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.
November 30th, 2020
In Texas, renters looking for a new home don’t have the same right to flood risk information that home buyers have. But that could change in the 2021 legislative session.
November 30th, 2020
Despite the suppression of the story of fraud in our last election by the mainstream media, it in fact did occur. It could have been enough to swing elections!In Texas, we dodged a bullet. The operatives behind ...
November 24th, 2020
I am pleased that the Trump administration has taken the final and necessary step to formally withdraw from this costly and outdated agreement. Russia will no longer be able to use this treaty to use our skies to spy on the...
November 23rd, 2020
Despite its indisputable accomplishments and contributions to global health, the WHO continues to exclude Taiwan from the WHA due to pressure from Beijing. This places the political agenda of a single member over the health...
November 20th, 2020
The governor, who issued a stay-at-home order in April, contended that “there are now known severe medical consequences to that — emotional, mental-type consequences to it — as well as the devastating financial consequences...
November 20th, 2020
Military City, USA is as patriotic a city as they come, with robust defense, education, training, research, and cybersecurity infrastructure at the ready. Texans have already demonstrated outsized success in the military and...
November 19th, 2020
As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I along with U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) this week sent a letter to President Trump urging the administration to...
November 19th, 2020
Recently on the floor, I discussed Democratic leadership’s decision to release to the media a letter to Majority Leader McConnell on coronavirus relief instead of engaging in good-faith negotiations.
November 18th, 2020
As member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I yesterday questioned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a full committee hearing examining Big Tech’s abuses of power, specifically suppressing free...
November 17th, 2020
Two of Silicon Valley's top tech CEOs, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey, will appear Tuesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee (led by a newly reelected Lindsey Graham) in their first post-...
November 30th, 2020
I recently had an opportunity to speak to about 100 state legislators about COVID rationality, making the strongest case I could, and calling on them to be the voices of the voiceless (i.e., the victims of lockdown we’re...
November 25th, 2020
This proposed rule will help prevent U.S. banks from unfairly restricting credit to our energy sector and otherwise credit-worthy customers who employ countless Texans.
November 24th, 2020
San Antonio, also known as Military City, USA, has a rich legacy of military service and the largest presence of cyber and intelligence capabilities outside of the national capital region. It is the ideal location for...
November 23rd, 2020
The aviation industry has suffered immensely due to lower travel demand during the pandemic, and unfortunate but necessary cost-cutting measures taken by the airlines mean they don’t currently have the infrastructure or...
November 20th, 2020
I recently issued the following statement after the Aircraft Safety and Certification Reform Act of 2020, which included four of his amendments, advanced out of the Commerce Committee with strong bipartisan support.Following...
November 20th, 2020
As the Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I spoke on the House Floor in support of the Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for Cleaner Seas (PLASTICS) Act, legislation aimed at reducing...
November 19th, 2020
Steve Sisolak, governor of Nevada, recently scolded citizens of his state. Why, only irresponsible behavior can account for a rise in “cases” there!So he’s telling Nevadans that they have two weeks to get things under...
November 18th, 2020
During the Georgia recount, a county stumbled upon a stash of votes they missed the first time, to the benefit of . . . President Trump
November 18th, 2020
On the Senate floor, I spoke about the ongoing U.S. mission in the Middle East and responded to the Administration’s announcement that they will withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
November 17th, 2020
2020 Election: Harris County GOP On Life Support, Statewide We Survived, But Have Lots Of Work To Do
After the disastrous 2016 and 2018 election cycles in Harris County (Houston), Texas, the GOP lost virtually every countywide race and had legislative and Congressional setbacks. However, in 2020 they held serve.