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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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.

May 19th, 2022
I gave a floor speech Wednesday explaining why I am voting this week for the Senate’s Ukraine aid bill.I gave several key reasons why a vote for Ukrainian aid is in America’s best interests:
May 19th, 2022
This week Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and I introduced the
May 18th, 2022
Jake Ellzey (TX-06), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and I sent an amicus letter to the Supreme Court of Texas warning of Texas Central Railroad's lack of progress and funding at the federal level for their proposed Dallas to...
May 17th, 2022
Congratulations to our 2022 District Art Competition Winner - Modesta Wellborn from Trinity School of Midland. Her watercolor painting "Traverse the Plains" depicts a peaceful longhorn along a fence line - a symbol of our...
May 16th, 2022
Last week we celebrated National Police Week, when we take time to recognize the heroic service of our nation's law enforcement officers who bravely put themselves in harm's way to keep our families and communities safe....
May 16th, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a blatantly unconstitutional Disinformation Governance Board led by Nina Jankowicz—an outspoken liberal who mocked stories exposing Hunter Biden’s laptop and praised the...
May 13th, 2022
No parent should be forced to send their children to failing schools, which is why I’m glad my friend Governor Abbott is so fervently supporting school choice.
May 13th, 2022
I spoke on the House floor on Thursday in celebration of National Nurses Week, recognizing nurses at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC). In May 2019, I spent 23 days – 3 of which were in a coma – at BAMC after sustaining...
May 12th, 2022
The threats to Justices remain high because emotions are high, and the Chief Justice has asked Congress to take action to protect the Justices and their families by simply providing the same sort of authorities that the...
May 11th, 2022
The Biden administration’s assault on oil and gas production began during his campaign when he pledged during the debates: “No more drilling on federal lands. No more drilling, including offshore. No ability for the oil...
May 19th, 2022
A recent presentation at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston highlighted how challenges associated with the outdated US immigration system have cultivated an inefficient, unethical, and unsafe shadow economy that...
May 18th, 2022
I have written a letter to President Joe Biden calling on his administration to address the baby formula shortage that is hurting Texas and other states around the country.
May 18th, 2022
On the floor, I discussed last week’s congressional delegation trip to Ukraine, Sweden, and Finland, and how the U.S. benefits from helping Ukraine. Excerpts of my remarks are below, and video can be found here.
May 17th, 2022
This week, I joined Congressman Mike Johnson and other Republicans in filing a resolution condemning the attempts by pro-abortion activists to intimidate Supreme Court Justices.
May 16th, 2022
Chris Coons (D-DE) and I released the following statements after our Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, which would require online publication of financial disclosure reports for federal judges and mandate they...
May 13th, 2022
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias...
May 13th, 2022
Rep. Van Duyne is leading the way in countering President Biden's baby formula shortage by helping parents find baby formula near them.
May 12th, 2022
More than 70,000 (over 94%) of Afghans resettled in the U.S. thus far have been processed under humanitarian parole. Parole offers only limited, temporary benefits and — unlike refugees and SIVs — no clear path to permanent...
May 12th, 2022
Last week, I learned of yet another deadly Humvee
May 11th, 2022
This radical pro-abortion bill that Senator Schumer set for a vote allows for abortions at any point during a woman's pregnancy up until the time of delivery. It does this by prohibiting states from protecting an unborn...