The Republican Party Platform is solid, and Republicans should work hard to introduce and advance legislation that protects our conservative values. When we see, time and time again, how our priority legislation gets ignored or blocked - by Republican legislators - it is because of the people serving in those roles who have been compromised, either because they are unable or unwilling to be bold in their advocacy, or because of their allegiance to the establishment, their reelection or their pocketbooks. I see it as my duty to respect the platform and the beliefs on the critical issues it contains and will never think first 'how will this affect my reelection' before voting to protect our values.