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113th Congress
January 7th, 2014
I released the following video on President Obama and Senate Democrats’ latest round of the blame game. It’s transparent that this is a political exercise, not a real effort to try to fix this problem.
January 3rd, 2014
Camp Liberty in Iraq once again came under attack yesterday when dozens of missiles rained down over the camp, killing at least two and severely injuring at least fifty others. It is no coincidence that this attack came...
December 30th, 2013
Did Harry Reid mean run ‘from” Obamacare?Reid told The Hill: “I think for sure it will be a net positive. I think so by then for sure.” He added that because Senate Democrats have offered their input to the White House on...
December 27th, 2013
As we close out 2013, I want to thank you for giving me the privilege of serving you in Washington. People often ask me what I like best about this job, and the truth is that it’s working for you.In West Texas and the Big...
December 26th, 2013
As Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, I commend House and Senate Armed Services Committees colleagues on their continued efforts to pass the FY2014 National Defense...
December 23rd, 2013
This week, my fellow government "watchdogs" and I took our oversight efforts over the Obamacare #fail and its botched website out of the Committee hearing room and into ground zero for navigator issues: North Texas.I headed...
December 20th, 2013
Senate Democrats blocked a request from me to allow amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would restore pension benefits to wounded service members and honor the victims of Fort Hood. His speech can be...
December 19th, 2013
Today, along with all 20 Republican Science, Space, and Technology Committee members, I sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy highlighting serious problems with the agency’s proposed New Source Performance...
December 19th, 2013
Ive heard at least two of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that, well we can come back and do this next year. Well, why do it next year if we could do it now?
December 17th, 2013
Click above to watch my round of questioning from our Transportation subcommittee hearing this week.Aviation is crucial to our nation's economy, providing millions of American jobs and responsible for more than a trillion...
January 4th, 2014
Today, I issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s move to reverse U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent order temporarily blocking the Obamacare contraceptive mandate for...
January 3rd, 2014
Earlier this week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its selection of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi as one of six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and...
December 30th, 2013
How is the bipartisan budget deal affecting veterans in the worst of ways? Ryan Lamke, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, goes "On the Record" with Dana Perino to discuss the growing outrage over the bipartisanship...
December 26th, 2013
As Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, I released the following statement after reviewing the Federal Housing Agency’s (FHA) Annual Report to Congress Regarding the Financial Status of...
December 26th, 2013
On the right we hear, "The border must be secured" and on the left we hear, "We must fix our broken immigration system". Both sides are right, but for a wide variety of reasons both are wrong if they will not look at the...
December 22nd, 2013
Last week the House passed the Ryan-Murray budget deal that inadvertently changed the benefits for service members who retired due to a disability or a service-related injury. This is not acceptable and was not the intention...
December 20th, 2013
My amendment with Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA-01) to expedite access to innovative treatments for members of the Armed Services suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will...
December 19th, 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, I wanted to write you to explain my vote on the recent budget bill and to share with you a few recent highlights.Last week, the House voted on a budget bill (H.J. Res. 59). Though the media has...
December 18th, 2013
Will House Speaker John Boehner's recent success with the budget bill bolster his confidence enough to move forward on immigration reform? It certainly appears the answer to that may well be a resounding yes. Politico's...
December 17th, 2013
On December 12, 2013, Members of the House and Senate introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow the United States or any state or local government to register official insignia for federal trademark protection....
