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I spoke on the Senate floor yesterday regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s latest report showing Obamacare will result in 2 million fewer full-time workers.

The Congressional Budget Office said the number of full-time workers will go down by two million in the coming years as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

So in addition to people getting canceled policies or sticker shock

I went into the House Chamber Tuesday night hopeful that the President would put forth real solutions to move our country forward. Instead, I heard more of the same rhetoric and policies that got us here in the first place - and no specifics on how to change it. Read more about Failed Policies and Empty Promises: The State of Our Union under Obama

Some people have asked me how I know that Ken Paxton is not the right man to be our next Texas Attorney General. There are many reasons. Do I think Ken Paxton is conservative? Of course I do, but I do not believe he is the best conservative, and I do not believe he is the best leader. Unfortunately, I know for sure that Ken Paxton will back down, even after promising not to back down. Read more about Ken Paxton Backed Down from Challenging Joe Straus, Left Conservatives Hanging

President Obama declared a pen and a phone were all he needed to push his political agenda. Then at the State of the Union last week he reaffirmed that he “won’t wait” for Congress, and will act alone “wherever and whenever” he can. But our Founding Fathers put a lot of work into crafting our Constitution, and they included checks and balances for a reason.

What the President doesn’t seem to want to remember is that they also included Congressional oversight and the ability to check an overreaching Executive.

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) will be the keynote speaker at the 2014 Harris County GOP's Lincoln Reagan Dinner. The Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) joins other Republican organizations across the country every year in honoring two of the greatest Republican presidents in the party's history - Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. This year's celebration is expected to be one of the largest in the state of Texas. The dinner will be held on February 8th. Read more about Sen. Rand Paul to Present Keynote Speech at Harris County GOP Lincoln-Reagan Celebration

Thank you, it is a pleasure to get back to Heritage to be with so many friends and to have the opportunity to discuss an issue with such pressing importance, which is namely the growing influence that Russia is having in the world. The lack of focus on human rights, the lack of US leadership championing freedom, and the lack of effective leadership defending our interest in the world, which is making the world a much more dangerous place. Read more about Sen. Cruz's Remarks on the Sochi Olympics, Human Rights, and the US-Russian Relations

I issued the following statement reacting to the State Department’s Environmental Impact Study for the Keystone XL Pipeline:

Now that the State Department has released its final Environmental Impact Study, it is time for the President to quit delaying and act on what is the national interest, not the interest of those in his corner politically.

As the run-up to early voting, which starts in just over two weeks, Texas Attorney General candidate, Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman, is taking his message to the voters with a new television ad which launched this morning.

“My first ad focuses on border security and prosecution of crime along the border because that will be one of my top priorities as the next Attorney General,” said Barry Smitherman. Read more about Barry Smitherman Campaign Takes Its Message to Television

President Obama has failed to deliver his budget on time to Congress for the fifth time in six years.

Less than a week after the President stood before Congress and demand action on his biggest priorities, the President failed to meet one of his most basic responsibilities – submit a budget to Congress. Read more about President’s Late Budget Highlights Disturbing Trend

Last week I asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to answer questions about the ongoing IRS investigation, specifically in regards to the naming of a major Obama donor as a lead investigator into IRSs illegal targeting of conservatives.

At the 9:41 mark, Attorney General Holder says the IRS investigation does not warrant the appointment of a special prosecutor. Read more about Attorney General Holder Says IRS Investigation Doesn’t Warrant Special Prosecutor