In 2023 he campaigned for mayor on banning assault weapons in Indianapolis, restoring its concealed-carry permit requirement and raising the buying age to 21. The NRA gave him an F and warned voters he was faking an A rating. Then he won a red seat — and signed on to a bill overriding gun permit laws nationwide.
In a January interview, Oregon's only Republican in Congress said he disagrees with deporting people who have no criminal record — and that he told the White House so, in private, for six months. He also said he hadn't heard of any ICE operations in his district. There had been a 17-person raid.
H.R. 38 would let residents of the 29 states with no permit requirement carry concealed guns in North Carolina — no class, no live fire, no sheriff. The nation's largest police union says it also strips officers of the power to check.
About 400 constituents packed a Grand Junction church in February 2025 to ask their new congressman questions. He never answered the invitation. Asked why, he said he wasn't interested in 'political theater' and pointed at George Soros — then promised town halls. He has done them by telephone ever since.
In a closed-door meeting, the NRCC chairman advised his members to swap in-person town halls for tele-town halls and Facebook Lives. Then he held one himself — 50 minutes, 11 screened questions, and a Medicaid denial he voted to disprove 72 days later.
In April 2025 Jeff Hurd signed a letter vowing he could not and would not back any bill that cut Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people. Five weeks later he voted for it. Then he voted for it again — and more than 32,000 people in his district are projected to lose coverage.
The man in charge of electing House Republicans says voters remember $9 gas and that prices are down. The record national average was $5.02. Gas was $4.45 the week he said it, and North Carolina diesel set an all-time high in April.
Keeping Colorado's old coal plants running is costing ratepayers more than $87 million. Asked if it was worth it, Rep. Jeff Hurd said yes — and complained the federal orders forcing one plant open don't last long enough.
In April he called Trump's 'whole civilization' threat abhorrent and told a Longview Rotary Club that past the 60-day mark, Congress would have to weigh in. In June and July, Congress did — and Moran voted against it both times.