Lance Gooden
Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Texas - District 5
Current Position: US House Representative TX-5
Running For: House Representative
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against COVID relief spending; voted against $900 billion COVID relief package and opposed $1.9 trillion ARPA bill
Health Care
- Against ObamaCare; calls it a miserable failure and supports repeal
- For allowing states to decide medical cannabis laws but opposes other uses
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; pro-life, understands sanctity of life as adoptee, sponsored bill to protect infant survivors of abortion
- Against same-sex marriage; did not vote for the Respect for Marriage Act
- Against gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth; co-sponsored bill to criminalize such care
- Against net neutrality regulations; voted against regulating the internet
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against certifying 2020 presidential election results; voted against certification of Arizona and Pennsylvania electors
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against stricter immigration policies; supports border wall funding, Trump's border emergency declaration, and requiring local cooperation with immigration enforcement
- Against Ukraine military aid; voted against $60 billion aid package in April 2024
- For repealing 2002 Iraq War authorization; voted to repeal Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
- Against United Nations funding for migration; reintroduced bill to bar US funding of UN agencies related to migration
Public Safety
- Against the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; voted for it accidentally and had the record changed
- For gun rights; unwavering supporter of 2nd Amendment, opposes background check requirements for firearm sales