Ohio — 4th District

Joshua Kolasinski

Supports campaign finance reform and transparency

Kolasinski pledges to eliminate the influence of big money in politics by repealing Citizens United, banning congressional stock trading, and supporting term limits. He also proposes establishing a Registered Voter Lobby and a district-based think tank to ensure voter input drives federal policymaking.

• Repeal Citizens United and enhance campaign funding disclosures
• Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks
• Support congressional term limits
• Establish a Registered Voter Lobby and district resident think tank

“Repeal Citizens United and regulate campaign funding through enhanced disclosure; encourage small donor campaigns”

“Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks”

Jim Jordan

Supports voter ID laws and transparency

Jordan voted for the SAVE Act to mandate documentary proof of citizenship for federal election registration and supported the Epstein Files Transparency Act. In state ballot measures, he opposed Ohio's 2024 independent redistricting commission initiative and supported raising the threshold to approve state constitutional amendments.

• Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections
• Voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) to release unclassified investigative records
• Opposed 2024 Ohio Issue 1 regarding the Citizens Redistricting Commission
• Supported 2023 Ohio Issue 1 requiring a 60% vote threshold for constitutional amendments

Joshua Kolasinski

Prioritizes workers over corporate interests

Kolasinski argues that full-time work must guarantee economic stability and calls for making housing, gas, food, and education affordable for families. He criticizes corporate welfare and the influence of wealthy donors over federal spending choices.

• Prioritize workers over shareholders
• Focus on reducing living costs for housing, gas, food, and education
• Oppose corporate welfare and federal tax dollars being misallocated away from local communities

“Full-time work deserves economic stability”

“Prioritize workers over shareholders”

Jim Jordan

Supports tax cuts and spending limits

Jordan signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge with Americans for Tax Reform and voted for major fiscal legislation including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. He consistently votes to cap federal non-defense spending, expand work requirements for public assistance programs, and raise the debt limit under spending constraints.

• Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge with Americans for Tax Reform
• Voted for H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) addressing tax policy, federal spending, and the debt limit
• Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 to cap non-defense spending and expand SNAP/TANF work requirements
• Voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Joshua Kolasinski

Supports Medicare negotiation and healthcare expansion

Kolasinski supports healthcare reform by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, increasing price transparency, and exploring public and private coverage options to lower costs. He also advocates treating addiction as a health issue, protecting rural hospitals threatened by Medicaid cuts, and reforming the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

• Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and enforce price transparency
• Integrate mental health into healthcare and treat addiction as a health issue
• Protect rural hospitals threatened by Medicaid cuts
• Reform the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)

“Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices”

“Treat addiction as health issue instead of moral failure”

Jim Jordan

Opposes federal pandemic mandates

Jordan voted to end federal COVID-19 health restrictions, including terminating CDC vaccination mandates for foreign travelers and ending the national COVID-19 state of emergency.

• Voted for H.R. 185 to terminate COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign travelers
• Voted for H.J.Res. 7 to end the national COVID-19 state of emergency

Joshua Kolasinski

Supports oversight in immigration enforcement

Kolasinski advocates for greater legislative oversight and transparency in federal immigration enforcement practices.

• Promote oversight and transparency in immigration enforcement

“Oversight & Transparency in Immigration Enforcement”

Jim Jordan

Supports strict enforcement and mandatory detention

Jordan supports strict enforcement legislation, voting to require mandatory federal detention for noncitizens arrested for theft or burglary and making driving while impaired grounds for deportation. He also supported authorizing states to sue federal agencies over immigration enforcement failures.

• Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) mandating DHS detention for noncitizens arrested for burglary, theft, or shoplifting
• Voted for H.R. 875 making DUI offenses grounds for noncitizen deportation or barring admission
• Supported empowering states to sue the federal government over immigration enforcement failures

Joshua Kolasinski

Supports local infrastructure and utility oversight

Kolasinski advocates for infrastructure spending using local labor, expanding rural high-speed internet, and upgrading water and power systems. He raises concerns over data centers passing energy and water costs onto local Ohio taxpayers.

• Prioritize infrastructure spending utilizing local labor
• Streamline high-speed internet expansion in rural communities
• Upgrade water and power systems for safety and reliability
• Oppose data centers shifting energy and water costs to local residents

“Streamline the expansion of high-speed internet in rural communities”

“Data centers are coming to our towns and trying to leave their energy and water costs to Ohioans.”

Jim Jordan

Supports domestic fossil fuel expansion

Jordan voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act to expand domestic energy production, reduce pipeline permitting restrictions, and repeal green energy tax credits.

• Voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) to increase domestic oil, natural gas, and coal production
• Supported reducing permitting restrictions for energy infrastructure projects
• Voted to repeal green energy tax credits in the Limit, Save, Grow Act

Joshua Kolasinski

Opposes wars of choice

Kolasinski opposes unnecessary foreign military intervention and military contractor spending, demanding that Congress reclaim its constitutional authority over war decisions.

• Oppose wars of choice and unnecessary foreign military action
• Reclaim congressional constitutional authority over war declarations
• Criticize military contractor spending that fails to benefit local communities

“We have a long history of failed foreign conquests that only benefit military contractors at the cost of American citizens”

“Congress must reclaim its constitutional authority over war”

Jim Jordan

Voted against FY2024 defense authorization

Jordan voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024.

• Voted against the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670)

Joshua Kolasinski

Supports public education and vocational training

Kolasinski supports expanding apprenticeships, vocational training, trade schools, and community colleges while reducing student loan interest rates. He opposes school voucher programs that divert funding from public schools to for-profit institutions.

• Expand apprenticeships, vocational training, and community college support
• Reduce student loan interest rates and align workforce programs with local employers
• Oppose school voucher programs that defund public education for for-profit schools

“Expand apprenticeships and vocational training opportunities”

“School voucher programs are trying to fund for-profit schools at the cost of public education for Ohio’s youth.”

Jim Jordan

Supports restricting transgender sports participation

Jordan voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to prohibit biological males from participating in female athletic programs. He also voted to nullify federal student loan debt cancellation.

• Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28)
• Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act seeking to nullify federal student loan debt cancellation

Joshua Kolasinski

Protects civil liberties and opposes mass surveillance

Kolasinski advocates for protecting the Bill of Rights, free speech, privacy, and digital rights, while opposing mass surveillance and for-profit incarceration.

• Defend Bill of Rights protections, free speech, and privacy
• Oppose mass surveillance
• End for-profit incarceration

“Ensure everyone is protected by The Bill of Rights”

“Ending For-Profit Incarceration”

Jim Jordan

Chairs Judiciary and Weaponization committees

Jordan serves as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. He voted for the No Rogue Rulings Act to limit federal district court injunctions to the specific parties involved in a case.

• Serves as Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government
• Voted for NORRA of 2025 (H.R. 1526) restricting nationwide injunctions by federal district courts

Joshua Kolasinski

Supports farmer-focused Farm Bill reform

Kolasinski calls for passing a Farm Bill tailored to support farmers, integrating rural infrastructure, power, and water upgrades into federal agricultural legislation.

• Advocate for a Farm Bill that works directly for farmers
• Integrate rural infrastructure, internet, water, and power goals into agricultural legislation

“A Farm Bill That Works for Farmers”

Jim Jordan

Voted for agricultural continuing appropriations

Jordan voted for H.R. 5371, providing continuing appropriations for agriculture and other federal programs through fiscal year 2026.

• Voted for the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture... Act, 2026 (H.R. 5371)

Jim Jordan

Opposes constitutional abortion protections

Jordan publicly opposed Ohio's 2023 Issue 1 initiative, which established a state constitutional right to make reproductive decisions including abortion.

• Opposed 2023 Ohio Issue 1 (Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative)