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September 12th, 2010
Policies to put Americans back to work aren’t working.Since the Obama stimulus spending program began in February 2009 and continued through May 2010, we have added 400,000 government jobs, while the nation has lost 2.7...
August 21st, 2010
A recent CNBC study named Texas the top state for doing business. CNBC's Power Lunch dug in a little deeper by interviewing the mayor of Midland, Texas, Wes Perry. Midland's unemployment rate is 4.67%, while the...
August 15th, 2010
Paul Gigot from The Wall Street Journal joins Fox News to discuss the state of our economy and who exactly is to blame. The Democrats are notorious for pinning all the blame on Bush, but after 19 months of Obama's...
August 7th, 2010
Texas initial jobless claims for the week ending July 24 fell 9.5 percent to reach 17,894, the lowest level since the first week of June.
July 20th, 2010
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Texas dropped to 8.2 percent in June. Total non-farm employment expanded for the sixth straight time, adding 14,000 jobs for the month. This is reflected in the positive...
July 6th, 2010
A few days ago, Walter E. Williams wrote an article, comparing "poverty" (a relative term) in The United States, not just to those so classified in other nations, but in fact to the average citizen of other nations.
June 27th, 2010
Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, explains that the first thing he plans to do in the upcoming session is to balance the budget. He estimates Texas to have a $18 billion shortfall, but he is committed to balancing the...
June 22nd, 2010
Today, I issued the following statement after a federal judge blocked the Obama Administration’s six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico:Today’s ruling on the drilling moratorium is a victory for Gulf Coast...
June 15th, 2010
I issued the following statement after the conclusion of President Obama’s address to the American people:
June 4th, 2010
At 19.6 percent, the unemployment rate for 16-to-24-year-olds is now the highest it’s ever been since the government began tracking the statistic in 1947. This is a serious setback for all young people entering the workforce...
September 6th, 2010
The moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the undeniable de facto moratorium in shallow waters are costing thousands of American jobs, and will create grave and permanent harm to workers and...
August 19th, 2010
The following is a statement that came in from the Republican Party of Texas:Today we learned that initial jobless claims jumped to 500,000. That's a half million American families who are struggling to make ends meet in...
August 9th, 2010
The July national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data from the payroll survey showed total nonfarm employment suffered a net loss of 131,000 largely due to...
July 21st, 2010
I issued the following statement Tuesday after the Senate passed the extension of unemployment benefits:I believe that unemployed Texans should receive the assistance for which they are eligible, but it is important
July 18th, 2010
Texas initial jobless claims for the week ending July 3 fell 3.2 percent to reach 18,758. Continued claims (those receiving benefits for two weeks or more) increased by 5,000 to reach 214,834. That is 28.1 percent lower than...
July 2nd, 2010
Yesterday Tom Donelson wrote an article for Texas GOP Vote highlighting the folly of the old school Keynesian economic model where, in a recession, the Government increases spending in order to stimulate the economy.
June 23rd, 2010
At the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is a canyon, much like the Grand Canyon in Arizona, except that it is covered by about a mile of sea water. It is both wide and deep. It has steep cliff-like walls. And two or three...
June 18th, 2010
Today, I went to the floor of the U.S. Senate to outline and explain a number of issues embedded in the tax extenders bill including deficit spending and new taxes on entrepreneurs and small businesses. The video and...
June 10th, 2010
I try to focus on the wisdom of the policy and not the deceitfulness or ignorance of the politician. Speculations of mine are just that: speculations. And, they serve little purpose but to distract from a consideration of...
June 4th, 2010
The May jobs report has turned out to be a huge disappointment! According to Reuters:The May report found hiring by private employers slowed sharply and came in lower than analysts expected, although temporary census hiring...
