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I was thrilled to have a huge turnout for a roundtable in Port Aransas this week. I talked to everyone about all the work that has been accomplished in Congress this year. Read more about Big Turnout at Port Aransas Roundtable

This week I spoke with local veterans at American Legion Post 364 in Corpus Christi. I heard their concerns about access to healthcare and the incredible backlog in disability claims. After all their service and sacrifice, I am continually shocked at how the Department of Veterans' Affairs is repeatedly unable to do things like respond to veterans in a timely manner or fulfill their basic benefit claims obligations. Read more about Veterans Town Hall a Success

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. John F. Kennedy

After the attack in Garland, Texas by two terrorists, we have to ask, did the art exhibit cause the terrorist attack or do the Islamic terrorists provoke such an art exhibit? Which came first? Read more about Art and the Freedom of Expression - Garland, Texas

This week I have been traveling throughout the Middle East with the Foreign Fighter Task Force to examine the evolving security threats facing our great nation, including the flow of foreign fighters from Western countries to Syria and Iraq and their role in recent attacks against the United States and our European Read more about Foreign Fighter Task Force Travels Through Middle East

Texas is once again ranked at the top state in the U.S. to do business. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says it will get even better in the coming years. The ranking was made by Chief Executive’s 2015 Best and Worst States to Do Business report. The magazine surveys top CEOs from 511 companies across the nation. Read more about Texas: Top Place to Do Business 11 Years Running

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a targeted attack on cops. The Left is looking far and wide for any cop story that puts police in a bad light, and this is why there appears to be so many of these stories. Read more about Cop Stories: What Rarely Gets Told

The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act was a missed opportunity. If Congress had acted to defend our constitutional authority - if Congress had adopted the Cruz-Toomey amendment - then we would be able to stop a bad Iran deal. Read more about We Must Continue The Fight To Stop Obama's Bad Deal With Iran

Last week the U.S. Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy slowed dramatically with GDP growing at a disappointing 0.2 percent in the first quarter. In addition, the export of goods and services slowed to 7.2 percent with the export of goods alone slowing to 13.3 percent – the sharpest decline since the Great Recession. Read more about Pete Sessions Statement on the April Jobs Report

A friend of mine was invited to Omaha to part of the Berkshire Hathaway 50th anniversary celebration. Read more about A Weekend With Warren and Charlie

I recently helped pass a two year extension of the Secure Rural Schools funding program in Congress, assuring that critical financial support continues for East Texas counties with federal forest lands.

The Secure Rural Schools & Community Self-Determination Act was included in a new law that improves the way the government pays local doctors to treat Medicare patients – a major reform of Medicare. Read more about Congressman Brady & County Leaders Celebrate Passage of Secure Rural Schools Funding