Building a Texas That Works for All of Us

Working people deserve power, safety, and a fair share of the wealth they create. I was raised in a working-class family, and my own household depends on fair wages, union protections, and safe working conditions. If you work hard in this country, you should be able to afford housing, healthcare, food, and time with your family. That is the baseline of dignity, not a luxury. Right now, our economy is tilted toward corporations and billionaires who profit while workers fall behind. Wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living, workplaces are less safe, and corporate monopolies drive up prices while suppressing pay. 

As your representative, I will fight to strengthen unions, raise wages, enforce labor and safety laws, break up corporate monopolies, and hold the ultra-wealthy accountable. An economy that works for working people strengthens families, communities, and democracy itself.

Every person deserves dignity, safety, and freedom, here and abroad. Human rights are not optional and they are not conditional. Housing, healthcare, privacy, bodily autonomy, and safety are basic needs. No one should be exploited, criminalized, or discarded to serve political convenience, profit, or power, whether through mass incarceration, detention, or violence sanctioned by the state.

As your representative, I will fight for housing as a human need, immigration policies rooted in humanity instead of detention and fear, full reproductive autonomy, and the safety and rights of LGBTQ+ people. I oppose U.S. funding for Israel’s war and support a free Palestine, and I reject a foreign policy that fuels war, resource extraction, mass incarceration, and human rights abuses at home and abroad. I will always defend the right to protest, speak freely, and live without intimidation. No one gets thrown under the bus. Ever.

Healthcare should be based on need, not income or employment. I have lived inside a healthcare system that puts insurance rules, profit, and politics ahead of patients. People delay care because they are afraid of the cost. Families stay in jobs that harm them just to keep coverage. Doctors are forced to make decisions based on what insurance will allow instead of what patients actually need. That is not care. That is a business model. I support Medicare for All. Healthcare is a public good, and everyone deserves comprehensive care without fear of medical debt or losing coverage when life changes. 

As your representative, I will fight for Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom, expand maternal and mental health care, strengthen rural hospitals, and end medical debt. No one should suffer or die because healthcare was treated as a profit center instead of a human right.

We can fight climate change while creating good union jobs and rebuilding our communities. Texas families are already living with the consequences of climate failure through extreme heat, unsafe water, grid outages, flooding, and rising utility costs. At the same time, billionaires and corporations are trying to turn basic resources into commodities by buying up land and water, abusing eminent domain, trashing rivers, and draining rural communities to protect their profits. Farmers, ranchers, and small towns are left to deal with the damage while powerful interests walk away richer.

As your representative, I will fight for a Green New Deal framework that invests in clean energy, strong infrastructure, and good union jobs while protecting our land and water from exploitation. That means defending aquifers and water rights, holding polluters accountable, strengthening and weatherizing the electric grid, expanding broadband, and rebuilding roads and public works that rural and urban communities rely on every day. Climate policy must protect people, land, and livelihoods, not corporate greed. 

Strong public schools are the foundation of a healthy democracy and a strong economy. Texas children, teachers, and families are being set up to fail by chronic underfunding, overcrowded classrooms, and political interference in education. Teachers are stretched thin, students are falling behind, and communities suffer when schools are treated as a budget line instead of a public good instead of an investment in our future.

As your representative, I will fight to fully fund public education, support and respect educators, and make sure resources go where they belong, into classrooms and student support services. I oppose voucher schemes that drain money from public schools and funnel it into private hands without accountability. I also believe higher education should be free and affordable. Student loan debt has trapped an entire generation, delaying homeownership, family stability, and economic security. Education at every level should open doors, not saddle people with lifelong debt. Investing in students and teachers is how we build a stronger, more just society.

Democracy only works when people can participate freely and trust that the system is fair. Too often, political power is distorted by voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the influence of money. When corporations and billionaires are allowed to spend unlimited money in elections, the voices of working people are drowned out and accountability disappears.

As your representative, I will fight to protect and expand voting rights, ensure fair and accessible elections, and end partisan efforts to silence voters. I support overturning Citizens United, strong ethics laws, transparent government, and real limits on money in politics so corporations and billionaires cannot buy influence. Accountability should apply to everyone, especially those in power. Democracy should belong to the people who live under its decisions, not the interests that profit from them.