ISSUES

Border Security

Joan Huffman increased border security funding to build a border wall, deploy innovative technology, and fund additional law enforcement officials along the border to stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs entering our country. She worked to provide $2 billion to help secure our border and give law enforcement and prosecutors the resources they need to address the historic border crisis.

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Joan Huffman increased border security funding to build a border wall, deploy innovative technology, and fund additional law enforcement officials along the border to stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs entering our country. She worked to provide $1.8 billion to help secure our border and give law enforcement and prosecutors the resources they need to address the historic border crisis.

Fighting Crime

As a former prosecutor and criminal court judge, Joan Huffman continues to protect our families from crime as a leader in the Senate in the fight against gangs and violent criminals in our community. She strongly supports our law enforcement and passed legislation to prevent cities from defunding their police departments.

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As a former prosecutor and criminal court judge, Joan Huffman continues to protect our families from crime as a leader in the Senate in the fight against gangs and violent criminals in our community. She strongly supports our law enforcement and passed legislation to prevent cities from defunding their police departments.

Joan Huffman believes the first and most important function of government is to help keep its citizens safe. She stands with our police officers, passing the Police Protection Act, which increases penalties for crimes committed against our law enforcement officers, and the Damon Allen Act, which reformed the bail system to keep violent repeat offenders off our streets.

Joan Huffman is leading the fight in the Senate against human trafficking, child sexual assault and abuse, and online sex predators – authoring laws that make it easier to prosecute and imprison criminals who sexually assault or abuse children.

Election Integrity

Election integrity is vital to our democracy. Joan Huffman helped pass commonsense voting laws to protect the integrity of our state and national elections. She helped pass voter ID requirements to prevent mail-in ballot fraud, and she helped expand uniform voting hours across the state.

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Election integrity is vital to our democracy. Joan Huffman helped pass commonsense voting laws to protect the integrity of our state and national elections. She helped pass voter ID requirements to prevent mail-in ballot fraud, and she helped expand uniform voting hours across the state.

Joan Huffman stands for the rule of law. She passed legislation to prosecute vote harvesters and further protect our elections from fraud. As a result, Senator Huffman ensured that it is easy to vote and hard to cheat in Texas elections.

Defend the Second Amendment

Joan Huffman wants to protect our Second Amendment rights because she understands our right to bear arms serves an essential role in public safety and protecting our families. She expanded our Second Amendment rights and lowered the costs of gun ownership.

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Joan Huffman wants to protect our Second Amendment rights because she understands our right to bear arms serves an essential role in public safety and protecting our families. She expanded our Second Amendment rights and lowered the costs of gun ownership.

Joan Huffman passed landmark “open carry” legislation and passed a law to make gun safety equipment, including gun lock boxes, gun safes, and firearm safety manuals, exempt from the state sales and use tax. She supports public safety and our Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Jobs & Economy

Joan Huffman is cutting government red tape and burdensome regulations so businesses can grow and create good-paying jobs that provide greater opportunity for all Texans.

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Joan Huffman is cutting government red tape and burdensome regulations so businesses can grow and create good-paying jobs that provide greater opportunity for all Texans.

Joan Huffman has been a leader for commonsense lawsuit reforms, which are a pillar of the Texas Economic Miracle. She will ensure our courtrooms are fair, efficient, and predictable.

As a leader on the Senate Finance Committee, Joan Huffman passed balanced state budgets that cut wasteful spending, rooted out fraud, and lowered taxes for Texas families and businesses.

Property Taxes

Joan Huffman has passed billions of dollars in property tax relief to stem the rapid rise in our local property taxes.

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Joan Huffman has passed billions of dollars in property tax relief to stem the rapid rise in our local property taxes. She will prioritize property tax appraisal reform to ensure better transparency and a level playing field for the taxpayer protesting their valuation. We cannot allow property taxes to price families out of their homes and businesses.

Education

Joan Huffman believes more of our education dollars should go into the classroom. She authored legislation that gave our teachers a well-earned raise and gives our retired teachers a well-deserved 13th check.

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Joan Huffman believes more of our education dollars should go into the classroom. She authored legislation that gave our teachers a well-earned raise and gives our retired teachers a well-deserved 13th check.

Joan Huffman helped pass the most significant reform in decades to Texas public education, creating more transparency and better career tech programs to prepare students for the jobs of the 21st century.

Joan Huffman will improve our public schools by empowering parents in local school districts, reducing the drop-out rate, and ensuring testing is relevant to what children are taught in the classroom.

Teach American History

America may not be perfect, but it still is the greatest country the world has ever known. We cannot let woke extremists teach our children Critical Race Theory (CRT), a destructive ideology that seeks to pit our society against each other based on race.

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America may not be perfect, but it still is the greatest country the world has ever known. We cannot let woke extremists teach our children Critical Race Theory (CRT), a destructive ideology that seeks to pit our society against each other based on race. That’s why Senator Huffman fought to ban CRT in our schools. Our children are in school to learn how to think, not what to think.

Healthcare

Joan Huffman believes in expanding access, lowering costs, and making healthcare more transparent and affordable for consumers. She passed legislation to expand telemedicine services and helped pass bills that lowered the costs of prescription drugs, including the insulin price cap bill.

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Joan Huffman believes in expanding access, lowering costs, and making healthcare more transparent and affordable for consumers. She passed legislation to expand telemedicine services and helped pass bills that lowered the costs of prescription drugs, including the insulin price cap bill.

Joan Huffman supports patient/doctor relationships and fully believes that you, not the government, should be in charge of your health. She will always stand for medical freedom, the right of every Texan to decide their medical treatment, and against unconstitutional government mandates.

Protect Innocent Life

Joan Huffman is proudly Pro-Life, and her work in the Senate reflects her commitment to protecting innocent life. She has a flawless pro-life voting record and has been instrumental in passing important protections for mothers and babies.

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Joan Huffman is proudly Pro-Life, and her work in the Senate reflects her commitment to protecting innocent life. She has a flawless pro-life voting record and has been instrumental in passing important protections for mothers and babies.

Joan Huffman helped stop taxpayer-funded abortions. She provided funding for abortion-alternative programs and ensured pregnant women had more resources made available to them. She will always defend the sanctity of life.

Disaster Prevention

After Hurricane Harvey devastated our state, Joan Huffman helped secure millions in disaster relief funds to help our communities rebuild.

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After Hurricane Harvey devastated our state, Joan Huffman helped secure millions in disaster relief funds to help our communities rebuild.

After Winter Storm Uri, she led the Senate in holding ERCOT and the PUC accountable. She used her legal expertise to ensure their responsibilities as stated by law were clear and enforceable.

To protect lives and property from future disasters, she is working with federal and state officials to ensure all critical infrastructure projects get completed under budget and ahead of schedule.