{"id":492,"date":"2026-02-06T05:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliejohnson.com\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:42:55","slug":"issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juliejohnson.com\/es\/issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congresswoman Julie Johnson is focused on delivering real results for North Texas families by lowering costs, protecting fundamental rights, and strengthening an economy that works for people who earn a paycheck, raise families, and contribute to their communities.<\/span><\/h5>
Julie brings a record of serious governing to Congress. She does not chase headlines. She writes legislation, builds coalitions, and takes on tough fights to make life more a<\/span>ffordable and fair for working families.<\/span><\/h5>
Across every issue, Julie Johnson brings a clear approach: show up, do the work, and deliver results.<\/b> She is committed to building a future where families can afford to live, workers are respected, rights are protected, and our democracy is defended.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes the economy works best when workers are respected, families are supported, and government stands up to corporate abuse and political interference. Her record reflects a clear commitment to raising wages, protecting earned benefits, defending workers\u2019 rights, and ensuring that economic policy serves people who earn a paycheck, not just those at the top.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has consistently taken on the Trump agenda and its attacks on workers, unions, and the integrity of our labor institutions. When Donald Trump illegally fired independent labor officials and attempted to dismantle collective bargaining across the federal workforce, Julie fought back. She signed and led letters demanding the reinstatement of unlawfully fired members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, joined amicus briefs challenging those firings in federal court, and supported legislation to fully restore collective bargaining rights for more than 1.5 million federal workers, many of whom are veterans.<\/span><\/p>

Julie is a strong supporter of workers\u2019 right to organize. She cosponsored the <\/span>PRO Act<\/b>, backed the <\/span>Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act<\/b>, and supported the <\/span>Protect America\u2019s Workforce Act<\/b> to overturn Trump\u2019s executive order stripping union protections. She has stood with TSA workers, VA employees, educators, first responders, home care workers, and federal employees whose rights and livelihoods have been directly targeted.<\/span><\/p>

Raising wages is central to Julie\u2019s economic vision. She cosponsored the <\/span>Raise the Wage Act<\/b>, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, and supported the <\/span>FAIR Act<\/b> to close the pay gap between federal workers and their private-sector counterparts. She has also backed equal pay legislation and resolutions recognizing the persistent wage disparities faced by women and working parents.<\/span><\/p>

Julie understands that a strong economy depends on a skilled workforce. She introduced the <\/span>Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act<\/b> to cut red tape and speed up training pipelines for health care workers by modernizing and digitizing the federal apprenticeship process. She also supported career and technical education pathways through the <\/span>Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act<\/b>, helping workers access good-paying jobs without taking on crushing debt.<\/span><\/p>

Protecting earned benefits is non-negotiable. Julie introduced the <\/span>Reliable Social Security Service for Seniors Act<\/b> to ensure Social Security offices are fully staffed and seniors can speak to real people during business hours. She has consistently opposed Republican efforts to undermine Social Security and Medicare and fought attempts to weaken the agencies seniors rely on most.<\/span><\/p>

Julie\u2019s labor record also reflects her commitment to safety and dignity on the job. She cosponsored legislation to properly classify 911 dispatchers as protective service workers, provide presumptive cancer benefits for first responders, protect occupational safety research by saving NIOSH, and oppose dangerous proposals like single-pilot commercial airline operations. She has stood up for child care workers, supported permanent federal child care funding through the <\/span>Building Child Care for a Better Future Act<\/b>, and backed paid family and medical leave so no one has to choose between a paycheck and their health or family.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has also defended the integrity of our economic data and institutions. She strongly opposed Trump\u2019s politically motivated firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, warning that undermining trusted economic data harms workers, businesses, and the entire economy.<\/span><\/p>

Across every action, Julie Johnson has shown that standing up for workers means standing up to political interference, corporate abuse, and extremist agendas. Her approach is simple: protect workers\u2019 rights, raise wages, defend earned benefits, and ensure the economy works for the people who keep it running.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes public service should be about serving the public, not profiting off the job. At a time when trust in government is under attack, she has taken real steps to strengthen accountability, transparency, and ethics in Congress.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has supported a ban on congressional stock trading by signing on as a cosponsor of legislation to prohibit members of Congress from trading individual stocks. She believes elected officials should not be able to buy and sell stocks while making decisions that can move markets and affect people\u2019s retirement savings, jobs, and cost of living.<\/span><\/p>

She has also held herself to a higher standard. After she was elected in 2024 and began serving in Congress, Julie divested her personal stock holdings. She chose to reduce potential conflicts of interest because earning the trust of her constituents requires more than meeting the minimum legal standard. It requires acting with integrity and putting the public interest first.<\/span><\/p>

Julie Johnson was one of the 218 members to sign a discharge petition to immediately release all of the Epstein files to the American people. No one is above the law, no matter their wealth or what political party they belong to.<\/span><\/p>

Julie will continue fighting for strong ethics rules, tougher enforcement, and transparency that makes government worthy of the people it serves.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes health care is a right, not a privilege, and that personal medical decisions belong to patients, families, and doctors\u2014not politicians. Her record in the state legislature and work in Congress reflect a comprehensive approach: lowering costs, expanding access, protecting science-based care, and defending reproductive freedom against coordinated attacks.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has focused on confronting insurance practices that delay or deny care. She introduced the <\/span>Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act<\/b>, which limits burdensome prior authorization requirements so patients with autoimmune diseases and blood disorders are not forced to re-justify lifesaving medications year after year. She also supports the <\/span>Denials Don\u2019t Pay Act<\/b> and the <\/span>Improving Seniors\u2019 Timely Access to Care Act<\/b>, cracking down on abusive prior authorization practices in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare.<\/span><\/p>

To reduce prescription drug costs, Julie cosponsors legislation to expand Inflation Reduction Act drug-price negotiations beyond Medicare to private insurance plans, cap insulin costs for children, and ensure Medicare covers essential services like dental, vision, hearing, portable ultrasounds, and post-acute care.<\/span><\/p>

She has also voted to protect Medicaid and Medicare from historic Republican cuts and opposed legislation that would weaken Affordable Care Act protections or allow enhanced ACA tax credits to expire.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has cosponsored <\/span>Medicare for All<\/b> and has consistently defended and expanded the Affordable Care Act. She cosponsors bills to make enhanced premium tax credits permanent, extend open enrollment, restore auto-reenrollment, and fund Navigators who help families sign up for coverage. She also backs the <\/span>COVER Now Act<\/b>, which would close the Medicaid coverage gap in non-expansion states by allowing local demonstration projects to provide coverage.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has fought efforts to undermine Medicaid through data-sharing with immigration authorities, funding freezes, and backdoor eligibility cuts. She supports protections ensuring Medicaid beneficiaries can choose their health care provider and has joined amicus briefs defending access to preventive and reproductive care for Medicaid patients.<\/span><\/p>

Julie is a strong defender of reproductive rights in a post-Roe America. She cosponsors the <\/span>Women\u2019s Health Protection Act<\/b> to restore a nationwide right to abortion and the <\/span>Ensuring Women\u2019s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act<\/b> to protect the right to travel for care. She also supports repealing the Hyde Amendment through the <\/span>EACH Act<\/b>, ensuring abortion coverage for people enrolled in government health plans.<\/span><\/p>

She has backed the <\/span>Right to Contraception Act<\/b>, opposed disinformation from crisis pregnancy centers, protected reproductive health data privacy, and voted against extreme bills designed to criminalize doctors and patients.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has taken repeated action to ensure emergency abortion care remains protected under federal law, enforce the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, and stop Republicans from weaponizing antiquated laws to impose a national abortion ban.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has been a vocal advocate for evidence-based medicine and public health. She has opposed political interference in agencies like the CDC, NIH, FDA, and USPSTF, signed letters demanding reinstatement of fired scientists and advisory board members, and joined litigation defending NIH research funding.<\/span><\/p>

She supports restoring and expanding public health funding, including the Prevention and Public Health Fund, HIV prevention programs, maternal health initiatives, and biomedical research. Julie has also fought anti-vaccine misinformation and defended the integrity of vaccine recommendations and coverage.<\/span><\/p>

Julie is a member of the <\/span>Black Maternal Health Caucus<\/b> and has supported legislation to reduce maternal mortality, expand postpartum coverage, and address racial disparities in care. She backs comprehensive maternal health services under Medicaid, supports community health centers, and has pushed for protections for mental and behavioral health care.<\/span><\/p>

She has also supported legislation to expand telehealth access, strengthen language accessibility in health care, protect disability benefits, and ensure children, seniors, and people with rare or chronic conditions can access timely diagnosis and treatment.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has defended U.S. leadership in global health by supporting funding for HIV\/AIDS prevention, maternal health, family planning, and reproductive care worldwide. She has also worked to protect reproductive health services for veterans and service members, including access to contraception, abortion care, and OB-GYN services through the VA and TRICARE.<\/span><\/p>

Across every vote, bill, and oversight action, Julie Johnson has shown she will not back down from protecting health care access and reproductive freedom\u2014even when it means standing up to Donald Trump and extremist efforts to roll back decades of progress. Her record reflects a simple commitment: trust patients, follow the science, and make sure every family can get the care they need.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Congresswoman Julie Johnson is taking on the housing crisis with a clear goal: make renting more stable, make homeownership achievable, and keep families housed in the communities they call home.<\/span><\/p>

As housing costs continue to rise across North Texas, Julie has focused on practical solutions that lower barriers for renters, expand access to credit, increase housing supply, and protect families from being priced out.<\/span><\/p>

Julie introduced the <\/span>Access to Affordable Homeownership Act,<\/b> legislation that allows renters to build credit through on-time rent payments. For millions of families who pay rent every month but are locked out of homeownership due to thin or nonexistent credit histories, this bill creates a fairer pathway to buying a home.<\/span><\/p>

She has also supported tax relief for first-time buyers by cosponsoring the <\/span>First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Ac<\/b>t, which provides a refundable tax credit of up to $15,000 to help families cover down payments and closing costs. To increase housing supply and ease pressure on prices, Julie backed the <\/span>More Homes on the Market Act<\/b>, incentivizing long-term homeowners to sell and helping free up inventory in tight housing markets.<\/span><\/p>

Julie understands that renters need relief too. She has supported comprehensive legislation like the <\/span>American Affordability Act,<\/b> which expands the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, converts vacant commercial buildings into housing, provides rent relief, and invests in affordable housing nationwide. These are scalable solutions to a crisis affecting every state.<\/span><\/p>

Protecting fair housing is a core priority. Julie has repeatedly pushed back against efforts to cut Fair Housing grants and weaken enforcement. She signed letters to the Department of Housing and Urban Development raising serious concerns about staffing cuts, stop-work orders, funding cancellations, and potential conflicts of interest under HUD Secretary Scott Turner, warning that these actions threaten housing stability and civil rights protections.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has also fought to protect the <\/span>Continuum of Care Program<\/b>, the largest federal funding source for addressing homelessness. When its funding was at risk of expiring, she joined efforts urging immediate action to prevent hundreds of thousands of people, including families and veterans, from being pushed back into homelessness.<\/span><\/p>

As a member of the Bipartisan Real Estate Caucus, Julie works with housing stakeholders, builders, lenders, and advocates to expand housing opportunities while maintaining strong consumer protections. She has supported legislation to improve transparency and fairness in mortgage markets, including ensuring veterans are informed of VA loan options that often offer better terms, strengthening title protections, and lowering FHA premiums to reduce monthly costs for buyers.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has also prioritized housing access for veterans, cosponsoring the VAREP Congressional Charter Act to expand housing counseling and support services for veterans transitioning to civilian life, a group disproportionately affected by housing instability.<\/span><\/p>

Across every action, Julie Johnson has taken a balanced and serious approach: increase supply, lower costs, protect renters, expand credit access, and defend fair housing enforcement. Her housing agenda reflects a simple belief: if you work hard, pay your bills, and contribute to your community, you should be able to afford a safe place to live and have a real shot at owning a home.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes the United States can secure the border and uphold the rule of law without abandoning due process, tearing families apart, or turning immigration enforcement into a political weapon. Her approach is grounded in public safety, constitutional rights, and real accountability, especially as the Trump administration escalates a deportation machine that targets communities and undermines basic freedoms.<\/span><\/p>

Julie introduced the <\/span>Border Workforce Improvement Act<\/b> to require DHS, CBP, ICE, and USCIS to conduct a full assessment of staffing needs and capability gaps, so Congress can target resources where they are actually needed. Her goal is a system that functions effectively, processes cases efficiently, and focuses enforcement where it belongs, rather than the chaos that benefits smugglers and private prison corporations.<\/span><\/p>

She has also supported smart, modern tools that strengthen security and operations at the border, including backing legislation to deploy <\/span>emerging border technologies<\/b> responsibly and improve DHS research security.<\/span><\/p>

Julie has been a consistent watchdog over ICE and current DHS misconduct.<\/b> She has demanded answers about conditions and treatment in detention facilities, including co-leading letters demanding transparency over reported mistreatment at the Dallas ICE detention facility and pressing ICE for accountability when congressional liaisons stop responding to constituent advocates. In 2025, she visited a West Texas ICE detention center where many immigrants from Dallas County are taken. She witnessed firsthand how a majority of those detained had no criminal convictions.<\/span><\/p>

Julie Johnson supports reforms that protect the public and restore trust, including:<\/span><\/p>