As a fiscal conservative and member of the House Appropriations Committee, I have worked hard to eliminate wasteful and duplicative government programs. Last year alone, the House Appropriations Committee held more than 110 budget and oversight hearings to weed out waste and make careful line-by-line budget decisions. House conservatives have forced Washington to reduce total annual spending for two straight years—the first time since the Korean War—and we have rolled back our annual spending levels to 2006-2007 levels. But this annual spending is just a fraction of the federal budget: in fact, the annual budget is less than 33 percent of total federal spending. The real drivers of our debt
It’s a Friday. A citizen wakes up, writes emails and makes a phone call.
The person has a meeting soon, so he pulls up Google Maps to figure out a route.
He then hops into a cab, checks Facebook on his phone, texts his friend and plays ‘Candy Crush’ on his iPhone.
After the meeting he heads to the office, logs on to his computer and G-chats with a friend about where he plans to go for dinner that evening. Read more about Fighting Back Against NSA Spying
Austin - The Glenn Hegar Campaign announced today that it has released its fourth campaign ad titled "Teamwork". We would like to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day!
"People look at us and they wonder how do you continue to juggle your family, your jobs and responsibilities and duties, and the only way you do that is through having a great partnership," Hegar said. Read more about Glenn Hegar Campaign Releases Fourth Ad: Teamwork
Growing up and learning about love in America these days is challenging. Attacks on marriage abound.
The very idea of wanting to find true love and happy marriage is scorned in some circles as antiquated, prudish, culturally and economically unnecessary in modern America, a signal of weakness, or in some other way just so “yesterday’s America.” The 2011 Census reported only 48% of households were comprised of married people,
Following is a message I sent to a Republican talk-show host who challenged listeners to say what they thought Republicans should have done with the debt-ceiling and the defund Obamacare effort.. Did they want a shutdown? A default? Another drop in America’s credit rating? How could a showdown bode well for Republicans? He made such noise on this
Austin - The Glenn Hegar Campaign announced today that the Founder and President of Wallbuilders* David Barton has endorsed Glenn Hegar in his Republican Primary race for Texas State Comptroller.
With the primary election beginning one week from today, we want to take a moment to share our campaigns newest TV commercial that is running statewide. The Railroad Commission is a crucial agency in Texas - it has full authority over our states energy
During the 2013 Texas legislative session, a major education reform was passed to help broaden the educational opportunities of students to be able to compete not only in colleges but in the workplace as well.The bill set forward different diploma standards and reduced the number of end-of-course exams. Read more about Will Texas' new Education Standards Bring a Wave of Talent for Texas Businesses?
Cherie Perez, an innate Republican is seeking the position of Comal County District Clerk. Perez is a very qualified candidate who has been working in the district clerk’s office for 15 years. There is no doubt that she has the experience and knowledge to do the job. In fact, Perez has the support of Kathy Faulkner, the present District Clerk who will be retiring. Perez is the epitome of the ‘perfect’ candidate. She is a hometown girl,
As a fiscal conservative and member of the House Appropriations Committee, I have worked hard to eliminate wasteful and duplicative government programs. Last year alone, the House Appropriations Committee held more than 110 budget and oversight hearings to weed out waste and make careful line-by-line budget decisions. House conservatives have forced Washington to reduce total annual spending for two straight years—the first time since the Korean War—and we have rolled back our annual spending levels to 2006-2007 levels. But this annual spending is just a fraction of the federal budget: in fact, the annual budget is less than 33 percent of total federal spending. The real drivers of our debt
It’s a Friday. A citizen wakes up, writes emails and makes a phone call.
Austin - 
Growing up and learning about love in America these days is challenging. Attacks on marriage abound.
Following is a message I sent to a Republican talk-show host who challenged listeners to say what they thought Republicans should have done with the debt-ceiling and the defund Obamacare effort.. Did they want a shutdown? A default? Another drop in America’s credit rating? How could a showdown bode well for Republicans? He made such noise on this
The Texas tribune has reported
During the 2013 Texas legislative session, a major education reform was passed to help broaden the educational opportunities of students to be able to compete not only in colleges but in the workplace as well.The bill set forward different diploma standards and reduced the number of end-of-course exams. 
Cherie Perez, an innate Republican is seeking the position of Comal County District Clerk. Perez is a very qualified candidate who has been working in the district clerk’s office for 15 years. There is no doubt that she has the experience and knowledge to do the job. In fact, Perez has the support of Kathy Faulkner, the present District Clerk who will be retiring. Perez is the epitome of the ‘perfect’ candidate. She is a hometown girl, 
