Voting Resources
United States
March 7th, 2014
Today I released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s February jobs report:Today’s jobs report is yet another reminder of how many Americans are still struggling to find a job. While it is good news...
March 5th, 2014
This Detroit squatter story is unbelievable on so many levels: home invaders had the complete audacity to blame a home owner for leaving her house? What?The Fox News reporter keeps it “real,” including her lingo.But what is...
March 1st, 2014
Breitbart Texas has discovered a Facebook page selling merchandise with slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s image under the guise of supporting the Brian Terry Foundation. Terry’s family, however, says not so fast—...
February 26th, 2014
The Obama Administration has ignored laws, failed to enforce laws, undermined laws, and changed laws by executive orders and administrative actions.These include laws covering health care, immigration, marriage, drugs, and...
February 26th, 2014
We’ve all been forced to sit through them, like high school detention with a speaker: a poorly run panel discussion at a meeting, training or conference. Like everything else in life, there are many wrong ways, and a few...
February 21st, 2014
As a senior member of the House Committee on Agriculture and a member of the Farm Bill Conference Committee, I spearheaded a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, requesting that Texas take part in a pilot program to...
February 21st, 2014
In June of 2012, ten thousand Republican Convention delegates gathered in Ft. Worth and overwhelmingly adopted a guest worker program known as the Texas Solution. Texas Republican delegates have a right to expect Texas...
February 17th, 2014
This week, Congress acted to keep our promises to those who have served.The House and Senate came together to pass legislation I strongly supported to eliminate the cuts to military retiree benefits. The next stop is the...
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 14th, 2014
Following is a message I sent to a Republican talk-show host who challenged listeners to say what they thought Republicans should have done with the debt-ceiling and the defund Obamacare effort.. Did they want a shutdown?...
March 6th, 2014
I spoke this morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC. Watch the entire speech below. I outlined a positive agenda that includes an American energy renaissance, repealing Obamacare,...
March 3rd, 2014
Following our vote to restore COLAs for all existing military retirees, I’m pleased to share that the President has since signed the bill - meaning the fix to restore military retirees’ benefits is now law.
February 28th, 2014
I spoke on the Senate floor yesterday against a proposed rule from the IRS targeting 501(c)(4)s that would effectively make the IRS a campaign-finance regulator.
February 26th, 2014
I spoke on the Senate floor yesterday, urging Senate Democrats to protect seniors from Medicare cuts to fund Obamacare. The Administration is making changes to Medicare Advantage that will cause premiums to increase, reduce...
February 25th, 2014
This week, the House will vote on a series of bills that will help rein in government abuse and stop President Obama from exceeding his executive authority. We’re designating it Stop Government Abuse Week, and our focus...
February 21st, 2014
This week, I held a press conference at the Spindletop Museum in Beaumont to discuss ideas to promote energy development and boost the economy.Restoring jobs and economic growth is the number one priority for Americans and...
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 17th, 2014
Dear Senator Cruz:Thank you for your unwavering opposition to “out of control” budgets and Obamacare!I have been a Pro-Life Republican since I was 18 years old. I support gun rights, tort reform, less government, and tax...
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...
