Solutions to health care affordability lie in empowering consumers, increasing transparency, reducing mandates, and restoring competitive market forces rather than expanding government programs.

Texas need only stay the course, and ensure a friendly regulatory market by improving permitting processes, allowing the industry to grow and thrive.

The existing system does not warrant sweeping, costly reforms, but targeted reinforcement, thorough oversight, and protection from reflexive regulatory expansion.

In the 90th Legislative Session and beyond, Texas should stand firm against any ban on weather modification.

The conservative view is that minority groups and women are as capable of starting a successful business as anyone else, and we expect those businesses to succeed or fail based on merit instead of skin color or sex.