Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (Amarillo) — Local restaurant owners and managers will share their concerns about Obamacare, immigration reform, and other federal regulations with area Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) on Wednesday, July 3, during a roundtable discussion at Macaroni Joe’s, 1619 S. Kentucky, Suite 1500-D, Amarillo, TX 79102.  

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-32), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and a Member of House Republican Leadership, today released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that it will delay the employer mandate until 2015:

Texas Association of Business Lauds Increasing Momentum Behind Health Insurance Tax Repeal; 50 Percent of U.S. House Sponsoring Repeal Bill Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — The following statement on the increasing number of House sponsors for repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Tax (HIT) should be attributed to Bill Hammond, president and CEO […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (ROUND ROCK) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Cyber Crimes Unit officers, in collaboration with the FBI and the Round Rock Police Department, conducted an undercover investigation in Williamson and northern Travis counties during the month of June and arrested eight suspected online sex predators. 

By Michelle Malkin As we celebrate our nation’s 237th birthday, a crucial facet of American life has all but vanished. We have forsaken, in a systematic and deliberate public manner, one of our most fundamental duties: fostering civic virtue in each and every one of our citizens. What does it mean to be an American? Politicians […]

By Walter E. Williams Recent opinion polls demonstrate a deepening distrust of the federal government. That’s not an altogether bad thing. Our nation’s founders recognized that most human abuses are the result of government. As Thomas Paine said, “government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil.” Because of their fear of abuse, the […]

By Byron York In the end, immigration reform really was a done deal in the Senate. Debates come down to numbers on Capitol Hill, and the Gang of Eight reform team had the numbers. Needing 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, they started with the Senate’s 54 Democrats and then added the four Republican Gang members. […]

“Immigration reform is a nationwide challenge, and immigration reform should promote the national interest – not the special interest of individual Senators. . . “ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) addressed the de facto earmarks and accounting tricks that have been included in the immigration reform bill today on […]

By Byron York Many conservatives gave Sen. Marco Rubio the benefit of the doubt when he said securing the border first was a top priority for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform effort. Later, when those conservatives realized that Rubio’s plan would first legalize the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, and only then […]

Gives states new power to identify, prepare offshore tracts for federal leasing Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Texas Congressman Kevin Brady introduced an amendment to Rep. Doc Hastings’s (R-WA) Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, a bill the U.S. House will consider this week which expands U.S. offshore energy production by removing federal government […]

House Republicans ignore Courtney discharge petition Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  With only three days left until student loan interest rates double from 3.4% to 6.8% on July 1st, Congressman Gene Green was proud to support H.R. 1595, the Student Loan Relief Act of 2013, by signing Rep. Joe Courtney’s discharge petition to bring […]

After landmark 10th Circuit opinion, trial court orders government to halt enforcement  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, for the first time, a federal court has ordered the government not to enforce the HHS abortion-drug mandate against Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The ruling comes just one day after a dramatic 168-page opinion from the en banc 10th […]

By Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner About two years ago, Republicans started talking about crony capitalism. In the last few months, they’ve started doing something about it. Republican Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., together with Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor, have proposed a bill to end the ethanol mandate, a blatant boondoggle for […]

Senator Ken Paxton Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas –This past Tuesday marked the conclusion of the first 30-day special session that Governor Rick Perry called immediately following the closing of the 83rd regular legislative session to address redistricting. Halfway into the session, Governor Perry added transportation funding, pro-life issues, and juvenile justice sentencing related legislation […]

By State Rep. Jeff Leach Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – As you know, over the course of the last several weeks the Texas Legislature has been in a special session as called by Governor Perry.  Specifically, the Legislature has been focused on addressing redistricting, criminal justice legislation, various pro-life issues and transportation funding.  Since […]

 “Transparency is very important to all Texans and this situation is certainly one in need of transparency. . . ” –Dan Flynn Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Today, the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations met to discuss the expanded jurisdiction of the committee.

20 programs support science, technology, engineering, math Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) awarded 20 grants totaling more than $1.5 million to Texas universities and community colleges for summer youth camps emphasizing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. Administered by TWC, the effort is part of the Governor’s Summer […]

By Star Parker The Book of Proverbs, part of biblical canon, once a vital part of American culture, tells us: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” It’s this haughty spirit, this pride that precedes destruction, that lies behind the Supreme Court’s decision last week to bury the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA […]