People Over Politics

American economic and military dominance is no longer guaranteed. Prosperity is a product of empowering people, not the Government. To move people up the economic ladder we need free markets not democratic socialism.

We have benefitted from the brain drain from every other country in the world. We need to benefit from the hard working drain as well, and we need immigration policy in place that puts strong disincentives from coming here illegally so we have a much more manageable immigration system.

We have income inequality because we have education inequality. We have to prepare our kids for jobs that don’t exist today.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON EDUCATION

• Why is education important?
• Educating the next generation of Computer Scientists
• Computer Science must be top education priority
• Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer

The technological change we are going to see in the next 30 years is going to make the change we saw in the last 30 years look insignificant. We must be prepared to take advantage of technology before it takes advantage of us.

With an increasingly interconnected world we need to treat cyber as a domain just like air, land, sea, and space. We need a national cyber strategy to defend our systems from state and non-state actors.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON TECHNOLOGY

• Invisible Warfare: Leading the Charge in Cybersecurity
• Why is tech important?
• Artificial Intelligence and National Security
• US Leadership in AI Is Not Guaranteed, But It’s Possible. Here’s How
• TEDx: Rise Of The Machines: The Age Of AI
• Quantum Computing Is the Next Big Security Risk

America has become an exceptional nation not because of what we have taken but what we have given. We need a foreign policy that is embodied by a simple governing philosophy – our enemies should fear us, and our friends should love us.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON NATIONAL SECURITY

• China
• How to make the 21st century another American century
• It’s not realistic to cut US-China economic ties. We should compete and win instead

Domestic policy plays a pivotal role in upholding the principles of limited government and individual liberty.

Sound domestic policies promote self-reliance, personal responsibility, and free-market competition, fostering an environment where citizens can thrive without excessive government intervention.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON DOMESTIC POLICY

• Border strategy Reboot
• Healthcare

If the United States is going to maximize the advancement of our citizens while sustaining harmony with our planet, we have to stop listening to extreme environmentalists and climate deniers when it comes to energy policy and environmental issues.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON ENERGY

• Energy Policy
• Nuclear Energy

I don’t care who you are or where you live. You want to be able to put food on your table, a roof over your family and to ensure the people you love are healthy and happy.

New Family values are about ensuring we increase access to health care while decreasing its cost, provide our seniors with quality care and compassion and treat our kids like they are our future.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON NEW FAMILY VALUES

• Community Health Centers are a great prescription for good public health

There has been and continues to be a lack of leadership in Washington, D.C. Leaders should inspire not fearmonger. It’s simple. Don’t be a jerk, racist, misogynist or homophobe and work together to accomplish big things.

MORE ABOUT WILL’S VIEWS ON LEADERSHIP

• Be like my dad and have a PMA
• If the GOP wants a future, it must look in the mirror

SOME OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS ON LEADERSHIP

• Even Eagles Need a Push by David McNally
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner

Will Hurd has spent the past 20 years on the front lines of the most pressing fights facing our nation, in the Middle East, Congress, and the highest levels of business and tech.

Will has spent his life fighting for our country, and he will take those decades of experience with him as he fights for all us.

In this election, we have a choice. We can continue down the path of divisive politics and short-term thinking, or we can choose a new direction.

We can choose a future that is grounded in common sense, that prioritizes the needs of the American people, and that builds on our strengths as a nation.

Together, we can make this vision a reality.

Together, we can create an America that thrives on innovation, that provides opportunities for all, and that leads the world not just in power, but in principle.