food stamps
February 21st, 2014
As a senior member of the House Committee on Agriculture and a member of the Farm Bill Conference Committee, I spearheaded a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, requesting that Texas take part in a pilot program to...
January 26th, 2014
Most recently I wrote about how Wendy Davis' rise through Texas Politics can be traced as much to the efforts and aid by her second husband than anything she has done. Davis' own political rise, along with Hillary Clinton's...
October 16th, 2013
I was honored to be appointed to the House-Senate conference committee on the Farm Bill on Saturday. A conference committee is created to resolve the differences between legislation passed by the House and Senate. While...
June 23rd, 2013
Elbert Lee Guillory is the state senator for Louisiana District 24.Senator Guillory recently announced he had decided to change from the Democrat party to the Republican party.Watch and listen as he explains why he made the...
September 20th, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of...
February 27th, 2012
Jesse Jackson has often been referred to as a "Poverty Pimp" because of his statements and actions that have brought more harm and suffering to minorities than perhaps any other person in modern society.
January 28th, 2014
We’re nearing the finish line on the Farm Bill, which is good news for consumers and producers. The Conference Committee report was just finalized. We’re hoping to bring it to the House floor for a vote on Wednesday....
November 1st, 2013
Speaking about the importance of the SNAP program:“SNAP is the most effective way to combat hunger and food insecurity, particularly as food banks are telling us that they are already struggling to meet the needs in their...
November 27th, 2012
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that over 47 million Americans take part in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program. A recent study found...
March 10th, 2012
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama – February 5, 2008THE MANY FACES OF OBAMAWho is...
October 9th, 2010
In “A Memo for Republican Candidates on the Winning Closing Argument for the Last Four Weeks," former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich stated: It is also an unassailable fact that in January 2007, when Nancy Pelosi and...