My Platform · Section B
Government Accountability
Government should answer to the people. Significant votes should be explained in plain English, with the reasons and trade-offs.
Last reviewed: Oct 13, 2026
The problem
Bills can run hundreds of pages. Votes happen fast. Explanations, when there are any, are often talking points instead of plain facts.
People are left to guess who a law helps, who pays, and why their representative voted the way they did.
Why it matters in Arkansas
No Arkansas statistics are listed here on purpose. We only publish numbers we can source.
What I believe
I believe government should answer to the people, not expect the people to blindly accept whatever government decides.
A representative should represent constituents rather than automatically following party leadership.
Significant votes should come with a plain-English explanation: what the bill does, who it affects, the benefits, the drawbacks, and the reasons for the vote.
[TO BE PROVIDED BY LINNY: the final list of specific accountability commitments (see the Accountability page; all listed there are proposed, subject to my approval)]
What Congress can realistically do
- A member of Congress directly controls their own votes, their own public explanations, their office's responsiveness, and what they publish.
- Rules about how the House operates are set by the House itself; changing them takes a majority.
- Laws that bind agencies need to pass both chambers and be signed (or have a veto overridden).
Costs & trade-offs
- Explaining every significant vote takes staff time. Done honestly, it also means publicly owning votes some people won't like.
How you can participate
- Tell me what you're seeing where you live through the contact form (pick "Community concern").
- Push back. If something here is wrong or one-sided, send the evidence and I'll look at it.
- Watch your own representatives: votes and bill text are public on Congress.gov.