Continue to advocate for policies that prioritize American families and businesses over special interests and foreign governments.

Lance Gooden · Texas · Republican

policy impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 92%

Occurrences

I will continue to advocate for policies that prioritize American families and businesses over special interests and foreign governments.

Gooden commits to keeping up advocacy for pro-family and pro-business policies over special interests and foreign governments.

Jobs & Economy | Congressman Lance Gooden
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Evidence

"I will continue to advocate for policies that prioritize American families and businesses over special interests and foreign governments."

Official House issue page states the promise in the candidate's own words, matching the claim directly.

unresolved same_term

Jobs & Economy | Congressman Lance Gooden
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

"Choosing Main Street Over Wall Street" and "reducing the high swipe fees burdening American families."

Gooden publicly advanced a bill framed as helping families and small businesses against large financial firms, a concrete action consistent with the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

RELEASE: Gooden Reintroduces the Credit Card Competition Act
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The bill is described as critical to safeguard American interests and policy-making from undue foreign influence.

Gooden introduced legislation to curb foreign influence in U.S. policy, directly aligning with the anti-foreign-governments part of the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

RELEASE: Congressman Gooden Introduces the Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act
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The bill would require disclosure of foreign government and party contributions above $10,000.

Gooden reintroduced and publicized another concrete foreign-influence bill, showing continued advocacy on the issue.

partial same_term A for effort

Gooden Introduces Bill to Expose Foreign Influence in U.S. Think Tanks, Nonprofits
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 93%

The House Judiciary Committee advanced legislation from Congressman Lance Gooden to combat CCP espionage and IP theft.

A Gooden bill advanced out of committee in 2026, demonstrating active legislative effort on foreign-threat and business-protection policy.

partial same_term A for effort

Gooden Bill Targeting CCP Espionage, IP Theft Advances to House Floor | Press Releases | Congressman Lance Gooden
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

The bill aims to reduce swipe fees burdening American families and businesses.

Gooden continued pushing legislation focused on families and businesses in 2026, consistent with the promise though not proving full delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Gooden Reintroduces Trump-Endorsed Credit Card Competition Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%

Assessments

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.

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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%