Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson, in coordination with the Texas Department of Transportation, convened a meeting of the Border Trade Advisory Committee (BTAC) in McAllen this morning. BTAC is composed of public and private sector stakeholders from throughout the Texas-Mexico border region who work collaboratively to address cross-border infrastructure challenges and facilitate safe, secure and efficient international commerce

On August 23rd, eight Republican candidates for the 2024 Republican Presidential Nomination took the debate stage to discuss various issues, policies, and cultural positions in trying to appeal to voters in the audience and at home. Vivek Ramaswamy stole the night, as his Trumpian positions on topics like foreign policy, economics, culture, and anti-establishment sentiment related to voters like no other candidate during the debate.

Harmony School of Innovation science and STEM teacher Mr. Larry McKenzie has something in his fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms that most of us had in college -- a worn-out copy of The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. While in the age of Chromebooks, it is important to prepare students with technological knowledge, McKenzie believes that using an actual dictionary is also a life skill to teach and a great way for students to learn.

If a cognitively and criminally challenged Biden cannot finish his term, we will finally learn the full story of 15 years of Biden family corruption. -- The Bidens will lose the only impediment -- Joe Biden's political machinations -- left in the way of an honest, full-blown felony investigation into what is likely the most corrupt presidential family in American history.

​​​Polling data shows young people are now increasingly less willing to identify as Democrats than they were four years ago – with a growing share of Gen Z and Millennials identifying as Independents. “In the simplest terms, when the Democrat Party nominee for president garners 60% of the youth vote, they win. Otherwise, it’s ugly for them,” says John Della Volpe, a pollster at Harvard's Institute of Politics – and one of Biden’s 2020 pollsters.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced nine Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling more than $2.8 million to five Southeast Texas schools to support career and technical education (CTE) training programs. Presented by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), the grants will help the schools purchase and install equipment to initially train more than 890 students for high-demand occupations.

Last week we wrapped up our August 2023 Town Hall Tour with the final stop at Grayson College. Let me first say that it was an absolute pleasure to speak with the folks who I represent along the way. I know for a fact that folks across the country are saying the same thing you are: Congress must demand accountability from the Biden family, and Joe Biden's White House.

Former President Trump announced Sunday that he would not be participating in the Republican primary debate, opting instead to do a pre-recorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, set to air Wednesday evening as his rivals were duking it out on stage in Milwaukee. The 46-minute conversation has amassed more than 172 million views so far – with about 75 million views coming in just the first 20 minutes.

“Americans are demanding a secure border. I am a NO on any 'Continuing Resolution' that only kicks the can down the road. Lock Congress in a room until we pass a conservative budget void of excess financial waste,” said South Texas Cong. Tony Gonzales, who stepped to the front of the line this week voicing his opposition. Texas' 23rd District includes a whopping 42% of the entire U.S.-Mexico Border.

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent letters to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan and the head of the European Union’s San Francisco office, demanding answers regarding the degree of coordination between the FTC and the EU to enforce the EU’s Digital Services Act (“DSA”) and Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) on U.S. soil.

"The Texas House & Senate worked together, I was able to sign Property Tax Cuts of $18 billion into law – and this is a game changer, not just for homeowners but for businesses across our great state,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, as he received the "2023 Economic Trailblazer Award" from the Texas Association of Business (TAB) for his ongoing efforts on behalf of Texas' citizens.

The National Agricultural Crisis Hotline Act would help provide emotional support, information, suicide crisis intervention, mental health, and substance use disorder support services, as well as agricultural-related referral services. Unfortunately, the current rate of suicide among farmers is three and a half times higher than the general population.

​​​​​​​Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., and the School Land Board (SLB) awarded six carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) leases that will generate over $130 million in signing bonus payments for the Permanent School Fund (PSF), a constitutionally created fund that helps support public education. Over the course of the 30-year term of these CCS leases, the PSF is estimated to receive over $10 billion. 

New York City holds out activist Greta Thunberg as a climate hero and role model, telling kids to "get involved in the global student climate action movement" and "get to know community leaders and register to vote." Everything short of pre-enrolling kindergarteners in the Democratic Party. Parents should be outraged. -- Climate change is the Left's religion. The messaging is as heavy-handed as catechism in a religious school.

"There's a reason the U.N. named the U.S.-Mexico Border the deadliest land border in the world. President Biden is responsible for that deadly border, and we're not going to stand idly by – these Governors are deploying Military & Law Enforcement Officers to help," said Gov. Greg Abbott. "This country needs to realize – our President breaks the law and ignores the law. Thank Gov. Abbott for all he's done to fight this fight," said one Governor.

"The deletion of documents responsive to a Congressional inquiry underscores the OIG’s conclusion in 2022 that 'the FTC has not prioritized records management, nor embedded it as a value in the agency’s culture.' Moreover, it suggests the agency is not committed to complying with the law," said Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, and House Oversight Chair James Comer earlier this week while seeking explanation of why records were improperly destroyed .

According to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops' 2022-23 statistics, 200,000 students are now enrolled in Florida Scholarship Programs that are income-based – or special needs based – including around 41,500 in Catholic Schools around the state. In the Archdiocese of Miami, the number is around 12,000 students in 59 Catholic Schools. And a Rule of Thumb: children get a better education at half the cost in Catholic Schools.

Natural gas is the world's Wonder Fuel: It's cheap, abundant, made in America, reliable, AND clean burning. So why are Joe Biden, his White House and environmental groups against it? There's really no good answer – but what makes The Left's war against natural gas inexplicable is, the single biggest factor in reducing carbon emissions has been the increased reliance on natural gas for electric power generation as we move away from coal.