Non Politician. Unifier. Results.

Did you know that Delaware schools are among the worst in the country – ranked 48 out of 50 states?  And Delaware will be the worst state in the country in educational outcomes in less than three years at the rate it’s currently declining. That’s unacceptable.

Education affects nearly everything. Because we have poor schools, we have fewer new companies relocating to Delaware, meaning fewer new jobs.  Young adults are unable to find good-paying jobs, leading to hopelessness, addiction, and crime. The fact that none of the issues in our schools have been addressed at the federal or state level is a failure of leadership, plain and simple.

I believe that every child deserves a quality education regardless of their zip code or family’s income. We need to expand school choice so parents can send their kids to schools that make a difference – whether those schools are public, private, or parochial. We need to expand national testing so we can track the progress of individual students over time – and we should reward great teachers who improve student progress with bonuses. And we need to give at-risk kids extra support and help rather than passing them to the next grade and setting them up for failure in the future.

Like most of you, I believe that schools are for reading, writing, and math, not for culture wars. With so few proficient students, it’s time we got back to the basics.

We can improve healthcare in the US while savings trillions with smart changes.  We must allow Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, saving seniors some $450 billion over ten years.   To reduce medical costs, I will remove Medicare and ACA restrictions on outpatient facilities to save up to $672 billion over ten years.  I will expand chronic disease preventive care services to save $1.5 trillion over 10 years.  We will encourage the use of generic and biosimilar drugs reducing drug costs by 80%.  I will reduce incentives to provide unnecessary medical care and save the country $4 trillion over ten years.  I will bring transparency to billing by requiring for-profit entities to publish their average cost and profit margins for each drug and procedure.  Finally, I will create a program to leverage AI to better detect waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid to save as much as $1 trillion over ten years.

The big problem isn’t the US – it’s China and India.  China and India are growing emissions with coal plants faster than we can reduce emissions.  That means that no matter what we do, our best efforts will be negated by China and India.  The solution is to place tariffs on goods made with dirty energy so that China and India stop relying on cheap and dirty coal.  They are ones poisoning the planet.

That doesn’t mean we should stop either but the solution for the US is innovation – not mandates and regulation.

Innovation gave this country an extra hundred years of natural gas and reduced US CO2 by 30%.  Innovation gave us safe Small Modular Nuclear.  Innovation is helping reduce methane, which is 120x more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas.  Innovation should bring us cheap deep geothermal and make us more like Iceland where electricity and heat are nearly free.  Innovation will let US-made solar begin to complete with Chinese-made solar.

Regulation will simply increase costs for everyone, it will slow down innovation and let China win the green energy race.  We can’t afford that. We need to promote and incentivize innovation.

Dirty energy tariffs on China and India plus US innovation is what will solve both the climate AND the energy problem.

Local prosecutors too often are not aggressively prosecuting gun violence and violent crimes – and as a result we are all less safe. I will add federal resources to ensure that the most dangerous and violent criminals are prosecuted and imprisoned.  We also need to put drugs dealers behind bars – Delaware is 5th in opioid and fentanyl deaths in the U.S. I support immediate federal intervention to stop drug cartels and gang violence. When local government will not step up, we are left with no choice but for the federal government to step in.

After release, over 60% of prisoners in Delaware are back in prison within three years – only one state is worse. For non-violent criminals we need end-to-end support systems like in-prison vocational training programs and second chance arrest record removal so when they are released, they can get jobs and become productive members of society rather than committing more crimes. For violent criminals, we need to ensure the sentence matches the crime.

We need support for drug addiction and mental health services to reduce overdoses, homelessness, and random violence. For non-violent personal drug possession, we should give these prisoners a path back to society and make room for violent felons and drug dealers that are under-prosecuted at the federal and state level.

Inflation is affecting every American family, with many Delawareans being hit hardest. We need to get inflation under control and lower prices on consumers. I will pass the Hansen Tax and Price Reduction Act to reduce prices, lower taxes, and reduce interest rates while making government smarter and more efficient.

We need to eliminate government activities that provide no real value to you. We have over 400 government agencies, and we need to merge similar agencies to gain synergies and reduce costs. We need to reform the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates. We will require balanced budgets and smarter government spending. We need to move towards a flatter, simpler tax system for small businesses and corporations – with exemptions for low-income families. All of this will stimulate our economy and create more and higher paying jobs and put money back in your pocket.

We must protect Social Security and ensure the program does not run short of money in 10 years as predicted. We need to add very low risk 401(k)+ benefit options for future retirees in addition to Social Security that could increase the average benefit from $24,000 to $100,000 a year while stimulating the economy and creating new jobs.

The Supreme Court returned abortion policy to the states and Delawareans have been clear where they stand. I oppose a national abortion ban and will not support any federal law that overrides Delaware law. Like most Americans, I support reasonable limits on late-term abortions and will always support exceptions for the terrible cases of rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother.

We must also do a better job supporting women through pregnancy and beyond. We can do this by ensuring that we have better adoption services, prenatal care, and a more cost-effective health care system.

While we should always prioritize America first, we can’t ignore the rest of the world.  We should still be good world citizens and leaders that can make the world a safer place for all.  We still need to nurture and protect Democracy around the world both for the benefit of others but also ourselves.

We must work to protect ourselves from our three greatest foreign threats: China, Russia, Iran.

Democracy around the world is under threat.

Russia has already taken Crimea, and it is trying to take all of Ukraine and wants to take even more. China has already taken most U.S. manufacturing jobs and they want more too. China and Russia now see the U.S. as timid and unsure.

But peace comes through strength and commitment.

We need to stop Russia from illegally seizing more territory and expanding into Europe. But we also need to make sure that any aid to Ukraine does not go into the pockets of corrupt officials. And we need to shift Ukraine spending to NATO – we have already paid more than our fair share to stop Russia.

We need to keep China from dominating the U.S. I support bringing key industries back to the U.S. like microchips, sensitive technologies, and pharmaceuticals. I support tougher rules to prevent China from stealing our technology and our private data. And I support more investment in smart and autonomous military technologies to defend this great nation against foreign threats.

Finally, Israel has the right to exist and defend themselves. We need to continue to support Israel, our greatest ally in the middle east, against Iran.

Trust in government is at an all-time low, and for good reason. We have had one-party rule in Delaware since 2008. The establishment and career politicians are simply too entrenched. As a result, Delaware is ranked 48th out of 50 for government integrity, transparency, and accountability. Too often the government tries to tell you what to do and how to think. We must have smart government reform to drive accountability and efficiency. I will restore faith in our government through transparency and expanded federal agency disclosures – less secrets. We need the government to work for you, not against you behind closed doors.

I will sponsor the Hansen Elected Official Integrity Act, which will require all federal elected officials to put their assets in a blind trust while they serve – to prevent financial misdeeds.

I am committing to delivering at least three of the following critical acts:

ECONOMY

• Pass the Hansen Tax and Spend Reduction Act, which will reduce the size of government slowly over time through attrition and efficiency gains. It will require a balanced budget. It will reduce the federal debt and deficit and stimulate the economy thereby adding jobs. And it will reduce taxes, especially on hard working American’s hit hardest by inflation. Finally, it will protect and expand Social Security with low risk 401(k)+ benefits.

CRIME

• Pass the Hansen Federal Violent Crime Intervention Act, that will bring more federal resources to local areas to prosecute violent criminals in our communities.

TRUST IN GOVERNMENT

• Pass the Hansen Elected Official Integrity Act, which will require all federal elected officials to put their assets in a blind trust while they serve to prevent financial misdeeds.
• Pass the Hansen Supreme Court Integrity Act, which will codify ethics rules and bring public trust back the court.
• Pass Term Limits, which will bring fresh people with new ideas to the government and which better incentivizes politicians to vote for what’s right not what will get them re-elected.