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February 22nd, 2016
Ted Cruz asked his communications director Rick Tyler to resign Monday after Tyler distributed a video that falsely depicted Marco Rubio dismissing the Bible. The incident comes a day before the Nevada Republican caucuses...
February 21st, 2016
Donald Trump did more than win his second easy victory in consecutive presidential primaries in South Carolina on Saturday.
He advanced his takeover of the Republican Party. He proved that he can dominate a race in the Deep...
February 19th, 2016
California federal judge’s decision to mandate that Apple create new technology to give the FBI backdoor access to iPhones.
February 17th, 2016
Come and learn the nomination processes for the congressional offices in Central and South Texas and both Senate offices. No RSVP is necessary. Free and open to the public.
February 15th, 2016
While he was at it, Trump renewed his threat to run as an independent. He claimed the Republican National Committee is defaulting on its pledge to treat him with respect because of crowds that have booed him during recent...
February 14th, 2016
The remaining six Republican presidential candidates clashed in their final debate before next week's South Carolina primary. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ben Carson met in Greenville for...
February 12th, 2016
From the front door, the man with the machete didn't have a straight path to people in the booths at the small suburban restaurant. He stepped by the welcoming greeting on the front glass, past the half-wall entryway divider...
February 11th, 2016
Many people will be curious as how Trump handles the inevitable fall. I know there will be doubters, people who think I have it in for Trump. I do not.
But I know what a downward trajectory looks like, and Trump has peaked...
February 10th, 2016
Hillary Clinton is expected to leave New Hampshire with just as many delegates as Bernie Sanders, even after he crushed her in Tuesday’s presidential primary. Sanders won 15 delegates with his 20-point victory Tuesday while...
February 9th, 2016
Today I issued the following statement in response to the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget plan:
February 22nd, 2016
Trump won South Carolina but he is hitting a wall of 35%. He has benefited from a multiple candidate race.
February 19th, 2016
Jordan and Julie Siverd admired Justice Antonin Scalia so much they drove 21 hours from Louisiana to pay their last respects.
With temperatures just above freezing, they were among the first of thousands forming the line on...
February 18th, 2016
It’s the biggest tech case of the year, and maybe the decade. Taking place in a California federal court, the case pits Apple against the U.S. government over control of the iPhone, with terrorism and privacy as the backdrop...
February 16th, 2016
Five police officers in the United States last week were gunned down: one in North Dakota, one in Georgia, one in Colorado, and two in Maryland. I am going to talk about the two in Maryland
February 15th, 2016
America lost a great Constitutional scholar when Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, the longest-serving member of the current Supreme Court, passed away on a ranch near Marfa, Texas.
February 14th, 2016
Constitutional stalwart Supreme Court Justice ANTONIN SCALIA has died. You understand what this means: Unless Republicans have some testosterone, it's over.
February 12th, 2016
The NSA is using a loophole in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on Americans without a warrant. Under section 702 of FISA, government agents may seize information from databases on suspected foreign...
February 10th, 2016
In 1996, I was at my state Republican Party convention when the term “RINO,” had just begun to be used. "Republican In Name Only" was a real phenomenon, at least in Texas. Texas was once like all states in the South, an...
February 9th, 2016
In an unexpected Iowa victory, Ted Cruz won with 27.7% of the vote. Certainly the Cruz Campaign never gave up hope that Cruz would come in at #1. Donald Trump had been the expected #1 winner but failed to bring out enough of...
February 8th, 2016
On Friday, I was on the U.S./Mexico border at McAllen with several other Members of Congress. The visit confirmed my belief that Border Security is not one of the Obama Administration’s priorities. With Homeland Security...
