Henry Cuellar
Centrist
Democrat
House Representative
Texas - District 28
Current Position: US House Representative TX-28
Running For: House Representative - District 28
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against keeping the death tax; considers it a 'pernicious double tax'
- For free trade agreements including CAFTA and USMCA
Health Care
- For the Affordable Care Act; opposes Medicare cuts and privatization
Education
- Against school vouchers and private school choice programs
Environment
- For offshore oil drilling and opening the Outer Continental Shelf; against criminalizing oil cartels
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; supported ban on federal health coverage for abortion, ban after 20 weeks except for maternal life, no taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare, and protection of infant survivors of abortion
- Against transgender athletes in women's sports; voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
- Against gender-affirming care for transgender minors; voted to criminalize anyone assisting minors in obtaining such care
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against building a fence along the Mexican border
- For comprehensive immigration reform without amnesty; supports legalizing DREAMer immigrants via military service
- Against removing U.S. forces from Afghanistan; supports aid to Ukraine and Israel
Public Safety
- Against federal cannabis legalization; voted against the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act and opposes the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
- For background checks on all firearm sales and transfers; against gun registration and trigger lock laws
- For concealed carry reciprocity across states
- For Kate's Law expanding sentences for immigrants who reenter after deportation; supports stripping federal funding from sanctuary cities