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Instructions: From within your Word processor, please answer all questions in Part I (Instructions and Candidate Details) and Part II (Issue Questionnaire). Part II includes yes/no and short answer questions. Please mark the appropriate box for each yes/no question. If you wish to add comments to a yes/no question, or if elaboration is requested, you may type directly below the question by adding a paragraph return at the end of the question and typing your comments in the same cell as the question. In the Essay sections, please answer the questions at the length you deem sufficient. It is OK if your comments cause tables, etc., to shift pages. Thank you for your participation. Candidate Details

DATE: 1/5/2016 DISTRICT: IL-8 PARTY: Democrat

NAME: Michael Noland

VOTING ADDRESS:

HOME PHONE: BUSINESS PHONE:

CAMPAIGN ADDRESS:

CAMPAIGN PHONE:

CAMPAIGN FAX:

EMAIL: WEBSITE: Nolandforcongress.com

CAMPAIGN MANAGER:

NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES FILED:

2,117

NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES REQUIRED:

667

Candidate Details A) Elective or appointive, public or party, offices previously held (including dates).

Illinois State Senator (2007-Present)Member of the Illinois Democratic Central Committee (2015-Present)Elgin Township Democratic Precinct Committeeman (2002-Present)

B) Other elective offices for which you have been a candidate.Democratic nominee for State Rep (2004 and 2006)

C) What is your primary occupation?State Senator & Attorney

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Candidate Details D) Briefly list your civic activities of the past ten years.

I’ve done my best to remain active in the Elgin community. Most notably, I’ve spent a great deal of time volunteering with local non-profits like PADS, shelter for the homeless, the Community Crisis Center of Elgin, and serving on the board of the Kairos Family Center.

E) What experience have you had which will be most helpful to you in the office you seek? Having spent the last nine years in the State Senate, I have a keen understanding of the legislative process. I also have a great deal of experience in serving my constituents and hope to bring that same level of energy and service to the federal level.

F) Please list any candidates have you supported in past elections and specify your role in each campaign. Obama for America 2008 – campaign surrogate in multiple states Pat Quinn for Governor, 2010, 1014 – campaign surrogate and host of operations in Kane County Various local Democrat candidates for state representative, county board, township and a variety of other posts – advisor, financial contributions and other general assistance.

G) Please list all endorsements you have received. American Postal Workers Union Local 3140 Executive Board Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois Elgin Trades Council Fox Valley Building Trades International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers District 1 of Illinois International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399 Northwest Suburban Teachers Union (IFT Local 1211) Painters District Council 30 Sheet Metal Workers of Illinois State Council Sheet Metal Workers Local 265 Sheet Metal Workers Local 73 SMART Transportation Division Teamsters Joint Council 25 Teamsters Local 330 Blue America PAC Kane County Democratic Organization Northside Democracy for America Senate President John J. Cullerton Former Senate President Emil Jones Jr. Senate Majority Leader James Clayborne Jr. Senate President Pro Temp Don Harmon Senator Scott Bennett Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant Senator Jacqueline Collins Senator Bill Cunningham Senator William Delgado Senator Michael Hastings



Candidate Details Senator Mattie Hunter Senator Toi Hutchinson Senator Emil Jones III Senator Terry Link Senator Iris Martinez Senator Julie Morrison Senator John Mulroe Senator Antonio Muñoz Senator Kwame Raoul Senator Martin Sandoval Senator Heather Steans Senator John Sullivan Former Senator Art Berman Former Senator Michael Bond Former Senator Maggie Crotty Former Senator Deanna DeMuzio Former Senator Rickey Hendon Former Senator Denny Jacobs Former Senator Mike Jacobs Former Senator Lou Viverito Assistant House Majority Leader Daniel Burke State Representative Carol Ammons State Representative Kelly Cassidy State Representative Linda Chapa LaVia State Representative Katherine Cloonen State Representative John D’Amico State Representative Monique Davis State Representative William Davis State Representative Kenneth Dunkin State Representative Marcus Evans State Representative Mary Flowers State Representative Greg Harris State Representative Eddie Lee Jackson Sr. State Representative Natalie Manley State Representative/Calumet City Alderman Thaddeus Jones State Representative Rita Mayfield State Representative Sue Scherer State Representative Elgie Sims State Representative Cynthia Soto State Representative Patrick Verschoore State Representative Emanuel Chris Welch State Representative Kathleen Willis State Representative Sam Yingling Former State Representative/St. Clair County Clerk Tom Holbrook Former State Representative Joe Lyons



Candidate Details Former State Representative Naomi Jackobson Former State Representative Terry Steczo Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners Cynthia Santos Chicago Alderman Nick Sposato Chicago Alderman Mike Zalewski Chicago Alderman Gilbert Villegas Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin Former Elgin Mayor Ed Schock Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain Dundee Twp Supervisor Susan Harney Former Dundee Twp Trustee Paula Lauer Former Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez Kane County Board Joseph Haimann Elgin City Councilwoman Rose Martinez Elgin City Councilman John Steffen Hanover Park Trustee Bill Cannon U-46 School Board Traci O’Neal Ellis U-46 School Board Susan Kerr North Aurora Trustee Mark Guethle North Aurora Village Trustee Mike Lowery Gail Borden Library Trustee Herb Gross Gail Borden Library Trustee Patricia Harkin Gail Borden Library Trustee Sue Moylan Gail Borden Library Trustee Jean Bednar Gail Borden Library Trustee Beth Kruger Fox River Water Reclamation District Trustee Art Malm Fox River Water Reclamation District Trustee Ben Bernal East Aurora School Board Member Alex Arroyo Poplar Creek Library Trustee Khaja Moinuddin DeKalb County Board Chairman Mark Pietrowski, Jr. Elgin Community College Trustee John Duffy Elgin Community College Trustee Art Sauceda, CPA Elgin Community College Trustee John Duffy

H) Please concisely state (a) why you feel you should be endorsed over the other

candidate(s) and (b) what goals for the office you seek are most important to you personally? I have the legislative and life experience necessary to best represent the people of Illinois’ 8th

Congressional District. Additionally, I believe my position on the issues most reflects the values held by the people of this district.

I) (a) What is your campaign budget and (b) how much have you raised to date?

Total Budget - $400,000 Raised to date - $200,000+

J) (a) How many paid staffers and (b) how many volunteers do you have on your campaign?



Candidate Details Paid Staff – 5 full time staffers and approximately 10 regular volunteers devoting 10 hours or more each week and well over 100 volunteers actively engaging voters and other supporters on an ongoing basis.

IVI-IPO 2016 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QUESTIONNAIRE Part II. Issue Questionnaire


A. Foreign and Military

Do you support the:

YES NO

1 X use of drones in military operations?

2 X use of drones in targeted assassinations?

3 X use of drones in domestic law enforcement?

4 X expansion of NATO?

5 X closing Guantanamo?

6 X normalization of relations with Cuba?

7 X Helms-Burton Act?

8 X Iran Nuclear Deal?

9 X Trans-Pacific Partnership?

A. Foreign and Military: Essay Questions

10. What should be Congress’s role in formulating foreign policy? In time of peace, to prepare for war. In time of war, to ready for peace. I believe that so much of our ongoing difficulties is related to our over-reliance on foreign oil. As such, I believe that at the heart of our foreign policy needs to be an integrated approach to economic policy as related to energy acquisition. Such a discussion is, in my opinion, needful of more time and space than is available for the purposes of this questionnaire.

11. Under what circumstances would you vote to authorize the President to commit US troops in foreign

conflicts? Only where the United States’ vital interests are at stake.

B. Energy and Environment

Do you support:

YES NO

12 X oil drilling in protected wilderness?

13 X “cap and trade”?

14 X further reductions in carbon emissions?

15 X Clean Diesel Program?

16 X National Energy Efficiency goals?

17 X coal liquification?

18 X increasing use of nuclear power for electric generation?



B. Energy and Environment

Do you support:

YES NO

19 X mountaintop coal strip mining?

20 X increasing user fees for grazing, mining, and lumbering on Federal lands?

21 X opening more Federal land for lumber exploitation?

22 X the Keystone pipeline? Provided environmental considerations are addressed.

23 X incentives for business to develop alternative energy systems?

24 X tax credits for individuals to implement sustainable and renewable systems in their homes?

25 X a moratorium on fracking until the environmental impacts are known?

26 X creation of a superfund to compensate losses from industrial accidents which harm the environment?

27 X allowing states to adopt more stringent environmental standards than provided for in Federal law?

28

C. Transportation: Essay Question 29. Please explain the role the Federal government should play in maintaining and improving

national infrastructure. Please specifically include your policy positions regarding highways, mass transit, high-speed rail, Amtrak, and the air transportation system. While serving in the Illinois Senate I’ve been a constant supporter of capitol programs that would interject billions of dollars that would go towards improving or infrastructure and building new modes of transportation across Illinois. I would like to see a similar national program aimed at fixing and improving our crumbling infrastructure. One of the programs I’d like to advocate for as a member of Congress would be converting the blue to light-rail extending passed O’Hare to Schaumburg, Elgin, and eventually Rockford. A major project like this would create thousands of jobs and be a huge boost to the local economy.

D. Taxes and Economic Policy

Do you support:

YES NO

30 X a more progressive income tax?

31 X a flat tax?



D. Taxes and Economic Policy

Do you support:

YES NO

32 X a national sales tax?

33 X taxing capital gains at the same rate as earned income?

34 X taxing dividends at the same rate as earned income?

35 X reduction/elimination of the estate tax?

36 X ending tax incentives for companies to shift profits offshore?

37 X elimination of the mortgage interest deduction?

38 X elimination of the income tax credit for dependent children?

39 ? repeal of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act?

40 X revival of Glass-Steagall?

41 X “Fast Track” legislation for trade treaties?

D. Taxes and Economic Policy: Essay Questions

42. Elaborating the answers you gave to the yes/no questions on Taxes and Economic policy above, please outline your tax and economic policy positions, providing specific examples of changes you seek.

As a member of the Illinois State Senate, I’ve worked very hard to address systematic tax reform by addressing a tax swap that would create a permanent increase in the income tax while offering property tax relief. These reforms would help address the school funding issue in Illinois. These tax changes will lead to great changes in how we pay for education in Illinois.

43. What changes would you propose for the Social Security System?

The first and biggest change I would make to Social Security is removing the cap on incomes over $118,500. This change would help put more into the Social Security Trust Fund. I’d also like to see the federal government attempt to strengthen social security by expanding benefits and improve the COLA calculations.

44. What would you do to create jobs? Specifically address communities with historically high

and lingering unemployment rates. Increase federal investment in infrastructure, education and health care with special emphasis on communities referred to in the question.

E. Consumer Rights

Do you support:

YES NO

45 X federal legislation to cap interest rates on credit cards and other consumer loans?



E. Consumer Rights

Do you support:

YES NO

46 X

federal legislation to regulate ATM fees and service charges on credit cards and other consumer loans?

47 X

allowing states to enact consumer laws which go beyond the protection of federal legislation?

F. Government and Ethics

Do you support:

YES NO

48 X Constitutional amendment to regulate campaign financing?

49 X Constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United case?

50

X

accountability in privatization legislation that would require that government services could not be outsourced unless the contractor could provide the same quality and quantity of services to the consumer, and pay and benefits to the employees, at a reduced cost to the taxpayers?

51 X increased Congressional oversight of federal contracting? Please elaborate below.

G. Health & Human Services Do you support:

YES

NO

52 X repeal of the Affordable Care Act?

53 X Do you support “Single Payer” or “Medicare for All”?

54 X

authorizing Medicare and other government insurance programs to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs?

55 X

importation of drugs from countries whose manufacturing and safety standards are equal or superior to those in the US?

56 X funding of medically accurate, age appropriate, sex education programs?

57 X increased funding for HIV/AIDS research, education, prevention, and services?

58 X the Human Life Amendment?

59 X the Freedom of Choice Act?

60 X parental notification to obtain an abortion?



G. Health & Human Services Do you support:

YES

NO

61 X repealing the federal ban on so-called partial birth abortions?

62 X repealing the Hyde Amendment?

63 X

amending the Affordable Care Act to extend coverage to people with incomes under 133% of the poverty level who are not covered by Medicaid or Medicare?

64 X

increased funding for supplemental food programs for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)?

65 X increased funding for supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP)?

66 X increased funding for Head Start?

67 X increased funding for school lunch programs?

68 X long-term reauthorization of TANF?

69 X raising TANF benefits to at least equal the poverty level?

70 X reestablishing federal regulation of statewide programs?

71 X TANF work requirements?

72 X

increased funding to develop affordable housing for households with incomes below the poverty level?

73 X restrictions to ensure development of low-income rather than market rate housing?

74 X increased funding for the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund?

75 X protection against housing discrimination for holders of Section 8 housing vouchers?

76 X protection against housing discrimination for LGBT individuals?

77 X

vouchers, tuition tax-credits or other any direct public support for parochial or private schools?

78 X increased funding for STEM education?

79

mandatory implementation of Common Core standards as a requirement to receive Federal funds?

G. Health & Human Services: Essay Questions

80. Are there any other changes you would support to the Affordable Care Act? I was disappointed that the ACA did NOT include a public option, I would like to see a public option added to better address the needs of our all citizens to have access to quality and affordable health care.

81. Are there any other changes you would support in the area of reproductive health?



G. Health & Human Services: Essay Questions I believe that woman should have access to all the reproductive health services they need. I am very proud of my 100% voting record with Planned Parenthood while a member of the State Senate.

82. Please discuss proposals to help people who do not qualify for TANF or for unemployment

benefits? Single Payer Universal Health Care will cover these individuals for necessary health services. Strengthening the role played by local governments, in Illinois – townships specifically, to combat both hunger and mental illness is something I would seek to do as a congressman. This, I believe would go a long way to assisting these individuals.

H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System

Do you support:

YES NO

83 X admissibility of illegally obtained evidence?

84 X electronic surveillance of phones and internet

85 X capital punishment?

86 X criminal prosecution of juveniles as adults?

87 X mandatory sentencing?

88 X enactment and enforcement of “hate crime” laws?

89 X

detention of suspects and material witnesses without charges and/or probable cause?

90 X NSA data mining of US residents not suspected of any crime

91 X review of administrative warrants?

92 X repeal of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008?

93 X publication of FISA opinions?

94 X a statutory ban on the use of extraordinary rendition and secret prisons?

95 X legislation prohibiting racial profiling in law enforcement?

96 X legislation restricting the sale and possession of assault weapons?

97 X

legislation mandating background checks of purchasers of weapons at gun shows, through the internet and through print advertisements?

98 X legislation prohibiting gun purchases by individuals on the “do not fly” list.

99 X legislation increasing penalties for illegal resale of weapons?



H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System

Do you support:

YES NO

100 X

prosecution of marijuana cultivation, possession, sale, or use in states which have legalized it?

H. Law, Justice, and Correctional System: Essay

101. What restrictions, if any, should Congress enact or repeal regarding the scope of federally funded legal services for the poor? As a former public defender, I recognize the issues so many poor individuals face when having to navigate our legal systems.

I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Do you support:

YES NO

102 X restoration of the Voting Rights Act?

103 X

legislation to ban states from requiring voters to show an ID to vote in Federal elections?

104 X DC statehood?

105 X the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution?

106 X

federal legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and education?

107 X separation of church and state?

108 X prayer in public schools?

109 X moment of silence?

110 X

amending the NSL provisions to expand court oversight, require a mandatory showing of a connection to terrorist activity, and rescind unconstitutional gag restrictions?

111 X mandatory AIDS testing for insurance or employment?

112 X mandatory drug testing in private employment?

113 X mandatory drug testing for recipients of federal benefits?

114 X

prioritizing family reunification as criteria in granting visas and processing citizenship and permanent resident applications?

115 X halting deportations of immigrants until final determination of residency status has



I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Do you support:

YES NO

been made and appeals have been exhausted?

116 X

prohibiting deportation of undocumented immigrants arrested for misdemeanors or traffic violations?

117 X a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently in the country?

118 X the DREAM Act?

119 X

extending the time limits for young people registered under the deferred deportation program?

120 X

admitting Syrian refugees via the standard procedures used by the U.S. for foreign refugee settlement?

I. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: Essay

121. What other immigration reforms do you support? I support full and comprehensive immigration reform. We need to address this issue and do so with

a compassionate heart. I understand the struggle that immigrants face in our country and I want to make sure that the United States continues to welcome the

122. Should Patriot Act II be repealed or changed in any way? Please explain your position.

I have many concerns about the Patriot Act. As a matter of principle, while I recognize an ongoing need to balance our nation’s security against individual liberty, I have concerns that the patriot act has given unwise license to those we trust to protect us. As the act comes up for renewal, the protection of personal privacy would be foremost in my considerations.

J. Labor

Do you support:

YES NO

123 X

Affirmative Action with specific goals, targets, and timetables for federal employment, grants and contracts?

124 X

legislation to restructure the wage scale of federal employees to correct disparities based on gender by instituting equal pay for jobs of comparable worth?

125 X repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act?

126 X a prohibition on permanent replacement of strikers?

127 X granting federal employees the right to strike?

128 X the Employee Freedom of Choice Act?



J. Labor

Do you support:

YES NO

129 X

a federal living wage law to guarantee that a person working forty hours a week would be able to afford housing, food, utilities, transportation, and health care?

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