July 12th, 2011
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Monday, criticized the Obama administration’s decision to impose new reporting requirements for gun sales in states along the U.S.-Mexico...
July 11th, 2011
Imagine a Republican President had allowed illegal arms to go across the border and found that those same arms were used in crimes on federal officers on both sides of the border by drug cartels. How long would this...
July 11th, 2011
When United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced his plan “to fundamentally transform the global economy — based on low-carbon, clean energy resources,” few realized he was calling for a new global tax to be...
July 10th, 2011
RPT - In the month of June, the primary focus of the RPT's efforts was on the special session.
July 8th, 2011
I recently came across an article on Egberto Willies, "As I See It" blogsite written by Bob Henderson, Democra
July 8th, 2011
RPT - The Republican Party of Texas would like to extend our sincere thanks to State Representative Dan Branch (R-Dallas), for his generous donation of $10,000 to the RPT!
July 8th, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation to reduce frivolous lawsuits that plague our legal system and restore sanctions against attorneys who file meritless suits in federal court. The Committee favorably reported...
July 7th, 2011
Media Bias in Small Town America... the Residents of Silsbee Deserve Better from their Local Paper!I first heard of what the Beaumont Enterprise dubbed the Silsbee Rape Case a couple of years ago from...
July 6th, 2011
Today, I secured House approval of my amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill of 2012 (H.R. 2219) to increase funding for research and treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress...
July 6th, 2011
Of man created climate change... There are two important thoughts to consider.The United States has an abundance of recoverable energy sources including, oil, natural gas and coal. The Congressional Research Center concluded...
July 12th, 2011
NRCC - The last two summers have seen some bizarre promises out of the Obama administration: in 2009, that their stimulus spending spree would keep unemployment below 8 percent; in 2010, that summer would be the season of...
July 11th, 2011
A Hearing later this month, July 2011, will determine whether or not Former Officer Robert Arnold will get his job back. Arnold wants back on the force after he was suspended last year for several reasons including...
July 10th, 2011
I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s report that the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent in June:Today’s unemployment report once again underscores the Obama Administration’s failure...
July 9th, 2011
A couple weeks ago, TexasGOPVote blogger, Bob Price, discussed the lack of leadership in this past Texas Legislative Session in the area of wage theft and worker misclassification:"There were many successes in this...
July 8th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement regarding the launch of Atlantis, the final mission of the U.S. shuttle program:Today’s launch represents a bittersweet milestone for the 30 year-old U.S. program. While many of us are...
July 8th, 2011
Congress is going to have to decide soon whether and by how much to extend the debt ceiling. In an interview on Silvio Canto Jr.'s blogtalk radio show, Dianne Costa, candidate for U.S. Congress, discusses the issue of the...
July 7th, 2011
Today I issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Air Transport Rule (CATR) to include Texas in the Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) programs:Once again...
July 7th, 2011
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” - William James (1842 – 1910 American psychologist and philosopher who was trained as a physician).The United States...
July 6th, 2011
Obama’s Treasury Loses Track of Debt Owed to China, While Democrats Assign Blame Over Spending Spree
NRCC - Revelations out late last week uncovered that the Chinese government may be buying more U.S. government debt than previously thought, in possible violation of international agreements and at potential risk to U.S....
July 5th, 2011
Recently I sent the following letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki insisting that he fire Houston National Cemetery Director Arleen Ocasio immediately, and that he reopen the cemetery’s chapel and...