The American government representation was founded on compromise. The Senate allows two representatives from each state while the House of Representatives is based on state population. My federal representative in the House of Representatives is Jim Bridenstine. Jim Bridenstine is a republican that runs on a platform supporting constitutional integrity, economic freedom, and national security. He believes in low regulation regarding the free market. He believes this will create economic mobility. He wants to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal Obamacare also known as the Affordable Care Act. He has stated that “America must return to a health care system based on the free market.” His support for low regulation is founded on his business experience in real estate, ranching, aerospace, and defense contracting.
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This national defense includes physical border security. When researching on his political website there was a statement made the discussion of “cutting wasteful programs that ballooned during the previous administration.” This language helps me understand that he isn’t for the programs benefitting the minorities. He has been recently nominated to serve as a NASA Administrator by Donald Trump and Mike Pence. This means he aligns with their political ideology; however, I do not align with Donald Trump and Mike Pence on most of the social and economic issues. This reinforces my belief that James Bridenstine is not a good representation of myself. At times when people are from the same location, there will be common ground on which they share beliefs because of locality. The State House District 80 Representative is Mike Ritze, who also resides in my hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Ritze has a republican platform that focuses on pro-business, pro-life, and pro-education. According to his website he is a proponent of the second amendment, the