CHELSEY HOCKETT

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Fair Taxation Make sure corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share so we can invest in our communities.

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Chelsey will fight to:

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Enact the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to ban partisan gerrymandering so we can ensure safe, fair, free, and easily accessible elections.

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Ensure access to quality mental health services. People who struggle with mental illness should be able to get the help they need. If we do not treat them, we make the world a more dangerous place.

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I’m running for Congress because you deserve a representative who is not controlled by wealthy donors and who will actually fight for health care, education, and dignity for every Texan, in every walk of life. I am tired of watching politicians and power brokers in Washington pretend they don’t see the rising cost of food, housing, health care, and childcare. My family is NOT living in the "Golden Age of America".

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No one is disposable. That means ending mass detention, protecting LGBTQ+ people, and treating every person with humanity under the law. It means protecting the right to organize, because unions are how working people protect themselves. And it means restoring the Voting Rights Act and overturning Citizens United so that democracy works for people, not billionaires.

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Protect Our Resources Clean air, water, and land for all Texans.

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No corporate PAC money. No billionaire backers. Just people who believe working families deserve real representation.

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End Trump's Tariffs.The US Federal Reserve Bank confirmed that Trump's tariffs on foreign goods produces a "dollar-for-dollar" increase on the cost of what you buy.

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Fully fund public services. Libraries, recreation centers, and national parks make our communities more attractive. People are more likely to move to and invest in an area that has these amenities.

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Ban insider trading. Politics should be about making the world a better place, not personal gain.

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Abolish and Prosecute ICE and replace it with humane, accountable immigration services. ICE endangers communities through murder, unlawful arrests and deportations, unauthorized entry, refusing to carry ID, assaulting protesters, and intimidating community members. They must be held accountable for these crimes. Providing fair and efficient pathways to citizenship would do far more to secure our borders than masked armed men roaming the streets ever has done.

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Provide more funding to social workers and find nonviolent solutions to crime. Too often our police are sent in to solve situations that they are not certified to deal with. Most of them are not trained mental health professionals. Social workers are chronically underpaid, short-staffed, and work in under-funded agencies. Supporting them helps relieve the burden on police, deescalates mental health crises, and helps prevent future incidents or crimes by providing safety to those in need.

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Enact a AI Data Center Moratorium because tech companies are taking away water from our communities and causing horrific pollution.

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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 while at the same time forcing through desperately needed aid to the people of Palestine. I will work with any and all allies in Congress, like Representative Tlaib, to enforce international law and hold those responsible for the genocide accountable.

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Health care is a human right. Every Texan should be able to get care without fear, shame, or financial ruin. That includes maternal health, reproductive care, mental health, and childcare. I will fight for Medicare for All, protect and restore reproductive rights, strengthen rural hospitals, and make sure no family ever has to choose between groceries and seeing a doctor.

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Fully Fund Public Schools Every child deserves a great education and well-paid teachers.

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Enact Medicare for All. A comprehensive universal healthcare system would eliminate health insurance premiums and deductibles by ending corporate welfare in the healthcare industry. This reform would relieve small business owners of healthcare costs while saving Americans an estimated $2-5 trillion over the next decade.

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As a mom with kids in public school, I am a proud supporter of high quality public education. Yet I have witnessed firsthand the consequences of our government's corrupt decision to defund our schools, whether through withholding money at the federal level or pushing voucher scams at the state level that drain money from our public schools and funnel it into private ones. We deserve better. I will fight for full federal investment in every public school in our congressional district.

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Use public services to make our communities safer. Research consistently shows that investing in public services like libraries, parks, and recreation centers is a proven strategy for reducing crime and improving community safety. Studies have linked the presence of these spaces to significant reductions in violent crime, burglaries, and assaults, while also fostering stronger social cohesion among residents. Rather than relying solely on enforcement, communities benefit most when residents have safe, accessible places to gather, learn, and engage.

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Enact a Green New Deal to expand renewable energy initiatives and bring in more jobs. Solar and wind energy are significantly cheaper than fossil fuels. Wind power costs ~$30/MWh, compared to natural gas ($65), coal ($46–$100), and nuclear ($80).

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I will support the internationally recognized right of return for Palestinians so they may reclaim their lands from which they have been ethnically cleansed. Palestinians, like all people, have a right to peace, freedom, and self-determination.

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Enact Universal Childcare so parents can afford to raise their kids and participate in the workforce.

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Provide more funding to Prosecute Hate Crimes. Hatred against religions, like the rising prejudice against Islam and Judaism, has been tearing apart our communities. How can we guarantee our Constitutional right to freedom of religion when our neighbors cannot safely practice their own beliefs? Whether we are immigrants, racial minorities, LGBTQIA+, or a part of any marginalized group, We Are All Worthy of Respect and Dignity.

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$25 Minimum Wage & Expanded Social Security Workers deserve fair compensation for their labor!

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Tie Social Security Benefits to Cost of Living, starting with a $200 Increase in Benefits. We can fully fund and expand Social Security benefits by simply removing the cap on the Social Security Tax so the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

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Increase Teacher Pay and honor our public servants. We should be making laws and standards that help our kids learn and allow our teachers to guide them, not setting up red tape and nonsensical policies that waste everyone's time and money.

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Pass the PRO Act to ensure workers have a right to organize, unionize, and negotiate higher wages without retaliation.

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Public education is how we build real opportunity and real equity. Our kids deserve honest history, peer-reviewed science, the arts, and schools that are safe, well funded, and free from political games. Teachers should be respected and supported, not attacked or silenced. I will fight to protect public schools, stop voucher schemes that drain classrooms of resources, and make higher education affordable so student debt does not keep holding an entire generation back from building stable lives.