Government
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 22nd, 2014
Last week, I spoke in the Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights hearing in opposition to the Democrats’ proposed constitutional amendment to repeal the First Amendment and restrict the...
June 20th, 2014
Crisis: IRS emails have vaporized.Where, oh where have the emails gone? Where, oh, where can they be? In another Friday evening news dump, the administration announced that 2 years of Lois Lerner’s emails have vanished. Poof...
June 17th, 2014
As a former small business owner, I understand the difficulties of long-term planning. That’s why I voted last week for a bill to provide more certainty in the U.S. tax code. America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014...
June 12th, 2014
The Republican State Convention was from June 5 – June 7, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. There were over 8,000 Delegate and Alternate attendees from throughout Texas working for a better tomorrow.
June 12th, 2014
Two new regulations issued by the EPA represent the largest expansion of power by the federal government in our nation’s history. The EPA’s new water rule would allow the federal government to regulate all man-made and...
June 11th, 2014
Hillary Clinton is crying poverty. The woman who commands $200,000 per speaking engagement claims that after Bill and she left the White House, they were “dead broke.” Hillary Clinton told ABC News:
June 10th, 2014
At or near the top of my favorite movies is “Braveheart.” Never mind Mel Gibson’s subsequent occasional rants in his private life, including some drunken anti-Semitic remarks to a police officer, the genesis of which I don’...
June 9th, 2014
The National Rifle Association has rolled back an earlier statement criticizing “open carry” rallies in Texas in which gun rights advocates have brought military-style assault rifles into public places.
June 4th, 2014
With the recent news of a leading scientist being gagged from reporting his finding and the recent attempt by many in the climatologists' circle to destroy the reputation of those who disagree with their finds, Andrew...
June 2nd, 2014
Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Bond v. United States is an important victory for federalism. For the tenth time since January 2012, the Court unanimously rejected the Obama Administration’s argument for increased...
June 20th, 2014
On Thursday I managed the rule on the House floor for the Customer Protection and End User Relief Act. This legislation would reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission while protecting end users like farmers,...
June 18th, 2014
The Texas-shaped confetti has been swept up, the rally signs packed up, and the thunder sticks tucked away as the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) has wrapped up another colorful convention in Ft. Worth. Along with the...
June 13th, 2014
The next time you hear how the Koch Brothers are buying the election or that climate realists like yours truly are nothing more than tools of big oil, let's be a little honest about who are the biggest profiteers.Tom Steyer...
June 12th, 2014
The following article was posted on GOPIsForMe.com.I know it’s hard to pull away from the day-to-day routine of life. We’re all busy trying to keep up and move our families ahead. But while we’re grinding out our...
June 11th, 2014
When Jack in the Box decided to ban guns on their property, law abiding citizens with permits to carry guns, STOPPED eating there and criminals with guns discover it is property filled with defenseless people waiting to be...
June 11th, 2014
[Editor’s Note: Mark Ramsey is a member of the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC), was a member of the 2014 State Platform and Resolutions Committee in Ft. Worth, and wrote the amendment that passed...
June 9th, 2014
I talked to Berin Szoka of TechFreedom.org on my program today. Have a listen!Subscribe to the Tom Woods Show on iTunes or Stitcher so you don’t miss an episode — I produce a new episode every weekday, on all kinds of topics...
June 4th, 2014
Here are a few of the Left Wing organizations listed in the hundreds of members listed on https://movetoamend.org/organizations: Progressive Coalition of Northern New York American Institute for Progressive Democracy...
June 4th, 2014
Meet Sidney Powell, a highly sought after appellate attorney whose career includes 10 years serving as an Assistant United States Attorney performing civil and criminal trial work, and heading up an appellate section for the...
June 2nd, 2014
As a senior member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, I released the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s proposal to drastically increase regulations on carbon emissions.This...