"You’ve got a President that's bungled the economy in his first year. Americans have lost confidence. They don’t think he’s competent because he took his eye off of COVID, made the labor shortage worse, denied that inflation was even occurring and then dismissed it… really, for a lot of Americans, they’re struggling right now," said Cong. Kevin Brady on "The Sam Malone Show."
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) on Thursday joined his fellow members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) in releasing a statement ahead of the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
There’s bad news. The IRS is already snooping in your PayPal, Venmo and Cash App accounts, and it started on January 1st. So what level of your money transactions triggers the IRS to snoop on you? That whopping big number is $600... and I learned all this from that popular and well-knowN publication favored by tax resisters: The Washington Post.
The last person to be bragging about his "commitment" to advancing the "cause of minorities" is Joe Biden. When Clarence Thomas – an eminently respected Black lawyer and chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was nominated to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, then-Sen. Joe Biden turned his nomination into a circus of unsubstantiated character assassination as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Two years into the COVID-19 Pandemic, “Fully 7 in 10 Americans (70%) agree that ‘it’s time we accept Covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives’ – including 65% of those who say they've not been infected,” says a new Monmouth University Poll that concludes, "They’ve grown tired of all the CoronaVirus talk and are equally tired of all the CoronaVirus clampdowns.”
“Any threat to the independence of the FDIC is a direct threat to the agency's ability to carry out its non-partisan mission of maintaining stability & public confidence in our nation’s financial system,” said Sen. Tim Scott, introducing the Scott-Cruz bill to try and protect the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) long-standing independence from political meddling, which has come under increasing scrutiny during the Biden presidency.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $326 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of February.
Republican Leader on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) called for bipartisan solutions that address mental health, make access to telehealth permanent, open schools, and use COVID funds as intended.
The agency has received this honor for 31 consecutive years. . . The certificate is GFOA’s highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting.
The United States is confronting a pair of ruthless dictatorships in two potential collisions that could change history – and leave Americans at enormous risk. Since the American presidency only works with a strong, competent & forceful Commander in Chief, the simple fact is that Russia's Putin and China's Xi sense a real weakness now in America’s leader.
"Texas is working around the clock to respond robustly to the substantial winter storm that's expected to impact our state over the coming days. Every state agency is in close communication and coordination to provide resources and valuable information to keep Texans safe," said Gov. Abbott earlier today as he was joined by representatives from more than 12 State Agencies to provide a Statewide Response Briefing.
“When that attack [at Congregation Beth Israel] was ongoing, the eyes of Texas, the eyes of the entire country, the eyes of the world were on north Texas—were on this horrific act of terror being carried out in our backyard."
“Fueled by continued strength in both Business & Consumer Spending, receipts from most sectors strongly surpassed their pre-pandemic levels. Business spending drove double-digit increases in the oil & gas, manufacturing, wholesale trade and construction sectors... The greatest gains came from clothing & accessories stores and health & personal care stores," said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, summarizing the year-over-year increases.
"As the representative for the largest land port of entry in the country, I will continue to prioritize the needs of our truckers who are essential to the success of our national economy,” said Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) while introducing a bill to help address the nation's supply chain shortages and increase the number of truck drivers transporting goods in the U.S.
More than the combined costs of both World War I and World War II, the tally for how much the federal government has spent combating COVID-19 is now estimated to be $5 trillion. And the left is celebrating that politicians in Washington, D.C. saved us. Really? From what? Two years later, it is time for an honest assessment.
"Since 2015, the Texas Legislature has committed enormous Texas taxpayer resources to addressing the mounting, critical needs at the border. Despite these state-led initiatives, senior leaders at the federal government encumber our efforts by actively and willfully neglecting their lawful duty," said Sen. Brian Birdwell, the newly named committee chairman of the Senate Border Security Committee.
All sectors of the Texas Oil & Natural Gas Industry have taken steps to prepare for the week's winter weather events to ensure the production and transportation of energy can continue, even in the most extreme conditions, and have extensive resources in place to monitor and prepare for inclement weather on an ongoing basis.
"I'm proud to have returned nearly $2 billion dollars to Texans since becoming Comptroller, and encourage everyone to visit our website to see if the state is holding some of their unclaimed property," said Comptroller Glenn Hegar, announcing that Texas currently holds over $7 billion in cash and valuables that need to be returned to taxpayers. Here's where to look for your unclaimed property.
