Unemployment
April 6th, 2012
I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s unemployment report for the month of March:While any sign of job creation is encouraging, far too many Americans are still looking for work or have...
February 23rd, 2012
The following is a statement from State Representative Raul Torres (HD-33):On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the stimulus bill into law. Three years later, it has clearly failed by the president’s own standards....
February 13th, 2012
Today, I released the following statement regarding President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal:President Obama’s budget blueprint – presented to the American people a week late – represents more of the same tax,...
January 20th, 2012
I was pleased to see that, in the Presidential debate in South Carolina Monday night, Newt Gingrich came out in support of a proposal I presented in testimony before Congress on February 2011. It deals with the issue of...
January 18th, 2012
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement amidst reports that the State Department will be denying a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline this afternoon:The President has said he wakes up...
January 6th, 2012
U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-Dallas), a Member of House Republican Leadership, today released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s unemployment report for the month of December:While a...
December 2nd, 2011
Today, I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s unemployment report for the month of November of 8.6%:After nearly three years of the Obama Administration’s record spending and excessive...
November 2nd, 2011
In these difficult economic times, too many Americans are still looking for work. In September, San Antonio’s unemployment rate hit 7.9 percent – the highest it has been in at least 21 years.I am hosting a job fair in...
October 21st, 2011
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 Representatives.New state...
September 6th, 2011
As the Republican candidates for president travel to the early primary states, we are hearing a lot about jobs and job creation. This is natural, considering that president Obama is about to give a major speech on jobs...
March 9th, 2012
Today, I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s unemployment report for the month of February:Today’s report once again demonstrates how President Obama’s policies prevent our economy from...
February 22nd, 2012
Recently I came across an article from ABC News. It was one of those emails you get from time to time that usually find their way quickly to the trash bin. But something about it caught my attention.
February 3rd, 2012
Today, I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s unemployment report for the month of January that the unemployment rate has fallen .2% to 8.3%.While any sign of job creation is encouraging...
January 18th, 2012
Provisions contained within the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Privacy ACT (SOPA) put an unconstitutional prior restraint on your freedom of speech on the web. Any discourse, be it vocal or...
January 10th, 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...
January 3rd, 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...
November 17th, 2011
Before the opening of the jobs fair I recently hosted with Workforce Solutions Alamo at the Live Oak Civic Center, people began lining up outside. By the 9 a.m. start time, the line was wrapped around the civic center and...
October 27th, 2011
A critic writes:Our entire system is based is based on profits and losses driving decision making and economic activity, but our accounting does not always capture all the costs.If I open a new factory near a river for 5...
October 7th, 2011
Today, I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s report that the unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent in September.President Obama visited North Texas this week to tout his new plan for...
September 1st, 2011
NRCC - Offering yet another preview of Obama’s ever-pending jobs plan, Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday once again sang the praises of the administration’s “green jobs” agenda:BIDEN DOUBLES DOWN ON “GREEN JOBS”: “Biden...