Voting Resources
United States
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?...
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 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 10th, 2014
Today, I released a new video putting our enormous national debt into perspective. As our debt currently stands, it would be equivalent to winning the largest Powerball Jackpot in history every day, for 80 years.
February 9th, 2014
Saturday, I was joined by Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry and representatives from several veterans organizations at the National United States Armed Forces Museum to discuss efforts to improve outreach and assistance...
February 7th, 2014
I believe that the people of Texas deserve better than an onerous, damaging law that inhibits economic growth. It is time for President Obama and Senate Democrats to work with House Republicans to put an end to ObamaCare and...
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...
February 11th, 2014
The House of Representatives today passed the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2431) by a vote of 365 - 21. The bill makes important improvements to the NIDIS drought...
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 10th, 2014
Now that the Winter Olympics have kicked off in Sochi, we can expect Team USA to bring home the gold. But at a hefty price.As it stands now, U.S. Olympic athletes could pay taxes as high as $9,000 on their winnings at 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
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....
