Governor Greg Abbott today delivered remarks and participated in a groundbreaking ceremony on a $1 billion modernization of Davie Defense’s Gulf Copper Shipyards' Coast Guard icebreaker production facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur. This project is the state’s first complex shipbuilding project in decades. The Gulf Copper Shipyards' production facility is expected to create approximately 2,400 new jobs, with broader statewide economic impact estimated to support nearly 7,000 jobs.

Congressman Brian Babin participated in a business roundtable, co-hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce and the Port of Beaumont. The discussion brought together business leaders, community stakeholders, and industry representatives from across Southeast Texas to discuss key issues impacting economic growth, including tax policy, infrastructure investment, permitting reform, workforce development, and international trade.

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) would modernize FERC’s blanket certificate program by significantly expanding the types of natural gas infrastructure projects eligible for streamlined federal approval. The proposal would also raise cost thresholds for qualifying projects, remove certain regulatory barriers and accelerate the development of infrastructure needed to deliver affordable, reliable energy to American consumers.

Among the large sectors driven primarily by consumer spending, remittances from the largest sector, retail trade, were up more than 3 percent compared with last May, and remittances from the services sector increased by more than 8 percent.  Within the retail trade sector, collections from electronic shopping outlets were up more than 13 percent and general merchandise stores remitted nearly 2 percent more than in May 2025.

College sports are at a breaking point. Fans can see their favorite teams being hollowed out by transfer chaos, fake NIL bidding wars, eligibility lawsuits, and a system that allows the richest programs to keep pulling away. That’s why I am introducing the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act to restore order in college athletics. This bill allows student-athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness while creating clear rules, preserving competitive balance, protecting historic rivalries, and strengthening the connection to education.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced six Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling $1,819,053 have been awarded to six schools in the Coastal Bend area by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The JET grants will support career and technical education (CTE) training programs by helping the schools purchase and install equipment to initially train 585 students for high-demand occupations such as dental hygienists, registered nurses, electrical and electronic engineering technologists, and more.

Last week, President Trump gathered his Cabinet at Camp David to discuss the future of negotiations with Iran at a pivotal moment for U.S. national security. As talks continue, one principle must remain clear: peace through strength only works if America refuses to sacrifice strength for the sake of temporary peace. Iran’s regime has spent decades funding terrorism, targeting Americans, destabilizing the Middle East, and pursuing nuclear capabilities while exploiting negotiations to buy time.

For many students, May marks the close of the school year — a time to celebrate hard work and successful steps toward life goals. It's also a smart time to plot the course ahead. As tuition rates rise at four-year universities, community colleges and trade schools, 529 savings plans offer tax-advantaged ways to navigate future expenses.

Typically, one performs an autopsy after the subject is dead; when you do it while they’re still alive, it’s called a vivisection, and that’s what we’re going to do today with the Democrats’  soon-to-fail 2026 midterm campaign to turn America into a more gender-confused version of Cuba. Fast-forward to Thanksgiving 2026; let’s look back on what’s going to happen, because you can see the outlines of the inevitable. They’re hoping for a blue wave; they’re going to look back and realize that they blew it.

Created by the 89th Texas Legislature under Senate Bill 21, the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Advisory Committee is a 5-Member Committee comprising Hancock and experts in Investments & Digital Assets. Committee members will advise Hancock regarding the administration and management of the reserve, including recommendations for valuing digital assets in the reserve and establishing appropriate policies related to risk, digital asset management and custody of virtual currency.

The Texas Main Street Program (TMSP) supports a network of 80 Communities that seek to develop and sustain vibrant Historic Downtowns & Commercial Districts through a comprehensive revitalization approach established by Main Street America while focusing on economic vitality, design, organization, and promotion. Using the trademarked Main Street Approach, the TMSP helps local Main Street programs leverage historic assets, strengthen small businesses, and create engaging, livable downtowns across Texas.

Governor Greg Abbott, alongside Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) Commissioner Audrey O’Neill and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams, today announced Texas is joining the Trump Administration’s “A Home for Every Child” initiative. The announcement comes during National Foster Care Month and reflects the state’s ongoing efforts to ensure every child in Texas has access to a safe, stable, and loving home.

Just a few short days ago, ExxonMobil shareholders crushed the evil proxy voting services in a landslide 71% vote of support for moving from New Jersey to Texas. In every way this is a financially responsible and shareholder-friendly outcome. The fact that opponents urged a vote AGAINST the move only reinforces our assessment that the "proxy advisors" industry are hopelessly woke and routinely spit out rotten advice that would actually make shareholders poorer.

Texas oil and gas regulator Wayne Christian today celebrated nation-leading Texas oil production growth. According to Baker Hughes, active U.S. oil-directed drilling rigs rose by 10 to 425 last week, with all of the gains occurring in Texas. The jump represents the largest weekly increase in more than four years and underscores the state’s continued leadership in upstream production growth. The rise also signals renewed momentum in drilling activity amid improving market conditions.

As Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism & Intelligence, I participated in a full committee hearing this week to recognize and thank the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who continued to serve unpaid during the Democrat-caused longest government shutdown in history. I encourage everyone to especially thank our TSA agents serving across Texas, and our district in San Angelo, Midland, and Killeen.

The UK is in a deep economic slump, so now the elites in Europe and London are blaming Brexit and the British voters. But that's a laughable misreading of history. When the Brits wisely ditched the EU, the hope was that the UK would adopt the U.S. Economic Freedom Model and elect power-to-the-people leaders like Donald Trump while cleaning its hands of the socialists in Germany and France and the heavy-handed  bureaucrats in Brussels. Funny how that "Socialism" stuff works.

President Biden's administration projected weakness on the world stage — beginning with the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan — which emboldened our adversaries around the globe. As I always say, weakness invites aggression, while strength and deterrence lead to peace. This week, I joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss how our nation can bolster deterrence and ultimately peace around the world.

Senators Ted Cruz & Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 23 others are requesting that President Trump and his administration work with the United Nations to dismantle the United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The USAID's Inspector General (OIG) has identified multiple UNRWA employees who participated in the October 7th terrorist attack, as well as 14 others affiliated with Hamas.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that he directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to request officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) join state and local partners in conducting preliminary damage assessments in Panhandle communities affected by recent wildfire activity and South Texas communities impacted by April severe storms.

Texas oil and gas regulator Wayne Christian today applauded the reported $4 billion federal oil and gas lease sale in Texas and New Mexico, the largest onshore federal oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. Christian emphasized that the record-setting sale reflects the results of the streamlined, cooperative federal regulatory environment under the Trump administration, which has facilitated increased leasing activity and market participation.