Coronavirus
May 20th, 2020
I sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza urging her to make 501(c)3 nonprofit educational institutions eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act.
May 19th, 2020
By disregarding input from other Members on an emergency response bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is disregarding thousands of Americans who have been voicing their needs to their Representatives.
May 19th, 2020
Yesterday on the floor, I discussed the threat frivolous litigation poses to health care workers and small businesses as states begin to reopen their economies. Excerpts of my floor remarks are below, and video can be found ...
May 18th, 2020
I issued the following statements regarding the passage of H.R. 6800, the "Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act", aka Pelosi's Socialist Wish List Act; H.Res. 965, a Democrat power grab that tramples...
May 16th, 2020
Comedian Kevin James recently released a video satire called "Out of Touch" showing him and a friend running through the woods with the police in pursuit. The video then cuts to six hours earlier where we soon find out why...
May 14th, 2020
U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and I sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Marcel Ebrard calling for a coordinated definition of “essential” in order for businesses...
May 13th, 2020
How far will the Chinese government go to make its economy the most influential in the world? That’s a question national security experts have been discussing for years, and we now know.
May 12th, 2020
I recently announced that more than $94 million has been awarded to Texas through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
May 11th, 2020
Within the first month of its launch, the state’s new mental health support line received nearly 2,000 calls from Texans in 100 counties who were experiencing fears of getting sick, feelings of isolation from social...
May 11th, 2020
I recently announced that health centers in Texas’ 23rd district will receive more than $3.1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue combating the COVID-19 pandemic through testing....
May 20th, 2020
As member of the House Appropriations and Intelligence Committees, I today sent letters to every member nation of the World Health Organization (WHO) with U.S.-relations to request support in getting answers from WHO on its...
May 19th, 2020
I know many of you feel robbed because of how this year is ending, but I want you to know that even though you didn’t get to walk across that stage, we are all still here celebrating your accomplishments.
May 18th, 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott lifted restrictions on the operation of gyms in Texas amid the coronavirus pandemic, effective Monday.
May 18th, 2020
Texas has been focused on reopening responsibly, and our efforts to increase testing capacity and contact tracing efforts have allowed our citizens to safely return to work. Because of increased testing, we have seen an...
May 15th, 2020
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. As a native Texan and with the ‘stay at home’ executive order expiring May 7, I thought I would share my thoughts and activities...
May 13th, 2020
Yesterday on the floor, I discussed the impact frivolous lawsuits would have on small businesses’ ability to survive the coronavirus pandemic and the need for litigation protection legislation. Excerpts of my floor remarks...
May 13th, 2020
Starting month three, we are learning that the experts were guessing. Some things they got right, some wrong. The radical left however, remains relentless in pursuing their pre-Covid 19 agenda, beat Trump by killing the...
May 12th, 2020
Yesterday on the floor, I discussed the potential onslaught of frivolous litigation against health care workers or small businesses in the wake of the coronavirus and my work on a proposal to address it. Excerpts of my floor...
May 11th, 2020
It was a pleasure to join The Amigos on KSEV 700 AM last Friday evening to discuss my lawsuit challenging Governor Abbott’s unconstitutional executive shutdown.
May 8th, 2020
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office released the Texas hair salon owner who spent two days in jail for re-opening her business and ignoring Coronavirus lockdown orders.