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December 18th, 2013
This post is a continuation of a series I began on Russell Kirk’s 10 principles of conservatism and how they can be incorporated into today’s political climate in hopes of stabilizing the Republican Party and putting it on a...
December 17th, 2013
Click above to watch my round of questioning from our Transportation subcommittee hearing this week.Aviation is crucial to our nation's economy, providing millions of American jobs and responsible for more than a trillion...
December 17th, 2013
Today I joined a House Oversight Committee field hearing in Dallas on the Obamacare Navigator program. Navigators are hired to explain Obamacare and help people sign up for coverage. However, there are a number of concerns...
December 16th, 2013
On Saturday, I joined the families and loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes to lay a wreath at each of the 610 grave sites of the veterans buried at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.Prescription Drug Overdoses...
December 16th, 2013
This past Wednesday at Cafe Adobe to an overflow crowd, Paul Simpson, candidate for Harris County Republican Party Chair, officially kicked off his grass roots campaign. Surrounded by supporters and family members, in the...
December 14th, 2013
All around Israel things are in tremendous turmoil.To Israel's south, Egypt is experiencing its worst period of unrest in 50 years. There is no elected government, and there won't be until next year. The economy is on a...
December 13th, 2013
Being a photographer for most of my life, I well understand the outrage the photojournalists feel toward the Obama Administration. Photojournalists have been ‘locked out’ from going to the White House and official events to...
December 13th, 2013
I issued the below statement following today’s House vote on the Bipartisan Budget Act (H.J. Res. 59). The budget passed by a vote of 332-94.I supported the congressional budget agreement for a number of reasons. First, it...
December 12th, 2013
You want to know why government has no ingenuity? Because ingenuity requires actual WORK…such as demonstrated by one wood chopper!Check out how this guy solves his problem. One thing is for sure; you can bet his knowledge...
December 12th, 2013
When our leaders set lofty goals it creates a pathway to achievement. Over fifty-two years ago, President Kennedy set a goal for our nation of sending a man to the moon and returning him home safely by the end of that decade...
December 18th, 2013
Will House Speaker John Boehner's recent success with the budget bill bolster his confidence enough to move forward on immigration reform? It certainly appears the answer to that may well be a resounding yes. Politico's...
December 17th, 2013
On December 12, 2013, Members of the House and Senate introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow the United States or any state or local government to register official insignia for federal trademark protection....
December 17th, 2013
I joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and several lawmakers in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday challenging EPA’s power to interpret the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a way that...
December 16th, 2013
Three years ago, I first wrote about the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Three years later, Brian's family waits for answers as to what really happened that night in the Arizona desert. Over the past three...
December 15th, 2013
Like a thief in the night US Rep Steve Stockman Texas District 36 has challenged US Senator John Cornyn. With only a minute left on the 6pm deadline on Monday, December 9, Stockman filed in Austin for the Senate seat held...
December 13th, 2013
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the witness list for next week’s field hearing on the Affordable Care Act in Dallas, Texas. This is the fourth in a series of...
December 13th, 2013
Yesterday, the House passed the FY2014 national defense funding bill, which included a provision that I have advocated for to require the Administration to increase its efforts to combat the Haqqani network, a designated...
December 12th, 2013
The McClennan County GOP and KCENTV are hosting a debate tonight between the four candidates for the Republican nomination to be the next Lt. Governor of Texas. The candidates are, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Texas Land...
December 12th, 2013
The Texas 2014 Republican Primary Election has more hotly contested races than I have ever seen. From the race for Lieutenant Governor to the race for Attorney General all the way down to County Judge Races. One big race...
December 12th, 2013
The former governor of Tamaulipas, the Mexican state bordering a large part of South Texas, has been indicted in the U.S. on numerous charges related to allegedly helping the Mexican Gulf cartel smuggle narcotics into the U....
