- Economy Rick Noriega supports a real stimulus plan that extends unemployment benefits, stabilizes the housing market and protects homeowners, provides real tax rebates for Texas families, provides businesses with incentives to deal with the energy crisis, and helps the states and localities which will end up providing health care and other aid to those hit by the recession.
- Education As a U.S. Senator Noriega will settle for nothing less than giving our children the vital skills and values needed to compete in the 21st century global economy and will fight off any measures that create barriers to higher education.
- Energy & Environment We cannot remain dependent for our energy needs on the most unstable parts of the world and win the global war on terrorism. We need to be able to face the world from a position of economic strength as well as military might and our economic future depends on us answering the critical energy question.
- Health Care Rick Noriega believes that everyone should have access to quality, affordable health care. Families and businesses are feeling the strain of a health care system that costs too much, covers too few, and has all the wrong priorities.
- Homeland Security Noriega will first make sure that those on the frontlines have all the tools they need to secure our border -- not a fence, which won't work -- but the latest technology to track, monitor, and protect our border.
- Immigration As the National Guard's Laredo Border Sector Commander during Operation Jumpstart and as Chairman of the Task Force on Border Security, Rick Noriega worked to secure our border against drug smugglers and human traffickers. He understands the costs of Washington's failure to fix our broken immigration system.
- War In Iraq and Veterans Rep. Noriega served in the War in Afghanistan under Operation Enduring Freedom and knows firsthand the toll the war is taking on American families. Rep. Noriega has been a leader on a host of veterans' issues:
