 D. Taes and Economic Policy 37 elimination of the mortgage interest deduction? 38 elimination of the income ta credit for dependent children? 39 repeal of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act? 40 revival of Glass-Steagall? 41 Fast Track legislation for trade treaties? D. Taes and Economic Policy: Essay Questions 42. Elaborating the answers you gave to the yes/no questions on Taes and Economic policy above, please outline your ta and economic policy positions, providing specific eamples of changes you seek. In person 43. What changes would you propose for the Social Security System? NA 44. What would you do to create jobs? Specifically address communities with historically high and lingering unemployment rates. Corporation integrated methods. E. Consumer Rights 45 federal legislation to cap interest rates on credit cards and other consumer loans? federal legislation to regulate ATM fees and service charges on credit cards and other consumer loans? allowing states to enact consumer laws which go beyond the protection of federal legislation? F. Government and Ethics 48 Constitutional amendment to regulate campaign financing? Page 4 of 9

5 F. Government and Ethics 49 Constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United case? 50 accountability in privatization legislation that would require that government services could not be outsourced unless the contractor could provide the same quality and quantity of services to the consumer, and pay and benefits to the employees, at a reduced cost to the tapayers? 51 increased Congressional oversight of federal contracting? Please elaborate below. 52 repeal of the Affordable Care Act? G. Health & Human Services 53 Do you support Single Payer or Medicare for All? authorizing Medicare and other government insurance programs to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs? importation of drugs from countries whose manufacturing and safety standards are equal or superior to those in the US? 56 funding of medically accurate, age appropriate, se education programs? 57 increased funding for HIV/AIDS research, education, prevention, and services? 58 the Human Life Amendment? 59 the Freedom of Choice Act? 60 parental notification to obtain an abortion? 61 repealing the federal ban on so-called partial birth abortions? 62 repealing the Hyde Amendment? 63 amending the Affordable Care Act to etend coverage to people with incomes under 133% of the poverty level who are not covered by Medicaid or Medicare? 64 increased funding for supplemental food programs for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)? 65 increased funding for supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP)? 66 increased funding for Head Start? 67 increased funding for school lunch programs? Page 5 of 9

6 G. Health & Human Services 68 long-term reauthorization of TANF? 69 raising TANF benefits to at least equal the poverty level? 70 reestablishing federal regulation of statewide programs? 71 TANF work requirements? 72 increased funding to develop affordable housing for households with incomes below the poverty level? 73 restrictions to ensure development of low-income rather than market rate housing? 74 increased funding for the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund? 75 protection against housing discrimination for holders of Section 8 housing vouchers? 76 protection against housing discrimination for LGBT individuals? 77 vouchers, tuition ta-credits or other any direct public support for parochial or private schools? 78 increased funding for STEM education? 79 mandatory implementation of Common Core standards as a requirement to receive Federal funds? G. Health & Human Services: Essay Questions 80. Are there any other changes you would support to the Affordable Care Act? We need to go to a universal health care system. 81. Are there any other changes you would support in the area of reproductive health? More federal and state funding. 82. Please discuss proposals to help people who do not qualify for TANF or for unemployment benefits? Etend programs in FEMA and launch a pilot program of community incorporation integrated process. H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System 83 admissibility of illegally obtained evidence? 84 electronic surveillance of phones and internet 85 capital punishment? Page 6 of 9

7 H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System 86 criminal prosecution of juveniles as adults? 87 mandatory sentencing? 88 enactment and enforcement of hate crime laws? 89 detention of suspects and material witnesses without charges and/or probable cause? 90 NSA data mining of US residents not suspected of any crime 91 review of administrative warrants? 92 repeal of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008? 93 publication of FISA opinions? 94 a statutory ban on the use of etraordinary rendition and secret prisons? 95 legislation prohibiting racial profiling in law enforcement? 96 legislation restricting the sale and possession of assault weapons? 97 legislation mandating background checks of purchasers of weapons at gun shows, through the internet and through print advertisements? 98 legislation prohibiting gun purchases by individuals on the do not fly list. 99 legislation increasing penalties for illegal resale of weapons? 100 prosecution of marijuana cultivation, possession, sale, or use in states which have legalized it? H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System: Essay 101. What restrictions, if any, should Congress enact or repeal regarding the scope of federally funded legal services for the poor? NA, Answer in person I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 102 restoration of the Voting Rights Act? 103 legislation to ban states from requiring voters to show an ID to vote in Federal elections? 104 DC statehood? Page 7 of 9

8 I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 105 the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution? 106 federal legislation to prohibit discrimination based on seual orientation in housing, employment and education? 107 separation of church and state? 108 prayer in public schools? 109 moment of silence? 110 amending the NSL provisions to epand court oversight, require a mandatory showing of a connection to terrorist activity, and rescind unconstitutional gag restrictions? 111 mandatory AIDS testing for insurance or employment? 112 mandatory drug testing in private employment? 113 mandatory drug testing for recipients of federal benefits? prioritizing family reunification as criteria in granting visas and processing citizenship and permanent resident applications? halting deportations of immigrants until final determination of residency status has been made and appeals have been ehausted? prohibiting deportation of undocumented immigrants arrested for misdemeanors or traffic violations? 117 a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently in the country? 118 the DREAM Act? etending the time limits for young people registered under the deferred deportation program? admitting Syrian refugees via the standard procedures used by the U.S. for foreign refugee settlement? I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Essay 121. What other immigration reforms do you support? NA 122. Should Patriot Act II be repealed or changed in any way? Please eplain your position. NA Page 8 of 9

9 J. Labor Affirmative Action with specific goals, targets, and timetables for federal employment, grants and contracts? legislation to restructure the wage scale of federal employees to correct disparities based on gender by instituting equal pay for jobs of comparable worth? 125 repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act? 126 a prohibition on permanent replacement of strikers? 127 granting federal employees the right to strike? 128 the Employee Freedom of Choice Act? 129 a federal living wage law to guarantee that a person working forty hours a week would be able to afford housing, food, utilities, transportation, and health care? Page 9 of 9