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Put simply: We are for limited government that works. At TexasGOPVote, we will work as a watchdog to help our state lawmakers and our congressional delegation pull in the reins on unnecessary spending and government bureaucracy. You better believe we’ll expose politicians who seek to act outside the bounds set by the Forefathers in the Constitutions of Texas and the United States.
June 19th, 2020
Lee Spencer White is the leadership, the drive behind the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association. She is a direct descendant of Gordon C. Jennings who fought in the battle and this is precisely why she is dedicated to the...
June 18th, 2020
The US Supreme Court decided to allow DACA and the temporary conditional legal status it provides to 700,000 DACA recipients to continue. I have always said that even though DACA was a decision for Congress, it was one good...
June 18th, 2020
President Trump took bold action to address calls for equality, justice, and accountability from law enforcement agencies by issuing an executive order to strengthen community-law enforcement relationships and restore public...
June 18th, 2020
Each Juneteenth, Texans celebrate the anniversary of the end of slavery in our state, and our nation’s continued progress towards equality. This year, our nation is grappling with how far we still have to go.As a history...
June 17th, 2020
The recent actions of Google to ‘demonetize' a conservative media publisher, The Federalist, raise serious concerns that Google is abusing its monopoly power in an effort to censor political speech with which it disagrees....
June 16th, 2020
If we are going to solve the problems besetting our nation right now, we have to have a collective and level-headed conversation. In the coming weeks and months, I hope this is the case because now is the time for action....
June 15th, 2020
I recently joined Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) for a tour of Lockheed Martin's F-35 facility. There, I met with outgoing Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and incoming CEO James...
June 12th, 2020
I announced more than $18 million will be distributed across the cities of San Antonio and El Paso and Bexar County to further address COVID-19 among vulnerable populations.
June 11th, 2020
In this era of instant communications, many of us are guilty of writing something stupid, and then pushing the send button and not considering what the reaction of others will be or how stupid it may look or read.
June 10th, 2020
The centerpiece was Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s proposal for a civilian oversight board to investigate allegations of use of force by police
June 19th, 2020
The grant will support operating, administrative, and preventive maintenance costs in order to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
June 18th, 2020
The destruction that has ensued should have every citizen just as outraged and concerned. Seeing all the looting, rioting, burning businesses, and killing innocent people, including policemen, enfold before our very eyes as...
June 18th, 2020
Although many of the changes to reform policing in our communities will happen at the local level, we can help stem racial inequality and ensure America’s police are more responsibly serving our communities.
June 17th, 2020
The executive order signed by the President today is an important step forward to ensure all our communities are safe because it promotes best practices across law enforcement. When Congress addresses police reform...
June 16th, 2020
My resolution honoring Juneteenth passed the Senate yesterday.
June 15th, 2020
A recent surge in COVID-19 cases has raised the county’s “threat level” and made it more likely that a new stay-at-home order would be issued, though it remained unclear whether the county had such authority.
June 12th, 2020
The City of Tahoka, Texas, issued a stay-at-home order Thursday following a spike in COVID-19 cases in recent days. The order calls for all residents to stay home except for travel for “essential activities” or to obtain “...
June 12th, 2020
This week I filed four amendments to the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill that would establish a program allowing the government to federalize more land while adding $17.3 billion to the national debt.
June 11th, 2020
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) and I yesterday introduced the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which would restore...
June 10th, 2020
While marching in solidarity with George Floyd’s family and 60,000 others in Houston, I saw that you can be outraged by a black man getting murdered in police custody, thankful that law enforcement is enabling our First...
