Alabama — 4th District

Amanda Pusczek

Supports universal healthcare and Medicaid expansion

Pusczek, a registered nurse, frames healthcare as a central priority that requires input from frontline medical workers rather than career politicians. She advocates expanding Medicaid, moving toward Universal Healthcare, reversing rural hospital funding cuts, and protecting VA healthcare services in North Alabama.

• Expand Medicaid and move towards Universal Healthcare.
• Reverse Medicaid cuts and ensure funds for rural hospitals.
• Prioritize VA expansion of health services in North Alabama.
• Reverse research funding cuts.

“Healthcare is the backbone of our community, yet healthcare workers—the ones on the frontlines—are often missing from the legislative process.”

“Reverse Medicaid cuts and ensure funds for rural hospitals”

Robert Aderholt

Opposes federal healthcare mandates and expansion

Aderholt serves as Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. He focuses on supply-chain independence, proposing to expand the Buy America program to include pharmaceuticals to reduce dependency on China.

• Chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
• Proposes expanding the Buy America program to pharmaceuticals to reduce reliance on foreign producers.
• Voted for the 2025 federal reconciliation bill (H.R. 1).

“Created the Buy America program to strengthen our steel industry and plans to expand this important program to include pharmaceuticals thus reducing our reliance on China for medical production”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports higher taxes on millionaires and expanded safety-net programs

Pusczek advocates for economic fairness by raising taxes on individuals earning over $1 million and closing capital gains tax loopholes. She supports national family and medical leave, expanded price-controlled housing programs, and universal free school meals.

• Raise taxes on earners making over $1 million and close capital gains loopholes.
• Expand price controlled housing programs.
• Pass national family and medical leave.
• Provide free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school students.

“Raising taxes on earners making over a million dollars and closing loopholes—especially on capital gains—is essential for a fair economy.”

Robert Aderholt

Supports tax cuts, deregulation, and domestic manufacturing

Aderholt prioritizes economic growth through low taxes, deregulation, and trade policies that bring jobs back to the U.S. He supported President Trump's tax cuts, signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and established the ReConnect program for rural broadband expansion.

• Supported tax legislation under President Trump that increased the personal tax exemption by 200%.
• Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge with Americans for Tax Reform.
• Opposed President Biden's Build Back Better bill.
• Created the ReConnect program securing federal funding for rural broadband internet.

“I support expanding job opportunities into all areas of Alabama’s 4th District through low taxes, reduced regulation, common-sense trade policies and strong immigration standards.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports codifying abortion rights into federal law

Pusczek includes reproductive healthcare under her human rights policy platform, explicitly calling for federal legislation to codify abortion protections nationwide.

• Codify Roe v. Wade into federal law.

“Codify Roe v Wade”

Robert Aderholt

Opposes abortion and supports federal restrictions

Aderholt is a long-standing pro-life advocate who serves as Chair of the House Values Action Team. He consistently votes to eliminate federal funding for abortion, restrict abortion procedures, and defund Planned Parenthood.

• Holds an 'A+' rating from SBA Pro-Life America and a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee.
• Chairs the House Values Action Team.
• Votes to stop taxpayer funding of abortion and defund Planned Parenthood.

“I have always been a staunch pro-lifer, conservative, and fighter against the liberal’s cultural agenda.”

“He has consistently voted to protect unborn children, stop taxpayer funding of abortion, and support efforts to defund Big Abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports green energy and resilient agriculture

Pusczek advocates investing in renewable green energy sources, disaster preparedness, and sustainable agricultural practices.

• Invest in green energy.
• Invest in resilient agriculture and disaster preparedness.

“Invest in green energy”

Robert Aderholt

Supports expanding domestic fossil fuel energy exploration

Aderholt strongly opposes Green New Deal policies, advocating instead for opening the Keystone Pipeline and expanding domestic oil and gas exploration to lower energy costs.

• Supports reopening the Keystone Pipeline and expanding domestic oil and gas exploration.
• Opposes Green New Deal legislation.
• Voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1).

“Robert believes we need to expand America’s energy exploration and open the Keystone Pipeline to produce more oil and gas and reduce energy prices.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports ending ICE funding

Pusczek categorizes immigration under human rights and explicitly advocates terminating federal funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

• End current ICE funding.

“End current ICE funding”

Robert Aderholt

Supports strict border enforcement and mandatory deportations

Aderholt advocates for strong immigration standards and strict border enforcement. He voted for the Laken Riley Act, the Secure the Border Act, and legislation allowing deportation of undocumented immigrants arrested for driving while impaired.

• Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) requiring detention of undocumented immigrants arrested for theft.
• Voted for the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025 (H.R. 875).
• Voted for the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2).

“I support expanding job opportunities into all areas of Alabama’s 4th District through low taxes, reduced regulation, common-sense trade policies and strong immigration standards.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports expanding veterans' healthcare and job training

Pusczek addresses defense through veterans' care, calling for expanded VA medical facilities and job transitional programs across North Alabama.

• Prioritize VA expansion of health services in North Alabama.
• Expand VA job training programs and transitional services.

“Prioritize VA expansion of health services in North Alabama”

Robert Aderholt

Supports increased defense spending, hypersonic missiles, and countering Russia and China

Aderholt utilizes his senior role on the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee to advance military technology, including hypersonic missiles and Space Force. He supports military assistance to Ukraine, increased NATO spending, and reduced economic dependence on China.

• Authored the first federal funding for hypersonic missiles.
• Supported the creation of Space Force and voted to increase defense spending.
• Cosponsored bans on Russian oil imports and supported $10 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.
• Advocates reducing reliance on China for essential military and medical supplies.

“Authored the first funding for hypersonic missiles”

“Robert believes America needs to rely less on China for any essential military, medical or security needs.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports term limits and overturning Citizens United

Pusczek supports sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform, calling for term limits on all elected and appointed officials and the overturn of Citizens United to remove corporate money from politics.

• Overturn Citizens United.
• Support term limits for all elected and appointed officials.
• Reject corporate PAC money.

“Overturn Citizens United”

“That’s why I firmly support term limits for all elected and appointed officials.”

Robert Aderholt

Supports strict voter registration laws

Aderholt voted for federal voter verification standards requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. In January 2021, he voted against certifying presidential electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.

• Voted for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22) in 2025.
• Voted against certifying 2020 electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.

“Aderholt voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports increased public school funding and universal free meals

Pusczek prioritizes federal funding for K-12 public education and supports national legislation providing free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school students.

• Prioritize funding for K-12 public education.
• Provide free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school attendees.

“Free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school attendees”

Robert Aderholt

Supports local control of education and technical career funding

Aderholt opposes federal mandates on schools, asserting education reform belongs at state and local levels. He supports federal investment in technical and career education centers.

• Helped secure $2 million for a technical education center in Cullman, Alabama.
• Opposes federal mandates on local school districts.

“While educational reform is needed, it needs to begin at the local and state level.”

Amanda Pusczek

Supports the Equality Act and union rights

Pusczek advocates passing the federal Equality Act to ensure civil rights protections and supports strengthening union and worker rights.

• Ensure passage of Equality Act.
• Strengthen Union and workers rights.

“Ensure passage of Equality Act”

“Strengthen Union and workers rights”

Robert Aderholt

Opposes federal transgender inclusion mandates in sports

Aderholt opposes expanding federal civil rights laws to mandate transgender inclusion in female sports. He voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025.

• Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28).

“The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives on 1/14/2025 that would prohibit school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose sex was male to participate in programs for women or girls.”

Robert Aderholt

Opposes firearm restrictions and defends Second Amendment rights

Aderholt opposes federal gun control measures and executive orders restricting gun access, arguing that the Second Amendment protects citizens against government overreach.

• Endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) with an 'A' rating.
• Received top ratings from Gun Owners of America and a 100% score from the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
• Supports expanding right-to-carry laws.

“I’m proud to stand and defend our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and honored to have the support and endorsement of the National Rifle Association.”