Russ Fulcher on Technology

Robust cybersecurity, and defend intellectual property

Russ Fulcher: Russian attempts to hack election systems, power grids, and social networks, and the Chinese' theft of Intellectual Property are efforts to sew discord and damage our strength. This should not be partisan, yet some fixate on the ruse that it caused the outcome of the `16 presidential election. The solution includes development and deployment of the most robust cybersecurity defense in the world, and aggressively defending American intellectual property--enforced by sanctions when necessary.

Link usage taxes to infrastructure funding

Russ Fulcher: New funding must be precipitated with waste reduction and a re-prioritization of current expenditures. States should be empowered to use taxes from pertinent items directly affecting infrastructure--to support that need. Example: the ability to direct taxes from tires, batteries, fuel, etc. to infrastructure.