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Put simply: We are for limited government that works. At TexasGOPVote, we will work as a watchdog to help our state lawmakers and our congressional delegation pull in the reins on unnecessary spending and government bureaucracy. You better believe we’ll expose politicians who seek to act outside the bounds set by the Forefathers in the Constitutions of Texas and the United States.
February 3rd, 2016
This week, the House is back in session and we will be voting on some important foreign policy and conservative domestic priorities. The House is expected to consider the Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act (H.R. 3662) to...
February 2nd, 2016
Today, I held a hearing to examine the various scientific, economic and other policy issues surrounding President Obama’s recent pledge to the United Nations-led effort to curtail greenhouse gas emissions.
February 1st, 2016
(CNN)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, a huge victory for him and a bitter defeat for Donald Trump in the country's first presidential contest.
Democrats, meanwhile, are in a nail-biter fight with...
January 30th, 2016
An Associated Press investigation revealed that unaccompanied minors who crossed the border alone into the U.S.
January 28th, 2016
I issued the following statement after the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led by Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), released a report outlining the inadequate screening process through which unaccompanied children...
January 27th, 2016
he New York Times ran an op-ed last week extolling the virtues of a carbon tax by trying to poo-poo the idea that a tax on carbon emissions (which are produced by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas during...
January 27th, 2016
If you believe that the president of the United States should have strong principles, then Trump is not the man. If you believe that the president of the United States should believe in our US Constitution, then Trump is not...
January 25th, 2016
Sometimes in the heat of a discussion, one can make a statement that doesn’t come out right. I criticize Rick Wilson for his statement on MSNBC, “The screamers on the AltRight who love Trump are mostly childless single...
January 22nd, 2016
Very simply, this political season has been the craziest thing that certainly I've ever seen, and probably that has ever been in America.
January 21st, 2016
There is one rule that political strategists should follow in persuading voters, in particular if you are working in a party primary and you either want one guy nominated or another guy not nominated, don’t insult the voters...
February 2nd, 2016
Donald Trump made a late play for evangelical voters in Iowa's Republican presidential caucus, but he ultimately couldn't wrest the group away from winner Ted Cruz, according to entrance polls taken at the start of Monday's...
February 2nd, 2016
Yesterday I reiterated my call for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint a special counsel to oversee the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of an unsecured, private email server.
February 1st, 2016
There will be a new early voting location in North Harris County for residents between Tomball and The Woodlands.
January 29th, 2016
Tensions between Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio erupted over immigration and more Thursday night during the Fox News/Google debate, as the campaigns tried to put aside their battles with front-...
January 28th, 2016
Donald Trump will draw a ruptured U.S. Republican Party into a prime time TV ratings battle on Thursday night, as the billionaire presidential hopeful shuns a Fox News-sponsored debate to star in his own event at the same...
January 27th, 2016
The start of a new year is always a good time to step back and take a look at things. I spent a lot of time listening and talking to peopleall around the 27th District to make sure your top priorities are my top priorities....
January 26th, 2016
In my time representing Texas, I’ve found that bringing proven solutions from our state to Washington has a positive impact on the entire nation. So when considering how to fix our broken mental health system, it only made...
January 22nd, 2016
The Republican establishment is quite confusing to understand. First, they fear the upcoming Trump Revolution, but it is now becoming even more apparent that the establishment is making its peace with Trump.
January 22nd, 2016
This week, I voted on legislation to end the 40-year old ban on crude oil exports, permanently allow Texans to deduct their state and local sales taxes, increase defense spending to combat ISIS and radical Islamic terror and...
January 20th, 2016
The first presidential debate of 2016 sponsored by Fox Business on January 15 held in South Carolina ended the ‘love affair’ between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. There were two exchanges between the two top candidates that...
