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Key Policies

  • Stop the reckless spending: End deficit spending and require Congress to live within its means - just like every Tennesseean household.
  • Cut the national debt: Establish realistic off-ramps to reduce federal spending without harming vulnerable Americans.
  • Prioritize core constitutional functions: Fund national security, defense, infrastructure, and essential Federal responsibilities first — before anything else.
  • Exit markets the Federal Government shouldn’t be in: Identify programs that don’t belong at the federal level and develop responsible transition plans to return them to states, private innovation, or local partners.
  • End foreign giveaways: Stop sending money we don’t have to countries that treat the U.S. like a bottomless piggy bank.
  • Tax code simplification: Rewrite the tax code to 10 pages or fewer — eliminating loopholes, special carve-outs, and politically chosen winners and losers.
  • Full transparency and accountability: Require clear, searchable spending reports from every federal office and caucus, not buried in 1,100-page PDFs that hide the real costs.
  • Eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse: If government can do it cheaper, it must — and Washington must stop treating taxpayers like its personal sugar-daddy.
  • Cut congressional perks and luxuries: End abuses like repeated $2,300+ catering orders and other self-indulgent, taxpayer-funded excesses.


Thomas' Vision

Congress spends OUR taxpayer dollars like a gambler down to his last hand — throwing every credit card he owns onto a craps table and convincing himself the next roll is magically going to offset the last eighty losses. And when the debt collector shows up, Congress pulls the classic “it must be in my other wallet” routine and leaves the taxpayers holding the bill. It is irresponsible and unsustainable, and has resulted in more than doubling the national debt since 2012. This must end immediately if not sooner. Thomas will work relentlessly to stop the runaway spending.

Live within our means: Deficit spending must stop.

  • Deficit spending must stop — period. America cannot continue pretending debt has no consequences.
  • Stop approving budgets that spend money we don’t have.
  • Stop giving that same money we don't have to other countries, as if we are their piggy bank.
  • Confront the hard choices instead of kicking the can down the road.
  • Establish realistic off-ramps to reduce spending gradually but decisively.
  • Protect the vulnerable while shifting the rest of government toward sustainable, disciplined budgeting.

Living within our means is not an extremist policy — it’s what every responsible Tennessean household already has to do on our own. Congress needs to start taking our example.

Prioritize essential spending: Resources will be allocated in accordance with the function of the Federal Government as set out in the Constitution.

The Federal Government’s first job is to carry out its constitutional responsibilities. Everything else comes after.

  • National security, defense, infrastructure, foreign relations, and core federal functions come first.
  • Then we evaluate the social programs we’ve built over time.
  • Funding follows purpose — not politics.
  • Programs must demonstrate results, transparency, and measurable value before they get another dollar.
  • Some federal programs will require an off-ramp.
  • Not every service the government provides today is something it should provide forever — or at all.
  • If the federal government has drifted into a market it doesn’t belong in, then we need:
    • A clear transition timeline
    • A responsible exit strategy
    • A better, more efficient solution — whether through states, private innovation, or community-based partners
    • Assurance that vulnerable Americans aren’t thrown off a cliff during the shift
  • This isn’t about taking away support.
  • It’s about moving toward solutions that actually work, instead of endlessly propping up systems that don’t.
  • If a program is essential, we fund it responsibly.
  • If a program is wasteful, bloated, duplicative — or simply not the federal government’s job — we create the off-ramp and return it to where it belongs.

Tax reform and simplification: The entire tax code should be changed to no more than 10 pages.

  • There are too many caveats for individual circumstances — the government ends up picking winners and losers.

Transparency and accountability: Promote transparency in government spending and hold officials accountable for responsible financial management.

  • We'll work with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and invite the assistance of DOGE to understand waste at the office level, and bring it into the light.
  • We'll push for the CBO to list data by office and caucus, instead of hiding it inside multiple 1,100+ page, publicly available but non-searchable documents. That may meet the letter of the law, but it violates the spirit of accountability.

Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: If we can do it cheaper, we should. The taxpayer is not the sugar-daddy or sugar-momma of the Government to spend frivolously.

Example: Democrat Congressional Leaders ordered from this same restaurant 56 times at an average of ~$2,300 per order:

04-03 AP 01822454 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,294.18
04-03 AP 01822462 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 2,759.30
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 1,507.12
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,117.40
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 1,285.02
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,433.99
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 200.00
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,376.07
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,040.65
05-20 AP 01834255 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 2,692.67
05-20 AP 01834256 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 1,269.58
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 2,633.96
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 1,399.36
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 2,449.85
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 2,933.76
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 2,719.16
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,097.98
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 760.00
06-04 AP 01836009 CITI PCARD-SAINT GERMAIN CATERING – 3,112.33

... And so on for 56 separate entries from the same provider for a total of $43,651.05 over three months — averaging $2,297.95 per catering order for Leader Jeffries alone, not including the House Democratic Caucus.