Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 521,100 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 47,400 criminal arrests, with more than 41,000 felony charges. In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, Texas law enforcement has seized over 544 million lethal doses of fentanyl—enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico combined during this border mission.
She claims that her values haven’t changed. Concerning border security, that's a very dangerous proposition. If you include a previous stop in an El Paso airport hanger years ago, Kamala Harris's recent photo-op trip to the Southern Border of Arizona was only her second trip to the border – over which Joe Biden named her "Border Czar." Wandering around a border that had been cleaned up, and taking some pictures near the border wall that Trump built, shows how out of touch she is. Her nickname should be "!Que Mala" — meaning, how bad!
After World War I, laws limited women to the role of nurses during war. The Navy Women’s Reserve Act, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1942, reversed this law and established WAVES, allowing women to volunteer in support of war efforts. Women were then recruited to perform military assignments, including training thousands of aspiring male naval aviators, gunners, and navigators.
"Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug crisis our state — and our nation — has ever encountered," said Governor Greg Abbott today, announceing that Texas' "One Pill Kills" multimedia awareness campaign garnered over 1.5 billion impressions since September 2023 through advertising on social media, podcasts, digital displays, billboards, and other media — nearly double the projected amount. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will continue this successful campaign through August 2025.
On Tuesday evening, I had the honor of participating in the dedication of a new plaque at the Limestone County Courthouse. This plaque features the text of Col. William B. Travis’s renowned “Victory or Death” letter penned during the Siege of the Alamo in 1836 and was generously provided by the Alamo Letter Society. I read aloud a copy of the letter delivered to the dedication ceremony by horseback.
Harmony Public Schools is thrilled to announce that all three of its high schools have been named to the 2024 AP School Honor Roll! Schools can earn the Honor Roll recognition annually based on criteria that reflect a commitment to increasing their college-going culture, providing opportunities for students to earn college credit, and maximizing college readiness. The AP School Honor Roll offers four levels of distinction: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.
Both the Harris-Walz and now lame-duck President Joe Biden keep insisting that they are Israel's best friend. Biden recently bragged at a contentious press conference, "No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none. And I think (Netanyahu) should remember that." Yet the thin-skinned and triggered Biden's prickliness poorly hid -- or perhaps revealed -- the truth: This current administration knows that it is responsible for the current explosion of the Middle East and dilemmas of Israel.
In case you missed it, last week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to the Hormel Institute regarding its partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and financial resources secured for the Hormel Institute by Governor Tim Walz. The WIV has been credibly implicated as the point of origin of COVID-19 and conducts its activities under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party.
382 individuals on the terrorist watchlist have been apprehended between ports of entry at the Southwest border. There were only 11 of these encounters from FY17-FY20. In addition, roughly two million gotaways have evaded apprehension at the Southwest border, and law enforcement has no way of knowing their intentions. On June 9, 2024, eight Tajikistan nationals with alleged ties to ISIS were arrested in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. is pleased to announce a signed agreement between the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and ExxonMobil to lease approximately 271,068 acres of submerged state land located offshore in Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston Counties. This agreement is not only the most extensive Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) transportation and storage lease in state history; it’s also the largest lease in the United States.
“Deloitte, the contractor hired to administer the Texas Energy Fund, allowed for a falsified application to move forward in the process. When questioned at today's hearing, Deloitte had no believable explanation for the many troubling details they failed to uncover during their vetting process. These details could have been revealed to them by a quick Google search. Their senior partner did not even know the value of their contract with the state of Texas for this project."
Kamala Harris was interviewed on "60 Minutes" by Bill Whitaker, but her answers are not likely to help her with the few voters who say they are still "undecided." Asked by Whitaker to explain her economic plan and how it would be paid for, Harris' response bordered on the meaningless: "My plan is about saying when you invest in small businesses you invest in the middle class and you strengthen America's economy. "Whitaker: "The question was how are you going to pay for it?"
Pennsylvania Democrats may still have a Voter Registration advantage – but it's shrunk from 1.2 million in 2008 to just 325,000 today. Since the first assassination attempt on Mr. Trump in July, Republicans in Pennsylvania & North Carolina registered nearly twice as many voters as Democrats during the month of September. And according to new data just released by data experts at The Decision Desk HQ, its a rightward shift that hasn't gone unnoticed. Donald Trump set the tone for the final stretch last weekend when he took to the stage in Butler, PA.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement commemorating the one-year anniversary of October 7th, the worst one-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. He also released a video calling for the United States to stand unequivocally with Israel as it eradicates the genocidal terrorist groups threatening its existence, for as long as it takes.
Despite the challenges of working with a Democrat-controlled White House and Senate in 2024, House Republicans have remained steadfast in our mission to uphold conservative values and bring real solutions to the issues facing our nation. I want to take a moment to share with you what we have been fighting for and accomplishing on behalf of the American people. Here are some key highlights of what we have achieved.
"No country faces the daily onslaught of missiles fired on it like Israel does. No country faces daily terrorist attacks like Israel does," said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, delivering his remarks last night at the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas' October 7th commemoration ceremony honoring more than 1,200 victims whose lives were tragically taken by Hamas last October 7th. View Gov. Abbott's full remarks at the ceremony here.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major win protecting the rights of Texas hospitals and doctors to refuse to provide abortions that are prohibited by State law. The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) declined to hear arguments in a case seeking to overturn an injunction preventing the Biden-Harris Administration from enforcing unlawful abortion guidance. As a result, an injunction will remain in place.
Just watched "Meet The Press" – which likely means I hate myself. That said, I can see why their ratings are down, as host Kristen Welker seems obsessed with something no one outside the green rooms of cable news give a damn about: January 6th. The left is so committed to the lie that the Capitol Hill riot was “the greatest assault on our democracy since the Civil War,” but no one with an IQ larger than their shoe size buys it.
