Security

A strong national defense is vital in a post-9/11 world. That includes comprehensive border security. In keeping us safe, the government may be tempted to overreach in ways disturbing to those of us who value our liberty above all else. Spying on Americans in the name of security is unacceptable. Finding the right balance between our national security and our freedoms is essential in keeping Americans safe from terrorists who want to kill us because they hate our way of life.

Liberal professor is redundant as most of these so-called educators are wacko Liberals. The official title for professors should be “indoctrinators.”Liberal professors are radicals. Who knows when they have been radicalized...
At least 20 people died and 17 were wounded after a suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a beachside restaurant-hotel in the capital of Somalia, authorities said. Six attackers were also killed.
An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for helping Aryan Brotherhood gang members use a hot knife to remove the tattoo of a former gang member.
Iraq witnessed a sharp increase in civilian deaths following the fall of large swaths of territory to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014. Now despite a string of recent battlefield losses for IS, civilians in Iraq...
You all remember Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back, he made a deal with the Empire, and they did not keep it, so he finally concluded, "This deal is getting worse all the time." Very much like Obama's deal...
Two Marine helicopters collided off the northern coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. There are no immediate signs of survivors. A search is ongoing following the collision of the two CH-53 helicopters, Capt. Philip...
The great World War II was at its peak. So, on September 11, 1943, 28-year-old Sandy Thompson left her teaching job and volunteered for the Women Airforce Service Pilots, better known as the WASP.
Mexican authorities have formally begun the process to extradite Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, the Mexican drug lord who was captured last Friday, to the U.S.
The world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was recaptured in western Mexico on Friday after a fierce pre-dawn gunbattle that left five people dead, Mexican authorities said. Guzman's capture was the...
I issued the following statement on the arrest of Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan. Al Hardan came to the United States as a refugee from Iraq and has been living in Houston while allegedly providing support to ISIS.
The start of a new year is always a good time to step back and take a look at things. I spent a lot of time listening and talking to peopleall around the 27th District to make sure your top priorities are my top priorities....
This week, I voted on legislation to end the 40-year old ban on crude oil exports, permanently allow Texans to deduct their state and local sales taxes, increase defense spending to combat ISIS and radical Islamic terror and...
Militants raided a university in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, timing their attack to a ceremony at the school to ensure maximum casualties. After security forces combed the campus block by block after the massacre,...
Members of the Harris County Sheriff Department’s Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) discovered that a homeless man allegedly carrying a fake ID card was actually wanted for two charges of indecency with a child and another felony...
In his State of the Union message, President Obama claimed that America’s standing as a world power is greater than when he first took office.
Today I sent letters to several private companies that provided software and services to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that enabled her to maintain a private email server.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott turned the Governor’s Mansion blue on Saturday night, but not the way Democrats had hoped in 2014. The Texas governor flooded his official residence with blue floodlights in support of law...
With the holidays behind us and the second session of the 114th Congress in full swing, the New Year is a good chance to look back at the legislative accomplishments from last year. Too often, the media covers the bickering...
A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper has surrendered to authorities on the single misdemeanor charge of perjury related to the arrest and subsequent in-custody suicide of Sandra Bland.
As Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, I issued the below statement following claims by the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that it has successfully...

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