Being a photographer for most of my life, I well understand the outrage the photojournalists feel toward the Obama Administration. Photojournalists have been ‘locked out’ from going to the White House and official events to photograph the president during functions. It seems the photojournalists are at last feeling the ‘power’ pinch which is not in their favor. They should have known this was coming with Obama promising transparency and delivering none. Read more about Photographers Left Sightless by Obama
I issued the below statement following today’s House vote on the Bipartisan Budget Act (H.J. Res. 59). The budget passed by a vote of 332-94.
I supported the congressional budget agreement for a number of reasons. First, it reduces the deficit by $23 billion more over the next 10 years than current law. (Current law is the Budget Control Act known as sequestration.) The budget provides $33 billion more for defense over the next two years, which will help San Antonio’s military installations and the thousands of men and women who serve our country. Read more about Congressman Smith Statement on Budget Vote
The McClennan County GOP and KCENTV are hosting a debate tonight between the four candidates for the Republican nomination to be the next Lt. Governor of Texas. The candidates are, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, State Senator Dan Patrict and Texas Ag Commissioner Todd Staples. Following is the live stream for the video. Please watch it here and them talk about it in the Facebook comment stream below.
The Texas 2014 Republican Primary Election has more hotly contested races than I have ever seen. From the race for Lieutenant Governor to the race for Attorney General all the way down to County Judge Races. One big race seems to always go overlooked though. The Texas Comptroller Republican Primary Race never gets much publicity, but it is a very important statewide office. Read more about How Could Debra Medina Support Joe Straus? - Texas Comptroller Race Update
When our leaders set lofty goals it creates a pathway to achievement. Over fifty-two years ago, President Kennedy set a goal for our nation of sending a man to the moon and returning him home safely by the end of that decade. People united behind that goal, including a large community of Texans at the NASA Manned Space Flight Center in Houston. By the goal deadline (the end of that decade) four American men had walked on the moon and returned safely home.
Last week in Houston, Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Greg Abbott set another "audacious" goal for Texans to achieve.
The former governor of Tamaulipas, the Mexican state bordering a large part of South Texas, has been indicted in the U.S. on numerous charges related to allegedly helping the Mexican Gulf cartel smuggle narcotics into the U.S. and launder money.
Former Tamaulipas Governor Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba was indicted along with a Mexican construction firm owner, Fernando Alejandro Cano Martinez, for "conspiring to violate
Today I sent a letter to President Obama requesting information about what his administration is doing to address the security risks and privacy concerns surrounding the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov. I was joined by 21 Committee Republicans in sending the letter.
In early December, a top administration official praised the progress that has been made in fixing the website’s accessibility, claiming that the site can now “support intended volumes” of users.
I issued the below statement following today’s House vote on the Bipartisan Budget Act (H.J. Res. 59). The budget passed by a vote of 332-94.
You want to know why government has no ingenuity? Because ingenuity requires actual WORK…such as demonstrated by one wood chopper!
The Texas 2014 Republican Primary Election has more hotly contested races than I have ever seen. From the race for Lieutenant Governor to the race for Attorney General all the way down to County Judge Races. One big race seems to always go overlooked though. The Texas Comptroller Republican Primary Race never gets much publicity, but it is a very important statewide office. 
When our leaders set lofty goals it creates a pathway to achievement. Over fifty-two years ago, President Kennedy set a goal for our nation of sending a man to the moon and returning him home safely by the end of that decade. People united behind that goal, including a large community of Texans at the NASA Manned Space Flight Center in Houston. By the goal deadline (the end of that decade) four American men had walked on the moon and returned safely home.
The former governor of Tamaulipas, the Mexican state bordering a large part of South Texas, has been indicted in the U.S. on numerous charges related to allegedly helping the Mexican Gulf cartel smuggle narcotics into the U.S. and launder money.
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Today I sent a
