Coronavirus
April 27th, 2020
Harris County law enforcement officials backed down as the owner of the Federal American Grill decided to re-open his restaurant on the city’s west side despite orders directing restaurants to be closed except for curbside...
April 24th, 2020
The police and sheriff’s union leadership in Texas’s largest county say they are not likely to enforce an order by County Judge Lina Hidalgo (D) requiring that masks to be worn by all in public. The order calls for officers...
April 23rd, 2020
President Trump recently said that there were two reasons for virtually halting all immigration to the United States in response to COVID-19.
April 23rd, 2020
I am one of hundreds and soon to be thousands of plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott.
April 22nd, 2020
There is a stunning side-effect to the shutting down of the world’s economic engines.Simply put, we are living through an historic experiment to see what the elimination of fossil fuel would actually accomplish in terms of...
April 22nd, 2020
It's time to face a fundamental question. Is locking down the economy to fight Covid-19 worth the tradeoff of a self-imposed great depression?Experts have estimated that more than 30% of the small businesses closed will...
April 20th, 2020
I cannot remember a time in my life when our country was faced with a struggle like it is today. Coronavirus has changed everything from our work environment, to errand running, to family time. While a lot has changed, and,...
April 20th, 2020
Many people today are struggling a lot — especially sole proprietors — aka, small business. But that isn’t totally because of the COVID virus. We as a people in the U.S.
April 16th, 2020
We have a figurative war on our hands, but not against enemy bullets. It is not against the Coronavirus itself.
April 16th, 2020
Witnessing the decline in circulation and quality of the Houston Chronicle during the Covid-19 "crisis" is breathtaking. Not only is the paper becoming smaller and smaller, but the editorial policies have led to censorship...
April 27th, 2020
During the Obama administration our unemployment reached over 6% in the U.S. Understand that our calculation for unemployment was changed when Bill Clinton took office in 1993. The new popular calculation used...
April 24th, 2020
This money is keeping people on payroll, preventing them from going on unemployment and potentially from standing in line at a foodbank.
April 23rd, 2020
A recent preliminary injunction issued by a Federal Judge in Travis County to allow mail-in voting for all Texas voters who fear COVID-19 is part of an ongoing legal dispute between the Democrat Party of Texas and Republican...
April 23rd, 2020
We knew this was a very popular program, and it seemed to be working the way we intended by keeping people connected to their employer. But there's more demand than we prepared for, so that’s why it’s important we acted...
April 22nd, 2020
Under the new order, scheduled to be announced Wednesday afternoon, people ages 10 and older must cover noses and mouths with a mask, bandanna, scarf or other face covering if leaving the house.
April 21st, 2020
Today on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, I discussed Governor Abbott’s announcement of a plan to reopen Texas, declining oil prices, and Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi’s blockade of new funding for the Payroll...
April 20th, 2020
Concerns that Texas hospitals would be unable to accommodate a surge of COVID-19 patients seem to have been assuaged in recent days.
April 17th, 2020
Yesterday I was asked to join President Trump's task force to re-open the economy as the nation continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
April 16th, 2020
As the nation works to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and re-open America's economy, I yesterday announced my intention to introduce two pieces of legislation when Congress returns to expand healthcare access and make...
April 16th, 2020
I certainly felt blessed when Governor Abbott deemed insurance an essential industry in his March 31st executive order. Thankfully, our construction clients were deemed essential as well.