
Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
Strongly opposes abortion and affirms life from conception; appears on SBA Pro-Life America's House scorecard with a consistent pro-life voting record, and voted for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act requiring equal medical care for infants born alive after failed abortions.
A border-security hawk representing a Texas Panhandle district on the southern-border frontier; introduced the Reimbursing Border Communities Act of 2025 to compensate local governments for federal border-enforcement costs, and the Strategic Export Controls and Border Security Enhancement Act of 2026 to tighten cross-border security — consistently supporting a fortified physical border.
Ranked 11th most conservative in the entire House (118th Congress) and opposed new firearm restrictions; as a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral representing a rural Texas district he has a consistent record of defending unrestricted Second Amendment rights.
Bias ratings sourced from AllSides and Ad Fontes Media. Classifications for government, reference, and advocacy domains are maintained by U.S.M.C. Ministries; see source_bias.json.
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
Help us improve this scorecard. If you have evidence of this official's positions — voting records, social media posts, public statements, or corrections — submit it below and we'll review and update the profile.