Dade is Shutting Down the Woke Agenda in Texas. He passed legislation:

• Banning the radical teaching of critical race theory in schools

• Putting a stop to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at Texas higher education institutions

• Keeping biological boys out of girls’ sports

• Protecting children from transgender mutilation surgeries

• Prohibiting pornographic materials in school books

• Banning all drag shows in front of children

• Banning private employers from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates

 

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Dade has done more to secure the border than any other State Representative and Texas Speaker in history. Since being elected to represent Southeast Texas, Dade has voted for roughly $13.4 billion in border security funding. Nearly half of that came under his leadership as Speaker. He passed legislation:

• Providing a record $6.5 billion investment in border security to finish the wall and fund our troopers

• Making it a criminal offense to illegally enter the state, which is the strongest border security law in the country and one that Biden is working overtime to shut down

• Empowering law enforcement to return migrants to where they came from

• Designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations

• Empowering the U.S. Border Patrol to search, seize and arrest

 

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Dade puts the public safety of Southeast Texans first. He passed legislation:

• Banning cities from defunding their police

• Holding rogue District Attorneys accountable by empowering courts to remove them if they pick and choose which laws they enforce

• Allowing fentanyl deaths to be prosecuted as murder

• Making homeless camping on public land a class C misdemeanor

 

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Dade is a proven fighter for Texas taxpayers. He passed bills:

• Providing $18 billion in property tax relief -- the largest state property tax cut in American history

• Easing the property tax burden on the small businesses of Southeast Texas by establishing an appraisal cap on commercial and non-homesteaded properties

• Enabling the small businesses of Southeast Texas to keep more of their hard-earned profits by raising the earnings threshold for the state franchise tax

• Giving Texans a greater voice and increasing accountability by adding elected positions to local appraisal boards

• Banning a state income tax by enshrining it in the Texas Constitution

 

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Dade is a stalwart defender of the 2nd Amendment. His record includes passing bills:

• Giving Texans the right to carry without a license AKA “Constitutional Carry”

• Making Texas a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary State to protect Texans from federal overreach

 

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Dade is a Christian first and unapologetically pro-life. Texas is the most pro-life state in America because of legislation Dade passed, including:

• Banning abortion in the State of Texas following Roe v. Wade’s reversal

• Banning abortion after 6 weeks, the point at which a baby’s heartbeat is detected (prior to Roe’s reversal)

• Tackling the maternal mortality crisis by expanding access to pregnancy and childhood services

• Extending health benefits from 60 days to 12 months for new mothers and their babies

 

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Dade is protecting Texans and our children by standing up to Big Tech. He passed bills:

• Strengthening privacy protections of Texans by giving them greater control over their data and how much is exposed to Big Tech companies

• Restricting access to pornographic material among children and holding social media companies accountable for verifying user ages

• Giving parents more control over their children’s social media activity, requiring parental consent for children to create social media accounts.