Voting Resources
Family
Republicans must come together to stand for policies that strengthen the core of society: The traditional family. Marriage must be protected. Life must be respected. Liberals suggest the policies we embrace are “divisive wedge issues,” but they could not be more wrong. Policies that strengthen the family are essential to a GOP that keeps its core conservative principles.
March 5th, 2013
Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Auto Industry Pension Task Force, was joined by fellow Task Force members in writing to request that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) provide them with an update on...
March 1st, 2013
I issued the following statement reacting to the House passage of S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, which includes the SAFER Act of 2013, a bipartisan bill that I introduced with Rep. Carolyn...
February 25th, 2013
When Texas voted in this last election, no one did an exit poll; perhaps because it would have shown that Latinos voted for the Democrats in larger numbers than we Republicans wanted to acknowledge. The fear that Texas is...
February 13th, 2013
I join a bipartisan group of Representatives today to pay tribute to Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle, a true American military hero, who was tragically killed on February 2nd.Chris was a personal friend of mine, and I know...
February 8th, 2013
Could you imagine what the reaction of the news media would be if a Republican President had been AWOL during a major crisis, not communicating with key defense personnel? In September, four Americans were killed by...
February 6th, 2013
The time is now for Americans, and especially Texans, who honor American service members to step forward and send a message of support to the family of American Sniper author and former Navy Seal, Christopher Kyle and to all...
February 3rd, 2013
Bill and I travelled to Washington, DC for two main reasons, to visit our son and grandkids and to participate in the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade March for Life. In fact, we planned on attending the March for Life since...
January 31st, 2013
It is difficult to fathom why in 2013 some faux conservative researchers at the Center for Immigration studies (CIS) still make use of eugenic fallacies to paint Mexican immigrants as genetically inferior. Perhaps it is...
January 28th, 2013
During this last election in south Dallas, where black people generally vote over 90% for the Democratic party, I thought that the truth should be spoken in these uncertain terms. A different but strong conversation must be...
January 25th, 2013
The late, great Andrew Breitbart once described comedian Evan Sayet’s 2007 speech at the Heritage Foundation as “one of the five most important conservative speeches ever given”. Five years later that speech (How Modern...
March 5th, 2013
As House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman, I have called a hearing for tomorrow afternoon titled Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part...
February 27th, 2013
Before Black History month in America ends, and in light of the fact that so much of the 2013 celebration honors left-wing African-Americans, this short series of articles offers praise for some truly brave Americans---black...
February 21st, 2013
AUSTIN – Ashley Sewell, formerly CEO of Carnivore Media, a boutique online image management firm, is bringing her talent to the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime campaign. Ashley will continue working for...
February 12th, 2013
Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, released the following statement as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) has undertaken a...
February 7th, 2013
Have you ever wondered why some folks are opposed to any form of immigration reform?Please open the two links and educate yourself.Hijacking Immigration? How the Immigration Debate Was Taken Over By Pro-Choice,...
February 6th, 2013
This is black history month. Earlier this week, at my church anniversary celebration, I talked about the most achieved and the wisest black leader in America in the last 100 years. I had the good fortune to have worked for...
February 2nd, 2013
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has called the Super Bowl "the single largest human trafficking incident in the United States." According to Forbes Magazine, the Super Bowl held in Miami, Florida in 2010 saw an...
January 30th, 2013
White House “We The People Petition” Created to Protect U.S. Border and Keeps TARS Air Defense. The petition asks Obama to keep the Tethered Aerostat Radar System Operational in order to help secure the Southern Border of...
January 27th, 2013
Hillary Clinton is lucky for she doesn’t have to worry about an inquisitive media looking closely into her record as Secretary of State or her performance in the recent Congressional hearing. If so, they would have reported...
January 25th, 2013
I want to welcome and thank all Texans who have made the trip to Washington to make their voices heard. We’ve taken important steps in recent years to defend life, including passage of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and...
