Issues

Are you a farmer, rancher, or other ag producer and want to know Clayton's exact policies for your specific commodities? As a part of the Texas Farmers Union leadership, Clayton stands with the Farmers Union and will fight for their policies -- both in Austin and as a strong advocate in DC. Click here for a detailed overview of each commodity.

Check out the issues important to Clayton, and let him know which ones are also important to you!

Stop AI Data Centers

Data centers, including those for AI, are coming to mess with Texas. With them will come higher water and power bills, dry water wells, and no real jobs. These data centers are...

Bust Monopolies

Monopolies are devouring America. They destroy small businesses, they price-gouge Americans, they rewrite our trade rules to ship our jobs overseas, they allow toxins to be in our food, they turn free...

Stop Microplastics

Microplastics are polluting our water, food, soil, and even our bones and brains. This must be stopped to protect our health and the future of our families. We support measures to prevent...

Fight for Family Farms

Transnational corporations and other monopolies are killing family farms and ranches. If we don't stop them, there won't be any family farms left in Texas. We need to break up the monopolies,...

Conservation and Responsible Soil Management

Agriculture, and thus the rest of civilization, depends on good soil. Soil erosion and degradation are a significant concern for securing our food supply. We must further research and promote sustainable and...

Make Food Affordable Again

While corporate profits are sky-high, family farmers are paid pennies on the dollar of what they are owed, and consumers are being price-gouged. Corporate middlemen are both suppressing farm income and raising...

Remove Harmful Chemicals from Foods

Food processors have put too many harmful chemicals and other additives into foods. These chemicals harm our health, and in some cases, they are designed to make our foods addictive.

No Kid Left Hungry

The Texas Department of Agriculture, responsible for providing food to Texas school children, must do more to ensure that no Texas children are left hungry or undernourished.

Regulate PFAS

Ranchers and farmers across Texas and other parts of the U.S. have had their land contaminated with PFAS. This continuation has killed both livestock and livelihoods. We have to protect our farmers,...

Water

All things depend on water. Many aquifers in Texas are shrinking. This is due to excessive water loss caused by leaky pipes, inefficient irrigation methods, and the efforts of a few billionaires to privatize our...

Rural Economy

The rural economy has suffered for decades. From the 1980s farm crisis to Reagan's offshoring of East Texas steel to NAFTA's destruction of rural jobs, rural Texans have long suffered under a...

Healthcare

All Texans deserve affordable, timely healthcare. With looming healthcare cuts, we need a government that fights to increase access to affordable, timely healthcare for all Texans -- not one that defunds healthcare...