Priorities- Comprehensive Audit: Conduct a comprehensive audit of all state government expenditures for the past ten years – including MEDC, MDHHS, and COVID-19 handouts – to root out fraud, waste, and abuse, such as what was recently discovered on a massive scale in Minnesota.

"Just got out of my meeting with @VivekGRamaswamy and @elonmusk. It was very productive, and there are really good ideas on ways to responsibly cut government waste, slash bureaucratic red tape and limit spending. These are issues I've led on since I got to Congress. I've introduced legislation to enact term limits and enhance government efficiency. I look forward to working with DOGE to make sure these reforms are signed into law."

Voted YES on H.R.2811 - Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023: increases the federal debt limit and decreases spending. It also repeals several energy tax credits, modifies the permitting process and other requirements for energy projects, expands work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other programs, and nullifies regulations for the cancellation of federal student loan debt.

Voted YES on H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023: This act increases the federal debt limit, establishes new discretionary spending limits, rescinds unobligated funds, expands work requirements for federal programs, and modifies other requirements related to the federal budget process.

"John James will end sanctuary policies statewide, fully fund law enforcement, and work with federal partners to remove criminal illegal immigrants from Michigan communities."

Voted YES on H.R.29 Laken Riley Act — requires federal detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft, assaulting police, or crimes causing death/injury; lets states sue over enforcement.

Voted YES on S.2 Secure America Act— appropriates roughly $70 billion to fully fund U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Department of Homeland Security border-security and immigration-enforcement operations through fiscal year 2029.

Voted YES on H.R.1958 Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026 — makes aliens who defraud the U.S. government or unlawfully receive taxpayer-funded public benefits (SNAP/food stamps, Social Security, Medicaid, federal funds, ID-document fraud) deportable, inadmissible, and ineligible for immigration relief.

“Laken Riley’s death was entirely preventable and never should have occurred. Her eventual murderer was detained and released not once, but twice, before he took Laken’s life. The Laken Riley Act is an essential step in assuring that no family must experience what the Riley family has ever again. Anybody who illegally enters the United States and commits a crime should be removed from the United States. Full stop.

"Market-based, patient-centered means your healthcare belongs to YOU, not insurance companies or the gov't. We MUST protect people with pre-existing conditions & seniors, lower costs, and increase transparency & competition. It's not about politics, it's about protecting people."

"The path to fixing healthcare IS NOT MORE GOVERNMENT, IT’S LESS! It’s putting power back in the hands of the people.

When families have control, and we demand real competition and transparency, costs come down, access goes up, and care gets better.

That’s how you protect patients. That’s how we fix healthcare. That’s what I’ve been saying for the past eight years, and what I will do for the next eight."

Priorities- Protect girls’ sports and sensitive places (restrooms, locker rooms, etc.) to promote excellence, protect opportunity and guarantee safety for our girls. Sports are critical for the physical, mental, emotional and civic development of ALL of Michigan’s children! In order to maintain an inclusive, fun, fair and safe competitive athletic environment for ALL children, biological males will only be permitted to compete with and against other biological males (reasonable exceptions may include females competing in male leagues where there are limited options for females according to existing Title IX rules, prepubescent recreational leagues and clearly established and mutually agreed co-ed leagues).

Voted YES on H.R.28 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act — limits female school sports to students of the female sex.

"It’s INSANITY that Michigan is going to continue to allow biological boys to play girls sports. That ends in 6 months when I’m Governor."

Today the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the critical cases on protecting women's sports - a defining moment for fairness, safety, and the future of girls' athletics. Biological males have NO place competing against our daughters. As your next Governor of Michigan, I will fiercely protect women's sports and ensure every girl has a fair, safe, and equal opportunity to compete.

Voted YES on H.R.734 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023: generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.

"Benson would continue Whitmer’s Green New Scam energy mandates, and let unaccountable agencies like EGLE pile compliance requirements on Michigan businesses with zero economic justification. John James will end it on day one, every new rule clears a meaningful economic impact review, full stop."

Voted YES on H.R.26 Protecting American Energy Production Act — prohibits any federal moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) unless authorized by Congress; affirms state primacy over fracking regulation on state and private lands. Supports protecting domestic energy production / barring a federal fracking ban.

"James said repealing the state's clean energy mandate would be a priority." (The clean energy mandate includes legislation forcing the transition of utlities to zero emissions by 2040 and allowing the state to approve large wind and solar arrays over local objections.)

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has 'chosen communism over common sense,' he said, vowing to pursue an 'all-of-the-above energy strategy' that would include 'natural gas, nuclear, hydro, renewables where they make economic sense, biofuels and emerging technologies.'”

"James promised to replace the members of the Michigan Public Service Commission....He said current members 'have demonstrated they are far more interested in pursuing an extremist ideological agenda and rubber-stamping rate increases for big utility monopolies than protecting ratepayers.'”

Voted YES on H.R.1615 - Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act: prohibits the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to (1) regulate gas stoves as a banned hazardous product; or (2) issue or enforce a product safety standard that prohibits the use or sale of gas stoves, substantially increases the price of gas stoves, or makes a type of product unavailable based on the kind of fuel it consumes.

Voted YES on H.R.1640 - Save Our Gas Stoves Act: places limits on energy conservation standards for kitchen ranges or ovens under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

"Jocelyn Benson says the system “worked.” But non-citizens voted. More cases are still being uncovered. And Michiganders are still waiting for transparency and accountability. That’s not a system that worked. That’s a system that failed."

Voted YES on H.R.22 SAVE Act — requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

"At least 16 non-citizens voted in Michigan's November 2024 election, according to the Secretary of State's own review - despite her prior claims of no evidence. That's why I proudly signed the petition to place the Citizens Only Voting Amendment on the ballot. If passed, it will constitutionally require only U.S. citizens to vote in Michigan elections, mandate voter ID at the polls, and require regular review of voter rolls to remove ineligible voter."

"It’s imperative that only American citizens vote in our elections. But far too often, as we saw this fall on U of M’s campus, foreign nationals are casting ballots in American elections. Over 80% of Americans support voter ID laws. This isn’t radical, it's commonsense."

Voted YES on H.R.8281 - SAVE Act: This bill requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections.

"The Second Amendment is not up for negotiation. Michigan gun owners do not need more lectures from politicians who have never carried the responsibility of protecting a family. They need leaders who will stand up, fight back, and defend the Constitution. As Governor, I will always stand with law-abiding gun owners."

Cosponsored H.R.38 Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 — lets anyone licensed/eligible to carry a concealed handgun in their home state do so in any other state that allows concealed carry; preempts conflicting state/local limits.

"The Second Amendment is not optional, and neither is keeping our kids safe from violence. We deserve an America that can protect itself from tyranny without leaving its children vulnerable to terrorism. Gun deaths are symptoms of cultural decay and hopelessness in America. Doing nothing to address those symptoms is unacceptable, which is why I’m proud to introduce this commonsense school safety package to the U.S. House of Representatives. We are tackling an area that seems to have the least number of solutions - school safety - by first addressing mental health and constitutional responsibility from both sides of the aisle with this package.”

Voted YES on H.J.Res.44 - would have blocked a rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The rule would have added additional taxes and restrictions to certain firearms with attached stabilizing braces (the rule was vacated due to violation of the 2nd Amendment).

"Priorities - John strongly opposes the state board of education’s gender insanity agenda and supports legislation to reverse the state board’s attempt to force this agenda on students. John strongly agrees with the US Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor to protect parents’ rights to stop left-wing ideology from being imposed on their children and supports legislation to codify parents’ rights in Michigan on this issue."

"Michigan ranks 45th in 4th grade reading proficiency. Just this month, Lansing bureaucrats expanded “standards” pushing gender ideology instead of reading, writing, and math. Parents who speak up at school board meetings are labeled extremists and shut down. This isn’t education. It’s indoctrination. And it’s happening on the taxpayers’ dime. That’s why John James is taking action — with the most comprehensive and enforceable parental rights framework ever proposed in Michigan (...) guaranteeing parents full transparency in education, control over their children’s health care decisions, protection of student privacy, and real enforcement when those rights are violated."

“Children belong to God. Parents have been endowed by our Creator certain natural, inalienable, and, therefore, Constitutional Rights to direct the care, teaching, education, moral or religious training, and upbringing of their children without government burden, except in cases of abuse or neglect where a narrowly tailored compelling state interest is demonstrated.”

As Governor, John will veto any legislation that endangers children’s health and violates parents’ rights to access their children’s medical records. He will push to restore parents’ rights to full access to information about their children’s health care and to require parental consent for medical treatments for all minor children.

Voted YES on H.R.498 Do No Harm in Medicaid Act — prohibits federal Medicaid funding for gender-transition procedures for minors.

"This is why I'm leading the Parents Bill of Rights. It's simple: 1. Kids cannot consent. 2. Parents have a right to know. 3. No adults should ever discuss medical/sexual matters without parental consent. In Rockford, we saw a school socially transition a child without parental knowledge. That stops when I'm governor."

Voted YES on H.R.3492 - Protect Children’s Innocence Act: establishes federal criminal offenses for providing gender-affirming care to minors. The bill also changes the existing federal criminal offense that prohibits female genital mutilation (FGM) and related conduct.

"This week marks the 45th anniversary of #RoevWade. I am 100% #ProLife because I believe life begins at conception and ends at a natural death. We will not stop fighting until we end abortion, for it is our sacred duty to protect the most vulnerable among us; the unborn."

Voted "Yea" on H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: prohibited covered federal funds from paying for abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life. It also prohibited requiring anyone to perform or assist with an abortion, while preserving the Bureau of Prisons’ obligation to escort an inmate obtaining an abortion outside a federal facility.

Voted "Yea" on H.R.1 - An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.: reconciliation legislation containing a temporary Medicaid-funding restriction affecting Planned Parenthood and similar providers.