NW Houston News

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, currently serving in the U.S. Congress representing Texas' 2nd district, recently shared a series of tweets discussing economic trends and policies in California and Texas. His insights reflect on job creation and the contrasting economic approaches taken by these two states.

On March 24, 2025, Rep. Crenshaw highlighted the performance of California's economy, noting that it "barely moved the needle—adding jobs mostly in government and publicly funded sectors like healthcare and education." He pointed out that outside these areas, "the private sector struggled," with industries such as construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and tech seeing job losses. "California’s economy barely moved the needle—adding jobs mostly in government and publicly funded sectors like healthcare and education.

But outside of that? The private sector struggled. Construction, manufacturing, hospitality, tech—jobs disappeared."

In another tweet posted on the same day, Crenshaw compared the economic policies of California and Texas over the past year. He stated that while one state experienced economic shrinkage, the other saw growth. "California and Texas took two very different approaches to economic policy last year.

The result? One state shrank. The other surged."

Continuing his thread on March 24th, Crenshaw emphasized the tangible impact of economic policies on everyday life. He asserted that such policies affect factors like paychecks, cost of living, and local opportunities. He noted that California and Texas are implementing distinct economic strategies and that their outcomes are being observed in real time."So here’s the bottom line:

Economic policy isn’t abstract. It shows up in your paycheck, your cost of living, and whether or not your town has opportunity.

California and Texas are running two very different experiments. We’re watching the results in real time."