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World
May 5th, 2014
Senator Mark Udall and I introduced a bipartisan resolution today commemorating Cinco de Mayo. The resolution recognizes the historical significance of the 1862 Battle of Puebla and highlights the courage of Mexican forces...
April 29th, 2014
Obama may have a pen and a phone, but the phone is “man down.” Obama is finding out the hard way that the phone works both ways, and the guy on the other doesn’t have to answer. {face palm} Obama’s administration is so...
April 19th, 2014
The White House quietly announced that President Obama signed Senator Ted Cruz’s anti-terrorist ambassador bill into law. The bill was written to prevent the admission into the United States, any representative to the...
April 15th, 2014
Last week, Brandeis University reversed its decision to award Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary degree for her women’s rights work, and withdrew her commencement speaking invitation.Reason given: some of her past statements are “...
April 3rd, 2014
If anyone shed the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; For in the image of God has man been made. Genesis 9:6http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gosnell-movieAs Christians we should take...
March 28th, 2014
Today, I issued the following statement on H.R. 4278, the Ukraine Support Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. This legislation includes both sanctions against Russia and support measures for...
March 27th, 2014
The Napoleon of Siberia, Putin, controls Ukraine and other European countries by holding their energy needs hostage. Russia uses gas as a political and economic weapon to manipulate its neighbors.This does not have to be,...
March 25th, 2014
A court in Egypt sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to death convicting them of murder for the killing of a police officer in the rioting last summer in the city of Minya.According to an...
March 20th, 2014
The infamous Mexican drug cartel the Knights Templar has apparently diversified outside of illegal substances and into illegal mining, logging and extortion according to recent wire reports and leading border crime experts....
March 14th, 2014
I’m deeply troubled by reports that convicted 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Haydar Zammar has been set free in Syria. Zammar was being held by the Assad regime while serving a 12-year sentence. Recently, it seems that Zammar was...
May 3rd, 2014
I urge U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to call on Congolese officials to immediately resume stalled international adoptions impacting hundreds of families in the United States:Hundreds of American families—including a...
April 21st, 2014
Here are some of the latest on the climate change debate showing once again that the theory that humanity causing the end of our planet is disintegrating.Anyone observing this debate knows that global warming has slowed over...
April 18th, 2014
On Saturday, April 26th, the Dallas Passport Agency will be hosting “Passport Day.” If you plan to travel outside of the U.S., the agency will provide all of the relevant information you need to know regarding travel...
April 14th, 2014
Yuri Maltsev, an adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev’s government, tells the story of his defection to the U.S., and relates stories from his life in the Soviet Union.While at Moscow State University, he received special permission...
April 2nd, 2014
When a Palestinian murders an Israeli or an American in Israel, they can wind up receiving a salary in excess of $40,000 a year, for their crime.The more serious the crime the more money the criminal receives after going to...
March 28th, 2014
I joined with colleagues Thursday in sending a letter to President Obama, calling for sanctions on the Russian arms dealer Rosoboronexport. The letter outlines the egregious human rights violations that Rosoboronexport has...
March 26th, 2014
Washington - Congressman Mike Rogers (AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Congressman Joe Heck, Chairman, House Intelligence Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, and...
March 25th, 2014
Sometimes it takes a sudden, flagrant breach of the international order to dispel a president’s naïveté about a foreign adversary. The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan had that effect on President Carter. One can only...
March 18th, 2014
The Ukrainian people—like all people across the globe—deserve to choose their own government, and determine their own future. Russia’s escalating intervention in Ukraine is an insult to Ukraine’s sovereignty and to the...
March 13th, 2014
HOUSTON, TEXAS--Governor Rick Perry claimed another victory in the state to state competition for job growth by luring the Australian Queensland Government to open a North American Trade and Investment Office in Houston. In...
