Coronavirus
June 23rd, 2021
It is high time federal employees return to their jobs and serve the taxpayers that employ them.
June 22nd, 2021
We need to hold the Chinese government accountable for their malicious lies and coverup that allowed the coronavirus to spread across the world. Their actions cost American lives and livelihoods, which is why I'm...
June 18th, 2021
At a time when our nation has 9.3 million jobs waiting to be filled, it is unfathomable that the federal government is using taxpayer dollars to incentivize Americans to not return to work—harming small businesses and...
June 11th, 2021
I applaud the dedicated health care professionals who made this life-saving effort possible and am proud to be from a state that is leading the charge.
June 9th, 2021
New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are as low as they were before the first wave of the outbreak last summer.
June 3rd, 2021
The American people, and the entire world, deserve answers in regards to the origins of COVID-19.
June 1st, 2021
Recently, U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and I sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to commit to a timeframe to lift COVID-related travel restrictions on non-...
April 28th, 2021
I sent a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack recently regarding the Department of Agriculture’s COVID-19 restrictions on Farm Service Agency (FSA) facilities.
April 14th, 2021
I helped announce the start to a program that will provide monetary relief to families who lost loved ones due to COVID-19.
April 9th, 2021
The real reason behind America's sudden distaste to step away from one's computer, go out and look for a job, is that it is already getting a weekly stimmy from the Biden admin, which has pivoted the pandemic emergency into...
June 22nd, 2021
The decrease comes as Gov. Greg Abbott in May said Texas will opt out of federal jobless assistance to encourage people to go back to work.
June 18th, 2021
Three dozen unvaccinated cadets at the military's West Point academy now fear retaliation after the academy's implementation of stricter quarantines and other restrictions than at the pandemic's height
June 17th, 2021
My legislation would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish the formula for allocating COVID-19 to states and localities.
June 10th, 2021
Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive unemployment benefits as of June 26, the Texas Workforce Commission announced this week.
June 8th, 2021
Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses or operating permits under legislation Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Monday.
June 3rd, 2021
Military service must never be a detriment to future employment, but rather an asset. I’m proud to introduce this bipartisan legislation prioritizing veteran employment following the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 21st, 2021
The restriction precludes counties, cities, school districts, public health authorities and government officials from requiring mask-wearing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 26th, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control announced Friday, after the panel voted, that the vaccine is safe and effective at preventing COVID, and the benefits outweigh the known risks.
April 13th, 2021
At the state's three FEMA vaccination sites in Dallas, Arlington and Houston, officials said that vaccine efforts would continue but that officials would not be administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
April 5th, 2021
The Texas Tribune is using daily data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track coronavirus vaccinations, cases, hospitalizations and deaths.