Highland Lakes Young Republicans fights for policies that put Texans first, protect the Hill Country, and give young people a real shot at building a life here. Our priorities follow the resolutions adopted by Young Republicans of Texas delegates at the 2026 convention, along with the issues our members raise most.
Our generation has grown up paying for wars overseas that never made Americans safer. We support a foreign policy that puts American security and American taxpayers first: no blank checks for foreign conflicts, real accountability for every dollar of foreign aid, Congress (not unelected bureaucrats) deciding when America goes to war, and a secure southern border treated as the national security priority it is. Strength at home comes first.
Young Texans should not have to compete with imported visa labor for jobs paid for by Texas taxpayers. We support extending the Governor’s H-1B hiring restrictions indefinitely and applying them to every entity that receives state funding or state financial incentives, as called for in the 2026 YRT resolution.
Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis are water supply reservoirs for more than a million people. Out here, water is not an abstract issue. We back a Texan First data center policy: large data centers should pay their own infrastructure costs and meet strict standards for grid reliability, water conservation, taxpayer benefit, and community protection before they get a single incentive.
Too many young people who grew up in the Highland Lakes can’t afford to stay. We support policies that make family formation possible again: affordable family housing, marriage incentives, paid parental leave, and vocational education that leads to good local careers in the trades, healthcare, and small business.
We oppose two-tiered justice. Violent offenders should be prosecuted, and judges and prosecutors who abuse their power should be held accountable under civil and criminal law.
Ranching, hunting, fishing, small business, and small-town main streets built Burnet and Llano County. We support local control, low taxes, property rights, reliable rural broadband, and growth that pays its own way, so the next generation inherits a Hill Country worth living in.
Opinions don’t change policy. Organized people do. Join Highland Lakes YR and help put these priorities in front of every candidate on the ballot in Burnet and Llano County.
