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Campaign Phone
469-444-0554
Education
BS Aerospace Engineering, MS Engineering Acoustics, MS Systems Technology (Antisubmarine Warfare)
Occupation
ANALYST/ ENGINEER
To help people get to know me, I have written a book, “There I Was;…Life Memories from Ernest Lineberger” available on amazon.com. My strongest qualification is that I truly care about people, our community, our nation and the world. Proven and tested intelligence with multiple engineering and physics degrees, excelling and certifying in naval nuclear power, qualification for command and more. I have served as a naval officer, an engineer in semiconductor manufacturing, and a community volunteer. I truly believe in ‘Love your neighbor and we are all neighbors’. I’m a statesman ready to serve.
With the people’s help, my election will flip a seat in the House. Mine won’t be the only seat to flip. This will flip control of the House, and thus control of the schedule and agenda. Committees will be freer to perform oversight in order to better reign in the Executive overreach. Reasserting congressional power over the budget, over tariffs, over tax law, over war powers, over voting rights, and more. This will be a big change from the current situation which has empowered executive overreach. My measure for any bill will be “Does it serve the people?”.
Congress has been slow to act and complicit with Executive abuse of imaginary emergency powers. This needs to stop. Congress needs to reassert its control of tariffs. The frequent tariff adjustments on the whim of the Executive branch have been extremely destabilizing to business (big and small), investment, and foreign relations with allies, partners and competitors. Tariffs have a place but should be seldom used, minimal, and not adjusted frequently. American consumers pay the cost of the tariffs that America sets. It is a tax on ourselves to discourage buying from a certain source.
Health is not a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. Health is the number one factor in quality of life. The federal government needs to catch up with the rest of the world to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all people. In the U.S., Insurance companies, big pharma and venture capital companies have had a long run of making health unaffordable for their own benefit. We need to change that to a universal healthcare system such that everyone gets the care they need, regardless of employment status, economic status, location, race, sex, etc. Medicare for all is a start.
At the ‘people/community’ level we need strong action on healthcare, affordability, jobs and wages, housing, education, immigration reform including stopping ICE. At the national level, voting rights, election reform including getting big money out of politics, civil rights for all, strengthening the social safety net, strengthening business regulation and disrupting monopolies, restoring government services disrupted by DOGE like CDC/NIH, VA, SSA. Internationally restoring partnerships and alliances, goodwill (USAID), rule of law, and providing a strong deterrent to all forms of aggression.
Education
ADN from Tarrant County College, BSN (Summa Cum Laude) from Texas Tech, and MSN from UT Arlington
Occupation
NURSE PRACTITIONER
I am a healthcare provider with nearly two decades of frontline experience caring for patients across North Texas. My work in critical and emergency care has required calm decision-making, teamwork, and accountability under pressure. I’ve managed complex systems, advocated for patients and families, and worked across disciplines to solve real problems. I bring a service-first mindset, practical problem-solving skills, and a commitment to ethical, people-centered leadership.
I believe Congress must reclaim its constitutional role as a coequal branch of government. That means exercising meaningful oversight of the executive branch, respecting judicial independence, and upholding the rule of law regardless of party. I support transparent government, regular oversight hearings, and adherence to constitutional limits on power so that no branch dominates the others and the government remains accountable to the people.
Congress has the constitutional responsibility to set and oversee trade policy. Tariffs can be a useful tool in limited circumstances, but blanket tariffs often raise costs for American consumers and small businesses. I reject harmful, broad tariffs that function as hidden taxes on families. I support a targeted, evidence-based approach that protects national security and domestic industries while minimizing higher prices, supply-chain disruptions, and retaliation that hurt workers, farmers, and local economies.
The federal government should promote health by lowering costs and ensuring healthcare is accessible to everyone. I support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, capping out-of-pocket costs, strengthening preventive care, and supporting rural hospitals and the healthcare workforce. We should expand access to affordable coverage, protect people with pre-existing conditions, reduce administrative waste, and focus on care that keeps people healthy rather than only treating illness.
Affordability will be a central challenge in the next Congress. I support lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs, protecting Social Security and Medicare, addressing housing affordability, and reducing everyday expenses like energy and childcare. Congress should focus on policies that raise wages, strengthen economic security, and ensure working families and seniors can keep up with the cost of living without sacrificing health, safety, or opportunity.
