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Government
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.
September 5th, 2019
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ‘s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $1,365,400 to the San Antonio River Authority for flood prevention, mitigation and protection. As a member of the House...
September 4th, 2019
There are hundreds of thousands of Americans that don’t get it. They are still thinking that their democrat party is the same it was decades ago. (This thinking being a great example of the ‘normalcy bias’.)
September 3rd, 2019
Ogg campaigned for election in 2016 on the need for comprehensive bail reform, but she argues the proposed settlement of Harris County’s bail reform lawsuit goes too far to accommodate defendants without providing adequate...
September 3rd, 2019
Protecting religious liberty is one of the most important duties we have in Congress. Our right to it is laid out in the first amendment, and it is a right that those who represent you should never forget to defend.
August 30th, 2019
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, and I yesterday penned an op-ed in Real Clear Markets, where we call on the administration to index capital gains to inflation.
August 29th, 2019
The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and I today announced the results of a study on the Green New Deal’s impact on Texas. The study, called “The Cost of the Green New Deal to Texas”, was conducted by Texas Public...
August 28th, 2019
I recently continued my statewide tour to visit with local workers, families, and small business owners with stops in Dallas and Corsicana, Texas. In Dallas, I joined members of the Dallas World Affairs Council for a...
August 27th, 2019
If the Democrats couldn’t beat Trump with the full force of the corrupt Obama administration, they certainly can’t beat him now.Apparently, the reality has set in, as evidenced by the comments made in a DNC fundraising...
August 27th, 2019
With Border Patrol apprehensions along the southern border in May 2019 up nearly 300 percent from May 2018, I today urged United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan to provide much-...
August 26th, 2019
Harris County prosecutors have charged former Houston police officer Gerald Goines with two felony murder charges in connection with a deadly January 28 botched drug raid that killed two civilians and injured several...
September 5th, 2019
San Antonio native and 20-year Navy veteran Tony Gonzales recently announced he will seek Texas Congressional District 23’s seat in the US House of Representatives during the 2020 elections.
September 4th, 2019
As member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday I delivered remarks and participated in a conversation focused on ‘Interventionism vs. Isolationism' with Hudson Senior Fellow Mike Doran at the Hudson...
September 3rd, 2019
Another good week in the greatest state in the nation.I got to check out fighter jets at Boeing's facility in San Antonio and cut the ribbon on the new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fleet Service Life Modification contract, which...
August 30th, 2019
It used to be that political disagreements stop at our shore. However, the nasty political climate has the Democrats so hysterically anti-Trump that they seem to be rooting for China!
August 30th, 2019
I issued the following statements discussing important issues the Democrat-led House has not addressed in the 116th Congress:
August 28th, 2019
Harris County leaders passed a resolution that would accelerate flood infrastructure spending in areas of the county where people are in the greatest danger from flooding. The “Harris Thrives” resolution passed 3-to-2 along...
August 28th, 2019
During this state work period, I've been hearing from Texans on all sorts of issues. Here are some of the things I've been doing.
August 27th, 2019
The bill mandates required reporting from colleges and universities about courses that don't transfer, and aims to help students save time and money.
August 26th, 2019
It takes a lot of courage to make two grossly false claims in a respected publication in less than 40 words. But as the national debt continues to grow—and as Republicans continue to offer bicameral solutions for tackling...
August 26th, 2019
All Americans should be concerned about the potential for China to replace the United States as the most important economy in the world. We face a potential future where Mandarin and the yuan, not English and the dollar,...
