Voting Resources
United States
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 2nd, 2014
Last week I asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to answer questions about the ongoing IRS investigation, specifically in regards to the naming of a major Obama donor as a lead investigator into IRSs illegal targeting of...
January 30th, 2014
Progressive women in politics, Hollywood, and TV ads arrogantly declare “It’s MY body!” and “The Right is waging a War on Women!” Feminists would have young ladies believe that there is a “war on women” from the Right, and...
January 30th, 2014
President Barack Obama promised Hispanics that immigration reform would be a top priority if he were elected president in 2008. He was elected president, and then he did nothing except ramp up deportations. Even in 2009,...
January 28th, 2014
Tonight, we heard more of the same from the President. Although he talked about a commitment to job creation, he’s not encouraging Senate action on critical jobs bills passed by the House of Representatives. And while he...
January 28th, 2014
Governor Cuomo very ineptly declared conservatives or those conservatives who are actually serious about gun rights and the rights of the unborn as extreme and not welcome in New York. He stated that he was noting that...
January 27th, 2014
In Hollywood, the non-profit Friends of Abe, which promotes conservative values in Hollywood is now under investigation by the IRS as the IRS terror campaign against conservative groups continues. Friends of...
January 25th, 2014
I have to admit it, I’m a sucker for the mob movies, and an especially big fan of Scorsese’s film, Goodfellas, about the 1978 cash and jewelry heist from Lufthansa at JFK airport. As with all things Hollywood,...
January 24th, 2014
Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas, is a Republican consultant's dream. If the woman isn’t getting her life story wrong, she is telling the world that her paraplegic opponent needs to walk a mile in...
February 3rd, 2014
Thank you, it is a pleasure to get back to Heritage to be with so many friends and to have the opportunity to discuss an issue with such pressing importance, which is namely the growing influence that Russia is having in the...
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...
January 31st, 2014
Today, as Chairman of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I joined my colleagues Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Joe Heck in sending a letter to the Administration...
January 30th, 2014
I testified yesterday before the Senate Rules Committee on the SENTRI Act, on my bill to improve military voting. The SENTRI Act seeks to end the disenfranchisement of our military voters and their families by streamlining...
January 29th, 2014
Senator Ted Cruz delivers the kind of response off the cuff that should have been delivered from the Republican party last night in response to Obama’s State of the Union Address.THANK YOU SENATOR CRUZ!
January 28th, 2014
In tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama will no doubt make an eloquent case for his second-term agenda. There’s just one problem: The President’s credibility has been shattered.Indeed, on issue after issue,...
January 28th, 2014
We’re nearing the finish line on the Farm Bill, which is good news for consumers and producers. The Conference Committee report was just finalized. We’re hoping to bring it to the House floor for a vote on Wednesday....
January 26th, 2014
Most recently I wrote about how Wendy Davis' rise through Texas Politics can be traced as much to the efforts and aid by her second husband than anything she has done. Davis' own political rise, along with Hillary Clinton's...
January 24th, 2014
One of my top priorities in Congress is to repeal ObamaCare because it is bad for our economy, bad for job creation, and bad for our health care system. After ObamaCare is repealed, I believe we should replace it with...
January 24th, 2014
Yesterday I hosted San Antonio’s first ever live television downlink with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) at the Alamo Heights High School. The 20-minute Earth-to-space call was conducted with...
