The Protecting Military Installations and Rangers Act would expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to include real estate investments in the U.S. by entities linked to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea, if the investments are located within 100 miles of a military installation or 50 miles of a military training route, special use airspace, controlled firing area, or military operations area.
You’d think adults could conduct themselves like, well, adults. Yet, when those adults are liberal Democrats, you’d be better off dealing with a teenage girl (no offense to teenage girls). They have no ability to think rationally, believe incredibly stupid and obviously false things, engage in double standards, cry like they just got dumped for the first time, and pursue petty vengeance against anyone who disagrees with them like a jilted lover.
"Jobs are growing here, businesses are growing here, the future is growing here," said Gov. Greg Abbott, celebrating Texas as America’s job creator and announcing yet another record-breaking high for total jobs in the Lone Star State, a new record high for the number of Texans working, as well as for the size of the Texas labor force based on December 2024 Employment Data. Texas has now added more than 2.5 million jobs under Gov. Abbott’s leadership.
The Texas labor market achieved a new record-high level for jobs and the civilian labor force in December. The state added 37,500 positions over the month, reaching a total of 14,318,700 nonfarm jobs. Texas added 284,200 jobs from December 2023 to December 2024, bringing the annual nonfarm growth rate to 2.0 percent, which outpaced the U.S. growth rate by 0.6 percentage points.
Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Mike Carey introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to overturn the Internal Revenue Service’s "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales" rule. That rule defined decentralized financial (DeFi) participants as “brokers," and would undermine America’s digital asset industry by forcing DeFi participants to comply with burdensome information reporting requirements.
“While nothing can restore the damage done, this settlement helps provide Texans with valuable resources to prevent more opioid abuse, and it was an honor to help lead these negotiations. I will never stop ensuring that justice is secured for those affected,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, announcing that a bipartisan coalition has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the pharmaceutical industry — the nation’s largest settlement to date.
During a National Prayer Service for the newly sworn-in President Trump, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington D.C. hijacked the sermon and rebuked Mr. Trump — as he sat right in front of her — for supposedly portraying illegal aliens and transgender children "in the harshest of lights." When Snoop Dogg performed for the Trump Inauguration, Ann Navarro of "The View" — in racist fashion — called the African-American rapper "a trained seal."
In one of his most significant orders and actions, President Trump immediately announced he is ready to designate drug gangs and cartels for what they are: Terrorists! I’ve been fighting for this since my first day in Congress by introducing the "Security First Act," which would require the Sect. of State to consider designating Mexican Drug Cartels and TdA as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).
TAB President & CEO Glenn Hamer earlier today, announcing that its board of the Texas Association of Business (TAB, the Texas State Chamber,) had formally approved the organization’s 89th Legislative Session Policy Priorities. These priorities will serve as a guide for policymakers in Austin to invest in initiatives that encourage economic growth and protect the pro-Texas, pro-jobs philosophy that has built the best business environment in the nation and the 8th largest economy in the world.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.-01) introduced the Student Empowerment Act today to enhance 529 College Savings Plans to help public, private, religious, and homeschool students and families. Sen. Cruz was joined by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Curtis (R-Utah), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in introducing the legislation. Rep. Hern introduced the companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today awards totaling $701.9 million for the second round of the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas Program (BOOT II), aimed at bridging the digital divide and enhancing broadband access for unserved and underserved communities across the state. This initiative was established to connect more than 95,000 unserved locations to high-speed, reliable internet.
Good riddance to the World Health Organization -- more aptly called the Woke Health Oligarchy. On his first day, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from WHO, a necessary step in putting the health of Americans first. Immediately the left-wing media sounded the alarm, quoting globalist-minded scientists at American universities and think tanks falsely claiming that Trump's move will isolate the U.S. from worldwide efforts to detect and limit deadly diseases.
“Today, Senate Finance Chair Joan Huffman filed SB 1, the Texas Senate’s introduced state budget for the 2026-2027 biennium. My budget team and I have worked alongside Chair Huffman and the Senate Finance Committee to ensure the Senate’s state budget reflects the conservative priorities of Texans. I thank Chair Huffman for her tireless work over the interim to produce this budget. She has been a great partner throughout this process, which began in late August."
“On day one, President Trump prioritized actions to undo some of the harmful, radical policies from the last administration and set America on a course toward energy independence. His executive orders will grow U.S. fossil fuel production by incentivizing new investments and unleashing new areas of production, which will lead to more energy, cheaper costs and a more secure nation."
Rep. Brian Harrison sent the attached letter to the Governor asking that he designates a list of items as “emergency items” so the Legislature can get to work immediately on them. While there are many items that deserve the Legislature’s attention this session, I am respectfully asking that you include the following in your “emergency items” list so that we can immediately get to work to make Texas the limited government, low tax, low regulation, bastion of liberty Texans deserve.
Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX), Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee introduced The Birthright Citizenship Act to restore the 14th Amendment to its original purpose and end the misuse of birthright citizenship. This legislation ensures that automatic citizenship is granted only to children born in the United States with at least one parent who meets one of the following criteria:
Common ground between the appeal of Donald Trump in 2025 and the appeal of King in 1963 is that both were about the pressing need to be faithful to the founding principles of the country. Trump's MAGA message in 2025 is that the nation has destructively strayed from these principles. King's message in 1963 was that the country failed and was failing to live up to those founding principles. However, common ground for both was and is concurrence about the validity of those founding principles -- a free nation under God -- and the critical importance of being true to them.
"The criminals who exploit our open borders are not going to go quietly into the night; we have to get ahead of them and strike while the iron is hot," said South Texas Cong. Tony Gonzales, announcing the introduction of his first bill of the 119th Congress – "The Security First Act" intended to specifically address and go after the root causes of the Biden Border Crisis. “It’s plain and simple – bad policies embolden cartels and put innocent Americans in harm’s way," said Gonzales.
