January 9th, 2014
In what will hopefully be the first in a series of events like it across Texas, business leaders and educators from the Houston area gathered to talk about the best ways they can work together to put kids on track for the...
January 9th, 2014
We’re continuing the negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill. The 2008 Farm Bill expired in September of 2012, and our one-year extension of that bill expired this past September. So we’re...
January 8th, 2014
A Lumberton, Texas man, Derek Poe, was walking to his Golden Triangle Tactical gun shop in Parkdale Mall in Beaumont, TX. He was legally open carrying his AR-15 rifle across his back with the barrel facing down. He had done...
January 8th, 2014
Congress is also working on legislation to fund the government. The current funding expires on January 15, so we have a relatively short timeline. The budget deal that passed in December set the numbers for this spending...
January 7th, 2014
As Chairman of the House Rules Committee, I released the following statement in response to President Obama’s call today for an extension of emergency unemployment insurance:If President Obama is serious about helping the...
January 7th, 2014
Last February 14th, 18-year-old Justin River Carter made a comment during an argument with a few acquaintances on Facebook that would shock most people, but I doubt that many people would take his hyperbole seriously enough...
January 6th, 2014
In August of 2012, I began a series of articles titled, "A Lawless Presidency" and began looking into a huge scandal that involved the Obama Administration taking the pensions from salaried workers of Delphi and...
January 6th, 2014
The following are must-read books for fellow conservatives for ideas and understanding of today’s world and where to move from here.America 3.0 by James Bennett and Michael Lotus: This book deals...
January 5th, 2014
The following resolutions for the 2014 March primary election will be up for your consideration. I heartily encourage you to use these to help accomplish two goals:Get Out The Vote (GOTV) in the primary....
January 3rd, 2014
Camp Liberty in Iraq once again came under attack yesterday when dozens of missiles rained down over the camp, killing at least two and severely injuring at least fifty others. It is no coincidence that this attack came...
January 9th, 2014
What is it with Democrat officials and candidates and domestic violence against women? Perhaps this is the real "War on Women". Remember last election when the Democrat candidate for Harris County District Attorney, Lloyd...
January 8th, 2014
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform*, endorsed Texas Senator Glenn Hegar in his bid to become the next Comptroller of Public Accounts for Texas. In a statement released by the Hegar campaign today,...
January 8th, 2014
The following was sent in from Jerry Patterson:Today, I am pleased to announce that I have been endorsed by Dr. Ron Paul, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, past candidate for U.S. President, and one of...
January 8th, 2014
Maybe I am just saying this because I am young, but the Republican Party of Texas needs young, energetic leaders. I truly believe that one of the biggest problems that the Republican Party faces is we are not attracting...
January 7th, 2014
Immigration and the Texas Economy - We Must Fix Immigration Laws to Sustain Economic Growth in Texas
Much of the growth of the American and Texas economies, and even innovation for that matter, comes for the immigrants who find their way here to make a better life for themselves and their families. The net positive is that...
January 7th, 2014
I released the following video on President Obama and Senate Democrats’ latest round of the blame game. It’s transparent that this is a political exercise, not a real effort to try to fix this problem.
January 6th, 2014
Political analyst/commentator and TexasGOPVote blogger Bob Price joined Dallas County GOP Chair Wade Emmert's power panel Sunday for his weekly WPAB radio show called "The Wade Emmert Show." Joining Bob on the power panel...
January 6th, 2014
The current Zapatista uprising in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas marked its 20th anniversary this past week. Media outlets across the world covered the date, with far-left outlets and blogs celebrating their Zapatista...
January 4th, 2014
Today, I issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s move to reverse U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent order temporarily blocking the Obamacare contraceptive mandate for...
January 3rd, 2014
Earlier this week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its selection of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi as one of six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and...