U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in applauding the Senate’s unanimous passage of the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024. The JUDGES Act would address judicial emergencies and shortages across the country by increasing the number of federal district judges in the most overworked regions of the country.
At Governor Abbott's direction, the Texas State Emergency Operations Center will begin statewide wildfire coordination calls tomorrow to provide local and state partners with situational awareness and ensure coordination between responders. Additionally, based on current conditions and the fire weather forecast, Governor Abbott has directed the Texas A&M Forest Service to open the Abilene Air Tanker Base at Abilene Regional Airport to assist state and local responders in wildfire suppression efforts across Texas.
Because of modern drilling technologies – including horizontal drilling and fracking – Natural Gas is now cheaper than bottled water, which now sells for $2.69. One of my constant themes is that the so-called “green-energy transition” is a figment of the left’s oversized imagination. Despite hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars being thrown at wind and solar power by Biden, Kamala and the Democrats, we still get less than 10% of our energy from "green" sources. The needle hasn’t moved.
Traditionally, a vice-presidential running mate is chosen to help “balance” the ticket. Sometimes that “balance” is an ideological balance, so different ideological wings of the party feel they have a stake in the election (think Johnson-Humphrey), while other times it’s a geographic balance (think Kennedy-Johnson), and still other times we’ve seen an experience balance (think Obama-Biden).
"Today’s passage of the 'Improving Access to Our Courts Act' will help expand courthouse access for West Texas citizens by allowing federal proceedings to take place in Alpine – and in the coming days, this bill will be signed into law. I'm proud to help deliver this win for the Big Bend area, and will keep fighting to ensure our district has the resources it needs,” said Congressman Tony Gonzales’ of his effort to allow federal court proceedings to be conducted in West Texas' Brewster County.
The fight lasted only 46 seconds. An Algerian boxer with male chromosomes won a fight in the 66-kilogram women’s division at the Paris Olympics last Thursday. Imane Khelif defeated Italy’s Angela Carini – after Carini abandoned her match. It's outrageous and disgusting that this is allowed to happen. Democrats support this insanity, and we cannot let such gross injustice pass quietly. The reason we have "Women's Sports," is to... have women separated from men.
“TXOGA Safety Talks is a benefit for our members and Safety Group participants to help them adhere to high standards for workplace safety within the industry,” said Texas Oil & Gas Association President Todd Staples, announcing the launch of the Workers’ Compensation Safety Group initiative. TXOGA Safety Group participants recently received $3,846,290 in dividends, and $27,362,579 in Texas Mutual individual policyholder dividends.
Parental Rights and the innocence of young children are at stake in this election. Regardless of their sexual orientation, all people deserve respect – but parents should always have the final say on what their children are taught in school. Kamala Harris, on the other hand, has a long history opposing parent's control of what their children are taught about Sex, Gender & Homosexuality. At a June 23rd, 2023 pride rally, she called them "extremists." So who's really the extremists here?
Nancy Pelosi said it best earlier today: “To characterize Tim Walz as ‘left’ is so unreal – he’s right down the middle. He’s a heartland-of-America Democrat.” And, if anyone knows the "Heartland of America," it’s a San Francisco Liberal like Nancy Pelosi. Life-altering inflation, grocery & gas price increases of 20+%, rampant high crime, unsafe streets where innocent mothers are violently murdered, open borders with uncontrolled illegal immigration – Kamala Harris & Tim Walz will make Joe Biden look conservative.
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation announcing Tuesday, November 5th, 2024 as the Special Election date to fill the 18th Congressional District seat that was recently vacated following the passing of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Candidates who wish to have their names placed on the Special Election Ballot must file their applications with the Texas Secretary of State no later than 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 22nd, 2024.
The Justice for Jocelyn Act would crack down on ATD by requiring every ICE detention bed to be filled, and, if filled, would require the Secretary of DHS to exhaust all reasonable efforts to keep an alien in custody. Should the Secretary nevertheless release an alien pursuant to ATD, the alien would be subject to continuous GPS monitoring until either their removal from the country or the completion of all immigration proceedings. Finally, Justice for Jocelyn would empower immigration officials to immediately deport illegal aliens who violate the terms of their release.
In a shocking turn of events, the Biden-Harris White House has done the unthinkable: they’ve agreed to a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks. The Defense Department announced Wednesday that plea agreements had been reached, allowing these men to avoid the death penalty. This marks a dramatic development in the decades-long cases for the prisoners at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory stopping the Biden White House’s attempt to unlawfully redirect statutorily obligated funding away from border wall construction – a direct violation of Federal Law. After losing the case in Federal Court, the Biden Administration declined to appeal, thereby forfeiting any further claims. The Biden Administration was directed by the court to continue Border Wall Construction using the funding appropriated by Congress for that purpose.
For the past four years, inflation has rattled local small businesses across the country. The inflation rate peaked in 2022, but of course the cost of goods never went back down. In fact, the prices just kept rising, just not at the same clip they had been rising at the peak. In short, gas prices, food prices, housing prices, energy prices and insurance costs are still blowing away everyday people's budgets, making them cut costs on essentials or drive up credit card debt despite the Biden-Harris administration consistently dismissing their plight for two years.
For Kamala Harris, it’s quickly become abundantly clear that "Weird" is her new & improved version of Hillary Clinton's infamous "Basket of Deplorables." Democrats and their 2016 Media Partners openly agreed with Hillary's assessment of Donald Trump and his supporters – until it dawned on some of their party's geniuses that insulting the customer is a Losing Strategy. How ironic is it that Kamala and others in the party's leadership have taken to calling her Republican opponents “weird” in the past few weeks?
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced the Guarding and Administering Trespass Enforcement, Controlling Restricted Areas, and Stopping High-Risk Encroachment Recidivism and Sabotage (GATE CRASHERS) Act. Sen. Cruz’s bill would strengthen criminal penalties for trespassing on Department of Defense (DOD) installations.
President Biden has announced, and is pushing, a radical proposal to overhaul the Supreme Court of the United States. His plan includes amending the Constitution to constrain the Court. Our Founding Fathers understood the critical importance of an independent Court – as do I and most other Americans. House Republicans and I will not allow the Biden White House and radical Democrats to do so. This is just another example of the Biden-Harris administration trying to rig the game when they don’t feel like they are winning.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today that State Sales Tax Revenues totaled $3.99 billion in July, 0.1% more than in July 2023. The majority of July sales tax revenue is based on sales made in June and remitted to the agency in July. Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in July 2024 was up 1.7% compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the State Budget.
