Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Criminal Justice(5)
Supports legalizing regulated marijuana for adults and expunging past marijuana convictions, using tax revenue for child care and early childhood education.
"legalize regulated marijuana for adults so that we no longer put people behind bars for a substance that is already legal in half the country"
Supports legalizing regulated marijuana for adults, expunging marijuana-related criminal records, and taxing its sale to fund public safety and health programs.
"Legalize regulated marijuana for adults: Ensure law enforcement is focused on going after violent crime and not low-level marijuana offenses, expunge criminal arrest records related to marijuana use, and regulate and impose taxes on its sale to support public safety and health programs."
Supports investing in reentry programs including job training, housing, and treatment to reduce recidivism and help formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into society.
"Invest in strong reentry programs: Invest in job training, housing, and treatment that reduce recidivism and provide formerly incarcerated people with the tools they need to successfully rejoin their communities"
Supports police accountability and oversight, including banning reality TV policing, while also ensuring law enforcement has resources for training.
"Strengthen law enforcement agencies: Ensure law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local level have the resources necessary to investigate and prosecute criminals, and support strong investments in police training, oversight, and accountability."
Supports holding ICE accountable for abuses by banning agents from wearing masks or refusing to show identification, and enforcing accountability when laws are broken.
"Hold ICE accountable for abuses: Ban ICE agents from wearing masks or refusing to show identification, and hold them accountable when they break the law."
Economy(23)
Supports passing paid family leave legislation allowing Americans to take time off for a new child or seriously ill family member.
"pass paid family leave legislation that would allow Americans to take time off work to bond with a new child or care for a seriously ill family member"
Supports raising the corporate tax rate, ending carried interest loopholes, and eliminating tax breaks that allow large corporations to pay zero in federal taxes.
"Make corporations pay their fair share in taxes — including by raising the corporate tax rate (it has fallen by HALF since the mid-1980s!), ending the "carried interest" tax loopholes that allow hedge funds to avoid paying billions that they owe, and rolling back other extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes."
Supports higher taxes on billionaires' income and capital gains, and closing 'buy, borrow, die' loopholes, while cutting taxes for working families and small businesses.
"Make billionaires pay their fair share in taxes — including by imposing a higher tax on their income and capital gains and ending the dubious "buy, borrow, die" loopholes that billionaires use to grow untaxed wealth."
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and creating tax disincentives for corporations with excessive CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
"Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and incentivize CEOs to pay fair wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker's salary."
Opposes Trump tariffs, calling for their repeal as they raise costs on everyday goods like groceries, cars, and clothing.
"Repeal the Trump tariffs that are making everything — from groceries to cars to clothing — more expensive."
Supports passing the PRO Act to protect workers' right to unionize and negotiate for better wages and working conditions, and has authored legislation to repeal right-to-work laws.
"Pass the PRO Act so that all working people have the freedom to join together and negotiate with their employers for better wages and working conditions."
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, with tax credits and subsidies to help small businesses adapt.
"Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, expand overtime eligibility, and incentivize CEOs to pay fair wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker's salary. Implement tax credits and subsidies to help small- and medium-sized businesses adapt to a minimum wage raise without cutting jobs or hours."
Opposes the Trump Administration's broad tariffs and instead supports trade deal protections that prevent foreign competitors from exploiting weak labor laws to undercut American workers.
"Repeal the Trump Administration's overly broad tariffs that are hurting consumers and businesses. Instead, advocate for and approve trade deal protections that prevent foreign competitors from undercutting American workers by exploiting weak labor laws abroad."
Supports expanding the Child Tax Credit to help families with the cost of raising children.
"Expand the Child Tax Credit to help families with the cost of raising children"
Supports expanding access to credit, broadening SBA loan eligibility, and providing equity investment and technical assistance for small businesses, while ending extreme tax breaks for large corporations.
"Expand support for Community Development Financial Institutions and community banks to increase access to credit and capital, broaden eligibility for Small Business Administration loan programs, and support states in providing more equity investment and technical assistance for small businesses."
Opposes Trump Administration tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer, as well as tariffs on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on agricultural exports.
"remove the Trump Administration's tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports."
Opposes extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes, and supports a special tax on corporations that pay executives more than 250 times their median worker's salary.
"End the extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes so that we can help more entrepreneurs make their dreams a reality."
Supports expanding access to affordable child care, including through property tax exemptions for child care providers.
"expand access to affordable child care so that no parent has to choose between continuing their career and starting a family"
Supports protecting workers from invasive AI surveillance, creating pathways to higher-skilled roles, ensuring worker voices in AI research, and defending the right to transparency and human review in automated employment decisions.
"Protect workers from invasive AI surveillance in the workplace; use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive; create pathways for workers to move into higher-skilled, better-paying roles as the economy evolves; ensure AI companies follow the same copyright laws as everyone else; include worker voices in government-funded AI research and development; and defend the right to transparency and human review for automated decisionmaking around promotions, discipline, and terminations."
Supports bringing cryptocurrency within a clear regulatory framework to protect consumers while allowing legitimate innovation.
"Support clear, fair rules for cryptocurrency: Bring digital assets within a clear regulatory structure so crypto companies play by the same rules as everyone else — protecting consumers from fraud while letting legitimate innovation thrive."
Supports strong labor standards on guest worker visas and cracking down on employers who exploit immigrant workers or use them to displace American workers and suppress wages.
"Improve standards on guest worker visas: Ensure strong labor standards on guest worker visas and crack down on employers who game the system to exploit immigrants or displace American workers and suppress their wages."
Supports enforcing and strengthening export controls to prevent advanced AI chips from reaching adversaries, protecting domestic technological advantage.
"Pass legislation to enforce and strengthen export controls to keep advanced AI chips out of the hands of adversaries who would use them against us."
Supports cutting taxes for small businesses as part of a fairer tax system that makes corporations and the wealthy pay more.
"Make giant corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share of taxes. (That way, we can cut taxes for working families and small businesses.)"
Supports strong labor standards on agricultural visas to prevent employers from gaming the system to displace American workers and suppress wages.
"ensuring strong labor standards on those visas so that employers do not game the system to displace American workers and suppress their wages."
Supports making it easier for small businesses to hire migrant workers to address labor shortages and reduce costs.
"Make it easier for businesses (particularly small businesses) to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower inflation."
Supports economic and community development activities addressing gaps in job opportunities, child care, internet connectivity, and housing in rural communities.
"Dedicate technical support toward economic and community development activities that address gaps in job opportunities, child care, internet connectivity, and housing that are pushing many young families out of rural communities."
Opposes tax cuts for billionaires, characterizing the 'Big Ugly Bill' as giving yet another tax break to the wealthy at the expense of healthcare coverage.
"They slashed Medicaid and Medicare, are kicking 15 million people off their health insurance, and raised premiums for millions more — all to give yet another tax break for billionaires."
Implicitly opposes tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poor, framing such cuts as incompatible with values of faith and family.
"you can't stand for faith and sell out the poor to give tax cuts to the rich."
Education(17)
Opposes private school voucher programs, characterizing them as schemes that defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy.
"Stand up to Big Money and fight private school voucher scams: Reject the voucher scams being pushed by billionaire mega-donors that defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthiest Americans."
Opposes book banning in public schools and legislation to force the Ten Commandments or Bible stories into public school curriculum.
"Killed legislation that would have established a statewide book ban and removed classic literature like Lonesome Dove and The Catcher in the Rye in public schools"
Opposes federal private school voucher programs, arguing they defund public schools and disproportionately harm rural communities.
"Oppose the federal voucher scam being pushed by billionaires like Betsy DeVos — which would defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy, disproportionately harming rural areas where public schools are the community's largest employer."
Opposes diverting public school tax dollars to fund private school vouchers.
"Prevent tax dollars from being taken from Texas public schools to fund private school vouchers for the mega-rich like Elon Musk"
Supports providing federal grants and incentives to public schools for evidence-based reading and math strategies, and opposes cuts to public school funding.
"Boost reading and math achievement: Provide grants and other incentives to encourage public schools to adopt evidence-based strategies like phonics, early literacy programs, and 1:1 intensive tutoring."
Supports expanding federal programs that fund teacher training and help close the teacher workforce gap, and previously introduced legislation for a $15,000 teacher pay raise.
"Hire more teachers and equip them with what they need to succeed: Expand programs like the Teacher Quality Partnership, the Supporting Effective Educator Development program, and the TEACH grant that fund and enhance teacher training and are helping to close the teacher workforce gap."
Supports establishing universal Pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, investing in childcare for children under 3, and protecting the Head Start program.
"Secure universal early childhood education and affordable childcare: Establish universal Pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old, make strong investments in childcare for children under 3, and protect Head Start."
Supports expanding the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs and adding more school counselors for mental health resources.
"Prioritize student health so kids can learn in the classroom: Expand the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs (because no student can learn on an empty stomach!) and add more counselors to ensure kids have the mental health resources and other support they need in school."
Supports increasing funding for public schools and raising teacher pay.
"Increase funding for public schools and raise teacher pay"
Supported retired teachers by voting to provide a supplemental 'thirteenth check' payment on top of retirement benefits.
"Supported retired teachers by voting to provide a "13th check" — a supplemental payment on top of their retirement benefits."
Supports establishing recommended federal guidelines to help states and schools safely and beneficially integrate AI into classrooms.
"Ensure AI is a benefit, not a harm, in the classroom: Establish recommended guidelines that can help states and schools safely use AI in the classroom in ways that enhance — rather than hinder — learning opportunities and educational outcomes."
Has a track record of lowering higher education costs by establishing tuition and fee exemptions and a public junior college state finance program in Texas.
"Lowered higher education costs by establishing tuition and fee exemptions and a public junior college state finance program."
Supports maintaining and protecting public school funding, particularly in rural areas threatened by voucher programs.
"Led the fight against private school vouchers that are defunding rural public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy."
Supports improving junior college and Career and Technical Education programs to set students on flexible career paths.
"Set students on career paths: Start students on flexible career paths in middle and high school by improving junior college and Career and Technical Education programs."
Supports investing in STEM education and federal grant programs for schools, libraries, and community partners to build digital literacy and protect children online.
"Invest in STEM education to foster the next generation of responsible tech leaders, as well as programs like Registered Apprenticeships aimed at re-training workers displaced or at risk of being displaced by AI so they can excel in industry-leading technology jobs."
Opposes private school voucher programs, characterizing them as a 'scam' pushed by billionaire donors.
"They bought Paxton's acquittal for $3 million. Now they're pushing a private school voucher scam."
Supports re-training programs such as Registered Apprenticeships for workers displaced or at risk of displacement by AI to move into technology jobs.
"programs like Registered Apprenticeships aimed at re-training workers displaced or at risk of being displaced by AI so they can excel in industry-leading technology jobs"
Guns(3)
Supports establishing universal background checks for all gun sales.
"Establish universal background checks for gun sales, prioritize the prosecution of firearms traffickers who are illegally flooding our communities with guns that get into the hands of criminals, require firearms to be securely stored around children in the home, and raise the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles with certain military-style features like high-capacity magazines."
Supports raising the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles with military-style features like high-capacity magazines.
"raise the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles with certain military-style features like high-capacity magazines."
Expresses support for Second Amendment rights while also advocating for gun safety measures to protect communities.
"Protect the Second Amendment while protecting our neighbors from gun violence"
Healthcare(16)
Supports reinstating the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits to lower healthcare costs.
"reinstate the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s enhanced premium tax credits"
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting access to contraception and IVF, opposing Texas' abortion ban which he says is causing women to die needlessly.
"Restore access to reproductive health care in Texas: Codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF so that families can get the reproductive care they need and so that women are no longer dying needlessly due to Texas' dangerous abortion ban."
Supports protecting and improving the Affordable Care Act and reversing Trump Administration cuts to ACA enhanced tax credits that would kick millions off insurance and raise premiums.
"Protect health coverage and lower premiums: Protect and improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reverse the Trump Administration's dangerous cuts to the ACA enhanced tax credits, Medicare, and Medicaid that will kick 15 million Americans off their insurance and raise premiums for millions more."
Supports lowering prescription drug costs through price transparency, generic drug incentives, out-of-pocket cost caps, and regulating pharmacy benefit managers.
"Lower prescription drug costs: Increase price transparency and negotiating power to ensure fair pricing, incentivize the development and approval of generic drugs, institute caps on out-of-pocket costs, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to ensure they're not up-charging patients."
Supports allowing every American regardless of age to join Medicare as an affordable, not-for-profit health care option to increase competition with private insurance.
"Allow every American — regardless of their age — to join Medicare: Provide an affordable not-for-profit health care option for every American, while also bringing down costs for those who don't participate by increasing competition with private insurance."
Opposes cuts to Medicare and Social Security and supports ensuring the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into Social Security by eliminating the tax cap for earners over $400,000.
"Fight tooth and nail against attacks on Medicare and Social Security, ensure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into Social Security by eliminating the tax cap on those earning over $400,000 a year, and incentivize employer-sponsored pensions."
Supports capping out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving drugs, increasing Medicare's negotiating power, incentivizing generics, and regulating pharmacy benefit managers to lower drug prices.
"institute caps on out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving drugs, reinstate the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s enhanced premium tax credits, increase price transparency and Medicare's negotiating power to ensure fair pricing, incentivize the development and approvals of generics, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to ensure they're not up-charging patients."
Supports creating a federal public health insurance option to compete with private insurance.
"Create a federal public health insurance option that competes with private insurance"
Opposes cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and supports protecting coverage for Americans currently enrolled, criticizing the 'Big Ugly Bill' for slashing these programs.
"Republicans in DC just passed the largest transfer of wealth in American history with their 'Big Ugly Bill.' They slashed Medicaid and Medicare, are kicking 15 million people off their health insurance, and raised premiums for millions more."
Supports capping insulin costs at $25 per month and allowing Texas to import affordable prescription drugs from Canada.
"Cap the cost of insulin at $25 per month Allow Texas to import affordable prescription drugs from Canada"
Supports protecting Social Security and Medicare from cuts and ensuring the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into Social Security by eliminating the tax cap on those earning over $400,000.
"Fight tooth and nail against attacks on Social Security and Medicare, ensure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into Social Security by eliminating the tax cap on those earning over $400,000 a year, and incentivize employer-sponsored pensions."
Supports expanding mental health resources in schools, including counselors and educator training on mental health and substance abuse.
"Prioritized mental health in schools by opening up millions of dollars in mental health resources for students and improving trainings for educators on mental health and substance abuse."
Supports improving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates and ensuring rural hospitals receive more timely payments.
"improve Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates to more swiftly deliver payments to hospitals, and make sure rural hospitals have the funding they need to continue to serve as vital employers and health care providers."
Opposes replacing school counselors with untrained religious chaplains, as part of defending church-state separation.
"leading the fight against legislation to force the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms, replace school counselors with untrained religious chaplains, and infuse Bible stories into public school curriculum."
Supports funding mental health care as a crime prevention measure and as part of addressing root causes of crime.
"Address the root causes of crime: Prioritize services like well-funded schools, youth programs, mental health care, and substance abuse treatment as critical investments to prevent crime before it happens."
Supports banning health insurance companies from steering patients to hospitals that overcharge patients.
"Ban health insurance companies from steering patients to hospitals that overcharge patients"
Immigration(9)
Supports creating a path to citizenship for long-term undocumented immigrants, spouses, and DREAMers, and temporary work permits for recent arrivals filling needed jobs.
"Create pathways to legalization for certain undocumented immigrants: Create a path to citizenship for the immigrants who have been here the longest and certain groups like spouses and DREAMers, while allowing those who recently arrived to apply for temporary work permits if they are filling a job that will help lower costs for Americans."
Supports reforming the asylum system by hiring more immigration judges to clear the backlog, rooting out fraudulent claims, and ensuring legitimate asylum seekers receive protection quickly.
"Reform the asylum system: Hire more immigration judges to clear the asylum backlog, root out fraud in the system so that only legitimate claims are approved, and ensure legitimate asylees receive protection quickly."
Supports modernizing ports of entry with advanced X-Ray technology to detect drugs, particularly fentanyl, which enters the country overwhelmingly through ports of entry.
"Modernize ports of entry to better detect threats before they enter the country: Develop and deploy cutting-edge X-Ray and other technologies to better detect drugs at ports of entry, where over 90% of the fentanyl comes into the country."
Supports targeting ICE enforcement on criminals, gang members, and human traffickers, while opposing deportation of law-abiding community members who pay taxes and pose no public safety threat.
"Focus ICE resources on improving public safety and national security: Prioritize the deportation of criminals, gang members, and human traffickers — not our neighbors who contribute to our communities, pay taxes, and pose no threat to our safety."
Explicitly supports creating a path to citizenship for DREAMers as part of broader legalization efforts.
"Create a path to citizenship for the immigrants who have been here the longest and certain groups like spouses and DREAMers"
Supports expanding legal immigration pathways, including an employer sponsorship program for migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to address labor shortages and lower costs.
"Create an employer sponsorship program focused specifically on lowering costs for Americans: Make it easier for businesses (particularly small businesses) to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower inflation."
Supports comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while making legal immigration easier, including modernizing ports of entry with advanced technology to detect drugs and threats.
"Pass comprehensive immigration reform: Secure the border, make it easier to come here legally, and supercharge our economy."
Supports making it easier for small businesses to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, with strong labor standards to protect American workers.
"Make it easier for small businesses to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower costs. Ensure strong labor standards on those visas and crack down on employers who game the system to displace American workers or suppress their wages."
Supports simplifying the H-2A visa program to help farmers and ranchers hire migrant workers responsibly, while ensuring strong labor standards to prevent displacement of American workers.
"help farmers and ranchers lower food costs for Americans by responsibly hiring migrant workers when they can't find Americans to fill their jobs — including by simplifying the H-2A visa program application and ensuring strong labor standards on those visas so that employers do not game the system to displace American workers and suppress their wages."
Social Issues(5)
Supports restoring reproductive freedom by codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting access to contraception and IVF.
"Restore reproductive freedom with federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF"
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade at the federal level and opposes Texas' abortion ban, which he characterizes as dangerous.
"Codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF so that families can get the reproductive care they need and so that women are no longer dying needlessly due to Texas' dangerous abortion ban."
Supports protecting the legality of gay marriage and defending LGBTQ+ individuals from government overreach.
"protect the legality of gay marriage and defend our LGBTQ+ neighbors from government overreach"
Supports the Do No Harm Act to protect religious liberty while opposing policies that force religion into public spaces like schools and courts.
"Pass the Do No Harm Act to protect religious liberty and prevent religious discrimination; take vigorous action against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other faith-based hate crimes; and reject policies that force religion into neutral public spaces like schools, prisons, courts, and the military."
Opposes Texas's extreme abortion ban and has fought against it.
"Fight against the state's extreme abortion ban"