California — 22nd District

Randy Villegas

Supports Medicare for All and drug caps

Villegas views healthcare as a human right and strongly advocates for a single-payer Medicare for All system that covers dental and vision care. He supports aggressive price controls on prescription drugs, including $35 insulin caps and direct government negotiation with pharmaceutical companies.

• Enact Medicare for All covering medical, dental, and vision care
• Cap prices on prescription drugs and medical procedures
• Negotiate prescription drug costs directly with Big Pharma, including capping insulin at $35

“I believe healthcare is a human right, and am a strong supporter of Medicare for All.”

David G. Valadao

Supports market-based healthcare reforms

Valadao advocates for a market-based healthcare system that expands consumer choice and lowers costs through competition. He supports maintaining coverage protections for seniors, low-income individuals, and people with pre-existing conditions while keeping decisions between patients and doctors.

• Enact market-based healthcare reforms to lower costs and offer competitive choices
• Protect healthcare access for the elderly, poor, and people with pre-existing conditions
• Prevent federal government control over patient and doctor healthcare decisions

“David believes quality, affordable healthcare should be available to all Americans.”

Randy Villegas

Supports higher taxes on wealthy and labor rights

Villegas focuses on economic justice for Central Valley families by curbing price gouging, raising the federal minimum wage, and strengthening labor rights. He supports increasing taxes on the top 1% of earners and wealth holders while eliminating tariffs that harm local businesses and farmers.

• Pass the PRO Act to empower workers to organize for better wages and benefits
• Raise the federal minimum wage and institute universal paid parental leave and childcare
• Increase taxes on the top 1% and wealth holders while providing tax relief to working families
• End frivolous trade tariffs that harm local agriculture and small businesses

“The most effective and fair way to increase government revenue is to tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders, and give working families the break we’ve earned.”

David G. Valadao

Supports deregulation and tax reductions

Valadao emphasizes economic growth through spending discipline, lower taxes, and regulatory relief for small businesses. He advocates for balancing the federal budget to curb inflation and opposes state projects like high-speed rail that he considers wasteful.

• Reduce federal tax burdens and eliminate unnecessary regulations on small businesses
• Balance the federal budget to address national debt and slow inflation
• Oppose costly public initiatives such as California's high-speed rail project
• Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge opposing tax increases

“Small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy and needless regulations and a greater tax burden make it harder for them to hire.”

Randy Villegas

Supports agricultural worker protections and trade stability

Villegas emphasizes protecting agricultural workers from extreme heat and environmental hazards while defending small farms from corporate monopolies. He advocates ending trade tariffs that restrict market access for Central Valley growers and expanding access to clean drinking water.

• Protect farmworkers from heat-related risks and corporate polluters
• Break up corporate agricultural monopolies to help local family farms remain competitive
• Eliminate retaliatory trade tariffs that damage agricultural exports
• Invest in infrastructure to ensure clean and affordable drinking water in rural areas

“But angering our trading partners with frivolous tariffs has killed the revenue of farmers, and small businesses across the country.”

David G. Valadao

Supports expanding water infrastructure and storage

As a dairy farmer, Valadao prioritizes securing a dependable water supply for Central Valley agriculture and rural communities. He champions new reservoir storage and federal legislation to increase water deliveries to farmers.

• Expand water infrastructure, including building new reservoirs to store water
• Authored and supported federal legislation to increase water deliveries to Central Valley agriculture
• Protect California's multi-billion dollar agricultural industry and international competitiveness
• Establish an agricultural guest worker program to guarantee a steady farming workforce

“In the Central Valley, life as we know it is dependent upon securing a reliable and clean supply of water.”

Randy Villegas

Supports citizenship pathway and ending mass deportations

Villegas supports comprehensive immigration reform that provides an accessible pathway to citizenship for undocumented residents. He opposes blanket detentions and mass deportations, supports bringing home deported veterans, and advocates addressing the foreign policy root causes of migration.

• Establish a clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
• End policies of blanket detention and mass deportation
• Pass legislation to return deported military veterans to the United States
• Address foreign policy and economic instability driving regional migration

“We need a working system that protects our communities while providing a path to citizenship so our undocumented neighbors, friends and coworkers aren’t forced to live in the shadows.”

David G. Valadao

Supports legal reform and agricultural guest workers

Valadao, the son of immigrants, supports a responsible pathway to citizenship and legal status for undocumented immigrants already in the country. He emphasizes agricultural guest worker programs to secure the farm workforce while directing law enforcement against individuals convicted of violent crimes.

• Support a reasonable pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
• Create an agricultural guest worker program to maintain workforce stability
• Focus law enforcement detentions on undocumented individuals who commit serious crimes
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act requiring DHS detention for certain non-citizens arrested for theft

“David supports a reasonable and responsible pathway to citizenship for those wishing to enter our country and those already here.”

Randy Villegas

Supports banning corporate PACs and stock trading

Villegas centers his platform on removing corporate money from politics by rejecting corporate PAC donations and calling to overturn Citizens United. He advocates for congressional term limits and strict bans on stock trading and lobbying for members of Congress.

• Refuse corporate PAC money and seek to overturn Citizens United
• Prohibit members of Congress from holding or trading individual stocks
• Ban former members of Congress from becoming paid lobbyists
• Enact federal term limits for members of Congress

“I’m proud to be the only candidate in this race that has never taken corporate PAC money, because I’m here to work for the people, not special interests.”

David G. Valadao

Supports government transparency and spending accountability

Valadao emphasizes accessible local representation and transparency from government agencies. He voted in favor of federal transparency legislation, including the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and advocates holding federal agencies accountable to taxpayers.

• Maintain active community presence in the district rather than engaging D.C. insiders
• Require federal agencies to assess and disclose the economic impact of regulations
• Voted Yea on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) requiring public release of unclassified DOJ files

“David makes a point to be in the community he calls home, meeting with people as often as possible, not in Washington D.C. with lobbyists and insiders.”

Randy Villegas

Supports tuition-free public higher education

As a professor and school board trustee, Villegas advocates for tuition-free public community colleges, trade schools, and universities. He supports raising pay for teachers and school staff, relieving student loan debt, and building more local educational facilities.

• Make public career, technical, and community colleges tuition-free
• Cancel out-of-control student loan debt
• Raise wages for teachers, custodians, bus drivers, and school support staff
• Expand local job training, apprenticeship centers, and community school buildings

“In order to build up our young people to enter the competitive global workforce, we must make public colleges - career, technical and community - tuition free, and take on the out-of-control student debt crisis.”

David G. Valadao

Supports local control and vocational choices

Valadao supports flexibility for parents and local educators over top-down federal rules. He advocates expanding vocational education and trade school options alongside traditional K-12 schooling.

• Promote local flexibility for parents and educators over federal dictates
• Expand career, vocational, and technical trade school opportunities
• Ensure children have access to affordable education tailored to community needs

“A “one-size-fits-all” approach of Washington bureaucrats only hinders the education of our nation’s children.”

Randy Villegas

Supports renewable transition and polluter accountability

Villegas supports transitioning to renewable energy while securing high-paying jobs for existing oil and gas workers. He advocates holding corporate polluters accountable for water and air contamination and protecting national parks from private development.

• Ensure oil and gas workers receive high-paying, secure jobs during the clean energy transition
• Hold corporate polluters legally accountable for emissions and water contamination
• Protect and expand national parks and public lands against commercial development

“Any transition to clean and affordable renewable energy must guarantee that all energy workers have well-paid, secure jobs and better wages, so they can keep their own lights on too.”

David G. Valadao

Supports expanding all domestic energy production

Valadao advocates for an all-of-the-above energy policy that combines traditional fossil fuels like oil and natural gas with renewable sources like hydro and solar. He seeks to streamline regulatory processes to lower energy prices for consumers.

• Expand domestic production of traditional oil, natural gas, hydro, and solar resources
• Reduce bureaucratic red tape and litigation delaying domestic energy development
• Lower home energy costs and reduce reliance on foreign energy imports

“David supports expanding our domestic energy potential to reduce our dependence on foreign energy and save money here at home.”

Randy Villegas

Supports ending foreign military intervention

Villegas opposes foreign military interventions and advocates redirecting overseas military expenditure toward domestic priorities like healthcare and education. He emphasizes international diplomacy and foreign aid focused on poverty alleviation.

• Oppose military foreign interventions and endless overseas conflict
• Reinvest federal military tax dollars into domestic infrastructure, health, and education
• Focus foreign assistance on humanitarian relief and international poverty reduction

“Whether it’s Iraq, Afghanistan, or Palestine - Americans are sick of endless wars.”

David G. Valadao

Supports robust national defense spending

Valadao supports maintaining a strong national defense and equipping service members, drawing on his service on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

• Serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense overseeing military funding
• Support military readiness and ensure service members have resources for safety in battle

“We owe a great debt of gratitude to those who fight to preserve our freedom.”

Randy Villegas

Supports Social Security protection and veteran repatriation

Villegas focuses on protecting fixed Social Security benefits from inflation while expanding senior services. He advocates specifically for repatriating military veterans who were deported under prior administrations.

• Protect Social Security benefit payments against inflation and cost-of-living increases
• Pass legislation to bring home deported military veterans and restore their care benefits

“Inflation is putting our seniors at risk of falling below the poverty line, and we must make sure they are able to live their golden years with the dignity they deserve.”

David G. Valadao

Supports solvency reforms and VA healthcare restoration

Valadao emphasizes reforming Medicare and Social Security to guarantee long-term financial solvency for future generations. He supports reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver better mental and physical healthcare to military veterans.

• Reform Social Security and Medicare to prevent insolvency and tax increases on future retirees
• Overhaul VA operations to restore high-quality mental and physical healthcare for veterans
• Co-sponsored bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding healthcare accessibility for veterans

“The VA has been falling short in their duty to veterans and needs to be restored to the pinnacle of care for our heroes.”

Randy Villegas

Supports banning corporate ownership of single-family homes

Villegas addresses housing affordability by prohibiting Wall Street firms and corporate landlords from buying single-family houses. He supports a federal housing construction initiative to build affordable housing using union labor.

• Ban corporate landlords and Wall Street firms from purchasing single-family homes
• Launch a federal housing building program to expand affordable housing stock with union jobs

“I will fight to end corporate ownership of single-family homes.”

Randy Villegas

Supports AI regulatory safety and worker protections

Villegas advocates for federal regulations on artificial intelligence, including strict personal data privacy rights, age verification for high-risk AI platforms, and tax policies to prevent worker displacement by AI automation.

• Enact data privacy laws preventing tech corporations from selling personal data for AI training
• Require age verification and parental consent for high-risk AI tools
• Ensure large AI corporations pay fair taxes and protect workers against job replacement

“In Congress, Randy will work to enact legislation that protects your data from landing in the wrong hands.”