Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(3)
Opposes rollback of environmental rules and supports fighting for environmental justice, including for communities like the Fifth Ward cancer cluster.
"Fight for environmental justice. Develop comprehensive equitable solutions for communities impacted by environmental injustice and resulting health issues, like the Fifth Ward cancer cluster."
Supports policies that combat climate change and lead the energy transition in Houston.
"Support policies that combat climate change, which continues to pose severe threats to the longevity of our community."
Supports ensuring Houston leads the energy transition and serves as the energy capital of the future.
"Work across industries and communities to ensure Houston will lead the energy transition – and be the energy capital of the world of today and tomorrow"
Criminal Justice(1)
Supports community policing practices, reforms in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and community violence intervention programs.
"Support reforms included in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act."
Economy(5)
Supports strengthening workers' rights to unionize and collectively bargain, and opposes efforts to weaken worker protections.
"Strengthen the rights of workers to unionize and collectively bargain, and push back against the Trump administration's efforts to weaken worker protections."
Supports a living wage for all working Americans to ensure they can support their families.
"Fight for a true living wage, because hardworking Americans deserve to earn enough to support their families."
Supports expanding access to capital, training, and resources for small business owners, with a focus on women and minority-owned businesses.
"Expand access to capital, training, and other resources for small business owners."
Opposes the 'Big Beautiful Bill' which she says raises taxes on more than fourteen million households to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
"fight back against the Trump administration's wholesale attacks on the federal programs and agencies we rely on, starting with working to reverse the so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill,' which passed in July and will slash food programs like SNAP and Meals on Wheels, leaving millions of people hungry; shrink the funding available to students trying to pay for graduate school; rob more than sixteen million people of healthcare access nationally; and raise taxes for more than fourteen million households – all to pay for tax cuts for a handful of billionaires."
Edwards has led efforts to reduce capital access disparities for minority and women small business owners, and continues this work through BEAMW.
"Amanda has also led Houston's efforts to reduce the disparities in accessing capital faced by women and minorities who own small businesses in Houston. Amanda now leads BEAMW (the Business Ecosystem Alliance for Minorities & Women) to provide a wide array of support, including one-on-one financial counseling services for small business owners, among other things."
Education(3)
Supports tackling soaring costs of higher education and championing community college initiatives.
"Tackle the soaring costs of higher education, champion initiatives to support community colleges, and fund innovative education initiatives in our neighborhood schools."
Supports funding innovative education initiatives in neighborhood public schools and believes every child deserves a great education.
"Amanda believes that every child deserves a great education, and that higher education should be accessible to all."
Edwards lists building better schools as a key priority for the community.
"She's laser-focused on delivering transformative results for the community, from lowering the price of groceries, building better schools, roads, and homes, protecting our healthcare and social security, and standing up to the Trump administration."
Guns(1)
Supports mandatory universal background checks for gun purchases.
"Fight for common-sense gun control measures, including mandatory background checks and a federal red flag law."
Healthcare(6)
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade at the federal level, protecting health privacy for reproductive decisions, and fighting against bounty-style abortion bans.
"Work to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade at the federal level."
Supports preserving Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid, and opposes cuts to these programs.
"Work to preserve Medicare, Social Security, and other benefits that our seniors rely on to survive – and defend these vital programs against the slash-and-burn tactics of the Trump administration."
Supports addressing Black maternal mortality and disproportionate health outcomes by securing research funding and expanding access to care for communities of color.
"Address Black maternal mortality and other disproportionate health outcomes by securing research funding for conditions that disproportionately harm communities of color and working to expand access to care."
Supports preserving and expanding the Affordable Care Act, including plugging coverage gaps and protecting pre-existing condition protections.
"Fight for health care access for everyone, ranging from plugging the gaps in Affordable Care Act coverage that leave too many residents underinsured to lowering the price of prescription drugs & premiums."
Edwards frames protecting healthcare access as a key motivation for running, opposing Trump's attacks on it.
"We need the next generation of new leaders in Washington to combat President Trump's attacks on jobs, education, healthcare access."
Edwards explicitly lists protecting social security and healthcare among her top priorities.
"She's laser-focused on delivering transformative results for the community, from lowering the price of groceries, building better schools, roads, and homes, protecting our healthcare and social security, and standing up to the Trump administration."
Immigration(1)
Opposes the Trump administration's targeting of immigrant communities.
"From Trump's wholesale targeting of immigrant communities, to his willingness to unleash the military against peaceful protesters, to his attacks on birthright citizenship, voting rights, elections – and the very existence of the 18th Congressional District – the foundations of our democracy are in danger."
Social Issues(3)
Supports abortion access, codifying Roe v. Wade federally, and pursuing protections against abortion bounty-hunter laws.
"Fight against bounty-style abortion bans by pursuing protections that would prevent the stalking or hunting of people seeking abortion care."
Supports federal protections for LGBTQIA+ people against discriminatory state policies.
"Fight to ensure LGBTQIA+ people are federally protected from discriminatory policies that states including Texas are increasingly enacting."
Supports protecting voting rights for Black and Latino communities and fighting against gerrymandering that suppresses minority votes.
"Champion a comprehensive approach to securing our democracy, including expanding and protecting voting rights and addressing the extreme gerrymandering that suppresses the votes of Black and Latino communities."