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"I will continue to advocate for policies that prioritize American families and businesses over special interests and foreign governments."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House issue page states the promise in the candidate's own words, matching the claim directly.
"Choosing Main Street Over Wall Street" and "reducing the high swipe fees burdening American families."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden publicly advanced a bill framed as helping families and small businesses against large financial firms, a concrete action consistent with the promise.
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The bill is described as critical to safeguard American interests and policy-making from undue foreign influence.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden introduced legislation to curb foreign influence in U.S. policy, directly aligning with the anti-foreign-governments part of the promise.
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The bill would require disclosure of foreign government and party contributions above $10,000.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden reintroduced and publicized another concrete foreign-influence bill, showing continued advocacy on the issue.
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The House Judiciary Committee advanced legislation from Congressman Lance Gooden to combat CCP espionage and IP theft.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A Gooden bill advanced out of committee in 2026, demonstrating active legislative effort on foreign-threat and business-protection policy.
The bill aims to reduce swipe fees burdening American families and businesses.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden continued pushing legislation focused on families and businesses in 2026, consistent with the promise though not proving full delivery.
Mr. Gooden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Gooden introduced H.R. 10272, a concrete legislative action consistent with continuing policy advocacy.
to expand enforcement actions against drug manufacturers and distributors of emerging synthetic opioids, commonly known as gas station heroin.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text shows the policy substance targeted commercial distribution of synthetic opioids, supporting the family/public-interest component of the advocacy promise.
Sep 03, 2026, 10:24 AM | 119th Congress, 2nd Session Vote Question: On Passage Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House took a passage vote during the lookback window on H.R. 4795, a bill tied to commercial boycotts involving a U.S. strategic partner.
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Gooden | Gooden | Republican | TX | Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official roll call records Gooden voting yea on H.R. 4795, a concrete advocacy action in the same term.
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Gooden | Gooden | Republican | TX | Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden voted yea on the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act during the lookback window, supporting continued advocacy for taxpayer relief affecting households and consumers.
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Gooden | Gooden | Republican | TX | Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden voted yea on the PROOF Act during the lookback window, another official action aligned with anti-fraud and public-interest policy advocacy.
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered.same_term
The promise was framed as continuing to advocate, not securing enactment of a specific bill or policy outcome. The evidence shows Gooden repeatedly introduced, reintroduced, and advanced legislation during the same federal term addressing foreign influence, CCP espionage/IP theft, and costs affecting families and businesses. Those actions materially satisfy the advocacy commitment, even though the record does not show all proposed policies became law.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered.same_term
The promise was framed as continuing to advocate, not as achieving enactment of a specific policy outcome. The evidence shows repeated same-term public and legislative advocacy aligned with the stated priorities, including bills targeting foreign influence, CCP espionage/IP theft, and credit card swipe fees affecting families and businesses. Because the promised action was advocacy and that advocacy occurred, the promise is best classified as delivered rather than partial or never.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%