Groceries
Support competition, American agriculture and resilient supply chains while identifying unnecessary federal costs that ultimately reach consumers.
Affordability & Texas Kitchen Table
Washington Talks About the Economy — Texans Live It.
Government measures the economy in trillions of dollars. Texas families measure it differently.
They measure it at the grocery store. At the gas pump.
When the mortgage or rent is due. When the electric bill arrives.
When the insurance renewal comes. When somebody gets sick.
When they look at what's left in the checking account at the end of the month.
That is why Avery Ayers is making affordability the centerpiece of his campaign for the United States Senate.
The Texas Kitchen Table
Before supporting major economic legislation, Congress should answer a basic question:
Will this make the Texas household stronger or weaker?
The Texas Kitchen Table Agenda focuses on ten household pressures.
Housing
Promote homeownership, housing supply and responsible policies that help first-time buyers without creating another housing bubble.
Homeowners Insurance
Catastrophic-risk markets, insurance competition, fraud and other factors can contribute to escalating homeowner costs. Homeowners insurance deserves particular attention: Texans carry one of the country's highest homeowners insurance burdens.
Electricity & Energy
Reliable energy is an affordability issue. Support American energy production, natural gas, nuclear power, renewables and a reliable electrical grid.
Healthcare
Demand greater price transparency, stronger competition and lower prescription-drug costs while protecting patients from unexpected medical expenses.
Transportation
Energy and transportation policy should recognize what working families actually pay to commute, operate businesses and move goods.
Taxes
Working- and middle-income Americans should be able to keep more of what they earn while Washington confronts wasteful spending and the national debt.
Small Business
Small businesses create jobs, strengthen communities and provide economic mobility. Reduce unnecessary federal bureaucracy and help Texas entrepreneurs access capital, technology, apprenticeships and AI productivity tools.
Seniors, Social Security & Medicare
Protect the retirement security Americans spent their working lives earning while confronting these programs' long-term financial challenges honestly. Washington cannot permanently spend money it doesn't have. Congress needs stronger fiscal discipline, meaningful oversight and accountability for waste.
Veterans
America's commitment to veterans doesn't end when the uniform comes off. Improve access to healthcare, employment, housing assistance and transition services.
Building the future
Opportunity, security and Texas leadership.
Artificial Intelligence & the American Worker
America must lead the AI revolution, but American workers must participate in the prosperity it creates. Promote AI education, workforce retraining, apprenticeships and responsible innovation.
Data Center Developers & Local Texas Communities
- Require a 30-day local public-comment period for upcoming data-center construction projects and land purchases in Texas.
- Require data centers to hire from the local area and prohibit H-1B visa employees.
- Require data centers to build water-recycling facilities for wastewater and byproducts.
- Power rules: Projects needing more than 25 megawatts must source electricity from new power supplies, including clean energy.
- Ratepayer protection: Developers must pay for their own energy needs instead of shifting costs to local utility customers.
- Tax ties: State tax exemptions or incentives require formal compliance with environmental and community rules.
As demand for artificial intelligence and data-center infrastructure grows, these guardrails will help Texas remain competitive while protecting ratepayers, local communities, workers and the environment.
Education & Workforce Development
College should not be presented as the only road to success. Expand access to skilled trades, apprenticeships, technical education and career-ready training.
Public Safety & Second Chances
Support law enforcement and safe communities while recognizing that people who have served their sentences and genuinely rebuilt their lives should have meaningful opportunities to become productive citizens.
Constitutional Freedoms
Defend freedom of speech, religious liberty, due process and the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans. No Sharia law in America.
American Leadership
Maintain a strong military, support America's service members and pursue foreign policy that protects American security and interests.
Jobs of the Future
Make Texas America's leader in artificial intelligence, energy, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity and skilled trades. Technology should create opportunity for American workers—not simply eliminate American jobs. Reduce H-1B visa use by hiring Texans first.
Why Write-In?
What if neither political party speaks for you?
The bottom line
A growing economy means little if ordinary Texans cannot afford to participate in it.
Avery's economic test is simple:
Can you afford your home?Can you afford your groceries?Can you afford healthcare?Can you afford to raise your family?Can you save for retirement?Can your children still afford the American Dream?
That is the economy Avery Ayers wants Washington talking about.