Lorie on the issues
Lorie Fights for Academic Excellence and Student Safety
“ The greatest sign of success for a teacher . . . is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.'
As State Representative, I have championed key bills that support Dyslexia screening, teach cursive handwriting and multiplication facts, and promote explicit, systematic instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics. I remain committed to ensuring our children receive a comprehensive and effective education.
I advocate for an "opt-in" approach for questionnaires and non-curricular activities to protect local control and parental involvement. School safety is paramount, and I support strict adherence to safety measures in every district.
Our children deserve an education that prioritizes their well-being, focuses on academic achievement, and puts families first. As your representative, I will continue working across party lines to make our schools safe, supportive, and nurturing environments for all.
Lorie Supports Fairness in Family Court
“A child does best when both parents have a stable and meaningful involvement in his/her life.”
Lorie serves as co-clerk on the House Children and Family Law Committee and as a member of the House Special Committee on the Family Division of the Circuit Court.
Lorie has actively engaged in addressing the following areas of concern:
- Child Support: Lorie sponsored HB1282 to close a loophole in the law and extend child support through age 22 for disabled children. She also co-sponsored HB1564 to ensure fair and appropriate child support by splitting the parties' expenses associated with childcare, health care, and extracurricular activities.
- Family Access: Lorie co-sponsored HB1006 to address delays in enforcing parenting plans and amended HB185, ensuring both parents have approximately equal parenting time with their child.
- Transparency in Family Court: Lorie supported HB1266, permitting parties to record open family court proceedings, promoting transparency and accountability.
Lorie's dedication to ensuring fairness in the family court system is evident in the bills she supports. She believes that a supportive and equitable environment benefits the families directly involved and the entire community.
Lorie Supports Maintaining No Sales Tax or Income Tax
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear.
The “New Hampshire Advantage” is rooted in maintaining no sales tax and no income tax! The democrat’s idea that bringing an income tax to New Hampshire will lower our property tax, is just not true — just look at Connecticut. In 1991, Connecticut politicians promised its citizenry that having an income tax, would bring property taxes down, but that never happened. Now, Connecticut is one of the highest taxed states in the country. We will lose the New Hampshire Advantage if we allow an income tax! That can not happen. Keeping taxes local, means keeping decisions local. That works best for the Salem advantage!
Lorie Supports the Second Amendment: Bearing and Keeping Arms
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
The Second Amendment states that: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” One only needs to look at recent events around the world during the Covid pandemic to see why it is so important to preserve and defend this constitutional right. By disarming citizens, many countries we believed to free and supportive of their populous, quickly became tyrannical nightmares. This modern day example is exactly why our founding fathers included the Second Amendment in our Constitution: When governments have no reason to fear their people, governments have no reason to serve their people. Protecting and maintaining the Second Amendment assures that the citizens of the United States will continue to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as intended by the United States Declaration of Independence.