Though the majority of our economy is driven by the consumer, wealth creation is driven by the efficiency and innovation of our great corporations.

Tax policy must be stable and fair and health care must be reformed for our corporations to compete in the global economy and continue to create wealth and jobs in America. Regulation must be fair to all parties; investors, consumers and workers.

Corporations receive the benefit of an educated work force, tax-payer funded research, and tax-payer owned lands. Corporations, as American citizens, and their shareholders, must meet their obligations to the United States by supporting, or at least not opposing, legislation that leads to improved communities and a better future for all Americans.

I support tax credits for research and capital investment. I support legislation that eliminates subsidies and tax breaks to companies that shift jobs overseas and special interest loopholes and deductions such as those for the oil and gas industry. I support giving the Treasury Department the tools it needs to stop the abuse of tax shelters and offshore tax havens and helps close the $350 billion tax gap between taxes owed and taxes paid. I will work to reduces taxes for companies that support and add American workers.