Barran for Congress: Platform & Priorities

Reigniting the American Dream for Small Business, Working Families, and a Freer Future

OUR MISSION

The American Dream is not dead — but it’s under attack.
From overreaching government agencies to economic policies that punish productivity, our nation’s promise is being eroded. I’m running for Congress because I believe in limited government, individual liberty, and unleashing the power of the American people — not controlling them.

Our district doesn’t need more federal interference. We need leadership that clears the way for families to thrive, businesses to grow, and communities to decide their own futures. I’m committed to restoring freedom, responsibility, and opportunity to Southwest Washington and beyond.

🔴 SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC GROWTH

The Middle Class Was Built by Small Business — Let’s Rebuild It

• Cut red tape and federal regulatory burdens that disproportionately impact small employers.

• Reduce taxes on small businesses and local manufacturers.

• Increase access to capital for startups and rural entrepreneurs.

• Promote trade and vocational education to close the skills gap and strengthen the working class.

• Stop using government to pick economic winners and losers.

🟦 CITIZENS' RIGHTS & LIMITED GOVERNMENT

The Constitution Matters — It’s Time Washington Remembered That

• Defend the First and Second Amendments without apology.

• Stop government agencies from acting as unelected lawmakers.

• Oppose the use of surveillance and censorship that undermines free speech.

• Restore checks and balances, local control, and state sovereignty.

• Rein in executive overreach and bloated federal agencies.

🟨 RATIONAL LEGAL IMMIGRATION

Enforce the Law. Honor Our Traditions. Secure the Border.

• Uphold the rule of law by securing our borders.

• Support a merit-based immigration system that reflects our economic needs and national values.

• Prioritize legal pathways that reward contribution and integration.

• Restore the dignity of immigration by making it legal, orderly, and American.

🟩 EDUCATION WITH PARENTS INVOLVED

Our Kids. Our Values. Our Choice.

• Promote school choice, charter schools, and education savings accounts.

• Ban federal funding for curriculum that teaches political ideology over academic basics.

• Increase emphasis on reading, math, history, and civics grounded in American values.

• Prioritize shifting federal funding away from bloated four-year university systems and toward expanding trade schools, apprenticeships, and vocational training programs — ensuring we build a skilled workforce ready to meet real-world economic demands.

⚖️ LAW & ORDER

Support Law Enforcement. Restore Public Safety.

• Fully fund police departments and community safety programs.

• Strengthen penalties for violent crime, organized theft, and drug trafficking.

• Restore legal protections for law enforcement officers doing their jobs.

• Oppose defund-the-police policies that endanger our communities.

• Create partnerships between federal and local law enforcement for coordinated public safety.

🛣️ INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWING COMMUNITIES

Invest Where It Matters — Roads, Bridges, Broadband

• Expand and modernize roadways and rural infrastructure.

• Invest in new Columbia River crossings — we have only four bridges across over 200 miles.

• Upgrade roads that are outdated, deteriorating, and too small to support commercial growth.

• Prioritize rural broadband access as an economic equalizer.

• Streamline federal permitting to speed up construction timelines.

• Ensure infrastructure funding serves growing communities, not just urban political priorities.

• Since the I-205 bridge opened in 1982, the district’s population has nearly doubled — our infrastructure hasn’t.

🧭 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY

End Career Politics. Restore Public Trust.

• Enact term limits for Members of Congress — because public office should be a duty, not a career.

• Impose a 6-year ban on former Members of Congress becoming registered lobbyists.

• Close the revolving door between elected office and lobbying firms.

• Require full transparency and timely disclosure of all lobbying activity.

• Hold elected officials to the same rules they impose on the American people.

🔥 ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES

🩺 Health Freedom

• Protect the doctor-patient relationship.

• Oppose federal mandates that override personal medical decisions.

🌱 Energy Independence

• Unleash domestic energy production while protecting natural resources.

• Support an all-of-the-above energy strategy including, but not limited to clean nuclear, hydropower, and American oil & gas.

🧾 Fiscal Responsibility

• End reckless deficit spending and balance the federal budget.

• Audit federal agencies and eliminate wasteful programs.

✊ FINAL THOUGHT

We don’t need more politicians.
We need citizen leaders who believe in the power of the American Dream and in government that protects our rights — not runs our lives.
That’s why I’m running.
Let’s build a country where freedom works again.

—Antony Barran
Candidate for Congress, WA-3