September 19th, 2016
This summer, a Vietnam Veteran who posted on Facebook about the problems he was having with the VA contacted my office for help. After a loss of mobility, this veteran’s doctor ordered a wheelchair for him, but he had not...
September 19th, 2016
Modern day slavery is happening all around us, and it occurs in the form of human trafficking. Victims are sold into sex slavery, drugged, beaten, threatened and forced to engage in horrifying acts at the demand of their...
September 16th, 2016
A full page ad ran in the San Antonio Express News on September 7, 2016 on page A7. It was paid for by Catholics for Choice. A note at the bottom read, ‘Public funding for abortion is a Catholic social justice value’. NOT...
September 15th, 2016
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act (HEAR) which was introduced by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Richard Blumenthal (D...
September 15th, 2016
Terrorism is a hazard to human life and material prosperity that should be addressed in a sensible manner whereby the benefits of actions to contain it outweigh the costs.
September 14th, 2016
The summer is always a busy time for Houstonians. As many of you are getting back into the school routine and wrapping up summer travels, I wanted to share some of the work I did both in and around the community during the...
September 13th, 2016
The marching orders, part of the "Daily Message Guidance" from Brooklyn headquarters, instructed Clinton allies on how to answer questions about the Democratic nominee’s pneumonia and about how she dealt with the untimely...
September 13th, 2016
I sent a letter with House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz to U.S. Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene L.
September 12th, 2016
Reports indicate that North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test last week, its fourth since January 2009. Meanwhile, the White House has been naively pursuing a strategy it calls ‘strategic patience’ with Pyongyang that...
September 12th, 2016
Hillary Clinton said the use of a private email server was for her "convenience," but it was a huge inconvenience and expense for the State Department and hardworking American taxpayers.
September 19th, 2016
The man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey, Ahmad Khan Rahami, was taken into custody on Monday after he was wounded in a gun fight with the...
September 16th, 2016
The Pentagon says the militant known as "Dr. Wa'il", the Islamic State's minister of propaganda and one of its most senior leaders, was killed by a coalition airstrike near the group's de facto capital, Raqqah, Syria.
September 16th, 2016
The stunning White House ransom payments to Iran controversy just gets worse. It turns out payments to the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism wasn’t $400 million but a whopping $1.7 billion.
September 15th, 2016
Donald Trump outlined his vision for managing the nation's economy as president on Thursday, promising that his plans to lower taxes by $4.4 trillion over a decade and cut regulations would lead to booming growth, create...
September 14th, 2016
With the first big debate in sight, the race is now tightening.
September 14th, 2016
It seems every presidential election comes with stakes higher than the last, and that is certainly true this year. Voters will again go to the polls in November to decide who can best handle the serious issues that our...
September 13th, 2016
The truth is the implementation and the reality of Obamacare has been nothing short of a disaster for many of the people that I represent in Texas, but it's not limited to the 27 million people or so who live in Texas.
September 12th, 2016
Today on the Senate floor I discussed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which passed the House unanimously last week and pa
September 12th, 2016
At the Amplify School Choice conference that I attended in Denver, I listened attentively when the subject of the Blaine Amendment was discussed. I had never heard of the Blaine Amendment and probably many of you haven’t...
September 11th, 2016
Never Forget 9/11!? It was early in the morning on September 11, 2001 that America was attacked; the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and United Flight 93 were the intended targets. America lost...