San Antonio
October 11th, 2022
I introduced the Strengthening Public Undertaking for Retaining Sports (SPURS) Act to discourage the relocation of the San Antonio Spurs to Austin, Texas.
September 8th, 2022
San Antonio received $3.8 million in Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funding. This project assists high density, targeted areas by providing them with the ability to protect themselves against and recover from...
March 23rd, 2022
On Monday, I announced $140,893 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for healthcare in San Antonio. The funds will go towards the El Centro Del Barrio’s Health Resources and Services...
January 25th, 2022
Using ecosystem restoration and recreation benefits as a foundation, the project will provide significant environmental and community benefits, such as improving environmental and water quality conditions in a densely...
March 10th, 2020
Recently on the Senate floor, I discussed my vote on emergency funding for our nation’s Coronavirus response, which includes $950 million in reimbursement funds for states and local communities that have responded to the...
February 25th, 2020
The three new cases are among the evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that arrived at Lackland Air Force Base a week ago.
January 31st, 2020
Business leaders and immigration policy experts gathered to discuss the critical role that immigrants play in the San Antonio economy recently at a panel hosted by the Texas Business Immigration Coalition, San Antonio Area...
November 4th, 2019
What do Lassie the border collie, Elvis Presley, and the WNBA Silver Stars have in common?They’ve all performed at San Antonio’s Freeman Coliseum. Lassie came for the rodeo in 1963, Elvis sold out every seat in 1956, and...
April 15th, 2019
San Antonio's population is growing more quickly than that of any other city in our State and routinely hosts events that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors like Fiesta and the NCAA Final Four. It's imperative that...
February 1st, 2019
It’s been 46 years since the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v Wade allowing abortion to poison the land of the free. It started in Texas when Norma McCorvey known as ‘Jane Roe’ thought of having an abortion and filed a lawsuit...
September 30th, 2022
A native Texan, Bishop John Yanta was born on a farm in Runge on October 2, 1931. He passed away in his San Antonio home on August 6, 2022. Most everyone knows that Bishop Yanta was Polish and embraced his ancestry. So...
August 17th, 2022
On August 1, 2022 the San Antonio Family Association held a Press Conference on the steps of City Hall. It was in response to the Mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg and the City Council who held a Press Conference on the...
March 18th, 2022
After almost three years of litigation the General Land Office, GEORGE P BUSH and the City of San Antonio reached an agreement with the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association and Lee White to NOT apply for any future...
December 16th, 2020
Statewide, Texas legislators from all parties and chambers are unparalleled in their support and advocacy for the military. There is no state in the union that can compare with the tenacity of Texas legislators and our broad...
March 2nd, 2020
The San Antonio patient is back in quarantine, and local health officials are working to identify who they came into contact with.
February 4th, 2020
As we come to the end of our January March for Life month, we are reminded as to ‘Why We March’. Roe v Wade was decided on January 22, 1973 when the US Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States...
December 23rd, 2019
On December 18, 2019 the Historic and Design Review Commission listened to approximately 50 speakers, mostly opposing the relocation of the Alamo Cenotaph. In spite of the compelling testimonials the panel of eleven heard,...
September 6th, 2019
The special coin, depicting on its reverse four icons of the Missions’ history, is the 49th coin in the U.S. Mint’s “America the Beautiful” program. The project began in 2010 to depict national parks and other sites in all...
March 19th, 2019
Yesterday I delivered remarks at the groundbreaking for a new San Antonio federal courthouse, along with other members of the Texas and San Antonio delegations.
February 1st, 2019
While I was in San Antonio, my hometown, a couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to congratulate our new U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Texas, Susan Pamerleau.