Promises Made, Promises Kept

Promise: Strengthen Public Education & Empower Parental Choice

Delivered:

  • Supported $8.5 billion in new public education funding — the largest teacher pay raise in state history.
  • Backed major investments in special education, school safety, early learning, and career/technical pathways.
  • Championed universal Education Savings Accounts, giving parents more control and choice in their child’s education.
  • Authored and passed key legislation to support families and schools, including:
    • HB 100 – improves adoption and use of instructional materials.
    • SB 204 – establishes a required Parental Rights Handbook.
    • SB 207 – ensures excused absences for essential student mental-health appointments.
  • Demonstrated a sustained commitment to strong public schools and real educational freedom for every Texas family.

Promise: Support Local Industry

Delivered:

  • Secured a major win for Gulf Coast shrimpers with SB 823, ensuring imported seafood is accurately labeled.
  • Authored and Passed Funding for the Galveston Texas A&M Training Ship that will train the next generation of Navy Captains, Merchant Marines, Shipping Industry Engineers and will convert to an emergency hospital to serve the coastline during natural disasters.
  • Authored and Passed Legislation for Bolivar Peninsula, designating Hwy 87 an Emergency Route and Fixed the Flawed System for Ferry Procedures on Stalled Vehicles.
  • Joint Authored and Passed Legislation for Greater Gulf Coast Protection District and Resiliency Funding.
  • Joint Authored and Passed Legislation For Historic State Funding of Rural Law Enforcement and DA's Offices for Chambers County.
  • Joint Authored and Passed Legislation to Support Volunteer Fire Departments and Routine Cancer Screening for Firefighters.
  • Co-Authored and Passed Legislation for Area Drainage Grants and Projects throughout HD 23.
  • Co-Authored and Passed Legislation to Fund Infrastructure Projects around our Ports and Industries.
  • Advanced local economic development with cultural designations supporting tourism and business:
    • Galveston as the Juneteenth Capital of Texas.
    • Galveston as the Mardi Gras Capital of Texas.
    • Winnie recognized as the Rice Capital of Texas.
  • Passed HB 721 to allow UTMB to continue operating the Multi-Share health plan relied on by local employers.
  • Ensured that industries driving our region — tourism, agriculture, ports, and healthcare — remain strong, competitive, and prosperous.

Promise: Provide Solutions to Local Issues

Delivered:

  • Protected Bolivar Peninsula residents’ ability to use aerobic septic systems by preserving critical permitting options.
  • Strengthened local governance with targeted reforms:
    • HB 2900 – ensures Trinity Bay Conservation District maintains separate drainage and water/sewage funds.
    • HB 3097 – speeds up disaster recovery fund disbursement for cities.
    • HB 5309 – removes outdated meeting requirements for the Galveston Juvenile Justice Board.
  • Passed SB 65 to help Galveston County adopt uniform work hours for county employees.
  • Secured long-term water, drainage, and flood control resources through SB 7 and HJR 7, dedicating $1 billion annually to the Texas Water Fund starting in 2027.
  • Secured long-term water and flood control resources through SB 7 and HJR 7, dedicating $1 billion annually to the Texas Water Fund starting in 2027.
  • Delivered procurement reform with SB 1173, raising the county competitive-bidding threshold to $100,000 for more efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
  • Supported rural communities with statewide programs, including expanded benefits and the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program.
  • Strengthened Chambers County’s economic future through SB 1745, enhancing the authority of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

Promise: Protect Texas Land, Citizens, and Children

Delivered:

Protected Texas Land by banning hostile foreign nations, including China and North Korea, from purchasing property in Texas. I’ll always take action to safeguard Texas interests and ensure our state’s future stays secure, stable, and Texas-strong.
Protected Texas Women and Girls in their private spaces making sure women and girls will not be forced to share their lockers rooms, showers, and private spaces with biological men.
Protected Texas Minors by removing the Affirmative Defense argument that protected child groomers and adults who commit sex crimes against the most innocent among us. Created an age verification for access to adult websites.
Protected Texas Children by ending child gender modification surgeries in Texas and ended social gender transitioning in our schools. Supported legislation to prohibit sexual performances in the presence of children.
Protected Texas Unborn Babies and Women by empowering Texans to sue chemical abortion pill traffickers. Supported Safe Haven Baby Boxes. Created an adoption as an alternative curriculum for high school pregnancy & parenting classes.
Protected Every Legal Texas Vote by ensuring that the Attorney General has clear authority to prosecute election law violations. Enshrined in the Texas Constitution that only U.S. citizens can vote. Made it a state jail felony to knowingly register to vote in multiple counties.
Protected our US Constitution by ensuring Texas has representation based on the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
Protected the Texas Grid by supporting reforms that added stability, transparency and increased performance.
Protected Texas Parents Rights by a constitutional amendment that enshrines a parent's right to raise their children according to their own values. Authored the legislation that created a parents rights handbook with training for all ISD's on what those rights are. Passed into law that school age parents must now be informed of their rights regarding vaccine exemptions, consent and privacy.
Protected Texas Victims of Sex Trafficking shielding victims from prosecution for certain crimes committed under their trafficker’s force, fraud or coercion. All human trafficking offenses are now first-degree felonies in the state of Texas. At risk youth will now be screened for evidence of human trafficking and health care worker training on detention. Closed the loopholes to prohibit traffickers from simply reopening under a new name at a new location. Carried the bill that implemented rapid DNA tests to be used by law enforcement when probable cause led to the suspicion of sex trafficking.
Protected Texas Victims of Natural Disasters from scams and provided state funding for critical facilities to get backup power sources. Passed into law a TWIA allotment for coastal school districts. Put into Texas law interlocal agreements to enhance communication across cities and counties.
Protected Texans Health with accurate food labeling and the prohibiting harmful additives to food.
Protected Texans Medical Freedom by giving patients the "right to try" individualized treatments. Texans must also be told the truth before any shot is given, including risks, liability protections, and how to report adverse effects. Pharmacists can now dispense Ivermectin without a prescription. No Texan can any longer lose life-saving care, like organ transplants, because of a vaccine status and the Covid vaccine mandate is banned in Texas.
Protected Texas Communities through bail reforms, and making sure those convicted of human trafficking of children or disabled individuals are ineligible for parole. Put into law No Trafficking Zones, that dismantle organized crime, cartels, traffickers, predators, and pimps. Criminalized illegal entry into Texas and funded the border wall and security.
Protected Texas Industry and Businesses with regulatory reforms, cutting red tape & rooting our unnecessary regulations. Supported legislation that supports transparency and preserves the independence of our judicial and regulatory systems. Helped pass personal property business tax exemption.

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