Domestic Policy
(Immigration) ------ Basic Immigration approach
1. Once the US border is secured, are you in favor for providing a path for
legalization for the undocumented immigrant in US who has no criminal
records? (Both candidates stated they would like the US Borders
secured first)
2. If elected do you intend to bring to the floor the new comprehensive
immigration bill in this coming year?
3. Are you in favor of increasing the quota for H1 as well as the number of
visas to attract and retain highly skilled and educated legal immigrants in
US?
4. Are you in favor of increasing the visa number for family reunification in
order to decrease the backlog and waiting time?
(Health Care)
5. How are you going to implement an effective and affordable healthcare
program for everyone in the country?
6. Where are you going to get the funds to implement this program? And
how is this going to impact our economy?
7. Current Georgia Health Disparity Report (the first in the nation)
contains mostly the black versus white situation in our healthcare system.
If you are elected as the Senator of Georgia, how would you ensure
that other minority groups (from the invisible Asian Americans, American
Indians, and Latino-Americans) will be provided equivalent attention
and opportunity to be served by our current healthcare system?
(Economy) --- Rescue Bill
8. How can the main street directly benefit from the 700 Billion dollar bail
out plan?
9. What particular aspect of this bail out plan can promote the economic
growth and recovery for this country?
10. What are the regulatory criteria in this bail out plan to ensure
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transparency and accountability?
(Economy) --- Housing & Jobs
11. Many Americans and Many Georgians are afraid of losing homes and
losing jobs. If elected, what will you do as a US senator to help your
fellow Americans to keep their homes, to keep their jobs, and to survive
this difficult time successfully?
What specific plans do you have in creating jobs here in Georgia? And
how do you plan to implement this program in the rural as well as in the
urban area?
(Economy) --- Deficit
12. What is your view of our national debt, which is now over 10 trillion,
what are you going to do about it?
13. Do you support the Fair Tax ? If so, Why or Why not?
(Education)
14. What new legislations or policies would you initiate and support in the
congress that will improve and promote excellence in our K-12 program,
especially in Science and Mathematics?
15. How would your program provides balance improvement of our public
school system and provide competitive educational outcome for this
country?
16. Do you support school voucher? If not, what is your policy in
providing incentives for schools and teachers whose performance are at
the level of excellence?
(Energy)
17. What is the short-term and long-term position to achieve energy
independence for this country?
(Georgia: from Local Issue to Federal Support)
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18. Do you support the deepening of the harbor for Savannah ports? How
does this deepening addresses environmental concerns?
19. Does the deepening of the harbor aid in business growth and what are its
economic impact to the state?
20. How do you plan on aiding the ailing public school system in our state?
21. What specific plan or program will you put in place to ensure
entrepreneurial funding for minority and underserved groups in areas
such as small businesses and cottage industry.
22. List the 3 most important things you have done to help the state of
Georgia. Please explain how these things impacts the state
23. What and how serious is you commitment in participating in nonfundraising
community functions serving the common good of the
minority groups and all of Georgians, represented by these
organizations?
Foreign Policy
(Leadership)
24. America has been leading world for a century in terms of economy,
world security and politics but in terms of promoting freedom to every
corner of the world. Now but some people are concerned that we might
be losing that positive influence in the international community.. How can
we maintain or improve this leadership in the world?
- If you get your senate seat, what will be your top priority in terms of
leadership?
(International Relationship)
25. With the current globalization, we are facing a huge challenge in
relationship with other countries. What do you think are the top 3
countries that we need to focus on in terms of political, economical and
security concerns?
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- Our government has two different voices, strong, and soft, about how
to deal with Russia… what is your stance on position toward Russia?
(War on Terror)
26. Since 911, we have waged War on terror, sometimes we are wondering
if we are still at war on terror or it is over now. If we are still at war on
terror, then, do we have to continue this war, how long,,,,,,,, even after
we withdraw from Iraq?
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From: "Breyer, Emelita D." EBREYER@emory.edu
Dear Friends and Leaders:
We would like to request that your newspaper publish or post these questions this week urging our Senatorial Candidates (Senator Saxby Chambliss and Mr. Jim Martin) to provide answers to the listed questions in the attached document. We would like to follow up by providing to your office the corresponding answers as soon as we received them from the Senatorial Candidate’s office. We are hoping that your office could provide a means by which we could reach the entire community and inform our people on the different policies of our Senatorial Candidates on the questions provided in the attached document. Please let me know if you have questions, I can be reached at 678-472-7418.
Thank you so much and we look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Dr. Emelita D. Breyer
Chair, Georgia Senatorial Forum
Contributing Organizations:
Asian/Pacific American Council of Georgia (15 APIA Communities)
Asian American Women Association,
American Chinese Professionals,
Asian Cultural Experience
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
British American Business Group
Center for Pan Asian Community Services,
Cobb Immigrant Alliance ,
Council on American-Islamic Relations,
Filipino-American Christian Church,
Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GIACC),
Indonesian Community Heritage Foundation
Korean American Political Action Committee,
Laotian American Society (LAS),
Legal Immigration Association,
National Association of Asian American Professionals,
National Association of Chinese Americans (NACA),
Organization of Chinese Americans – Georgia (OCA-GA)
Pakistani American Community of Atlanta ,
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Thai American Chamber of Commerce,
Thai Association World Center USA,
Vietnamese American Community – Georgia (VAC-GA |