January 22nd, 2014
Bill and I attended the 27th Annual San Antonio MLK March on January 22, 2014. It was a good day for a march and a perfect day for photographing. It was estimated that 175K people participated in the Alamo city’s event....
January 22nd, 2014
Today, marks the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade as thousands of people march to the Supreme Court with heavy hearts. It is a solemn ritual, one that reminds us of the tragic loss of over 56 million unborn lives....
January 21st, 2014
Modern day slavery of children will not end without public awareness.So in conjunction with the Polaris Project and Cindy McCain, Clear Channel is donating billboard space around Phoenix to inform the people of Arizona about...
January 21st, 2014
Texas Railroad Commission Chairman and candidate for Texas Attorney General, Barry Smitherman, sat down with TexasGOPVote recently to discuss transparency in government and how the Texas Attorney Generals Office can help the...
January 20th, 2014
Today, as we all rightly honor the invaluable contributions Dr. Martin Luther King made to American culture and society, we should also ask ourselves, “What steps can America make today to further his beautiful and important...
January 20th, 2014
Sid Miller is a solid, conservative, pro-life and pro-Second Amendment Republican. During his time serving the people of Texas as a state representative, Miller was the House author of the Texas Sonogram Bill. He served as...
January 20th, 2014
Last week marked a victory for protecting the rights of the most innocent among us: the unborn.The Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 7, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” I am a cosponsor of this bill and also...
January 19th, 2014
Last week, I asked for unanimous consent to pass one amendment to prohibit the omnibus spending bill from funding Obamacare, then a second amendment to defund Obamacare and use the funds to restore cuts to military pensions...
January 17th, 2014
The United States is gearing up for the next Super Bowl. Unfortunately, so are human sex traffickers. Super Bowl Sunday is not just the sporting event of the year; it has also become America's traveling human trafficking...
January 17th, 2014
I am tired of all of the warning labels.The latest one comes from California (I am not surprised. Are you?) where a local group is trying to get the California government to require notices to be posted on gas pumps that...
January 22nd, 2014
Glenn Hegar for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts seems to have all the momentum in the race right now. The Texas Comptroller is one of the few, statewide elected officials. It is not a glamorous position, but it is a...
January 22nd, 2014
The Texas Department of Insurance has adopted state-specific rules for Obamacare navigators in Texas. I’m glad to see Texas taking the steps Secretary Sebelius failed to take to safeguard Texans’ personal information....
January 21st, 2014
Remember the heroine of Planned Parenthood, Wendy Davis? Of the pink tennis-shoed, Texas filibustered, right to kill late-term babies fame?We now know that wannabe Texas governor Wendy Davis essentially MADE UP her life...
January 21st, 2014
As I’ve previously mentioned, in my role on the Science Committee, I’ve been actively working to make sure Americans are safe from data theft under Obamacare. The data being entered into healthcare.gov is one of the largest...
January 20th, 2014
I am pleased to announce an upcoming town hall meeting. I hope that you can join me for a discussion about what House conservatives are doing to fight spending and rein in Washington overreach. More importantly, I look...
January 20th, 2014
As we begin 2014, it's worth reflecting on where we stand in our fight against al-Qaida and global terrorism.Over the past year, in my role as chairman of the Terrorism Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I'...
January 19th, 2014
Since his return to Texas after his twenty-one hour marathon Senate floor speech, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been speaking to sold out and standing room only crowds across Texas. If you havent had the opportunity to hear...
January 18th, 2014
Writer's Note: The following article about Texas Supreme Court challenger Joe Pool, Jr's. failed attempt to remove Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown from the Republican Primary ballot was originally...
January 17th, 2014
Before I go into detail about the Town Hall meeting that took place in San Antonio concerning abortion rights, I want to stress just how important and how divisive this subject has become in America. Even to the point that...
January 17th, 2014
So what's the President's big idea for helping the economy getting back on track? Well, two nights ago, according to published news reports, he was drinking martinis and plotting his 2014 political strategy with his fellow...