Taxes
July 25th, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 24th, 2012
I voted in support of H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act that provides a one-year, 20 percent tax deduction for companies with fewer than 500 workers. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of...
April 19th, 2012
This past week, I participated in the Cain's Solutions Revolution on the Hill. Cain’s goal was to reunite the Tea Party leaders, grassroots activists of his campaign, and create a new Army of David’s to pound the street for...
April 11th, 2012
HOUSTON — In advance of Tax Day, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today announced the introduction of comprehensive legislation to assist small business owners and taxpayers in cutting through IRS red tape. Sen. Cornyn’s ...
January 3rd, 2012
Henry Hazlet in his classic book, Economics in One Easy Lesson, noted that the key to understanding economics is not just to look at who benefits today from an anticipated economic policy but to look at the long run...
December 22nd, 2011
I issued the following statement on the Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act:This is not complicated. The House bill keeps everyone’s payroll taxes stable for one year. The Senate bill allows everyone’s taxes to...
December 14th, 2011
As American families continue struggling to make ends meet in the Obama economy, House Republicans are committed to protecting all workers from tax increases and putting an end to reckless government spending. I am...
November 28th, 2011
Envy is a destructive force that undermines society for it doesn’t engender growth or progress but is a bureaucratization of society to enforce a false equality of results. America was designed and still is considered a...
November 9th, 2011
There was no debate between Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. It was a discussion, at best with Mr. Gingrich taking command of the stage while waxing philosophically about the issues. His command of the topics and language...
November 3rd, 2011
This election is the idea election, and it is an election in which political parties are changing as liberalism and conservatism are being redefined for the 21st century. The Tea Party has driven the Republican agenda and...
July 17th, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 20th, 2012
I released the following statement regarding the passage of the Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012, legislation that would provide a 20% tax deduction for small businesses with fewer than 500 employees:Small...
April 12th, 2012
The media, driven by the Democratic left, has been nearly saturated with the administration’s call for the tax system to be more “fair”. Their clarion call of course, is that bazillionaires like George Soros (D), Al Gore (D...
March 14th, 2012
This is a piece of random thoughts where conventional wisdom is turned upside down and corrected. Here is a thought, how many times does the left tells us how much of a failure those Bush tax cuts were? Of course, the job...
December 28th, 2011
I had an interesting conversation with an acquaintance a couple of weeks ago. This individual is a conservative East Texan. Unfortunately, this individual, like many other individuals (including conservatives), has fallen...
December 21st, 2011
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of...
December 13th, 2011
The United Nations finally concluded its Climate Change meeting in Durban, South Africa at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, a day and a half late. Delegates did not create a new treaty to legally bind nations to limit greenhouse gas...
November 10th, 2011
A government-guaranteed loan to a so-called green energy company Solyndra has been in the news lately. Solyndra was supposed to employ thousands of Americans in the production of solar panels and received federal loan...
November 6th, 2011
Whatever happened to the Conservative idea of "Equal Opportunity for all"? For that matter, what about free market principles and the idea that no one is "too big to fail?"Are Conservatives comfortable with the promotion of...
November 3rd, 2011
Elizabeth Perez, conservative candidate for Houston City Council At-Large #2 sent the following in about this Saturday's Cain-Gingrich Debate:Texas is getting lots of attention with the Republican Presidential candidates....