Voting Resources
Family
Republicans must come together to stand for policies that strengthen the core of society: The traditional family. Marriage must be protected. Life must be respected. Liberals suggest the policies we embrace are “divisive wedge issues,” but they could not be more wrong. Policies that strengthen the family are essential to a GOP that keeps its core conservative principles.
August 20th, 2015
It took a while, but the first Atlantic hurricane of the year has arrived. A relatively compact Danny strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Thursday morning, still more than 1,000 miles east of the eastern Caribbean...
August 16th, 2015
Please join me next Thursday, August 20, for the 3rd Annual "Honor our Heroes" event from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Trini Mendenhall Center in Houston. All are welcome! This gathering pays tribute to past, present and future...
August 10th, 2015
Protesters regrouped in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday evening after a state of emergency was declared, aimed at preventing a repeat of violence the night before on the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black...
August 3rd, 2015
You know the saying, “Don’t mess with Texas!” Well that goes double for Texas armadillos! Having chased these critters as a kid, I can tell you they are tough. But I didn’t know they were this tough.
July 31st, 2015
Two senior Australian officials expressed increasing confidence on Friday that debris found on a remote French island this week came from the Malaysian jet that disappeared last year with 239 people aboard, though they...
July 30th, 2015
I’ve had many opportunities to personally thank Texas veterans for their service and sacrifice on behalf of our nation. But the best way we can thank them is by ensuring they receive the care and services they were promised...
July 27th, 2015
The United States has accused Russia, Thailand, Iran and Libya of insufficient action against human trafficking, in a damning new report.
Those nations - as well as Venezuela, Algeria, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, South Sudan...
July 25th, 2015
It seems that our world is changing at such a fast pace, that no one is taking time to relax and enjoy the family, or for that matter, noticing that our very own surroundings are changing, or even disappeari
July 17th, 2015
I sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Thursday asking him to confirm that his agency will respect America’s longstanding principle of religious liberty in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in ...
July 8th, 2015
It's been a little over a week since the Supreme Court granted a ruling making gay marriage the law of the land nationwide. The overused joke is that Facebook feeds have begun to look like a war between the Confederacy and...
August 18th, 2015
Last August, President Obama signed a bill into law creating the State Department position of Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. It’s been over a year...
August 14th, 2015
Pastor Duong Kim Khai Duong was detained or arrested thirteen times since the 1990s, usually for organizing prayer sessions. Most recently, he was arrested in August 2010 for his efforts to advocate for religious freedom and...
August 7th, 2015
The jury weighing whether Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes deserves to die has reached a decision. The decision is expected to be read at 5 p.m. (7 p.m. ET). It is the same jury that convicted Holmes of 24 counts...
August 3rd, 2015
Amanda Jones was kidnapped in Dallas, Texas. She was 15 years of age, and then she was sold for sex at the hands of human traffickers.Children right here in the United States are bought and sold for sexual exploitation in...
July 30th, 2015
Some years back at the 2008 RNC Convention, I was in St. Paul, MN as a National Delegate from Texas, and my husband and I met Republican pollster and analyst Dr. Frank Luntz, the author of one of the best books on good...
July 28th, 2015
The defense of South Korea was supposedly a U.N. action, but as history shows, the United States, unprepared for this war, took the brunt of the fighting, along with the South Koreans.
July 27th, 2015
Several dozen counties in Texas, including many in our area, that were hit by severe storms between May 4 and June 19 are now eligible to apply for government assistance. Homeowners, renters, and farmers who were affected by...
July 24th, 2015
Hollywood loves to promote people behaving badly. Remember Amarosa, from The Apprentice?Because Hollywood has run out of originality, it relies on “reality” TV. And when that doesn’t work, Hollywood asks people to “create”...
July 13th, 2015
A tsunami of disastrous consequences have been coming almost daily to Mr. Donald Trump after his inaccurate and divisive remarks in regards to Mexicans during his presidential announcement on June 16th.
July 7th, 2015
San Antonio congressional representatives are praising a recent decision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to name the five San Antonio Missions, including the Alamo, as a World...
