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Last Thursday, the FDA significantly weakened its chemical abortion safety regulations by permanently removing the “in-person dispensing requirement” and allowing distribution of the chemical abortion drugs by mail. However, in Texas, thanks to a timely... -
Governments can either provide a platform for prosperity or for oppression depending upon which economic system they enable. Capitalism—and governments that support it—empowers citizens to pursue productive activities in a manner constituent to their... -
The best way to fix the broken immigration system involves bipartisan legislating of three main policies: improving border security, adjusting legal immigration to allow for the entry of needed workers, and creating a method for unauthorized immigrants... -
U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and I led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden over reports that the administration is considering a reinstatement of a ban on U.S. crude oil exports. The letter... -
Texas has made national news in the past week with a bold new law that has – at least for the moment – effectively stopped abortions of unborn children past six weeks of gestation, the point at which the child’s heartbeat is detectable. Meanwhile, in...
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Often referring to himself as a “conservative millennial,” Charles Frantes is Pro-Life, a supporter of limited government, and interested in researching a solution to our broken immigration system. Charles graduated from The University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations...
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DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a federal program that allows immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as minors before 2012 to earn conditional renewable legal status if they meet a number of requirements.
September 23rd, 2022
Chris Coons (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and I introduced the Respect for Child Survivors Act, which would improve the treatment of FBI child victim witnesses by requiring trauma-informed...
September 22nd, 2022
Immigration is a highly complicated issue, and for complex problems, Congress has traditionally needed an emergency to act. There hasn’t been one to force Congress's hand up to this point.
September 22nd, 2022
Congressman Tony Gonzales and Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA)on Tuesday released the following statements, applauding the House and Senate passage of the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act (H.R....
September 21st, 2022
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced the Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation and Obscured Foreign...
September 21st, 2022
This week I introduced the No Partisan Radio Act, or the NPR Act, which would end the federal government’s financial support of National Public Radio (NPR). Jackson’s legislation comes as NPR has come under fire for using...
September 20th, 2022
Monday on the floor I discussed congressional Democrats’ indifference towards the crisis at the southern border and the hope that Democrat mayors outraged with the consequences of the Biden Administration’s immigration...
September 19th, 2022
As a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, I spoke about my efforts to designate the portion of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Laredo, Texas up through New Mexico, as a future addition...
September 19th, 2022
After learning that U.S. Army Maj. Samuel Sigoloff was the target of retaliation and possibly illegal acts by his chain of command, the Congressional Justice for Warriors Caucus is calling on the Secretary of the Army to...
September 16th, 2022
This week I joined Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and 100 Republicans in demanding answers from credit card companies Visa, American Express, and Mastercard over the implementation of a classification of gun sales, to ensure...
September 15th, 2022
I was joined by a number of GOP colleagues in a letter to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser demanding she end the unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandate for school children ages 12 and up.
September 23rd, 2022
I issued the following statement Wednesday after voting against H.R.8873, the “Presidential Election Reform Act”: Americans deserve a federal election process in which they can place their full faith and trust without...
September 22nd, 2022
On Wednesday, I questioned the CEOs of Citibank, Wells Fargo, PNC, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Truist and demanded they condemn the ongoing human rights atrocities being committed against the Uyghur minority in...
September 22nd, 2022
Rep. Beth Van Duyne yesterday joined Rep. Chip Roy's letter to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requesting the VA provide a briefing to Congressional offices on the PACT Act’s implementation and how it will affect the...
September 21st, 2022
This week 41 of my Republican colleagues and I sent a letter to House Republicans expressing their opposition to any continuing resolution that empowers Democrats to pass a massive spending package in the upcoming lame duck...
September 20th, 2022
This week, the Foreign Affairs Committee considered H.R. 2374, the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act. The bill notes that school-aged children in the West Bank and Gaza are learning from American taxpayer-...
September 20th, 2022
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Drug trafficking, illicit manufacturing, and a wide-open southern border have led to fentanyl being the leading killer of our young people...
September 19th, 2022
Cornyn, 32 Senate Republicans Call for Hunter Biden Prosecutor to be Given Special Counsel Authority
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and more than 30 other colleagues, Monday sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that U.S. Attorney David Weiss...
September 16th, 2022
This week, the Democrats—per their usual swampy tactics—pulled a last-minute floor maneuver and lumped eight different bills together for a single vote.
September 15th, 2022
The Texas Association of Business recently launched its imigration webinar series on the economic impact of immigration. As the state’s economy continues to grow and more businesses move to Texas, immigrants are needed to...
September 15th, 2022
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and I introduced a bill that will protect students in Washington, D.C. public schools from the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss...
