People across our district—whether in our rural towns or our growing cities—feel like something in our politics is broken. They’re right. For too long, powerful interests have had a louder voice in Washington than the people back home. When wealthy donors and large corporations can pour unlimited money into our elections, it’s no surprise folks start to wonder who their government is really working for. That’s not how this country is supposed to work. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC opened the door for unlimited political spending, and since then, too many politicians have answered to donors instead of constituents. And it doesn’t stop there. We’ve seen politicians draw their own district lines to protect themselves, trade stocks while shaping policy, and avoid accountability when it matters most. That’s not service—that’s self-interest. I don’t believe most people get into public service for the wrong reasons. But I do believe the system, as it stands, too often rewards the wrong behavior. And if we’re serious about lowering costs, strengthening our schools, and protecting programs like Social Security, then we have to start by fixing the system itself. That’s why I won’t take dark money. And it’s why one of my first priorities in Congress will be a serious, no-nonsense effort to clean up corruption and restore accountability—on both sides of the aisle. Because this government belongs to the people. It’s time it started acting like it again. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives: • Get big money out of politics: I will work to reverse the effects of Citizens United v. FEC and ban super PACs that flood our elections with untraceable money—so your voice matters more than any donor’s check. • End partisan gerrymandering: Voters should choose their representatives—not the other way around. I support independent redistricting commissions to ensure fair maps and real competition. Ban stock trading by Members of Congress: Members of Congress should not be making money on the same information they use to write our laws. I support banning individual stock trading, cracking down on insider trading, and making sure no one profits off public service. • Establish term limits: Public office was never meant to be a lifelong career. I support term limits of six two-year terms in the House and two six-year terms in the Senate to bring new perspectives to Washington and ensure elected officials stay accountable to the people they serve. • Reform the presidential pardon process: The power to pardon should never be used to protect the powerful or reward political allies. I support reforms to ensure it is used fairly, transparently, and in the interest of justice. • Strengthen ethics at the Supreme Court: Americans deserve to trust their highest court. I support term limits and a binding code of ethics for U.S. Supreme Court justices, including clear rules for recusals, financial disclosures, and limits on gifts. • Increase oversight and uphold the Constitution: No politician—of any party—is above the law. I will push back against efforts to ignore court rulings or weaken checks and balances, and I will support judicial nominees who meet the highest ethical standards and are committed to upholding the Constitution.

As a first-generation high school graduate, a PTA parent, and a former public school teacher, I know firsthand the transformative power of education. It changed the course of my life, and I’ve seen how it can change the trajectory of families for generations. I taught high school business courses in Dallas and served as a community college adjunct. I’ve witnessed the challenges students, teachers, parents, and administrators face every day — from overcrowded classrooms to underfunded programs. But I’ve also seen the difference that dedicated teachers, supportive schools, and engaged communities can make. That evidence is in my life and in the lives of countless students I’ve had the privilege to teach. Education is the foundation of opportunity. As the richest country in the world, we cannot accept anything less than investing in our youth and the professionals who guide them. We must partner with parents, teachers, and students to improve teacher pay, expand early childhood education, grow career and technical pathways, and give every child the tools to succeed. Right now, public schools face attacks from special-interest billionaires and programs that divert funding to private schools, leaving neighborhood schools underfunded. In Texas, for example, voucher programs have redirected taxpayer dollars away from public schools, benefiting the wealthiest Americans rather than the children in our communities. I’m ready to fight in Washington to protect public schools — and make them the envy of the world — so every child has the chance to succeed in a global economy. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives •Boost Reading and Math Achievement: Grants and incentives for schools to adopt evidence-based programs, like phonics and early literacy initiatives. 1:1 intensive tutoring for students who need extra support to reach grade-level proficiency. •Recruit, Retain, and Equip Teachers: Expand programs like Supporting Effective Educator Development and TEACH grants to train and retain high-quality teachers. Ensure teachers have the resources and professional development they need to succeed in the classroom. •Protect Public Schools from Big-Money Influence: Reject private school voucher programs that divert taxpayer dollars away from neighborhood schools. Stand up to special-interest billionaires whose actions undermine public education. •Expand Early Childhood Education and Childcare: Establish universal Pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old. Increase support for children under 3, protect Head Start programs, and make childcare more accessible and affordable. •Support Students with Special Needs: Maintain federal oversight that ensures special education students receive proper funding and support. Expand access to programs and tools that help students thrive in inclusive classrooms. •Prepare Students for Careers and College: Strengthen Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in middle and high schools. Improve junior college partnerships so students have flexible pathways to careers or further education. •Prioritize Student Health and Wellbeing: Expand National School Lunch and Breakfast programs to ensure no child learns on an empty stomach. Increase access to school counselors and mental health resources to support students’ social-emotional development. •Harness AI to Improve Learning: Establish guidelines for safe, effective AI use in classrooms that enhance learning without replacing teacher guidance. Support innovation that helps teachers personalize instruction and students develop 21st-century skills.

My campaign logo for City Council and now my Congressional campaign each have three red stars. These stars are intentional. They each represent my wife Erin, my son Leo, and my faith because they are my guiding stars and I know at the end of the day they matter more than anything. Many politicians claim to stand for family and faith. •You can’t stand for family while opposing paid family leave, affordable childcare, child nutrition programs, or the right of every American to marry who they love. •And you can’t stand for faith while using religion to harm or divide our neighbors. I believe that my faith places on me the responsibility to serve my community, be a good steward of our shared earth, and to make it a better place in the time I am here. My faith teaches me that we have an invitation to live into our shared humanity, to walk together in compassion, remembering that every person is made in God’s image — worthy of dignity and respect. Although I’ve shared a small piece of my beliefs above, they are that — mine. While legislation can legislate ethics, the role of government in our democracy is not to legislate morality. Morality is done internally, from the heart. The purpose of government and democracy is not to legislate or promote the morality of any one faith. I reject Christian nationalism and commit myself to the project of democracy. Because that’s the promise of America: a democracy where every person and every family — regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or any other difference between us — can truly be free and live up to their full potential. I will stand up for the freedom of every Texan, make it easier to start and care for a family, and defend the separation of church and state. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives: •Family: Make it easier to start and raise a family: Expand the Child Tax Credit to help families with the cost of raising children, pass paid family leave legislation that allows Americans to take time off to bond with a new child or care for a seriously ill family member, and expand access to affordable child care so no parent has to choose between continuing their career and starting a family. Make it easier for families to care for their aging loved ones: Increase access to eldercare by passing the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act to expand affordable home- and community-based care for seniors, and prioritize the development of a high-quality elder care workforce. •Faith: Defend the separation of church and state and protect religious freedom: Pass the Do No Harm Act to safeguard religious liberty and prevent discrimination, take strong action against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other faith-based hate crimes, and reject policies that impose religion in public institutions like schools, prisons, courts, or the military.

Technology plays an important role in our daily lives and in our economy. America should lead the world in innovation — but not at the expense of our children’s safety, our workers’ livelihoods, or the reliability of the information we depend on. As we work to maintain leadership in artificial intelligence, we’re still learning how it will shape everything from our jobs to how our children learn. That’s why we need clear, consistent rules that protect people while giving businesses the certainty they need to innovate. Too often, we’re told we have to choose between innovation and accountability, or between free speech and protecting people online. I don’t believe that. We can do both. We can encourage innovation while setting clear safeguards. We can defend free speech while holding powerful companies accountable. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives •Protect kids online while respecting free speech: Pass commonsense safeguards that give parents more control, limit targeted algorithmic content to minors, require regular impact assessments on algorithms for bias, privacy, and security, and revisit broad liability protections for tech companies. •Protect communities from rising energy costs: Ensure large energy users like AI data centers pay for their own infrastructure so families aren’t stuck with the bill, and study how to expand AI responsibly without disrupting local communities. •Safeguard national security: Strengthen export controls to keep advanced AI technologies out of the hands of adversaries. •Expand access to high-speed internet: Increase funding to expand broadband access across Texas and follow through on the federal government’s $3.3 billion commitment to our state. •Ensure AI works for working people: Protect workers from invasive surveillance, use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive, create pathways into higher-skilled roles, enforce copyright laws for AI companies, include worker voices in AI development, and guarantee transparency and human review in major workplace decisions. •Set clear, fair rules for cryptocurrency: Create a consistent framework so digital asset companies play by the same rules as everyone else — protecting consumers while allowing responsible innovation. •Invest in digital literacy: Support schools, libraries, and community programs that teach people how to identify misinformation, use technology responsibly, and help parents protect their children online. •Strengthen America’s tech workforce: Invest in STEM education and expand programs like Registered Apprenticeships to retrain workers impacted by AI so they can move into high-demand, good-paying technology jobs.

Texas is home to many beautiful small towns and rural areas. They host unique festivals, incredible food, and are often the keepers of traditions that define our state. Our towns and agricultural communities have built this incredible state and contribute to its success every day. But not every community has been given an equal opportunity to thrive. Rural areas face challenges such as shuttered hospitals, disappearing pharmacies, underfunded schools, and insufficient infrastructure that make it harder for businesses to succeed and young people to stay close to home. Texas farmers and ranchers — who produce the food and raise the livestock that power our state and national economy — deserve policies that support their work and preserve family livelihoods for future generations. I will keep showing up and listening to rural Texans, because I will work daily to represent every corner of the district. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives •Save rural hospitals: Prioritize recruiting and retaining rural healthcare workers, improve Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates for timely payments, and ensure rural hospitals have the funding needed to continue serving as vital employers and health care providers. •Support Texas farmers and ranchers: Address trade policies that can disadvantage domestic producers, including the recent temporary expansion of low tariff quotas for Argentine beef that has raised concerns about increased competition for U.S. cattle producers. Ensure policies help Texas farms and ranches remain competitive and sustainable. •Help young people stay and contribute to their hometowns: Provide technical support for economic and community development initiatives that expand job opportunities, child care, internet access, and housing in rural communities. •Reject private school voucher programs that harm rural areas: Oppose federal voucher schemes that divert funding from public schools, which often serve as the largest employers in rural communities. •Expand access to high-speed internet: Increase federal funding for broadband expansion across Texas to meet the government’s $3.3 billion commitment and ensure rural families and businesses are connected. •Support a strong agricultural workforce: Expand workforce development programs, support farmer-to-farmer mentorship, and responsibly facilitate migrant worker programs to fill labor gaps, including streamlined H-2A visas with strong labor protections. •Expand water access for rural communities: Provide easier access to low-interest loans and grants for construction and upgrades of water systems.

Texas is a global energy leader — and as your congressman, I will work to ensure our state not only maintains that leadership but grows it responsibly, so that Texans have reliable, affordable energy for decades to come. Investing in innovation means building on our hundreds of thousands of energy jobs — from oil and gas to wind, solar, and batteries — while creating new opportunities in emerging technologies like geothermal and hydrogen. At the same time, we can modernize permitting processes to speed development without compromising our environment, helping Texas lead in energy supply and cost savings. Over the past decade, Texans have endured historic droughts, wildfires, repeated “500-year” floods, and one of the deadliest winter storms in state history, which claimed hundreds of lives. We cannot let these disasters catch our state unprepared. I will work to ensure Texas is ready for increasingly severe weather and climate events. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives •Make energy more reliable and affordable: Support a mix of energy sources, streamline permitting for projects, invest in pipelines and supply chains for critical minerals, and restore federal incentives for renewable development. •Strengthen rural hospitals and energy access: Invest in modernizing infrastructure to keep energy flowing to every corner of Texas while supporting essential services like rural hospitals that communities depend on. •Grow energy jobs and workforce: Expand opportunities in traditional and emerging energy sectors, finish plugging abandoned wells, and strengthen training programs and apprenticeships in energy engineering, manufacturing, and construction. •Support families facing high energy costs: Expand access to programs like LIHEAP to help families manage spikes in utility bills. •Protect Texans from future price spikes: Require major energy users, including large data centers, to cover the infrastructure upgrades they need; crack down on price gouging during emergencies; and ensure programs like LIHEAP are fairly funded for hot climate states like Texas. •Prepare for extreme weather: Expand programs like DOE Weatherization Assistance and FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation to protect homes, businesses, and communities before disaster strikes. •Protect air and water quality: Strengthen the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to safeguard the environment Texans rely on.

I was raised by a single mom in Brownsville who worked long days in a school cafeteria and multiple jobs nights and weekends to support our family of three. Growing up, I saw the cost of hard work firsthand and learned the importance of resilience, community, and service. As a former public school teacher, I know what it’s like to work early mornings and late nights in an underpaid, high-stress job. I’ve felt the burden of student debt, medical bills, and a system that doesn’t always work for hardworking families. These experiences shape my approach: I fight for policies that help families get ahead, not corporations or the wealthiest few. Too many policies favor billionaires and large corporations over working families. The richest 1% of Americans now hold more wealth than the entire middle class, while some corporations pay zero federal income taxes and lobby against fair regulations. Meanwhile, everyday Americans face high costs for housing, healthcare, groceries, and energy. Government should serve the people who build our communities — not just those at the top. We need practical solutions to make life more affordable and expand opportunity for all. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives: • Fair Taxes and Economic Opportunity: Make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share, close loopholes like “buy, borrow, die” and “carried interest,” raise the corporate tax rate, and ensure large corporations contribute proportionally to fund public investments. Limit stock buybacks that inflate executive wealth while neglecting employees and community investment. Tax relief and incentives for local businesses help grow jobs in both rural towns and urban centers. • Supporting Workers and Families: Raise wages, increase the federal minimum wage, create incentives for fair pay structures where CEOs do not earn hundreds of times more than their workers. End the cap on Social Security taxes for the wealthiest Americans. Enhance the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit to reward work and help families meet everyday expenses. • Affordable Healthcare: Support a federal public option to create competition and lower costs. Cap out-of-pocket prescription costs for lifesaving medications. Strengthen Medicare and ACA protections, including premium subsidies, price transparency, and generic drug incentives. Support rural healthcare access with hospitals and clinics staffed with qualified providers. • Housing That Families Can Afford: Prevent corporate landlords and Wall Street investors from artificially inflating rents. Expand construction and affordability programs, strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, reduce outdated regulatory barriers, and support modular housing to speed construction. Lower property insurance costs in high-risk areas through federal assistance and reform. • Lowering Everyday Costs: Protect SNAP and WIC, encourage competition in grocery markets, remove unnecessary tariffs on imported produce. Diversify energy sources, expand Energy Star programs, modernize LIHEAP distribution, and require large energy users like AI data centers to invest in infrastructure. Monitor mergers and acquisitions that drive up prices and remove unnecessary barriers to entry in key markets. • Practical, Faith-Grounded Leadership: Focus on results, not ideology, addressing both rural and urban community needs. Policies should reflect fairness, stewardship, and responsibility to neighbors. Work across the aisle to bring practical, evidence-based solutions to challenges like healthcare, infrastructure, and workforce development.

During COVID, I was hospitalized for a couple of weeks and nearly lost my life. That was a scary time for our family, even with excellent medical insurance — the bills continued to pile up on top of the loss of income due to my illness. Our family had a supportive community, church, and extensive health insurance, but we still felt the squeeze. Republicans in Washington 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 — all to give yet another tax break to billionaires. Texas leads the nation in many ways, including having the highest percentage of uninsured residents (16.7%), more than twice the national average, and the highest rate of uninsured children. It’s time to take our fight for guaranteed healthcare to our nation’s capital and finally put the lives of Americans over the profits of billionaire mega-donors and special interests. Because healthcare is a human right. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives: •Lower prescription drug costs: Increase price transparency, strengthen Medicare’s ability to negotiate fair prices, incentivize the development and approval of generic drugs, cap out-of-pocket costs, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to prevent price gouging. •Protect health coverage and lower premiums: Strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA), restore enhanced premium tax credits, and reverse cuts to Medicare and Medicaid that would kick 15 million Americans off their insurance and raise premiums for millions more. •Save rural hospitals and pharmacies: Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates so providers are paid fairly and on time, invest in recruiting and retaining healthcare workers, and ensure rural hospitals and pharmacies have the resources they need to stay open and serve their communities. •Ensure veterans have access to the care they’ve earned: Fully fund the VA, protect it from privatization, and ensure every veteran receives timely, high-quality care. •Allow every American — regardless of age — to join Medicare: Provide an affordable, not-for-profit option that increases competition with private insurance and helps lower costs across the system. •Reform the prior authorization system: Ensure insurance companies cannot deny or delay the medications and treatments that doctors determine are medically necessary. •Restore access to reproductive healthcare in Texas: Codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF so that families can receive the care they need and women no longer face life-threatening barriers. •Protect Americans from crippling medical debt: End abusive debt collection, keep medical debt off credit reports, and make hospital billing and financial assistance easy to understand and use.

Our immigration system is broken, and we need solutions that are smart, fair, and safe. I believe we can protect our borders while also creating clear, legal pathways for people who want to work, raise a family, and pursue the American dream. We can welcome refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants who strengthen our country — and at the same time, keep out those who would do us harm. We should focus law enforcement on the real threats: criminal networks, gangs, and human traffickers — not families, small business owners, and neighbors who are contributing to their communities. Texans can lead the way on immigration reform that keeps our communities safe, upholds our values, and grows our economy. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives: •Pass comprehensive immigration reform: Secure our borders, create straightforward legal pathways to citizenship, and support economic growth. •Target enforcement on real threats: Prioritize the deportation of criminals, gang members, and human traffickers — not neighbors who pay taxes and contribute to their communities. •Hold ICE accountable: Ensure transparency and accountability, including banning masks and requiring agents to show identification when enforcing the law. •Create pathways to citizenship for long-term and key immigrants: Provide a path for DREAMers, spouses, and immigrants who have been contributing for years, while allowing recent arrivals to access temporary work permits in sectors that support American workers. •Modernize ports of entry: Invest in cutting-edge technology to better detect drugs, including fentanyl, before they enter our country. •Reform the asylum system: Hire more judges, reduce backlogs, eliminate fraud, and ensure legitimate claims are processed quickly. •Support businesses and reduce costs for Americans: Create employer sponsorship programs to fill labor shortages in agriculture, construction, and other sectors while lowering costs for consumers. •Improve guest worker standards: Enforce strong labor protections and crack down on employers who exploit immigrants or undercut American workers.

Workers and small businesses keep our economy running. As a City Councilman and father, I’ve seen firsthand how small businesses fuel our communities, sponsor local programs, and create the jobs that allow families to thrive. I understand the challenges they face — from rising costs to competition from larger corporations — and I’ll work to ensure they have the resources and flexibility to succeed. We can support workers and small businesses at the same time. Policies that reward hard work, protect families, and strengthen communities also help small businesses attract and retain talented employees. By balancing these priorities, we can build an economy that works for everyone. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives •Level the playing field for small businesses: Ensure small businesses have the same opportunities as larger corporations by removing unfair tax advantages, expanding access to credit, and providing technical assistance and training programs. •Protect retirement benefits for working people: Strengthen Social Security and Medicare, remove the Social Security tax cap, and support employer-sponsored pensions. •Raise wages and reward hard work: Increase the federal minimum wage and expand overtime eligibility; while offering guidance and support to small businesses so they can implement these changes sustainably. •Keep jobs in Texas with smart trade policies: Support trade policies that protect American workers and small businesses while keeping Texas competitive in global markets. •Address labor shortages with fair immigration policies: Make it easier for small businesses to hire workers in key sectors like agriculture, construction, and hospitality, while maintaining strong labor standards and protections for American workers. •Help families balance work and life: Expand access to affordable childcare and paid family leave so parents can work, employees can thrive, and small businesses can retain talented staff. •Support workers’ right to organize: Ensure employees have the freedom to negotiate for better wages, benefits, and working conditions through collective bargaining.

Texas is home to some of the nation’s strongest military bases, the largest number of veterans, and a diverse economy that exports more goods than any other state. We share the country’s longest border with Mexico, and our communities feel the effects of global events more directly than most. I was 20 years old on September 11, 2001. That experience shaped my understanding of what it takes to keep Americans safe and how critical it is to get foreign policy right. Mistakes overseas cost lives, resources, and America’s standing in the world. The attack on Israel on October 7th was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Israel has the right to defend its people, and the United States must stand firmly in support of its security. At the same time, no country should target civilians, block humanitarian aid, or use collective punishment as a tactic. America must lead with moral clarity, ensuring that our resources never contribute to harm, especially for children. I believe we can lead with both strength and principle. America should engage with the world to protect our people, uphold human rights, and support allies — all while avoiding unnecessary conflicts that put Americans at risk. As your representative, I will work to keep Americans safe, support veterans, and make decisions on foreign policy that are both strategic and principled. My Priorities in the U.S. House of Representatives •Serve the veterans who have served all of us: Stand against efforts to privatize the VA, reverse the Trump Administration’s mass terminations of federal veteran employees, and ensure veterans have access to housing, job training, career opportunities, and real pathways to stability when they come home. •Protect communities from the impact of tariffs and support responsible trade: Roll back tariff policies that raise costs for American consumers and hurt Texas businesses. Support trade partnerships that protect American workers and prevent retaliation against Texas farmers, ranchers, and exporters. •Restore investments in diplomacy and international development: Fully fund and staff the State Department and programs that combat violence, famine, disease, and human suffering — recognizing that global stability directly strengthens America’s security and economy. •Take urgent action to support peace in the Middle East: Protect innocent life by stopping offensive weapons sales while supporting defensive systems like the Iron Dome. Use U.S. diplomatic and financial leverage to pursue a two-state solution that disarms Hamas, establishes a democratic Palestinian state, halts illegal settlements, respects sovereignty, and promotes long-term regional cooperation to defend American interests. •Stand up for human rights worldwide: Use America’s influence to defend persecuted people and combat oppression across the globe. •Ensure Ukraine remains free and independent: Provide support that enables Ukraine and our European partners to negotiate from a position of strength, protect European stability, and hold Russia accountable for the cost of its aggression. •Deepen cooperation with NATO, the EU, and other allies: Encourage more—not less—cooperation with our international partners to promote human rights, build resilient supply chains, prevent nuclear proliferation, and protect American interests both at home and abroad.