Governor Greg Abbott today announced the second phase of the State of Texas' ongoing plan to safely and strategically open Texas while minimizing the spread of COVID-19.
Congressmen Pete Olson (TX-22) and G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) led a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging a significant portion of the remaining Provider Relief Fund dollars be allocated to hospitals and providers who serve a disproportionate number of Medicaid and low-income patients
Even with increased testing, the positivity rate is down. This means that even though we are testing more people, the percentage of people testing positive is decreasing.
Governor Abbott deployed a Surge Response Team (SRT) to Amarillo consisting of Medical Incident Support Team personnel from the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF) and 70 members of the Texas National Guard. These teams conducted a site survey of high risk areas to begin testing employees in meat packing facilities.
The $3 trillion partisan 1,800-page bill, deceptively packaged by House Democrats as COVID-19 economic aid, without Republican input contains numerous provisions unrelated to COVID-19.
Our friends and neighbors are enduring the most dramatic societal upheaval since World War II, and the Speaker's refusal to work with Republicans to craft realistic legislation and get our economy back on its feet is just the latest example of her extreme partisan games.
"This bill guarantees a prolonged recession. It leaves 36 million jobless Americans behind, but delivers big for Democratic special interests. What do mail-in ballots, marijuana banking, bailing out failed union pensions, and releasing criminals early have to do with America’s struggling economy?
Texas Senator Charles Perry today endorsed Winegarner in Texas’ 13th Congressional District. Winegarner was also recently endorsed by US Senator Phil Gramm and former TX Senator Bob Duncan.
Glenn Hegar today announced that Karey Barton, Associate Deputy Comptroller for Tax, won the Federation of Tax Administrator’s (FTA) Harley T. Duncan award for leadership and service.
“Not only do we have to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for their role in the spread of CoronaVirus, the United States must take bold action to address their agenda and better compete with China on the world stage. This is the #1 issue – not only today, but for the future,” said McCaul.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new hours of service (HOS) rules issued today for America’s truckers.
This funding will support the 78 HHSC-funded local family violence centers that provide survivors with immediate shelter, supportive services, and access to community-based programs.
In Speaker Pelosi's bill, the word "cannabis" appears more times than the word "job". Instead of helping our small businesses recover from the CoronaVirus economic tragedy, this bill focuses on Ballot Harvesting, Marijuana Banking, Bailing Out Union Pensions, and the Early Release of Criminals.
Property tax values are appraised at the county level, but I've asked the Governor to freeze 2020 property appraisals at 2019 levels using his disaster powers so that local families don’t get hit with an additional economic burden during this global pandemic.
This waiver applies to licenses associated with a variety of occupations such as barbers, cosmetologists, electricians, speech-language pathologists, and dyslexia therapists.
"The government doesn't need to tell people how to behave... we know what risks that we and our families are comfortable taking at this point," said Cong. Lance Gooden, announcing his supports of the steps taken by Texas' Gov. Greg Abbott & Attorney General Ken Paxton to try and rein in the over-bearing social restrictions being attempted by various Local Elected Officials across Texas.
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn released statements after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved of the nomination of Drew Tipton to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi.
"Josh Winegarner's a strong conservative and free-market advocate, and we need him in Congress," said former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, endorsing Winegarner to be the next member of Congress from Texas’ 13th District, which covers the Panhandle, Texoma & the North Texas area. The Republican Primary Runoff for Congress will be held on July 14th.
