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.
August 31st, 2022
This week I announced $500,000 in grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Maverick County Hospital District Diabetes Unit. In 2021, I helped secure these funds for the Diabetes Access and...
August 26th, 2022
In addition to the assistance they provided during the height of the pandemic, the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth plays an ongoing role in helping safeguard the health and safety of our community.
August 23rd, 2022
The INFANT Act will prohibit states from contracting over 70 percent of their Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program baby formula supply from one manufacturer, thereby...
August 22nd, 2022
I am continuously inspired by how our community supports and protects each other.Last month, Rochelle Baptist Church’s sanctuary was destroyed in a tragic fire. Since then, there has been such an outpouring of support within...
August 19th, 2022
This week I had the opportunity to welcome 15 new U.S. Citizens at a naturalization ceremony at the Federal Courthouse in San Angelo.
August 18th, 2022
Continuing drought conditions in the U.S. southwestern region forced federal officials to announce drastic and unprecedented cuts to the water supplies to two states and Mexico. Lakes and reservoirs along the Colorado River...
August 9th, 2022
I am continuously inspired by the way our community comes together and takes care of each other. Leadership and charity start at home.
August 4th, 2022
I issued the following statement after the Senate passed his Jenna Quinn Law, which would allow grant funds to be used to train and educate students, teachers, caregivers, and other adults who work with children in...
July 8th, 2022
This week, I announced that my bill, the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act, which allows physicians to prescribe buprenorphine without first obtaining a waiver, passed the House, 402 to 20, Wednesday, June 22. ...
July 6th, 2022
Last year, the Biden White House released the now-infamous
August 30th, 2022
This week, our West Texas community lost a legend, hero, and friend: Coach Gary Gaines passed away at the age of 73.Coach Gaines was nothing less than legendary.
August 25th, 2022
His legacy lives on through the tens of thousands of players, coaches, and fans whose lives he changed for the better.
August 23rd, 2022
A Texas woman suspects she was poisoned by touching a napkin stuffed in her car’s door handle outside a Houston restaurant. Doctors agreed she had been poisoned but were unable to identify the poisonous material.
August 22nd, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas — Harris County officials announced the first pediatric case of monkeypox when a toddler tested positive for the virus. Officials called it the first presumptive positive monkeypox case in Texas.
August 18th, 2022
Monday, I released a statement on the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal:
August 18th, 2022
The Guadalupe River flows 230 miles from Hunt, Texas in Kerr County and winds its way to the San Antonio Bay at the Gulf of Mexico. Since March of this year there has been a noticeable change in the water level of the river...
August 5th, 2022
This June and July were the hottest Houston has ever seen, which has the region bracing for the possibility of even steamier weather in August.
August 2nd, 2022
That kind of resilience is what residents expect from local officials to help them recover more quickly from flooding disasters. People like Paula Sitter don't want a repeat of Harvey where they have to wait years to move...
July 7th, 2022
Thank you to Midland Legacy and Coleman High School for stopping by my office last week!These Midland schools are a great representation of the future of our community. I am so incredibly encouraged by all of these students...
July 5th, 2022
June didn't just seem hotter than usual – it was. In fact, it was Houston's hottest June on record.