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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.
June 17th, 2015
Republican Party of Texas - When you look at the field of candidates and potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination – what do you think?
June 17th, 2015
I have sent Attorney General Paxton this appeal on behalf of the bikers being held in the Waco jail for an unduly long period of time without charges being filed:Dear Attorney General Paxton,
June 15th, 2015
Part of that was inevitable. Bush's last year in the governor's mansion was 2006, meaning he's been out of elected office for nearly a decade. During that time, Florida surpassed New York as the third-most-populous state in...
June 15th, 2015
What happened in the San Antonio Mayoral Election on June 13th is an excellent example of what happens when conservatives (who do not necessarily agree on every single issue), moderates and independents JOIN hands and defeat...
June 13th, 2015
Imagine my surprise when I read the front page of the liberal Express News on Sunday, June 7...two articles discussing the husbands of the mayoral candidates, Ivy Taylor, ‘Mayor facing interest conflict’ an
June 12th, 2015
On June 11th and 12th, 2015 the U.S. House of Representatives voted on several trade bills: H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension; H.R. 1314, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA); H.R. 1314, Trade Promotion Authority (TPA);...
June 11th, 2015
The May 16, 2015, Economist article "Not Running, But Fleeing" reported the millennials aged 18 to 34 seem to be losing faith in electoral politics as a way of tackling society's problems, which raises so
June 10th, 2015
As the dust settles from the tumult of another Legislative Session and as the punditry class begins to opine on the winners and losers of our grand, biennial, Texas conversation, it seems clear to me that when we work...
June 8th, 2015
Our civil liberties are constantly under attack. Recently the Associated Press reported that the FBI is flying surveillance aircraft over U.S. cities to capture data on Americans’ cell phones.
June 5th, 2015
Thursday, I released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited assessment on the potential impacts to drinking water resources from hydraulic fracturing, also known as...
June 17th, 2015
As you may know, one of the issues being worked on in Congress this summer is trade. It’s a complex issue with a lot of acronyms that sound a lot alike, so let me explain. First, let’s talk about the acronyms and what they...
June 16th, 2015
There are two Hispanic Americans campaigning for the GOP nomination for the presidency, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. They have many similarities; they are both US senators, Cruz from Texas and Rubio from Florida. Both are sons...
June 15th, 2015
San Antonio has a first ever elected Black female mayor, Ivy Taylor. Mayor Taylor accompanied by her husband, Rodney, and daughter, Morgan, walked into the jammed packed room filled with enthusiastic supporters at the...
June 14th, 2015
Mayor Ivy Taylor defeated former state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte on Saturday night in the runoff election for San Antonio mayor. With 100 percent of the vote counted, Taylor received 50,659 votes or 52 percent compared to 47...
June 12th, 2015
Today I voted to give Congress and the American people control over the president’s existing power to negotiate trade agreements. Congress and the American people should have a say when it comes to trade agreements.
June 12th, 2015
Republican Party of Texas - The month of May was a busy time for our team at RPT. Our focus has begun to shift away from the legislative session to beating the Democrats in 2016. We’ve started phone banking earlier than ever...
June 11th, 2015
I released the following statement on the passage of the 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill which funds the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other...
June 9th, 2015
In this election cycle, the Republicans suffer from a problem of riches where voters will find that there may be at least seven or eight candidates superior to those running for Democratic nomination, including front runner...
June 7th, 2015
In May I joined more than 50 of my colleagues in sending a letter to the IRS to ask them to review the Clinton Foundation’s tax-exe
June 5th, 2015
On Thursday, I held a hearing in the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts to examine
