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July 25th, 2014
In the sky above eastern Ukraine, a surface-to-air missile was launched, and it destroyed a Malaysian civilian airliner. The dastardly deed killed – rather, murdered ---298 people. It appears the missile and launcher were...
June 24th, 2014
The Iraq debacle has shown that our emperor has no clothes. For the past six years, the media has covered up for the most incompetent administration since the beginning of the 20th century, but as Iraq spirals out of control...
June 18th, 2014
Our elite Special Operations forces have located and captured one of the suspected ringleaders of the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Ahmed Abu Khattala was able to roam free for far too long, even conducting interviews with...
May 15th, 2014
This Administration’s politicization of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is unprecedented. Respect for the rule of law is the foundation of our Republic, and the Administration’s complete disregard for it is frightening....
May 13th, 2014
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) challenged Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to provide unanimous consent to pass his resolution calling for a Joint Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks. Cruz currently has twenty-five...
May 7th, 2014
It has been 19 months since terrorists stormed the American consulate in Benghazi. Four Americans were murdered. Today, their killers still roam free somewhere in Libya. Why have none of them been apprehended?Meanwhile, back...
April 18th, 2014
The United States State Department is on an art spending spree.First, it spent $1 million for a granite statue at the London Embassy. It is modern art. It looks like a stack of bricks.Now it has spent $400,000 for a statue...
March 23rd, 2014
Four Republican senators joined me in sending a letter to Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid providing notification they will support an objection to the Ukrainian aid package unless a vote is held to strip out language...
March 14th, 2014
I’m deeply troubled by reports that convicted 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Haydar Zammar has been set free in Syria. Zammar was being held by the Assad regime while serving a 12-year sentence. Recently, it seems that Zammar was...
March 12th, 2014
"We eat all we can and we sell the rest.'' That is the slogan for the Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, Texas, that makes the best ice cream in the world. With the U.S. overabundance of natural gas, especially in Texas, that...
July 5th, 2014
Right now, our country is in the middle of an unprecedented energy boom—since 2008, domestic oil production has risen by more than 66 percent. Technological advances and new discoveries have made American energy independence...
June 20th, 2014
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, and I have filed legislation to temporarily halt further transfers or releases for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Following the controversial prisoner swap the...
May 16th, 2014
If reports that Iran is sending Chlorine gas canisters to the Assad regime in Syria are accurate, it reaffirms concerns that the Iranians will go to any lengths to protect their puppet in Damascus. There is already strong...
May 14th, 2014
With each passing day, President Obama’s foreign policy looks more like a case study in the perils of weakness, naivete and indecision. From the Middle East to the Far East, from South America to the South China Sea, the...
May 9th, 2014
On September 11, 2012, terrorists stormed the American consulate in Benghazi. Four Americans were murdered. 19 months later, their killers still roam free. Today, there are more questions than answers. The American people...
May 3rd, 2014
I urge U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to call on Congolese officials to immediately resume stalled international adoptions impacting hundreds of families in the United States:Hundreds of American families—including a...
March 25th, 2014
Sometimes it takes a sudden, flagrant breach of the international order to dispel a president’s naïveté about a foreign adversary. The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan had that effect on President Carter. One can only...
March 18th, 2014
The Ukrainian people—like all people across the globe—deserve to choose their own government, and determine their own future. Russia’s escalating intervention in Ukraine is an insult to Ukraine’s sovereignty and to the...
March 13th, 2014
HOUSTON, TEXAS--Governor Rick Perry claimed another victory in the state to state competition for job growth by luring the Australian Queensland Government to open a North American Trade and Investment Office in Houston. In...
March 10th, 2014
Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia. Now, the Russian bear is after Ukraine.Ukraine is almost totally dependent on Russia for energy. Russian imperialism has proven that it is willing to use gas as a political and economic weapon...
