With the issues of inflation, rising prices, and family financial struggles fresh on voter's minds, 52% of "Likely Voters" say they believe Kamala Harris is more likely to raise taxes if elected president, while 25% think she is more likely to lower them. And according to the latest Rasmussen Reports National Survey, 55% said Harris deserves "a lot of" or "some of the blame" for the failures of Biden-Harris White House. Struggling to separate herself from Joe Biden, 78% of "Likely Voters" believe she should do more news media interviews.

Our nation's citizens and culture ought to be in shock – but it seems otherwise. Journalists write their reports. Opinionators opine. Kamala condemns political violence and Joe says, “There's no place for political violence.” Meanwhile, everyone picks up where they left off – warning that Trump and his MAGA voters pose "grave threats" to everything true, good, and beautiful. After eight years of being fed a steady diet of “there is no one left who can stop him,” what are vulnerable Americans to conclude? 

H.R. 7980, the End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024, takes bold steps to reverse this. The bill closes the ‘Chinese Billionaire Loophole’ and the ‘Chinese Manufacturing Loophole,’ ensuring that EV credits are only available for vehicles free from critical components sourced from FEOCs. This bill is a huge step forward in breaking China’s dominance over our EV market and protecting America’s advanced manufacturing capabilities.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas is launching a comprehensive, statewide operation that will aggressively target the dangerous Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) to disrupt their criminal operations and deny their foothold in the state during a press conference in Houston. The Governor also designated TdA as a foreign terrorist organization, directing DPS to elevate them to a Tier 1 gang and to create a TdA Strike Team that will identify and arrest TdA gang members.

Last week, we saw an hour and a half of Kamala Harris blaming Donald Trump for the results of HER and Joe Biden’s failed policies – while dodging direct questions and offering zero solutions. Everything she said was outright lies and flip-flopping on nearly every policy position she's ever held. Trump was the overwhelming debate winner. With his solid track record of border security, low crime, a thriving economy, and maintaining a bold presence on the world stage, he will save America from ruin.

The Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest military decoration. There are only 61 living recipients. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, filed the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (MEDAL) Act. The MEDAL Act increase the monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients to $100,000 annually.

"I'm living with my father. He's retired, on a fixed income, and he can't afford the basic needs. He is struggling – and inflation doesn't care if your income isn't increasing. It just keeps on increasing. I think it's important to add that those grocery costs, or gas costs, have never gone down either," said 22-year-old Douglas Hohman from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. So, what party did Hohman recently register for? Republican. "I really regret not voting in 2020. I now understand that every vote does count."

Democrats want their low-information base to be at a constant fever pitch when it comes to Donald Trump. They have lied to make him History's Greatest Monster – and their incurious base gobbles up the Trump Derangement Syndrome prevarication and processes it as white-hot hate that never wanes. And the closer he comes to winning the election, the hotter it gets. That much I know is intentional. In reality, Democrats have a well-documented track record of wishing illness and death upon those who don't agree with them. 

Flavored e-cigarettes were banned in 2020 – yet they are still easily found today in stores all across America. Vaping products with flavors like cotton candy and mango continue to attract young users – and even worse, the FDA’s failure to enforce its prohibition has allowed these dangerous products to reach our nation's youth unchecked. That's a problem, because nicotine, a primary component in most e-cigarettes, poses a significant risk to adolescent brain development.

​​​​​​​The American people must know there will be accountability when their government fails them, as the Biden-Harris administration did here. My investigation reveals the White House had the information and opportunity to take necessary steps to plan for the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government so we could safely evacuate U.S. personnel, American citizens, legal permanent residents, and our brave Afghan allies. At each step of the way, however, the administration picked optics over security.

Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the effort has led to over 518,900 Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions, more than 46,300 Criminal Arrests – and more than 40,200 Felony Charges. In the fight against fentanyl, Texas Law Enforcement has seized over 521 million lethal doses, enough to kill every man, woman and child in both the U.S. & Mexico. “I will not cede state land to trans-national criminal cartels... nor will I sit idly by as these threats endanger law enforcement and Texas' communities,” said Gov. Abbott.

House Republicans brought a series of bills to the floor to combat the threat of the Chinese Communist Party and restore the strength and dominance of the United States. Over 25 bills were passed to secure our supply chains, protect American technology, and defend our values. China is the biggest threat to the United States, and insulating the United States against CCP aggression is paramount.

In response to recent mass mailouts of unsolicited of voter registration forms, including ones that have been partially prefilled, the Office of the Attorney General released an advisory warning residents of potential legal pitfalls and warning local governments against attempting to institute illegal programs. The advisory warns people residing in Texas that the delivery of an unrequested voter registration application does not mean that the recipient is eligible to vote.

All the discussion around Joe Biden just two short months ago was about how senile he was. His debate with Donald Trump laid bare what Democrats in and out of the media had denied for years – Biden’s senility had overtaken his lifelong stupidity, and he was and still is unfit for office. Enter Nancy “Brutus” Pelosi to stab him in the back and insert Kamala Harris to “save the Democratic Party.” Then the public got a good look at her, and what do you know? Kamala may be worse than Biden.

When it came to the most important issues of the 2024 Election – the economy, inflation & rising prices, or rising crime associated with illegal immigrants crossing a wide open border – the yellow line measuring how the nation's "Independent Voters" were responding moved immediately away from Kamala Harris and surged dramatically in Donald Trump’s favor, aligning almost identically with the red line of Republican participants. "I was really, really surprised – Independent voters are tracking very much with Republicans."

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raising national security concerns about the Biden-Harris Administration’s decision to give non-immigrant visas (NIV) to Cuban nationals, saying, "We see no other reason for expanding NIVs to Cuban individuals and no justification for why doing so serves the interests of the United States.”

In March, Governor Abbott issued an Executive Order that required all higher education institutions in Texas to review their free speech policies to establish appropriate punishments for antisemitic rhetoric on college and university campuses, ensure policies that address the sharp rise of antisemitic acts are enforced, and include the definition of antisemitism in free speech policies.

On Tuesday, myself and Chairman James Comer of the House Oversight & Accountability Committee released a in-depth report entitled, “Widespread Failures & Fraud in Pandemic Unemployment Relief Programs.” This report details how states across the country processed Pandemic Unemployment Insurance claims carelessly – and details how $200 billion was stolen from taxpayers in the Biden-Harris administration pandemic spending spree. This level of fraud is historic.