Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source ↗
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Crenshaw supports reforms to Medicare and Social Security that he says are needed to preserve the programs for future generations. He calls for reforms to be fiscally responsible and rejects taxing the next generation as the solution to their long-term finances.
Context: The source does not specify what reforms he supports.
Crenshaw opposes a single-payer health care system, arguing that a free-market, competitive, patient-centered system is a better approach. He says his experience as a patient in military and VA care informs his concern about systems without competition or accountability.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.
Crenshaw supports legislation requiring insurance companies to provide health coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. He says people with those conditions should not be denied coverage.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.
Crenshaw supports the Lower Costs, More Cures Act, which he says would cap seniors’ annual out-of-pocket drug costs, improve price transparency, and increase competition by bringing more low-cost generic medicines to market. He presents the bill as a way to lower drug costs while protecting access to new medicines and encouraging innovation.
Context: The source describes the bill as a proposal and does not state that it became law.
Crenshaw supports congressional leadership to help city, county, state, and other local stakeholders collaborate on disaster-recovery project and cost management. The named stakeholders include the San Jacinto River Authority, Harris County Flood Control District, and Army Corps of Engineers.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.
Crenshaw supports legislation waiving procedural conditions used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency to help states with disaster recovery. He presents the waivers as one part of Congress’s role in supporting recovery.
Context: The source does not specify which procedural conditions would be waived.
Crenshaw says flood mitigation has been a priority since he ran for office after Hurricane Harvey. He says he secured more than $200 million for district projects including San Jacinto River dredging, spillway reinforcement, detention ponds and drainage improvements, and supported a watershed study and better disaster communications. He also lists $19 million in FY26 earmarks and $15 million for flood-prevention programs, and supports leadership and resources for a comprehensive regional flood plan and coordination among local stakeholders.
Context: The projects and funding described are for his district; the regional-plan and coordination measures appear as positions on what Congress should do.
Crenshaw says he will fight to protect the right to keep and bear arms and opposes government action that prevents law-abiding people from defending themselves. He also calls for better enforcement of current gun laws, especially background checks, to help keep guns out of the wrong hands. His position pairs that enforcement with opposition to restrictions on private gun ownership.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.
Crenshaw says he proposed the New Energy Frontier as part of a Republican environmental plan. The proposed bill would encourage further innovation in carbon-capture technology developed in Texas, with the aim of marketing that technology internationally to address global emissions. More broadly, he supports encouraging American innovators to develop an energy strategy that reduces emissions while supporting economic growth.
Context: The New Energy Frontier is described as proposed legislation, not as an enacted law.
Crenshaw supports incremental changes toward a free-market, competitive health care system that gives patients more control over their care decisions and reduces federal government involvement. He points to increasing competition and bringing generic drugs to market faster as ways to address drug prices. He also supports Direct Primary Care and the Lower Costs, More Cures Act, which he says would lower drug costs while protecting access to new medicines and encouraging innovation.
Context: The page identifies broad goals and named measures but does not set out a single legislative plan to establish this system.