It wasn’t country music that he squealed the tractors at a family cattle ranch in Texas and helped Brandon Gill spend his time.
Instead, even as a child, Gill listened enthusiastically to talk about radio shows and audiobooks by conservatives. Political chatter was his preference.
It is therefore not surprising that his early love led to his desire to serve in Congress. He is currently a freshman lawmaker representing Texas’ 26th Congressional District.
But it was another kind of love that led to a holiday meal suspended by lively discourse between Gill and one of the most prominent commentators in conservative politics.
That’s because the young Texan married Daniel Doza, the daughter of political commentator Dinesh Doza. Danielle D-Souza held a show on Epoch TV, the Epoch Times video platform.
“Dinesh is like my political leader,” Gill told the Epoch Times. “But most importantly, he is my stepfather and my little daughter’s grandfather.”
They have conversations about history, economics, philosophy, but not just that, Gill said.
“So it certainly makes for a really interesting Christmas dinner conversation.”

Conservative commentator, author and filmmaker Dinesh Doza will speak with the Epoch Times at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference held in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania on April 5, 2024. Terry Wang/Epoch Times
Young Republican
Gill, he said, paid attention to the ideas of conservative experts, even as a young child.
“I grew up listening to talk radio with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage. I grew up listening to audiobooks from conservative writers,” he said. “That was the kind of environment that oozed me in. I’ve been interested in this for a very long time.”
Economist and philosopher Thomas Sowell also helped shape Gill’s conservative beliefs.
“On a basic level, conservatives and liberals have very different views on human nature,” Gill said.
Sowell’s book, “A bissions of Visions,” explains how humans are conservative philosophy in the image of God,” Gill said. And it “outlines how conservatism recognizes the importance of human dignity, freedom and opportunity, and the value of life.
Conservatism stated that humans undoubtedly “are aware that institutions are necessary to mediate imperfect human behavior.
In the United States, conservative values include a desire for a “limited government,” Gill said, “the constitution, the principles of freedom and freedom and the establishment of (the nation).

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) arrives at the new member orientation program for the 119th Conference held in Washington on November 14, 2024, to speak with reporters. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Parliamentary goals
Gill replaced former Michael Burgess (R-Texas), who served in Congress for 22 years before deciding not to run for reelection in 2024.
Physician Burgess focuses on Congress’ healthcare.
Gill aims to strengthen border security.
He is also on the subcommittee on providing government efficiency. Surveillance and Government Reform Committee. The subcommittee is working together Government Efficiency (DOGE) was established to eliminate government waste. Committee members help DOGE workers flag federal government waste, fraud and abuse.
Fighting an injunction
March 18th, Gill filed a resolution with Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Boasberg said the decision was based on a number of factors, including the likelihood that the plaintiffs will be successful in the case. The plaintiff sued, saying that five Venezuelans involved in the deportation were members of the gang.
“By making political decisions outside the scope of his judicial obligations, he compromised the fairness of our judicial system and created a constitutional crisis.”

A military flight carrying illegal immigrant members of the Tren de Aragua Gang, preparing to depart El Paso, Texas on February 4, 2025, is preparing to depart El Paso, Texas. Ministry of Homeland Security
In February, Gill took on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), best known as a group of informal Democrats known as the Team.
In the 1990s, Omar moved from Somalia to the US.. Currently a US citizen, she has been in Congress since January 2019. The district she represents is the large population of Somalia.
“Disclosure of your name, immigration status and admission form is not required,” Omar said. “Learn the law, prepare yourself, and refrain from disclosing information that you like to not know.”
But “given the open borders over the past four years,” he said Democrats are looking at “serious issues” about “promoting the invasion of our country by illegal aliens.”
“My colleague Ilhan Omar was advising illegal alien Somarias on how to avoid ice detection. It’s as un-American as you can get.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) greets her supporters at the Minnesota Senate District 5 Democrat Party Nomination Treaty held in Minneapolis on May 11, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Words of wisdom
Away from Capitol Hill, Gill likes to spend time reading with his wife and 18-month-old daughter, Marigold.
If he could go back in time to give advice to himself as a young man, he would say this: “I spend a lot of my time getting to know others and learning from them as much as possible. I think I can learn a lot from not only my peers, but also from seniors and mentors.
“And you spend a lot of time reading. It’s a good way to get into someone else’s head, a really smart person’s head.”
It’s a lot like what he did as a child, bouncing off while sitting in the tractor seat.
Now, cattle ranch kids who cultivated conservative ideals under the fiery Texas Sun have ideals for working in the Congressional Hall of Fame.