"Without customer protections and spending oversight that go hand-in-hand with regulation, this unproven model has the potential to add billions to the market – and without a firm cost cap, it threatens to significantly increase prices on consumers without meaningfully improving reliability,” said Texas Association of Manufacturers president & CEO Tony Bennett, while releasing the "ERCOT Market Reform Alternatives" study.
In letters sent to each of his fellow Governors, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requested support in responding to the rapidly escalating border crisis through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, which enables states to provide assistance and share resources with another state in response to a disaster or emergency situations.
“The Constitution is clear. If the Federal Government fails to repel an invasion – of deadly drugs in this case, in my opinion enabled by the drug cartels – they have the right to enforce the laws, to detain, and to secure the border. President Biden's going to pander to the Left, and millions more are going to come in if we Texans don’t exercise, and all sovereign states, our right of self-defense," said Cong. Jodey Arrington.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has announced the kickoff of this year’s Summer Earn & Learn (SEAL) Program to assist students with disabilities aged 14-22 earn a paycheck while acquiring skills and professional experience through work-based learning. In the summer of 2022, the SEAL Program hosted 2,516 students across the state, at 1,263 employer sites. Here are three unique success stories.
Gary Moretti and his fiancée booked 30 rooms at Newburgh, NY's Crossroads Hotel for their upcoming June 24th wedding – but New York City Mayor Eric Adams quickly demolished their plans and forced the hotel to cancel the couple's Legal Contract so he could implement his new "Illegal Immigrant's 1st, Everyone Else Last" policy. Nearly two dozen struggling Homeless Veterans also got the boot, some who'd served in Vietnam or Afghanistan.
"While Americans suffer the consequences of chaos at the border caused by the Biden White House, (non-profit) NGOs receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars through Federal Grants to provide transportation for illegal aliens to anywhere in the U.S. they want," said House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, along with Cong. Lance Gooden & Tom McClintock after money was found to have been misspent by non-profits.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz praised the Committee’s passage of his bipartisan legislation to help combat the rise in illicit use of the dangerous animal tranquilizer xylazine, or tranq. The Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, which Sen. Cruz introduced with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to take steps to enhance understanding of tranq and other novel synthetic drugs. . . .
"It is beneath contempt for a President to threaten a worker’s ability to feed their family in order to achieve compliance with his mandates,” said Attorney General Paxton. Despite knowing the federal government lacked the authority to take such drastic measures, Joe Biden ignored the constitutional limits of his power, and worked to coerce over 80 million American workers into taking COVID-19 vaccines with unlawful mandates.
Each year, the nation sets aside time for of "National Police Week" to show special appreciation for Law Enforcement Personnel at all levels of government. We pay tribute to the brave men and women devoted to keeping our communities and families safe, and we remember the sacrifice of the heroes who have given all in the line of duty. We stand with Law Enforcement Officers and oppose efforts to "defund the police."
Street takeovers have recently become common occurrences in Texas. Houston arrests have been made almost weekly in 2023 for street and parking lot takeovers. In 2022, the Harris County D.A. handled 1,000 street racing cases. More recently, on February 18th Austin suffered seven street takeover events in one night. "Our message is clear: If you participate in these criminal acts, we’re going to throw the full weight of the law at you."
The U.S. Dept. of Justice & FBI "failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law." Instead, a hoax was perpetuated on the American People – by the highest levels of our Federal Government – despite the fact that "neither the U.S. nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion" to investigate allegations that Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
"In the two years that President Biden has been in office, there've been over 5 million encounters at the Southern Border, and at least 1.4 million gotaways. That totals nearly 6.5 million people. To put it in perspective… that’s bigger than the population sizes of thirty-three U.S. states. Republicans will not ignore this crisis. We will restore the security of our border," says West Texas Cong. August Pfluger.
“There is a full-on invasion unfolding... the worst illegal immigration in history – 6.5 million people crossing illegally," said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, as he and Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ted Budd (R-NC) and John Hoeven (R-ND) toured the U.S.-Mexico Border in Brownsville, Texas as Title 42 ended. They toured Camp Monument, where they met with members of both the U.S. Customs & Border Patrol, and Texas National Guard.
The left's censorship efforts continue. Last week, Townhall published a column warning about the dangers of President Biden's open border policies and their implications on national security. It was written by retired Navy Captain Hung Cao, who came to America as a child and refugee from Vietnam. Remarkably, when Mr. Cao's op-ed was posted on Facebook, it was flagged as "hate speech" and eliminated from circulation.
It’s past time to stand up for America. The alarms are going off, Mr. Biden's asleep, and 5+ million Southern Border illegal crossings are devastating local communities and state resources. House Republicans passed legislation to fix Biden’s broken border policies, restart construction of the border wall, increase hiring of Border Patrol Agents, and end "Catch & Release." America and Texans are tired of shouldering the burden.
This latest version does little to provide meaningful school choice, and legislators deserve to know that it would be vetoed if it reached my desk. Instead, the original House version of the Senate bill provides a more meaningful starting point to begin House-Senate negotiations.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): Israel has taken necessary action against terrorist leaders in the Gaza Strip to protect its citizens and maintain national security. Such Iran-controlled terrorists pose a direct threat not only to Israel but also to the safety and security of the American people.
"Representing more than 40% of our nation's Southern Border, I know firsthand the struggles that Border Communities, Border Patrol Agents & Law Enforcement Officers face each and every day. The "Secure the Border Act" is a step in the right direction and cracks down on false asylum claims while preserving people's rights who're legitimately fleeing persecution to have their day in court.," said Texas border-area Cong. Gonzales following H.R. 2's passage.
