Like most Republicans, Woodall vowed to repeal President Obama's 2010 health-care plan. "There are many things that we can do together to lower health care costs and improve health care in this country," he said. "We will repeal this bill and replace it with one that is driven by the doctor-patient relationship and consumer choices."

Homeland Security

Woodall praised the nation's efforts to fight terrorism, but said more work was needed. "We are certainly more prepared to address certain forms of terrorism than we were nine years ago, but the danger remains in other areas, and that is why democracy promotion throughout the world and our continued presence in Afghanistan are necessary features of our fight to rid the world of terrorism," he said.

Immigration

Woodall said the responsibility of safeguarding the nation's borders is exclusively the job of the federal government, which has failed to aggressively enforce immigration laws. "A country that cannot maintain a secure border has lost its sovereignty," he said.

"Although I support efforts to drastically reduce the size and scope of the federal government, my commitment to properly funding and implementing the security of our borders is non-negotiable."

Education

Woodall advocates local control of education, and wants to repeal education policies that he considers ineffective. "Federal involvement has not led to better test scores from students, but it has certainly led to headaches for parents and teachers," he said.

Anti-Abortion Rights

Woodall has pushed for abstinence education to prevent teen pregnancies, and he supports adoption programs. "A nation that has created an industry for supporting the destruction of unborn human babies yet jails its citizens for the destruction of the eggs of a bald eagle or loggerhead turtle is a nation that has clearly lost its way," he said.

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