Episode #2
Lauren B. Peña, TX-37 GOP Nominee, on the SAVE Act and Single-Subject Bills | The Yossi Schmidt Show
Lauren B. Peña, the 2026 Republican nominee for Texas's 37th Congressional District (Austin), joins Yossi Schmidt. Peña, who has never held elected office, talks about why she's running, her plan to push for single-subject bills in Congress, her testimony against a proposed ICE dashboard on Austin's Community Police Review Commission, and how she would approach committee work. Asked where her own party has fallen short, she names the SAVE Act and criticizes the Texas GOP's positions on THC and IVF. Peña faces Rep. Greg Casar (D) in the Nov. 3 general election. Campaign site: https://lauren4congress.com The views expressed by guests and the host are their own, not those of The Digital Free Press. Follow @tdfreepress. Like and subscribe for more interviews. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 03:03 - Single-subject bills: Peña wants legislation requiring one-issue bills in Congress 09:27 - No elected office yet: the training and local roles she says prepared her 10:56 - The Austin ICE dashboard: she testified against it on the Community Police Review Commission 12:58 - She says Austin residents who drive black SUVs are being targeted by activists who think they are ICE agents 16:20 - Where her party fell short: the SAVE Act nationally; the Texas GOP on THC and IVF Lauren B. Peña is the 2026 Republican nominee for Texas's 37th Congressional District (Austin), founder of Peña Legal Advocacy and host of the "Street to the Hill" podcast. __________________________________________ Reviews: https://www.thedigitalfreepress.com/blog/categories/reviews News Roundup: https://www.thedigitalfreepress.com/blog/categories/nightly-news-roundups Pickax: https://pickax.com/yossishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossishow.bsky.social Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@yossishow Twitter: https://twitter.com/yossishow TDFP's X: X.com/tdfreepress Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tdfreepress/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialteamworldsupporter GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/yossishow Parler: https://app.parler.com/YossiShow Clouthub profile: https://clouthub.com/TDFP Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/YossiSchmidtShow Youtube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2bSzmx9qbsaKOkbBbOkU5w
