“Today's report again confirms that Joe Biden and Biden White House officials are pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel. They made a day one decision to pour hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars into areas controlled by Palestinian terrorists, despite knowing that such actions would benefit terrorist groups that have the blood of Americans and Israelis on their hands," said Sen. Ted Cruz after news reports revealed the State Department secretly sought exemptions from U.S. anti-terrorism laws to restart aid to Palestinian-controlled territories.
In the past two decades, destructive Crested Caracaras birds of prey – tropical black & white falcons that behave like vultures – have taken up residence throughout Texas. Despite being a predatory invasive species, the Caracara is currently a "protected species", which prohibits the taking of – including killing, capturing, selling, trading & transport – the migratory birds without prior authorization by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
“From funding his ‘green’ energy fantasies with the passage of the largest climate bill in history, to an unrelenting barrage of bureaucratic rules from his agencies, Joe Biden's next ploy of taxpayer subsidized boondoggles will have far-reaching implications – and our nation’s middle class is worse off for it,” said Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian, voicing his opposition to the installation of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico.
I really wish Donald Trump would participate in the Republican debate on Wednesday, August 23rd, but the objective observer in me has to say the opposite. Trump joining his competitors on that stage is bad strategy. He should do what is best for his campaign, and in purely strategic terms, Trump debating right now is nuts. He should sit this one out – and here's why.
"In direct conflict with West Virginia vs. EPA, this proposal requires shifting from fossil-fuel power to other types of energy and will force the closure of Coal & Gas-Fired Power Plants. While falsely claiming this does not run afoul of the Supreme Court’s decision, it's undeniable the proposal requires a shift that the Court found Congress never granted EPA authority to require,” said Sen. Ted Cruz and 37 other Senators of the EPA's latest proposed regulations.
"I have one metric by which we at the General Land Office take action and judge our success: serve the people you are supposed to serve – and do it well," said Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, announcing a historic undertaking to transform the Hobby State Office Building in Austin into substantial Workforce Housing Development. She was joined by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson as she presented the GLO's Project Solicitation for the momentous endeavor.
In response to widespread wildfire activity throughout the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he has issued a Disaster Declaration for 191 of Texas' 254 counties – with additional counties to be added as conditions warrant. According to Texas A&M's Forest Service, wildfire activity is expected to continue, and at the Governor’s direction, the following State Firefighting Resources remain deployed by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
“The EPA continues to undermine the needs of Americans,” said Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Christi Craddick. “The latest proposed rule is unrealistic, and potentially dangerous," Craddick said, as the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sent joint comments criticizing and opposing the Biden EPA’s proposed rule to add onerous regulations to electricity generating plants across the nation..
The New York Fire Department recently reported that there have been 108 lithium-ion battery fires there so far this year, which have injured 66 people and killed 13. According to FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, "There's not a small amount of fire, the vehicle literally explodes." So the same scaremongers on the left who want bans on gas stoves & plastic straws have a surprisingly high pain threshold when it comes to people dying from "green" electric battery fires?
Criminals stole at least $1 trillion from taxpayers during the COVID-19 Pandemic, yet to date President Biden's offered only lip service and modest funding to try to reclaim those funds or punish wrongdoers. Meanwhile, the IRS is hiring an army of agents to shake down middle-class Americans Mr. Biden calls tax avoiders. Despite his claims, the new IRS agents won't be targeting "the rich" – nearly half the audits will hit Americans making $75,000 or less.
New inflation numbers for July were just released, and they show a 3.2% inflation rate since last year – and a 15% increase in prices since Joe Biden took office. But almost no one in Middle Class America believes these numbers. Why? Because the biggest price increases have hit the products & areas of life that matter most to us – Gas at the pump's up 36% , Rent's up 32%, Eggs, Cereal, Coffee & Used Cars are up about 20%, and Electricity and Utilities are up 22%.
“The State of Texas has been on a mission to use higher education to expand access to healthcare, and today marks a giant step toward achieving our goals,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, as he and members of the UT Board of Regents announced a transformative partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center to bring the nation’s top-ranked oncology clinicians & health care providers to a new hospital and Comprehensive Cancer Care Center on the UT campus.
Texas placed buoys in the Rio Grande River to encourage migrants to cross the border at points of entry rather than crossing the river illegally. The U.S. Dept. of Justice responded with a lawsuit, alleging that those buoys were un-permitted obstructions to navigable waters in violation of the Rivers & Harbors Act. I signed an amicus brief highlighting that Biden’s DOJ does not have the standing to sue Texas on this matter.
"As kids return to the classroom, we must continue to facilitate conversations and bring stakeholders together to ensure we're doing everything we can to keep our children safe at school,” said Cong. Tony Gonzales as he hosted a School Safety & Security Roundtable alongside Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus, the National Association of School Resource Officers, and Regional School District Leadership.
Gas stoves, gas cars, dishwashers, plastic straws, snowmobiles and diving boards. What is it with The Left that they want to ban nearly everything that's fun or convenient? Now Joe Biden's Food & Drug Administration wants to ban certain cigars. Last year a Federal Judge ruled their effort was "arbitrary & capricious," which makes the FDA's push to finalize a "Cigar Rule" by the fall even more regulatory overreach by non-elected bureaucrats.
Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 406,500 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 32,700 criminal arrests, with more than 29,900 felony charges reported. In the fight against fentanyl, Texas law enforcement has seized over 422 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.
Sen. Ted Cruz toured Coast Guard Sector & Air Station Corpus Christi, as well as Station South Padre Island with aerial and water tour surveys of the maritime boundary line, including the Brownsville Ship Channel. He received a briefing update at South Padre's new Tethered Aerostat Radar System Station, and also heard how Coast Guard members are working to stop illegal immigration under the evolving challenges in South Texas.
For more than three months, I have been asking the State Department to provide documents relating to the Biden White House's chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal – and for months, the State Department has refused to comply. They've even now gone so far as to ignore a legally issued subpoena – for the second time. This is not acceptable, and our nation's veterans and Gold Star Families deserve better.
