Issues

Michelle sees the impact of rising costs on families daily at Pulga Los Portales, the community market she runs. More customers are coming weekly to find affordable produce and food and bargain for cheaper home goods that are too expensive at the grocery store.

The most significant cost facing many families continues to be rising health care and prescription drug costs. Michelle will take on the drug and insurance companies to lower prices and make health care affordable for every South Texas family. Michelle's mother battled multiple sclerosis for 15 long years and had no option but to go to Mexico to afford treatment and medications. No American should be forced across the border for the care they need in the richest country on earth.

In addition, Michelle knows we need to strengthen our supply chain by bringing manufacturing jobs back to America. We can lower costs and put Americans to work by keeping those jobs here instead of in other countries. Wages must also keep up with inflation. Therefore, Michelle supports raising the minimum wage and tying it to inflation so Americans' incomes aren't slashed by inflation.

Michelle also supports investing in Texas' wind and solar energy production, which can help stabilize our grid and lower electricity costs for South Texas families.

Finally, Michelle will also fight to strengthen the region's small businesses and economic development so entrepreneurial families can lift themselves up and provide a better life for their children.