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’ rights, and ensuring that economic policy serves people who earn a paycheck, not just those at the top.

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.

Julie is a strong supporter of workers’ right to organize. She cosponsored the PRO Act, backed the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, and supported the Protect America’s Workforce Act to overturn Trump’s 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.

Raising wages is central to Julie’s economic vision. She cosponsored the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, and supported the FAIR Act 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.

Julie understands that a strong economy depends on a skilled workforce. She introduced the Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act 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 Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act, helping workers access good-paying jobs without taking on crushing debt.

Protecting earned benefits is non-negotiable. Julie introduced the Reliable Social Security Service for Seniors Act 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.

Julie’s 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 Building Child Care for a Better Future Act, and backed paid family and medical leave so no one has to choose between a paycheck and their health or family.

Julie has also defended the integrity of our economic data and institutions. She strongly opposed Trump’s politically motivated firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, warning that undermining trusted economic data harms workers, businesses, and the entire economy.

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’ rights, raise wages, defend earned benefits, and ensure the economy works for the people who keep it running.

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.

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’s retirement savings, jobs, and cost of living.

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.

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.

Julie will continue fighting for strong ethics rules, tougher enforcement, and transparency that makes government worthy of the people it serves.

Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes health care is a right, not a privilege, and that personal medical decisions belong to patients, families, and doctors—not 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.

Julie has focused on confronting insurance practices that delay or deny care. She introduced the Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act, 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 Denials Don’t Pay Act and the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, cracking down on abusive prior authorization practices in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare.

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.

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.

Julie has cosponsored Medicare for All 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 COVER Now Act, which would close the Medicaid coverage gap in non-expansion states by allowing local demonstration projects to provide coverage.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Julie is a member of the Black Maternal Health Caucus 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.

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.

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.

Across every vote, bill, and oversight action, Julie Johnson has shown she will not back down from protecting health care access and reproductive freedom—even 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.

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.

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.

Julie introduced the Access to Affordable Homeownership Act, 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.

She has also supported tax relief for first-time buyers by cosponsoring the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, 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 More Homes on the Market Act, incentivizing long-term homeowners to sell and helping free up inventory in tight housing markets.

Julie understands that renters need relief too. She has supported comprehensive legislation like the American Affordability Act, 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.

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.

Julie has also fought to protect the Continuum of Care Program, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Julie introduced the Border Workforce Improvement Act 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.

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

Julie has been a consistent watchdog over ICE and current DHS misconduct. 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.

Julie Johnson supports reforms that protect the public and restore trust, including:

• CLEAR ID Act and the No Secret Police Act, which require immigration officers to clearly identify themselves, display insignia, and stop using masks and unmarked tactics that foster fear and enable impersonators.
  
• The Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations.
  
• The Restoring Access to Detainee Act, to ensure that detained individuals can contact lawyers and families.
  
• The Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act, to protect pregnant, postpartum, and lactating women and end abusive detention practices.
  
• The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, to reform detention by strengthening due process, oversight, and alternatives to detention.
  

Julie has also introduced the Qualified Immunity Accountability Act because no federal agent should be above the law when rights are violated and communities are harmed.

Julie supports a pathway to citizenship and stability for longtime residents who contribute to our communities. She cosponsors the Bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act, which protects Dreamers and provides a pathway to citizenship for eligible Dreamers, TPS recipients, and others.

She has repeatedly pushed back against efforts to strip lawful protections, including signing letters opposing policies that:

• deny DACA recipients access to health care under the ACA,
• unlawfully detain DACA recipients,
• terminate TPS designations, including for Afghans, Venezuelans, and others, and
• impose new barriers like fees and indefinite pauses on immigration processing tied to travel bans.
  

She also led efforts demanding the release of Texas Office of Refugee Resettlement funding, warning that freezing obligated funds threatens services and stability for refugees and the state’s capacity to meet humanitarian needs.

Unlike others in the race for TX33, Julie has consistently opposed immigration proposals that are designed to expand detention, weaken due process, and hand partisan state attorneys general new ways to sabotage federal immigration policy. That is why she voted against measures like the Laken Riley Act and other bills that would mandate sweeping detention triggers for minor offenses or empower political lawsuits intended to create nationwide chaos through friendly courts.

At the same time, she supports policies that keep communities safe without scapegoating immigrants or repeating ineffective failures. She voted for measures addressing fentanyl while supporting safeguards to ensure policies actually reduce overdose deaths, and she backs anti-trafficking and victim protection legislation.

Julie has joined amicus briefs and oversight efforts defending core constitutional principles, including birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. She has also fought against the diversion of sensitive federal data and demanded answers when private actors are granted unprecedented access to government systems.

Julie Johnson’s record reflects a simple standard: security with competence, enforcement with accountability, and immigration policy with humanity and constitutional guardrails. She will keep fighting back against Trump’s deportation machine, protecting due process, and delivering an immigration system that respects the law and the people who live under it.

Congresswoman Julie Johnson has been a consistent, vocal defender of LGBTQ+ people’s dignity, safety, and freedom to live openly and authentically. As the first openly gay member of Congress from the South, she treats equality not as a talking point, but as a governing principle backed by legislation, oversight, and action.

Julie is a proud cosponsor of the Equality Act, landmark legislation that would finally guarantee nationwide protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, education, credit, jury service, public accommodations, and federally funded programs. She has also supported the No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act, ensuring that executive actions targeting LGBTQ+ people have no force of law and that federal dollars cannot be used to enforce them.

She has repeatedly opposed efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to erase LGBTQ+ protections from federal policy, including signing letters condemning the removal of LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination language from civil rights enforcement and human rights reporting.

Julie has taken direct action to protect transgender Americans from government overreach and discrimination. She led efforts urging the Office of Management and Budget to reject proposed passport changes that would force transgender people to list “biological sex at birth,” undermining their identity and safety.

She cosponsors the Transgender Health Care Access Act, expanding access to gender-affirming care by training providers, strengthening medical education, increasing capacity at community health centers, and improving access in rural communities. She has also voted against extreme legislation that would criminalize doctors and parents for providing medically necessary gender-affirming care to minors.

Julie has opposed anti-trans policies across federal agencies, including signing oversight letters demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs reinstate care for veterans with gender dysphoria and condemning discriminatory practices that deny medically necessary treatment.

Julie has been a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ youth, especially those facing bullying, mental health crises, or discrimination in schools and foster care systems. She cosponsors the Safe Schools Improvement Act, requiring evidence-based anti-bullying protections in K–12 schools, and the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ foster youth and prospective parents.

She has fought to preserve and expand crisis support by backing the 988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act and signing letters opposing cuts to LGBTQ+-specific 988 Lifeline services. She also cosponsors the Pride in Mental Health Act, which strengthens mental health services, research, and data collection for LGBTQ+ youth, including those in foster care.

Julie is a cosponsor of the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, the first federal effort to classify so-called “conversion therapy” as fraudulent and deceptive, allowing federal and state enforcement to stop these dangerous practices. She has joined amicus briefs defending state bans on conversion therapy and supported resolutions recognizing LGBTQ+ Equality Day and International Transgender Day of Visibility.

She has also taken action against hate-fueled violence, cosponsoring resolutions commemorating the Pulse Nightclub shooting, supporting full enforcement of federal hate crime laws, and demanding accountability when the Department of Justice scales back hate crime prevention efforts.

Julie understands that equality does not stop at U.S. borders. She cosponsors the Global Respect Act and the International Human Rights Defense Act, holding foreign officials accountable for violence and persecution against LGBTQ+ people and restoring U.S. leadership on global LGBTQ+ human rights. She has signed letters condemning anti-LGBTQ laws abroad and opposing efforts to erase LGBTQ+ people from U.S. human rights reporting.

At home, she has defended LGBTQ+ history and visibility, including opposing attempts to rewrite or erase the legacy of the Stonewall uprising and civil rights leaders like Harvey Milk.

Across legislation, oversight, and advocacy, Julie Johnson has shown she will not back down from defending LGBTQ+ people against discrimination, erasure, or political attacks. Her record reflects a simple belief: equality means full equality, and everyone deserves to live with safety, dignity, and freedom.

Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes a strong economy starts with strong workers. Her labor and workforce record reflects a clear commitment to raising wages, defending the right to organize, protecting public servants, and building a workforce system that works for the modern economy, not corporate abuse or political interference.

Julie has been a consistent defender of workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively. She is a cosponsor of the PRO Act, which strengthens protections for workers seeking to unionize, and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, extending collective bargaining rights to public sector workers in states like Texas, where those protections are currently denied.

When Donald Trump issued an executive order stripping collective bargaining rights from more than 1.5 million federal employees, Julie fought back. She cosponsored and voted to advance the Protect America’s Workforce Act, signed letters demanding the executive order be rescinded, and supported the successful discharge effort to force a vote restoring union rights. She also backed legislation to restore collective bargaining rights for TSA employees and VA health care workers.

Julie went further by defending the integrity of labor enforcement itself. She signed letters and joined amicus briefs opposing Trump’s illegal firing of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, warning that politicizing independent labor institutions undermines workers’ rights nationwide.

Julie supports policies that ensure work pays. She cosponsors the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, and backs the FAIR Act to close the pay gap between federal workers and their private-sector counterparts.

She has also supported efforts to address gender-based wage disparities, including backing Equal Pay resolutions and defending institutions like the Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau that play a critical role in advancing workplace equity.

Julie has focused on strengthening workforce pipelines and expanding access to good-paying jobs. She introduced the Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act to modernize and speed up apprenticeship approvals, helping address health care workforce shortages while reducing unnecessary bureaucracy.

She also supports alternative pathways beyond four-year degrees. Through her support for the Student Debt Alternative and Career and Technical Education Awareness Act, Julie is helping workers access transparent information about training programs that lead directly to in-demand jobs.

Julie has consistently stood with public servants and frontline workers. She introduced the Reliable Social Security Service for Seniors Act to ensure Social Security offices are fully staffed so seniors can speak with real people during business hours.

She cosponsored the 911 SAVES Act to properly recognize emergency telecommunicators as protective service workers, supported presumptive cancer benefits for first responders through the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, and opposed unsafe labor practices like single-pilot commercial airline operations that put workers and the public at risk.

Julie has also defended Job Corps centers, opposed cuts to occupational safety research at NIOSH, and fought back against politically motivated interference with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, warning that undermining trusted labor data harms workers, businesses, and the broader economy.

Julie understands that workers cannot stay in the workforce without support at home. She cosponsors the Building Child Care for a Better Future Act, making permanent federal child care funding and strengthening the child care workforce, and the FAMILY Act, providing paid family and medical leave so workers do not have to choose between a paycheck and their health or family.

She has also backed expanded leave protections for educators and paraprofessionals, opposed rules that would destabilize the home care workforce, and pushed the Department of Labor to address the growing number of women being forced out of the workforce due to child care costs and lack of paid leave.

Across legislation, oversight, and advocacy, Julie Johnson has shown that standing with workers means defending their rights, raising pay, protecting safety, and building systems that let people work with dignity. She will continue fighting for an economy where workers are respected, unions are protected, and opportunity is real.

Congresswoman Julie Johnson believes that when someone serves this country, that commitment does not end when they take off the uniform. Veterans deserve dignity, stability, and access to the benefits they earned, and Julie has built a record of action to back that promise up.

Julie introduced the Improving Military Financial Literacy Act to ensure service members receive effective, trackable financial readiness training, helping them avoid predatory practices and better prepare for life during and after service.

She has consistently supported legislation to protect and expand earned benefits, including cosponsoring the Major Richard Star Act to end the unfair offset that denies combat-injured veterans their full retirement and disability benefits, and the Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act, which permanently codifies the VA Individual Unemployability program.

Julie has also supported the Feed Hungry Veterans Act, expanding access to SNAP benefits for disabled veterans, and the SALUTE Act, which helps service members and military families cover the hidden costs of cancer care not addressed by TRICARE.

Julie has been a strong advocate for comprehensive, equitable health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

She cosponsors the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act to ensure women veterans receive the same contraceptive care as civilians and active-duty service members, without co-pays. She also supports the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act, protecting veterans’ access to abortion care and counseling through the VA, and has repeatedly opposed efforts to roll back VA reproductive health services.

Julie has pushed for continued investment in medical research that directly benefits veterans by cosponsoring the Medical Research for Our Troops Act, restoring funding for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.

She has also taken firm oversight action against policies that undermine care, signing letters opposing disruptive return-to-office mandates at the VA that threaten telehealth, privacy, and access to services, and demanding protections for the Veterans Crisis Line workforce so veterans can reach help when they need it most.

Julie understands that many veterans continue to serve their country as federal employees and VA health care workers. She cosponsors the Veteran Retention and Reporting Act, which would reinstate veterans wrongfully fired from federal jobs and require transparency around veteran dismissals since Donald Trump returned to office.

She also supports the VA Employee Fairness Act, restoring full collective bargaining rights for VA health care professionals, strengthening workplace conditions, and improving patient care for veterans.

Supporting military families, survivors, and housing stability

Julie has consistently backed military families and survivors. She cosponsors the Love Lives On Act and the Caring for Survivors Act, expanding benefits and financial security for surviving spouses and dependents.

Recognizing the housing challenges many veterans face, Julie cosponsors legislation to expand access to VA mortgages and the VAREP Congressional Charter Act, supporting housing counseling and homeownership opportunities for veterans and service members transitioning to civilian life.

She has also supported protections for LGBTQ+ service members and veterans by cosponsoring the Fit to Serve Act, ensuring no one is denied service or medically necessary care because of who they are.

Across legislation, oversight, and advocacy, Julie Johnson has shown that supporting veterans means more than symbolic gestures. It means protecting benefits, expanding access to care, defending veterans in the workforce, and standing up to policies that break faith with those who served.

Her message to veterans is simple: your service mattered, your sacrifice counts, and she will not stop fighting to make sure this country keeps its promise to you.