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Marcus is from Troy, Alabama. He is a veteran of the US army and was honorably discharged after 20 years.

Marcus is a retired veteran of the Army. After the military, he was a military contractor with the Department of Defense and the State Department. Marcus held a secret-level security clearance and therefore cannot provide too many details on his military service.

Marcus Flowers' campaign for Georgia's 14th Congressional District is his first entry into politics.

Does not view COVID-19 as a political issue.

Supports Roe vs Wade and the right of women to choose.

Opposes efforts from the Georgia Governor to not expand Medicaid coverage and not using federal funds for healthcare.

Supports expanding resources for both telehealth and rural healthcare coverage.

- Does not view COVID-19 as a political issue. 
- Supports Roe vs Wade and the right of women to choose. 
- Supports Medicaid expansion in Georgia. 
- Opposes efforts from the Georgia Governor to not expand Medicaid coverage and not using federal funds for healthcare. 
- Supports expanding resources for both telehealth and rural healthcare coverage.

Healthcare

As of March 28, 2022, Marcus Flowers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Immigration

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Views the environment issue to be interconnected to immigration. As climate change rapidly becomes a national security threat, he believes there will be a rise in migrants coming to the US.

Supports efforts to protect the environment.

- Views the environment issue to be interconnected to immigration. As climate change rapidly becomes a national security threat, he believes there will be a rise in migrants coming to the US. 
- Supports efforts to protect the environment.

Environment

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Supports bringing infrastructure investments to the district, including broadband to attract large or small businesses to the community.

Promises to work with the Small Businesses Administration (SBA) to attract business to the district and create jobs.

Promises to work with labor unions, the SBA, and leaders to bring work to the district, and keep Georgians in their jobs.

Supports providing workers with a living wage, providing affordable childcare, and increasing childcare facilities as a means to keep Georgians in work.

Supports efforts to invest in the "care economy." This means job creation that serves the retired and aging communities that exist in Georgia.

Supports bringing clean and environmentally friendly manufacturing jobs to Georgia.

- Supports bringing infrastructure investments to the district, including broadband to attract large or small businesses to the community. 
- Promises to work with the Small Businesses Administration (SBA) to attract business to the district and create jobs. 
- Promises to work with labor unions, the SBA, and leaders to bring work to the district, and keep Georgians in their jobs. 
- Supports providing workers with a living wage, providing affordable childcare, and increasing childcare facilities as a means to keep Georgians in work. 
- Supports efforts to invest in the "care economy." This means job creation that serves the retired and aging communities that exist in Georgia.
- Supports bringing clean and environmentally friendly manufacturing jobs to Georgia.

Economy

Marcus Flowers

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Georgia and a US citizen for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.