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June 21st, 2013
As I watched NSA hearings the other today, I listened to the NSA reps talk about how there were safeguards in place to prevent abuse of their surveillance privileges. I knew I could no longer be silent about the truth behind...
June 20th, 2013
Today I introduced the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A-PLUS) Act of 2013. This legislation would reduce the administrative and compliance burdens on state and local education agencies, and ensure greater public...
June 20th, 2013
Two years ago the Texas Legislature passed a law that has backfired on the drivers on Texas roadways. The law prohibited the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) from issuing a driver's license to any person who could not...
June 19th, 2013
Note how smooth and confident he is in 2007, and how halting and unsure he is in 2013.
June 19th, 2013
As Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, I slammed President Barack Obama’s call in Berlin, Germany today for a unilateral reduction to the U.S. nuclear deterrent:President Obama...
June 18th, 2013
Is Edward Snowden, the 29 year old contractor who leaked National Security Agency documents to the media, a hero or a traitor? Dick Cheney commented on Sunday, June 16, 2013 to Chris Wallace that he most certainly is a...
June 18th, 2013
In light of the continuously-developing NSA spying story, it’s important to look at how substantial the government’s legal justification is for its overreaching, 4th Amendment infringing, domestic surveillance policy, and...
June 17th, 2013
In a conference call with U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) late last week, I learned that Democrats are working against meaningful immigration reform to appease growing opposition from labor unions by setting unrealistically...
June 17th, 2013
Like most of you, I was very disgusted to learn that last week Obama’s Federal Emergency Management Agency turned down Governor Perry’s request for emergency aid for the devastated town of West. We shouldn't have been...
June 16th, 2013
“If a piece of the building falls to the ground and breaks, they have insurance for that,” said a middle-aged man in a wheelchair in Houston. I sat in a small portable building behind a church, listening through an...
June 21st, 2013
The Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (H.R. 2278), also known as the SAFE Act passed the House Judiciary Committee this week. The SAFE Act aims to strengthen and expand interior immigration enforcement. It mandates that...
June 20th, 2013
Judge Robert Drain allowed the Treasury Department under then Secretary and infamous tax-cheat Timothy Geithner to steal the pensions of over 20,000 salaried pensioners of Delphi during its bankruptcy case. The pension deal...
June 20th, 2013
"English as a second language," "Pashto to English,'" "Arabic to English,'" "art,'' "life skills,'' "computers,'' "personal health and wellness,'' "finance and business''--sounds like courses at a swanky New England...
June 19th, 2013
There are reports that the Pentagon has signed a new $572 million contract with Rosoboronexport:I sponsored an amendment to prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars in America to enter into contracts or agreements with...
June 19th, 2013
When considering the top conservative political events and conferences in Washington, DC, the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority ranks among the best! Last week, their impressive list of surprisingly...
June 18th, 2013
The rhetoric from Washington has been impressive, but the results have been pathetic. The reality on the ground in Texas and in other border states has been quite different.Until Congress acknowledges our credibility problem...
June 18th, 2013
As left-of-center voices call for even less border security, a chilling report from U.S. law enforcement reveals an alleged Mexican cartel member claims he killed 30 individuals on U.S. soil.The confessed killer, Jose Manuel...
June 17th, 2013
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Tommy Williams has been plugging the “good conservative budget … we can all be proud of” that the Texas legislature passed and Governor Perry left largely intact. Senator...
June 17th, 2013
I went to the House floor this week to give my colleagues in Congress a wake up call. Americans are fed up with our government and its latest scandals – and they should be. We deserve better than a government spies on us,...
June 15th, 2013
Texas Governor Perry has vetoed 26 of the bills that passed out of the 2013 Texas Legislative Session, and he also line item vetoed a couple of other bills. These bills range from defunding the Public Integrity Unit because...
