United States
November 12th, 2013
I enjoyed visiting with the Incarnate Word Academy AP Government class this week in Corpus Christi for their "Congress in the Classroom" forum. I graduated from IWA, as did my daughter Morgan. The students had some great...
November 11th, 2013
The man convicted for the murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique “KiKi” Camarena was released early from his 40 year prison sentence after serving just 28 years. A Mexican court ruled that Rafael Caro Quintero should have been...
November 11th, 2013
The Texas Attorney General primary is not until March, but the race is already in full swing. One candidate is clearly the most qualified and experienced for the job. Barry Smitherman. The Texas Attorney General is the top...
November 8th, 2013
Children granted the right to be 'independent' of their parents. Giving a child the right to take their parents to court over every single decision the parents make that the child disagrees with. Think it can't happen here...
November 8th, 2013
As we continue to hear stories of individuals across the nation who are losing their health care plans or seeing their premiums rise, we must also remember the damage that ObamaCare has done to our economy and job creation...
November 6th, 2013
Today I sent a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) outlining concerns about the process by which the EPA is attempting to expand its jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Last month, I...
November 5th, 2013
As we observe the somber anniversary of the terrorist attack on Fort Hood four years ago, I would call on my colleagues in the Senate and the House to support the legislation Congressmen Carter and Williams and I have...
November 5th, 2013
I’m in Texas for the week, and I’m hoping to meet with you and get your feedback on how to fix Washington. Last week, I met with members of the Plains Cotton Growers to discuss recent progress on the Farm Bill and to get an...
November 4th, 2013
Maintenance implies that something was once WORKING, and Healthcare.gov certainly was not. According to a Fox News report: The problem-plagued HealthCare website will be shut down Saturday night for “extended” repairs,...
November 4th, 2013
With Veterans Day approaching, we held a hearing in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee with senior officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to examine why the Department wasted millions of taxpayer...
November 12th, 2013
Whatever one thinks of Obamacare, it is now clear that the law was sold under false pretenses.When Congress was debating health-care reform back in 2009 and 2010, President Obama and his Democratic allies repeatedly promised...
November 11th, 2013
Happy Veterans Day. Today, we honor the brave veterans of our nation - without whom, our freedom would not be possible. Because of their service, our freedom endures.Today, I ask you and your family to join me in taking a...
November 8th, 2013
The Cuccinelli model for Hispanic engagement and outreach is outdated and the manifestation of dinosaur politics. When Ken Cuccinelli doubled down on Arizona's mass deportation by attrition approach to illegal immigration by...
November 7th, 2013
It's a simple question really. Why exactly are Republican's so afraid of the topic of Immigration Reform? Immigration Reform is an issue I have been writing about for years. I have come to have a pretty deep understanding of...
November 6th, 2013
I am pleased to announce an upcoming town hall meeting. I hope that you can join me for a discussion about Washington overreach and our federal spending problem. More importantly, I look forward to hearing and discussing...
November 5th, 2013
If you think people who protest aborting unborn babies are terrorists, but people who protest the execution of murderers are heroes…you might be a liberal.If you think speakers at universities who defend any conservative...
November 4th, 2013
The following is an article by Lee Stranahan:Your tax dollars at work.The official @PBS twitter page of the Public Broadcasting System favorited a tweet by ‘communist, queer’ Jesse Smith aka @SFTovarishch attacking Brandon...
November 4th, 2013
Tuesday, November 5th we will know just how well the liberals have infiltrated Virginia. Ken Cuccinelli, Attorney General of Virginia, has been working hard to surpass the New York Democrat hustler Terry McAuliffe at the...
November 3rd, 2013
Dear Virginia Voters,Your vote in the Virginia governor’s race on November 5th means so much to Americans in the other 49 states.There is a widespread and growing national angst about our country, a sense that something is...