U.S. House: California District 13

• Supports policies aimed at creating good-paying jobs and incentivizing investment in the Central Valley, including reducing regulatory barriers on infrastructure and geothermal energy projects to lower costs. Source →

• Supports growth-oriented economic policy, citing his mayoral record of attracting new businesses and jobs and improving public safety, and frames rising costs as harming Central Valley families. Source →

• Focuses on lowering everyday costs (food, housing, health care, utilities) through bipartisan legislation, and has cosponsored trade reform to limit unilateral tariff authority he says raises consumer and farm costs. Source →

• Supports cutting taxes and reducing government spending, citing his record of balancing Stockton's budget without raising taxes. Source →

• As a state legislator, opposed Propositions 47 and 57 (reduced sentencing/early release measures) and supported firearm theft penalties; as a member of Congress he has 'deep respect' for law enforcement and has introduced legislation on fentanyl awareness and law enforcement grants. Source →

• Backs more police pay and funding and opposes early prisoner release and shorter sentences for repeat offenders.

  “In Congress, he will fight soft-on-crime policies like early prisoner release and reduced sentences for repeat offenders that put our communities at risk.”

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• Opposed state-level bail reform, sentencing reduction, and early-release measures (e.g., Propositions 47 and 57) as a state legislator. Source →

• Supports tougher sentencing and opposes policies seen as lenient on repeat offenders, citing increased police funding as mayor. Source →

• Introduced legislation to reverse Medicaid cuts and extend ACA tax credits, and says constituents 'shouldn't have to choose between paying for healthcare or rent.' Source →

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• Opposes DEI policies and opposes allowing transgender girls/women in women's facilities and gender-transition-related medical care for minors; no specific stated position on federal abortion policy was found. Source →

• Supports expanding transitional kindergarten and secured federal funding for school mental health programs and medical/vocational education at UC Merced. Source →

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• Secured funding for a school mental health facility and highlights a federal Head Start grant in the district. Source →

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• Supports a mixed approach combining stricter enforcement (voted for the Laken Riley Act mandating detention of undocumented immigrants arrested for certain theft-related crimes) with pathways to legal status, including cosponsoring the American Dream and Promise Act (Dreamers) and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act for undocumented farm workers, while voting against a DHS appropriations bill he said lacked accountability reforms. Source →

• Supports securing the border and stronger enforcement of immigration law, framing border security as a national security issue. Source →

• Prioritizes reducing regulatory barriers on geothermal energy development to lower costs, alongside expanding water storage infrastructure; has broken with parts of his own party on water and irrigation policy. Source →

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• Campaigns on securing more water for families and farms in the Valley.

  “Lower food, housing and utility costs. More water for our families and farms.”

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• Backs federal funding and faster permitting for local water, wastewater and flood-protection projects. Source →

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• Voted against the SAVE Act, saying its proof-of-citizenship rules would raise barriers for thousands of eligible local voters.

  “I voted against a badly written, misguided, partisan bill that would have raised barriers to voting for thousands of legal eligible voters in the San Joaquin Valley.”

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• Voted to require congressional authorization before halting Iran-related military action without a formal declaration, opposes 'endless, politically-motivated wars,' and has introduced veteran-focused legislation including VA copay relief and disability compensation measures. Source →

• Emphasizes his own military service (Marine Corps veteran, Marine One presidential detail) and frames national security/border security as a priority, but has not stated a specific position on broader defense budget, foreign aid, or trade agreement issues. Source →

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• Supports deregulation-oriented AI policy modeled on the President's AI Action Plan, and supports expanding legal protections for cryptocurrency/digital assets, including the right to self-custody and opposition to certain IRS broker reporting rules. Source →

• Introduced a bill limiting VA copay collections and cosponsored bills on disability pay, burials and service dogs. Source →

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