U.S. Senate

In 2012, said abortion should be illegal except when the mother's life is threatened; opposes federal funding for organizations that provide abortions.

Says decisions about pregnancy, contraception, IVF and miscarriage care belong to women and their doctors; supports protecting access to contraception and IVF.

Says reproductive care is health care and that every person has full control over their own body, including during pregnancy.

Says he wants to bring back coal production and opposes environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment rules; says he wrote the bill blocking a Biden administration ESG retirement-plan rule that became the first bill President Biden vetoed.

Supports requiring large data centers to cover their own utility costs and a national moratorium on new AI data centers; supports protecting coal miners' pensions and black lung benefits and an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

Supports a constitutional "green" amendment establishing a federal duty to ensure a safe, healthy environment, and would end the purchase of carbon credits by polluting companies.

Says he passed a law cutting off U.S. investment in Chinese military, surveillance and technology companies; was appointed to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party in the 118th Congress.

Supports a War Powers Resolution to end funding for the war in Iran and repealing the 2001 and 2002 military force authorizations; proposes suspending future U.S. military spending and arms sales to Israel until a two-state solution is enacted.

Supports a moratorium on U.S. military aid to foreign governments, consolidating overseas bases and reducing defense spending toward 1% of GDP; supports ratifying several U.N. treaties.

Supports tax cuts for working and middle-class families and the freedom of workers to organize; would introduce a resolution to end the national emergency used to impose tariffs.

Supports a constitutional amendment stating that constitutional rights belong only to individuals, not corporations, overturning decisions such as Citizens United v. FEC.

Supports restoring Affordable Care Act subsidies, a state-run public insurance option and expanding Medicare drug price negotiation; says health care is a human right.

Supports a Medicare for All plan, saying it would save taxpayers money over time.

Says he has voted to increase federal funding for law enforcement and sought more federal resources for local drug enforcement; says he led the STOP Chinese Fentanyl Act into law.

Supports funding for police training and recruitment and mental health crisis teams, expanded addiction treatment, and violence prevention and re-entry programs.

Says he is working to establish a federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived consumer products; cites expanded crop insurance in the 2025 law.

Opposes cuts to Title I and special education funding and opposes diverting public money to private school vouchers; supports grants for rural teacher recruitment and pay.

Supports a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College, adopt ranked-choice voting and add a none-of-the-above ballot option, and term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court.

Says he has opposed gun-control bills that would remove firearms from owners without due process; led the Fair Access to Banking Act, which would bar banks from refusing service to the firearms industry.

Supports restarting border wall construction, funding to hire more border agents and reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy.

Proposes adding oral health, vision and hearing coverage to traditional Medicare and making Medicare drug price negotiation permanent; says he would protect Social Security and Medicare.

Supports cutting taxes for every Kentuckian; cites the 2025 law's tax breaks on Social Security benefits, overtime and tips and its estate tax changes for family farms.