Commissioner George P. Bush announced the 4th and 7th-Grade winners of the 2020 Save Texas History Essay Contest, sponsored by the Texas General Land Office’s Save Texas History Program. 

A vaccine to protect Americans from COVID-19 has taken another monumental step under the leadership of President Trump, Vice President Pence and Operation Warp Speed! After more than nine months of removing unnecessary barriers and delays – without sacrificing safety – this Administration harnessed the full strength and power of the nation.

Key House & Senate Committee leaders announced a bi-partisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.

No one expected it, least of all the media and pollsters. But that promised "Big Blue Wave" of Democrat victories across the country turned into a Red Tidal Wave from coast to coast instead. Most progressive ballot issues in the states – from tax increases to racial preferences – also came crashing down.

As Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitted earlier this week she'd intentionally delayed a COVID-19 Relief Bill until after the November 3rd Election in order to hinder President Donald Trump's re-election chances, even year-end deadlines, collapsing small business and a record-breaking high of 3,000 daily COVID deaths across the U.S. haven’t been sufficient to drive Washington Democrats to a CoronaVirus Relief Package agreement – despite hospitals straining at capacity from soaring caseloads nationwide.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a hearing slammed Big Tech’s brazen abuses of power and discussed the need for legislation to address Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Google, and YouTube with special protections from liability, after YouTube announced it will remove content that alleges widespread election fraud.

Congressman Brady joined Rep. Mike Johnson and 104 members of the House Republican conference in sending an Amicus Brief focused on affirming to the Court the signatories’ concerns with the integrity of our election system.

In his four years as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Pai’s free market, limited-government approach has driven a string of policy successes far too numerous for us to list in this TechByte.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he recently completed the transfer of $2.27 billion into the State Highway Fund (SHF) and the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF; commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund”). Each fund received more than $1.13 billion, or 50 percent of the total transfer.

Let it never be said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is "All Hat & No Cattle." He and his assistants have crafted a brilliant complaint against the states of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin & Pennsylvania challenging their administration of the 2020 presidential election.

Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX-25) called for rural communities to receive equal access to the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available.

Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to provide support to the Houston Police Department (HPD) in their efforts to address an alarming rise in road rage-related shootings in the city of Houston.

Providing for our nation’s defense is Congress’ most important duty, and the NDAA has passed with bipartisan support for the past 59 years.

Governor Greg Abbott announced on December 1st that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will relocate its global headquarters to Spring, Texas from San Jose, California. The headquarters will be located in a new state-of-the-art campus that will open in early 2022, building upon the company's established presence in the state of Texas. 

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced today that he has appointed Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville, to serve as vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Lucio replaces Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen.

Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) recently acted to provide critical funding for our military and Texas first responders by voting in support of H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021.

Toys for Tots is a nationwide campaign, and has very strong Texas roots and participation in the Corpus Christi, Port Aransas and Coastal Bend areas. The initiative began in 1947 when Marine Major Bill Hendricks collected and donated 5,000 toys to children in their city.

"By ignoring both State & Federal Law, these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens, but of Texas and every other state that held lawful elections,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filing a 2020 Presidential Election challenge against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin alleging the states unconstitutionally changed their election laws and triggered significant voting irregularities by relaxing ballot-integrity measures.