As a chairman on the Appropriations Committee, I secured over $73 million in the FY2024 House Appropriations bills for Texas' 31st Congressional District. From infrastructure improvements to supporting law enforcement and education, I'm devoted to bringing resources to our Congressional District that improve the lives of Central Texans. In response to the "defund the police" movement, Local Law Enforcement's recruitment has been damaged, putting us all at risk.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after President Biden signed into law a bill Cruz authored, requiring the State Department to produce a detailed report on efforts by the government of Venezuela to detain United States citizens, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. The Maduro regime has used a range of tactics to take Americans hostage.
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) today encouraged Texans to educate themselves and their loved ones about the dangers of human trafficking and how to combat this heinous crime plaguing Texas and the nation. The Governor proclaimed January 2024 as Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Texas.
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Nikki Haley isn’t dumb, though you might be able to convince me otherwise now after the way she’s continually stuck her foot in her mouth. I wonder if she’s trying to sabotage her chances even at a VP nomination or if she's always been this bad of a candidate, and I just wasn’t paying attention to her. Both are possible, but neither would surprise me. Nikki Haley isn’t dumb, though.
“Right now the United States is far too dependent on foreign manufacturing – particularly in advanced semiconductors. That’s a vulnerability, and it's a vulnerability in particular to China that's intolerable," said Texas Senator Ted Cruz earlier today during a Texas A&M Health Science Center Roundtable & Press Conference, which focused on the accelerated construction of semiconductor manufacturing plants he pushed in the CHIPS Act. His efforts unanimously passed with bipartisan support at the end of December.
Illinois should probably have lost another Congressional Seat after the 2020 Census – as should have New York. But just as The Left used the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic to change who knows how many long-standing Voting Rules in key states across the country, they also used the virus to change the way the Census was conducted. And now there's good reason to suspect that counting errors cost Red States like Florida, Texas and Arizona as many as 3-to-4 Congressional Seats.
"This lawsuit is baseless and deserves to be sanctioned. Every migrant bused or flown to New York City did so voluntarily – after, it should be noted, having been authorized by the Biden White House to remain in our country. As such, they have a Constitutional Right to travel across the country, which Mayor Adams is interfering with. Their Constitutional Right to travel has been recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court, and if the Mayor persists, he may be held legally accountable for his violations."
Harvard may be assuming that the forced resignation of its President Claudine Gay has ended its long-simmering scandal – but Gay's removal is not the end of the school's dilemma, it's the beginning. Gay stepped down, remember, amid serious allegations of serial plagiarism – without refuting the charges! And she proved neither able or willing to discipline those on the campus who were defiantly anti-semitic in speech, or in action. In respective, racial animus was cited as a reason for her removal.
Since 1952, the stock market's S&P 500 Index has averaged a 7.0% gain during Presidential Election years. So with 2024 being an Election Year – and with the economy being one of the top concerns for virtually every American Voter – there's great uncertainty as to what to expect. While a 7% annual gain isn’t bad, it doesn’t compare to the 17% average the S&P typically gains the year prior to an election. Are you one of the 70% of Americans who say they have a 2024 financial plan goal?
Though unknown to virtually every American across the United States, the South Texas city of Laredo is the nation’s Largest Port of Entry – with an astonishing 7.6 million vehicle crossings during 2023. (Think 18-wheelers loaded with groceries & commercial goods!) So Congressman Henry Cuellar & Senator Ted Cruz's celebration earlier today of the passage of their proposal to reform the Presidential Permitting Process for Border Bridges, including the World Trade Bridge expansion in Laredo, was no small deal.
Today, Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) hosted Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) and over 60 members of the House Republican Conference in Eagle Pass, Texas. Congressman Tony Gonzales delivered remarks to House Republicans, local border sheriffs, and law enforcement officers at a luncheon in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas’ continuing economic expansion as new data recently released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows the Texas economy again grew faster than the nation as a whole for the fifth quarter in a row. Third quarter 2023 real GDP—the value of all goods and services produced—grew in Texas at an annual rate of 7.7%, well ahead of the U.S., which grew at 4.9%.
The resignation of Harvard's president Claudine Gay – after "facing national backlash for her response to Hamas' Oct. 7th attack, and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work" – does not solve the problem of America's oldest college... or those of many other of the nation's supposedly "elite" Colleges & Universities. She and many other university presidents are only a symptom of what's wrong with the country's system of higher education – and it exists from bottom, to top.
Citing a record number of illegal immigrants entering the country during December – as well as a record number fentanyl seizures and “countless children and adults” trafficked to the U.S. as some of the travesties violent criminals are bringing to local communities across the nation since President Biden took office – House Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier today that Border Security will be a top priority for Republicans as a Congressional Delegation travelled to the South Texas border city of Eagle Pass, Texas on Wednesday.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier today that Texas' State Sales Tax Revenue saw an increase during December 2023 when compared to 2022 – indicating an increase in the state's economic growth of 3.2% . Sales taxes represent the largest source of state funding for the Texas State Budget, and account for 57% of all tax collections.
This legislation to bar the DOD from maintaining JROTC programs at any private school operated or controlled by entities linked to the Chinese Communist Party. Another measure ensures corrupt officials responsible for Vladimir Putin’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline are held accountable. He also secured passage of a bill that will call attention to how the dictatorship in Venezuela seizes American hostages, including Texans.
Last year, my casework team helped return nearly $800,000 from the IRS and other government agencies back to hard-working Texans. In total, we completed 1,552 cases — assisting constituents with IRS issues, passport renewals, Veterans Affairs claims, Social Security checks, and so much more. I'm proud to have a top-notch team that's passionate about helping our fellow Texans, and we look forward to meeting your needs during 2024!
