About two weeks ago I received an email from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) where he said some really foolish things about gun control, so I posted a reply to his message on TexasGOPVote.com. Yesterday I received another message from the Senator expressing more foolishness that I though you should know about. For some reason, Durbin seems to think that background checks will stop criminals from obtaining guns.
“All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do, that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.” -Michelle Obama 2008 Democrat Convention
The last time we were in Washington, DC in the winter time it was 2009. We usually don't go to DC in the winter because it’s too cold for us Texans. But this year was a little different as we had planned on going to the Black Tie and Boots Texas Ball to celebrate Mitt Romney’s win.
Texans deserve better than a government that accepts chronic high unemployment, and that is why I will continue to demand that Congress address our record deficits and unsustainable debt to provide certainty in the marketplace. Read more about Pete Sessions Statement on January Jobs Report
As Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, Jerry Patterson is now responsible for oversight of one of the most distinctive landmarks in American history - The Alamo. On February 24th, 1836 Lt. Colonel William Barrett Travis was in command of a ragtag group of militia defending the Alamo and delaying the march of the armies of Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Gen. Santa Anna was on a mission to disarm the residents of Texas and strip her citizens of the rights of freedom of speech and religion previously guaranteed by the Mexican Constitution.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced committee assignments for the 2013 Session of the Texas House of Representatives. A complete list of all committee assignments can be found on the official website of the Texas Legislature. The chair and vice-chair assignments are detailed below.
In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called on the Committee to hold hearings on the recent drop in gun crime prosecutions by federal law enforcement agencies.
It is difficult to fathom why in 2013 some faux conservative researchers at the Center for Immigration studies (CIS) still make use of eugenic fallacies to paint Mexican immigrants as genetically inferior. Perhaps it is because in theory, we manage to work out complicated problems without much effort. Yet in practice, the solving of a problem (immigration in this case) is more complicated than what theory
It is impossible to make any logical sense of the recent events at Sandy Hook. The bitter loss of those children cut into our national psyche, and as a consequence, we now see proposals to defend our children in school from random violence.
Last week, State Senators Tommy Williams and John Whitmire, and Representative Dan Huberty announced their intention to
The following statement is from newly-elected Conservative Texas State Representative Steve Toth regarding his bill to stop the liberal indoctrination curriculum in Texas known as CSCOPE:
Whether or not Chuck Hagel is confirmed as our next defense secretary, his nomination has already done serious damage to U.S. credibility on Iran, thereby emboldening the most dangerous regime in the Middle East. To limit the damage, President Obama should choose someone else to lead the Pentagon. Read more about Cornyn Op-Ed: The Case Against Hagel
About two weeks ago I received an email from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) where he said some really foolish things about gun control, so I 
As Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, Jerry Patterson is now responsible for oversight of one of the most distinctive landmarks in American history - The Alamo. On February 24th, 1836 Lt. Colonel William Barrett Travis was in command of a ragtag group of militia defending the Alamo and delaying the march of the armies of Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Gen. Santa Anna was on a mission to disarm the residents of Texas and strip her citizens of the rights of freedom of speech and religion previously guaranteed by the Mexican Constitution. 
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced committee assignments for the 2013 Session of the Texas House of Representatives. A complete list of all committee assignments can be found on the 
It is difficult to fathom why in 2013 some faux conservative researchers at the Center for Immigration studies (CIS) still make use of eugenic fallacies to paint Mexican immigrants as genetically inferior. Perhaps it is because in theory, we manage to work out complicated problems without much effort. Yet in practice, the solving of a problem (immigration in this case) is more complicated than what theory 
It is impossible to make any logical sense of the recent events at Sandy Hook. The bitter loss of those children cut into our national psyche, and as a consequence, we now see proposals to defend our children in school from random violence.
Whether or not Chuck Hagel is confirmed as our next defense secretary, his nomination has already done serious damage to U.S. credibility on Iran, thereby emboldening the most dangerous regime in the Middle East. To limit the damage, President Obama should choose someone else to lead the Pentagon. 
