Policy Positions

Healthcare

  • I support women’s access to and choice in all aspects of reproductive health care.
  • All of Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid's programs should be available to all eligible Texans, including 12-month postpartum Medicaid eligibility.
  • Addiction and mental health issues are, in fact, health problems and should be treated as such.

Education

  • Public dollars are only for public schools.
  • Teachers and staff in our school systems should have professional, living wages.
  • Pre-K education should be available and affordable, free when needed, for all Texas children.
  • Kids’ meals should be available (free, as needed) at their school year-round.
  • Post secondary education should be affordable (free for Texans in state institutions).

Gun Violence

  • The leading cause of death for children and adolescents should NOT be gun violence.

Immigration

  • I oppose state spending for border militarization and anti-immigrant law enforcement (SB4).

Climate Change / Energy Policy

  • I support science-based climate change mitigation, response and adaptation.
  • The electricity in Texas should be as simple and dependable as the flipping of a light switch.
    Renewable energy sources should not be constrained.

Voting Rights & Equality

  • I support strategies and laws to encourage voter participation.
  • I oppose policies that lead to discrimination and persecution on the basis of race, ethnicity,
    faith, sexual orientation, gender identity.

Taxes & Finance

  • Texas has a regressive tax system that should be brought into the real world, so that Texans can have the municipal, county and state services they deserve.
  • Texas State Savings and Loans, Financial Institutions, can help make living indoors, in Texas, more affordable.