• Supports efforts to reduce Sales, Property, and Inventory tax burdens to support capital and personnel intensive industries in Texas.

 

• Supports legislation and appropriations for expanded career, technology, and trade programs in Texas public schools with necessary materials such as high tech and relevant machinery/equipment, curriculum, and hands-on toolkits for school classrooms and expanded student career readiness choices.

 

• Supports legislation that will continue to assist the participation, education, and training of Veterans transitioning to the civilian workforce in Texas, and ease the burden of transition to civilian life for military members and their families.

 

• Supports efforts to establish/expand funding mechanisms for transportation infrastructure, including industrial airport facilities such as Kelly Field that serve as critical and strategic assets for industry, trade, and our military, as well as for disaster response and emergency management.