ISSUES
CRENSHAW'S
MISSION
CONSERVATIVE TEXAS VALUES
SECURING THE BORDER AND COMBATING THE CARTELS
Dan Crenshaw is leading the effort in Congress to secure our border, reduce illegal immigration, and combat the Mexican drug cartels that are flooding deadly fentanyl into our county and killing Americans.
Dan has introduced legislation to expedite the hiring of additional Border Patrol agents and give them additional tools and resources to secure our border. Dan has also introduced legislation to provide incentive pay to Border Patrol who have worked so hard to keep our country safe.
Dan also knows that Texas has felt the burden of the border crisis more than any other state and has stepped up while the federal government fails to do its job, which is why he introduced legislation to reimburse Texas taxpayers for the resources devoted to securing the border.
The illegal immigration crisis is fueled in part by loopholes in our asylum laws and flaws in current immigration statutes that encourage migrants to cross into our country illegally. That is why Dan has introduced legislation to stop the abuse of our asylum system and reduce the incentive for illegal immigrants to use migrant children to gain entry into our country.
As the Mexican drug cartels facilitate and take advantage of the border crisis to traffic humans deadly drugs like fentanyl into our country, Dan has taken the fight directly to the cartels. Dan has introduced legislation to authorize the use of military force against the cartels and target their finances as well as anyone who aids and abets cartel activity. Dan’s leadership on this issue earned him the chairmanship of the Congressional Cartel Task Force, which Dan helped establish in order to produce comprehensive solutions to stop the cartel threat.
PROTECTING AMERICAN
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Coming from an oil and gas family, Dan Crenshaw understands the importance of this vital industry to the United States. That’s why Dan has fought to protect American energy independence against attacks from radical environmentalists who want to abolish fossil fuels.
As a member of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives, Dan has introduced legislation to protect America’s refineries, stop the endless delay of energy projects, and ensure America is keeping pace with oil production.
Dan introduced the Keeping America’s Refineries Act to ensure the EPA does not open up petroleum refiners to needless lawsuits for using a widely used chemical in the refining process.
As the Biden Administration continues to indefinitely delay the approval of energy projects, Dan introduced the Primacy Certainty Act to give states a reliable timeline for the approval of carbon capture projects, which are intended to store carbon dioxide in geological wells.
To address the Biden Administration’s refusal to keep pace with approving lease sales for oil production, Dan introduced the Conservation Funding Protection Act. This bill requires the Department of the Interior to hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill is called the Conservation Funding Protection Act because the revenue generated from these sales often goes to funding key environmental conservation projects.
DEFENDING OUR
SECOND AMENDMENT
Dan Crenshaw is a staunch defender of your Second Amendment rights.
Dan has introduced legislation to prevent any federal funding from going toward the implementation of state red flag laws - the Preventing Unjust Red Flag Laws Act.
Dan knows that unelected bureaucrats, like those at the ATF, are often responsible for attacks on law-abiding gun owners. That’s why Dan introduced the ATF Accountability Act in response to the agency’s attempt to ban pistol braces, which are used by many disabled veterans to provide more stability when using a firearm. Dan’s legislation would ensure that firearm dealers and manufacturers are able to appeal any ruling from the ATF, a capability that does not exist under current law.
Dan understands that defending our Second Amendment rights also means talking to audiences who don’t normally hear our arguments on this issue. That’s why Dan doesn’t hesitate to go onto more liberal media outlets like CNN to stand up for the rights of Americans to keep and bear arms.
IMPROVING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND PROTECTING CHILDREN
As a member of the Health Subcommittee on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Dan Crenshaw has worked to improve our health care system and protect children from radical ideology that has crept into American health care.
Dan knows that the entry point into our health care system should be quality primary care. That is why Dan has worked to improve access to direct primary care, an innovative model of health care delivery that gives patients access to primary care physicians in exchange for an affordable monthly fee. Dan has introduced legislation to ensure Medicaid recipients are able to access direct primary care in their respective states, which will help reduce emergency room visits of Medicaid patients and improve their quality of care.
Dan has also stood up to a dangerous phenomenon that has crept into America’s health care system - the radical ideology that children should be encouraged and even helped in changing their biological sex. Dan has introduced legislation to stop taxpayer funding of programs for children’s hospitals that engage in so-called “gender affirming care” on minors, which includes puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and sex change surgery.
As Dan pointed out during a viral exchange at an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, there is no quality evidence of the benefits of “gender affirming care” on children. In the absence of this quality evidence, Dan Crenshaw believes we must stop this dangerous practice before we do irreparable harm to an entire generation of children.