Bob Eschliman

Strongly Agree

No person should ever be forced to pay for the taking of an innocent life by another person. Period.

NEVER.

Strongly Agree

I have drafted legislation to not only establish Personhood and legal protections for the unborn in Iowa, including unused embryos from IVF, but also to make it easier and less costly for good families to adopt children and to provide better mechanisms to support and maintain nuclear families in our state.

Strongly Agree

ALL innocent life must be protected. Period. Please see my detailed response to #3.

Strongly Agree

Not only should abortifacient drugs be prohibited from transportation across state lines, but they should be outlawed. They are known to cause dangerous, and sometimes fatal complications for women, including hemorrhaging, infection/sepsis, and cardiovascular disease.

It's perhaps the most misquoted statement in all of American history, taken from President Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in which he assured them his government would not interfere in how they worshipped. For Christians, there can be no wall of separation between their faith and their actions; this also applies to those of us who are "slaves to Christ" while serving in government. History has shown Christianity leads to greater freedom in government, not less.

Strongly Disagree

The First Amendment protects our God-given right to live our faith in our daily lives free from government interference, even when we engage in business transactions. Attempting to control the conscience is demonic/satanic, and no government that tries to do so should be allowed to stand.

Strongly Agree

While I agree that the Chinese Communist Party is a major problem, and a serious national security issue, I also believe the China problem is not as big as we've been led to think. Logically, if they adhered to their "One Child" policy, their population bomb has already gone off. If that is true, they may not be as big of a threat as we think.

Much like the "special relationship" with the United Kingdom, the United States' relationship with Israel is vital to its national security interests. Those relationships, however, must be give and take on both sides, or the U.S. becomes nothing more than a slave. Outside of the political relationship, there is the added moral imperative to protect the Holy Lands.

Ideally, D should be the goal, but with the "toothpaste out of the tube" and the Church not currently equipped to assist all those who truly need help, C is the more realistic situation. There is more that can be done to get those who can provide for themselves to do so, and I would push for that while also advocating for anything that moves us closer to D. Everyone should understand that is a heavy task that requires work at both the federal and state levels -- as well as within the Church.

Strongly Disagree

The government should have zero databases of personal information about its citizens. Never. Period.

Minimum wages may have had their place in the 20th Century, but today, as the mandated minimum increases, it has a cooling effect on hiring, hours worked, and attrition. This in turn makes automation financially advantageous for employers.

Strongly Agree

What is yours is yours. You may do with it however you please. Attempting to take what is not yours, regardless of how noble the cause, is theft. It is wrong. That is why I have drafted legislation to significantly raise the bar for the use of eminent domain powers in Iowa.

1. Change Iowa's revenue source from taxation to investment revenue through the Iowa Fund -- check out my website for more info. 2. Restructure Iowa's education system to make it more cost effective and affordable for Iowa's rural communities. 3. Remove unfunded mandates upon cities and counties and find better cost-sharing alternatives to ensure essential services are not lost. 4. Force the Legislative Branch to adhere to the same open meetings and transparency laws as everyone else.

Strongly Disagree

A nation without a strictly defined language, border, and culture is a failed state. Our immigration laws are in place to protect our national security and economy. Any subdivision of government -- city, county, or state -- that seeks to undermine those laws does so in violation of their constitutional oaths of office. They should be removed and criminally prosecuted as accessories.

Strongly Agree

Parents have a duty to educate their children; ideally, in an "information age," they are fully equipped to do that in their own home. We're not there yet, so it is important for everyone to become engaged in the local public education system to ensure it remains education, not indoctrination. The federal government has absolutely no business trying to tell local school boards, much less the states, how to educate their children.

Strongly Agree

The Founders and the Framers were deeply concerned about foreign nations gaining outsized influence upon our nation. I can think of nothing more critical to protect in this regard than our education system, including colleges and universities.

Equally apply the law, protect the innocent, punish the guilty, and remove criminals from society for the entirety of their sentences.

Strongly Agree

Government also has a responsibility to not facilitate the sexual exploitation of children through schools and libraries.

Strongly Agree

The challenge with Islam is that because of taqiyyah, the religious permission to conceal or deny one's true beliefs when it serves the faith, it genuinely difficult to know who is truly peaceful and who may ultimately seek to do us harm. Sharia is not just antithetical to core Iowa principles but seeks to supplant them. First Amendment-protected religious liberty must never be abused to subject anyone to political tyranny. That's why the Framers gave us the Second Amendment.

None. "Shall not be infringed" is non-negotiable. Any existing restrictions should be rescinded to ensure law-abiding citizens have the maximum capability to protect themselves, their families, their property, and their neighbors.

Very Conservative

Christian, conservative, Republican ... in that order.

No.

No.

Strongly Agree

Emphasis on both recognize and support. I favor constitutional amendments to protect parental rights and responsibilities from government infringements.

Strongly Agree

I would support legislation that not only bans the practice in Iowa, but prohibits parents from traveling out of state to have these procedures performed.

Strongly Agree

I would add that government has no authority over marriage at all. It was created by God, and it is within His purview alone.

Strongly Disagree

In Iowa, gambling is state licensed and regulated so that it can be heavily taxed. My opposition applies to lotteries, as well. It's all just another hidden arm of the wealth redistribution system that sells a fairy tale of immediate and permanent prosperity to an audience that has limited financial literacy.

I have accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. The Bible is my guide by which I act and interact with the world around me. My paternal grandfather, who was a church elder and deacon, strongly influenced my personal values, as well. I am politically conservative -- Calvin Coolidge is my role model -- and I strongly advocate for small-R republican principles, such as limited government, free markets, and personal liberty. I am an abortion abolitionist, a strict constructionist with regard to constitutional issues, including the Second Amendment, and a military veteran whose solemn oath had no expiration date.

Strongly Disagree

Election integrity is essential to a representative government that instills trust in its institutions among its citizens.

Strongly Disagree

Taking money from taxpayers who never owned slaves to give it to people who were never slaves only serves to further divide our nation. It is not just financial theft; it steals hope by perpetuating the lie that your standing is somehow dictated by something that happened at least 150 years ago.

Strongly Agree

There are only males and females. Even if you have yourself surgically modified to look like the other biological sex, it does not change your chromosomes. In terms of sports, males have genetic advantages that cannot be overcome, even with hormone therapy. In terms of shared privacy spaces, females -- particularly young girls -- should not be exposed to the physical appearance of a male who claims to be a "woman."

Strongly Disagree

One volcanic eruption produces more carbon dioxide than the entirety of the Industrial Revolution. Plants and trees need carbon dioxide to grow, which results in more oxygen for humans and animals. Arguably, the sun and Earth's relative proximity and tilt have far more to do with changes in climate than anything produced by man.

Nuclear power, particularly new cutting-edge methods, are more than capable of meeting our energy needs. The biggest growth in electrical demand, however, are data centers. Far more concerning than electrical power needs are the water resource needs.