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June 28th, 2013
This week, House Republicans advanced a part of our all-of-the-above energy plan to help create jobs and boost our nation’s energy security. The Offshore Energy and Jobs Act of 2013 (H.R. 2231), which passed the House today...
June 28th, 2013
The 2nd Amendment: The Right to Defend the American DreamI spoke at The Liberty Councils annual event “The Awakening 2013″ in Orlando, Florida. Below is my speech:
June 27th, 2013
During my investigation into the bankruptcy courts that began when I was researching the General Motors and Delphi bankruptcies during the 2012 election season, I learned something very interesting. Bankruptcy courts, and in...
June 26th, 2013
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry today announced a Special Session of the Texas Legislature will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, July 1st."I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the...
June 26th, 2013
This morning, while reading the news about the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision overturning parts of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), I received a "National Action Alert" from the non-partisan organization, National Write...
June 25th, 2013
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, has been celebrated by conservatives and maligned by liberals and the mainstream media (isnt that the same thing?) for decades. Having served under three Republican...
June 25th, 2013
AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued the following statement on today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Voting Rights Act:“The U.S. Constitution establishes one United States — not a divided nation with...
June 25th, 2013
Orange t-shirts admittedly outnumbered those of us in blue at the Texas State Capitol on Sunday, June 23. However, in the long run, what mattered in the passage of the House version of Senator Heger's Senate Bill 5,...
June 24th, 2013
Lumberton ISD is once again in the news. This time it is over a prayer that a Lumberton principal did at a kindergarten graduation. The principal, Kevin Wing, is one of the best principals running one of the best schools in...
June 23rd, 2013
Elbert Lee Guillory is the state senator for Louisiana District 24.Senator Guillory recently announced he had decided to change from the Democrat party to the Republican party.Watch and listen as he explains why he made the...
June 28th, 2013
In case you are wondering why the government is so interested in your data, this information might provide some insight.An algorithm was developed by social scientist Johan Bollen, where he measured what he called “mood...
June 27th, 2013
As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Non-proliferation and Trade, I issued the following statement on H.R. 2471, the “Expedite our Economy Act of 2013,” which would remove the Department of Energy from the LNG...
June 27th, 2013
As Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman, I released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech at Georgetown University regarding his plan to bypass Congress and move...
June 26th, 2013
AUSTIN, TX – Texas Secretary of State John Steen today announced that photo identification will now be required when voting in Texas elections. His announcement follows a decision Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court that...
June 26th, 2013
Most recent update: After hours of contemplation, Dewhurst declared that the vote happened after midnight and is invalid. Dewhurst blamed the unruly occupy-acting mob and the Straus House leadership for the failure of the...
June 25th, 2013
The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. I have long declared and written many articles explaining why Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is racist, discriminatory and...
June 25th, 2013
Today the U.S. Supreme Court voted to strike down Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional. The 5-4 ruling was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy...
June 24th, 2013
The battle for Immigration Reform and meaningful Border Security enhancements wages on in the U.S. Senate today. This afternoon, the Senate will have a cloture vote on the Corker-Hoeven Amendment designed to guarantee...
June 24th, 2013
In 1939, Jimmy Stewarts infamous Mr. Smith went to the nations capitol in Washington, D.C. and showed Americans through the cinema that one person can make a difference in changing the course of a nation. Last week,...
June 22nd, 2013
This week is National Small Business Week, an opportunity to recognize and highlight the contributions of our nation's small businesses – the engine of our economy. One of my top priorities in Congress is to get government...
