Texas — 5th District

Chelsey Hockett

Supports $25 minimum wage and PRO Act

Hockett advocates for worker-centric economic policies, including establishing a $25 federal minimum wage and indexing wages and Social Security benefits to inflation. She supports passing the PRO Act to strengthen labor unions, ending Trump-era tariffs, and expanding affordable housing while penalizing corporate landlords.

• Establish a $25 federal minimum wage and tie future adjustments to cost of living
• Increase Social Security benefits by $200 per month and tie benefits to inflation
• Pass the PRO Act to protect union organizing rights
• End tariffs on foreign goods to lower consumer prices
• Build affordable housing and crack down on corporate landlords

“I will fight for fair wages, affordable healthcare, and real cost of living relief so families in our district can build stable, dignified lives.”

“Tie the Minimum to Wage Cost of Living, starting with a $25 Minimum Wage.”

Lance Gooden

Supports lower taxes and reduced spending

Gooden emphasizes fiscal conservatism through low taxes, streamlined regulations, and balanced budgets. In Congress, he signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and voted for major budget reconciliation legislation.

• Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge with Americans for Tax Reform
• Voted for H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) reconciliation bill
• Proposes simplifying the tax code and reducing the size of the IRS
• Supports curbing federal spending to manage national debt

“Throughout his tenure in the Texas Legislature, Rep. Gooden has been committed to low taxes and responsible budgets.”

“reduce the size of the IRS, create a more streamlined and simplified tax code...”

Chelsey Hockett

Supports Medicare for All

Hockett views healthcare as a fundamental human right and champions Medicare for All to eliminate insurance premiums and deductibles. She also calls for expanding maternal care, protecting rural hospitals, and eliminating medical debt.

• Enact Medicare for All universal healthcare
• Eliminate private health insurance premiums, deductibles, and medical debt
• Strengthen rural hospitals and expand maternal and mental healthcare services

“I support Medicare for All.”

“A comprehensive universal healthcare system would eliminate health insurance premiums and deductibles by ending corporate welfare in the healthcare industry.”

Lance Gooden

Opposes ACA and supports market reforms

Gooden opposes government-run healthcare and the Affordable Care Act, arguing it failed to lower costs or expand quality access. He supports free-market reforms to lower health insurance premiums.

• Opposes the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
• Promotes market-driven alternatives to lower premiums and expand choice

“Obamacare has been a miserable failure. It has not reduced costs. It has not increased access to quality, affordable health insurance...”

Chelsey Hockett

Supports humane immigration and abolishing ICE

Hockett calls for dismantling enforcement-first border policies, including abolishing ICE and replacing it with accountable immigration services. She advocates for pathways to documentation and citizenship to clear court backlogs and treat migrants humanely.

• Abolish and prosecute ICE for human rights violations
• Create streamlined pathways to documentation and citizenship
• End mass detention and fear-based border enforcement

“cut through the red tape and provide a pathway to documentation and citizenship.”

“Abolish and Prosecute ICE and replace it with humane, accountable immigration services.”

Lance Gooden

Supports strict border enforcement and detention

Gooden identifies illegal immigration and border insecurity as the nation's primary national security threat. In the 119th Congress, he voted for legislation mandating detention for undocumented immigrants arrested for theft and authorizing deportation for DUI offenses.

• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) requiring DHS detention for theft/burglary arrests
• Voted Yea on H.R. 875 to make DUI conviction grounds for deportation
• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote

“Our borders and our immigration system are broken. The federal government has failed time and time again to secure our borders, which is our greatest national security risk today.”

Chelsey Hockett

Supports codifying federal abortion rights

Hockett strongly supports reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy, citing her personal struggles with endometriosis and miscarriages. She advocates codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law to restore decision-making to women and their doctors.

• Codify Roe v. Wade in federal law
• Protect bodily autonomy and access to reproductive healthcare
• Expand maternal healthcare access

“It is why reproductive rights are not an abstract issue to me. They are personal. They are painful. They are life and death.”

“Codify Roe V. Wade and return control of women's health decisions to each woman, her doctor, and her conscience.”

Lance Gooden

Supports strict anti-abortion laws

Gooden maintains a 100% pro-life record in public office and frequently highlights his personal story as an adoptee. He is backed by prominent anti-abortion advocacy groups in Texas.

• Maintains a 100% pro-life voting record
• Endorsed by Texas Right to Life and Texas Alliance for Life

“Rep. Lance Gooden was adopted at birth and understands, more than most, the importance of the sanctity of life.”

Chelsey Hockett

Supports public school funding and opposes vouchers

Hockett opposes school voucher initiatives that divert public dollars to private institutions. She supports increasing federal funding for public K-12 schools, raising teacher salaries, and making public higher education tuition-free.

• Fully fund public K-12 education and increase teacher pay
• Oppose school voucher programs that fund private schools
• Make public higher education tuition-free and address student loan debt

“I oppose voucher schemes that drain money from public schools and funnel it into private hands...”

“Increasing Funding For Our Public Schools and end the divisive culture wars that seek to ruin our educational system.”

Lance Gooden

Opposes federal mandates in education

Gooden believes federal oversight hinders public education and advocates reducing federal intervention so local communities can control educational policy.

• Reduce federal regulations and mandates on local schools
• Oppose one-size-fits-all federal education policies

“The best thing the federal government can do to make public education a top priority is get out of the way and stop trying to use one-size-fits-all policies to educate our children.”

Chelsey Hockett

Opposes military aid to Israel

Hockett opposes U.S. military assistance to Israel and supports the Block the Bombs Act to stop arms shipments. She calls for recognizing Palestinian self-determination and ending U.S. military involvement in foreign conflicts.

• Pass the Block the Bombs Act to end U.S. military funding and weapons to Israel
• Support Palestinian right of return and self-determination
• Oppose foreign military interventions in the Middle East and Latin America

“I oppose U.S. funding for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and I support a free Palestine. I will vote for legislation like the Block the Bombs Act...”

“End the Genocide in Gaza by passing the Block the Bombs Act and other legislation that will terminate all US funding for the apartheid state of Israel...”

Lance Gooden

Supports pro-Israel foreign policy

Gooden supports strong U.S. partnership with Israel and is endorsed by major pro-Israel organization AIPAC.

• Endorsed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

Chelsey Hockett

Supports campaign finance and ethics reform

Hockett pledges to reject corporate PAC money, overturn Citizens United, and ban congressional insider trading. She supports the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the public release of the Epstein files.

• Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and ban partisan gerrymandering
• Overturn Citizens United and ban congressional insider trading
• Release all unclassified Epstein files and prosecute perpetrators

“I support overturning Citizens United, strong ethics laws, transparent government, and real limits on money in politics...”

“Release the Epstein Files. Prosecute the Perpetrators.”

Lance Gooden

Supports strict voter eligibility standards

Gooden opposes political corruption and socialist policies. In the 119th Congress, he voted for the SAVE Act to require proof of citizenship for federal election registration and voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring proof of citizenship to vote
• Voted Yea on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)

“People are sick of the swamp and the growing calls for socialism in America. I promised to fight both in Congress and that's what I've done.”

Chelsey Hockett

Supports Green New Deal and grid weatherization

Hockett supports a Green New Deal framework to transition to renewable wind and solar energy, weatherize Texas' power grid, and protect local aquifers. She also calls for strict regulation of power- and water-intensive data centers.

• Implement a Green New Deal to expand renewable energy jobs
• Weatherize the Texas electric grid and protect clean water rights
• Strictly regulate data centers to reduce water and energy consumption

“I will fight for a Green New Deal framework that invests in clean energy, strong infrastructure, and good union jobs...”

“Strictly limit and regulate datacenters that take water away from our local communities and pollute our air.”

Lance Gooden

Supports expanding domestic fossil fuels

Gooden supports expanding domestic oil, gas, and coal production while streamlining environmental permitting. In the 118th Congress, he voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act.

• Voted Yea on the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) to boost fossil fuel production and reduce permitting restrictions

Chelsey Hockett

Supports timely care for veterans

Hockett advocates ensuring military veterans receive efficient, timely healthcare services without facing bureaucratic delays.

• Streamline healthcare delivery for military veterans

“Veterans deserve timely care without endless hoops.”

Lance Gooden

Supports overhauling Veterans Affairs bureaucracy

Gooden considers reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs a top priority, advocating for increased oversight, accountability, and streamlined service delivery.

• Overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs bureaucracy to improve transparency and service delivery

“One of Rep. Gooden’s highest priorities will be ensuring that those who sacrificed so much for our freedoms get the care they deserve from the Department of Veterans Affairs...”

Chelsey Hockett

Supports federal regulation of AI

Hockett advocates for federal regulation of artificial intelligence to safeguard human rights, consumer privacy, workers, and environmental standards from corporate exploitation.

• Establish federal rules and environmental standards for AI development
• Protect workers and consumer privacy from technology company misuse

“The government should have a strong role in regulating artificial intelligence, not to control innovation, but to protect the public from the harm that powerful corporations can cause.”

Lance Gooden

Supports stablecoin regulatory framework

Gooden serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, and voted for the GENIUS Act to regulate payment stablecoins.

• Assigned to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on AI
• Voted Yea on the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) creating a regulatory framework for stablecoins

Chelsey Hockett

Supports Equality Act and nonviolent crisis response

Hockett supports passing the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. She also advocates funding social workers for crisis intervention and hate crime prosecutions.

• Pass the Equality Act to ban anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in employment and housing
• Fund social workers to handle mental health crises and de-escalate crime
• Increase funding to prosecute hate crimes

“Ensure the rights of ALL Americans citizens are protected and respected by passing the Equality Act designed to prevent discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”

Lance Gooden

Supports restricting transgender sports participation

Gooden voted for federal legislation prohibiting individuals whose biological sex is male from participating in women's athletic programs.

• Voted Yea on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28)

Lance Gooden

Supports Second Amendment rights

Gooden is a firm defender of gun ownership rights under the Second Amendment and holds endorsements from major firearm rights groups.

• Endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Endorsed by the Texas State Rifle Association (TSRA)

“Rep. Gooden is a consistent and unwavering supporter of the 2nd Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms.”