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July 12th, 2013
I’ve been studying the issue of 3rd party cookies, what they are and how they related to the freedom of the internet. It’s not my usual subject, but it’s fascinating in the respect that I had no idea how much money the 3rd...
July 12th, 2013
Today I introduced legislation to reduce frivolous lawsuits that plague our legal system. The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 2655) imposes mandatory sanctions on lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits in federal...
July 11th, 2013
Former President George W. Bush made a rare public policy speech at his presidential library in Dallas this week. As a former president, he has tried very hard to stay out of specific policy issues. However, while speaking...
July 10th, 2013
The defense rested today in the second degree murder persecution of George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is standing trial on trumped up charges after the States Attorney bowed public pressure and filed charges against Zimmerman...
July 10th, 2013
"Today I am announcing I will not seek reelection as governor of Texas."On Monday, July 8, 2013, Governor Rick Perry, Texas’ longest serving Governor, announced to his strong core supporters that he would not be...
July 9th, 2013
Congress has a packed schedule in July, and there’s a lot to be done. The House will be working on appropriations bills, which is how we fund the government. In following with the budget plan we passed earlier this year,...
July 9th, 2013
Scandal after scandal after scandal. Benghazi, AP wiretapping, and the presidential administration using the IRS to target his political opponents. Not to mention the new revelation that the government has been spying on...
July 8th, 2013
“America will never reject abortion until America sees abortion.” - Dr. Alveda King niece of Martin Luther King, Jr Father Frank Pavone of Priests for LifeMany of us do not want to see a baby torn apart...
July 8th, 2013
Today I made the following statement after Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he will not seek reelection:Under Governor Perry’s leadership, Texas has been a shining example that less government, lower taxes and fewer...
July 8th, 2013
The last couple of weeks in Texas have really exposed Democrats for who they really are, an unruly mob who, when they do not get their way, decide to disrupt the legislature; they oppose the strong majority of Americans by...
July 12th, 2013
#Stand4Life across the US: 59% support a Federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks, even though the question didn’t include an exception for the life of the mother!Remember that University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll that...
July 11th, 2013
Lumberton City Councilmen Don Burnett and Andy Kelley have had their political committee fined for serious violations of the law.I filed the complaint months ago with the State of Texas Ethics Commission. This week I got a...
July 11th, 2013
Yesterday I joined all 45 fellow Senate Republicans in sending a letter to President Obama asking him to extend the Obamacare employer mandate delay to the rest of the flawed law and to make those delays permanent. The...
July 10th, 2013
Abortion. Possibly the most controversial issue of our time. An issue we are told to avoid. Why? You can argue your point until you are blue in the face but the result is always just that, blue faces. You either believe it...
July 10th, 2013
Governor Perry’s decision to not seek another term as governor allows for an opportunity to consider term limits. At the moment I am undecided on the matter for reasons I will explain below. But first, I think it is...
July 9th, 2013
The partial unsealing of a criminal complaint by the U.S. Attorney’s Office reveals a Mexican man legally living in the U.S. was kidnapped on U.S. soil by the Mexican Gulf cartel, illegally brought across the U.S. southern...
July 9th, 2013
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently released a report, "Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean," that identifies both Mexican cartels and street gangs as conduits for...
July 8th, 2013
Have we become minimalists with our expectations of freedom? Have we as American citizens become complacent with the amount of freedoms we suppose that we'll have left when the Obama administration ceases to exist? I am apt...
July 8th, 2013
Last week, my fellow TexasGOPVote blogger David Bellow wrote an article attacking the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) and Texas State Representative Sarah Davis (R-134) over the Party's support of Davis in the 2012 general...
July 7th, 2013
The Russian government’s fingerprints are apparent on the recent decision by the government of Kyrgyzstan to “denounce” a pre-existing agreement with the U.S. military to use the Manas Transit Center, an airbase vital to U.S...
