Last Wednesday, I was at the Texas Capitol working on some bills and getting ready for our Young Republican reception that evening. Unfortunately, I never made it to the reception. As I was going around to various committees and watching bills I dropped by State Affairs. I register for a lot of bills there because they get many dealing with abortion and end of life issues. Read more about From Jonathan Saenz to the Gay Communist Stripper - A Testimony of Freedom
During my last District Work Period, I sat down with members of the Dallas Builders Association to discuss important issues facing the North Texas building community. During our conversation they relayed their frustrations and concerns over the President’s new EPA regulations that he issued through yet another executive order. Read more about Fighting against the Administration’s onerous regulations
The most common fearmongering tactic used by opponents is to claim an Article V convention could become a “runaway convention” and rewrite the Constitution. All one has to do is read and study Article V to understand this is utterly false.Read more about Faith in Our Founders – The Greatest Nation on Earth
Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Barack Obama has become the largest international arms dealer since the end of WWII, according research done is a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). With more than $160 billion in arms sales during his first five years as President, Obama has outpaced the former leader in this category, President Richard M. Nixon. Read more about Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama Is Now Largest International Arms Dealer Since WWII
While Iran pretends to want peace, it continues to prepares for war. While the administration was negotiating a deal regarding Iran's nuclear weapons, Iran was developing new war technology. Read more about Suicide Drones
Texas has been a national leader for prison reform, finding ways to partner with faith-based and community organizations to help prisoners change their lives instead of becoming career criminals. Read more about The Lones Star Weekly
The last time Congress seriously tried to restrict legal immigration was in 1996 - and that effort failed despite the then popularity of such a measure. Such a bill in today’s political environment with substantially less support for restricting legal immigration will be dead upon arrival. Read more about Public Support for Immigration Increasing
After sailing to approval in the Texas House, a package of bonds worth about $3.1 billion in college campus construction might have a more uncertain future in the Texas Senate. The bill approved earlier this month in the House drew only a few “no” votes, mainly from lawmakers aligned with some groups that claim to be fiscally conservative. They argue it’s not the right time for the state to take on debt for this purpose Read more about More Than $3 Billion in College Campus Construction Closer to Reality in Texas
The United States is now the largest crude oil producer in the world, but instead of exporting excess oil like other nations, the United States oil producers are forced to leave oil in the ground. The solution is clear - lift the crude oil ban. We should follow the Blue Bell Ice Cream philosophy: "use all you can and sell the rest," here, and in this case, abroad. Read more about U.S. Government Okays Oil Exports For Iran But No Oil Exports For America?
Death isn’t something we want to ponder, much less the end of our own lives; however, none of us can escape this universal reality. 1 Samuel 2:6 reads: “The Lord puts to death and gives life;” Deuteronomy 32:39 reads: “It is I who bring both death and life.” Even those unfamiliar with scriptures instinctively know that murder is wrong and goes against the natural law written on the hearts of all people. Read more about The Devaluation of Human Life
Last Wednesday, I was at the Texas Capitol working on some bills and getting ready for our Young Republican reception that evening. Unfortunately, I never made it to the reception. As I was going around to various committees and watching bills I dropped by State Affairs. I register for a lot of bills there because they get many dealing with abortion and end of life issues. 
During my last District Work Period, I sat down with members of the Dallas Builders Association to discuss important issues facing the North Texas building community. During our conversation they relayed their frustrations and concerns over the President’s new EPA regulations that he issued through yet another executive order. 
Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Barack Obama has become the largest international arms dealer since the end of WWII, according research done is a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). With more than $160 billion in arms sales during his first five years as President, Obama has outpaced the former leader in this category, President Richard M. Nixon. 
While Iran pretends to want peace, it continues to prepares for war. While the administration was negotiating a deal regarding Iran's nuclear weapons, Iran was developing new war technology. 
Texas has been a national leader for prison reform, finding ways to partner with faith-based and community organizations to help prisoners change their lives instead of becoming career criminals. 
After sailing to approval in the Texas House, a package of bonds worth about $3.1 billion in college campus construction might have a more uncertain future in the Texas Senate. The bill approved earlier this month in the House drew only a few “no” votes, mainly from lawmakers aligned with some groups that claim to be fiscally conservative. They argue it’s not the right time for the state to take on debt for this purpose 
The United States is now the largest crude oil producer in the world, but instead of exporting excess oil like other nations, the United States oil producers are forced to leave oil in the ground. The solution is clear - lift the crude oil ban. We should follow the Blue Bell Ice Cream philosophy: "use all you can and sell the rest," here, and in this case, abroad. 
Death isn’t something we want to ponder, much less the end of our own lives; however, none of us can escape this universal reality. 1 Samuel 2:6 reads: “The Lord puts to death and gives life;” Deuteronomy 32:39 reads: “It is I who bring both death and life.” Even those unfamiliar with scriptures instinctively know that murder is wrong and goes against the natural law written on the hearts of all people. 
