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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.
February 17th, 2014
I issued the following statement to mark the five-year anniversary of the signing of President Obama’s stimulus plan.When the stimulus was first announced, we were promised it would lead to ‘shovel-ready’ jobs and get our...
February 15th, 2014
As a fiscal conservative and member of the House Appropriations Committee, I have worked hard to eliminate wasteful and duplicative government programs. Last year alone, the House Appropriations Committee held more than 110...
February 13th, 2014
The Texas tribune has reported that one of the businesses that Ken Paxton is an owner of accepted a substantial amount of money from Obama’s stimulus money. The article also explains Dan Branch’s connections to stimulus...
February 12th, 2014
I issued the following statement following last night's vote in the House of Representatives to raise the debt limit.Our debt is currently $17.2 trillion and will increase to $26 trillion over the next decade if we continue...
February 10th, 2014
Today, I outlined his vision for unleashing American jobs and opportunity by harnessing our nation’s energy resources. He spoke at the Heritage Action for America’s 2014 Conservative Policy Summit.A Great American Energy...
February 6th, 2014
As Chair the House Science Committee, I co-sponsored the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 (H.R. 4012), a bill to prohibit the EPA from proposing regulations based upon science that is not transparent or not reproducible....
February 6th, 2014
For the past several years, the Republican-led Texas Legislature has failed to make significant progress in stopping the abuses of workers through unethical employment practices. Many businesses, particularly in the...
February 5th, 2014
I spoke on the Senate floor yesterday regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s latest report showing Obamacare will result in 2 million fewer full-time workers.The Congressional Budget Office said the number of full-time...
February 4th, 2014
President Obama declared a pen and a phone were all he needed to push his political agenda. Then at the State of the Union last week he reaffirmed that he “won’t wait” for Congress, and will act alone “wherever and whenever...
February 3rd, 2014
I issued the following statement reacting to the State Department’s Environmental Impact Study for the Keystone XL Pipeline:Now that the State Department has released its final Environmental Impact Study, it is time for the...
February 16th, 2014
Breitbart News Announces International and Regional Expansion - TexasGOPVote Welcomes BreitbartTexas
Launch of London and Texas Verticals, First of Multi-Year Roll Out Plan Company to Double Number of Reporters and Contributors TexasGOPVote.com is pleased to welcome the timely entrance of BreitbartTexas to...
February 14th, 2014
It’s a Friday. A citizen wakes up, writes emails and makes a phone call.The person has a meeting soon, so he pulls up Google Maps to figure out a route.He then hops into a cab, checks Facebook on his phone, texts his friend...
February 12th, 2014
While so many Americans are blind to the enslavement of our people, a man who fled slavery pours his heart out to lawmakers in Oregon who are attempting to strip liberty from the people of that state with more gun control...
February 11th, 2014
Today I delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor in support of the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, introduced by Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ). This bill would prevent the...
February 7th, 2014
Debbie Georgatos, TexasGOPVote blogger, and author of Ladies, Can We Talk? America Needs Our Vote! now hosts a one hour radio show, “Ladies, Can We Talk?” The show premiered on February 4th 2014, and will air weekly...
February 6th, 2014
This week, the House passed legislation that protects our Second Amendment rights and ensures that public lands can continue to be used for hunting and fishing. With my support, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational...
February 5th, 2014
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee today held a hearing to focus on the scientific justification and cumulative impacts of regulations, policies and practices promulgated by the Environmental Protection...
February 4th, 2014
I went into the House Chamber Tuesday night hopeful that the President would put forth real solutions to move our country forward. Instead, I heard more of the same rhetoric and policies that got us here in the first place...
February 4th, 2014
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) will be the keynote speaker at the 2014 Harris County GOP's Lincoln Reagan Dinner. The Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) joins other Republican organizations across the country every year in...
February 3rd, 2014
President Obama has failed to deliver his budget on time to Congress for the fifth time in six years.Less than a week after the President stood before Congress and demand action on his biggest priorities, the President...
