"Chinese Communist Party-linked outlets are openly trying to purchase radio stations, inside the U.S., with the aim of controlling what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think," said Sen. Ted Cruz applauding the adoption of his amendment to the Endless Frontiers Act to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from exploiting loopholes to propagandize to American citizens.

"This legislation will ensure that students get a quality education, and don’t have to stay at a school that's failing (its state-ordered) improvement requests," said Sen. Paul Bettencourt, after House Public Education Committee Chairman Harold Dutton voted Bettencourt's SB 1365 out of committee and on to the floor of the House by a 7-5-1 vote.

After a bill authored by Ft. Worth State Rep. Charlie Geren was signed by Gov. Abbott, Texas businesses that had come of their COVID-related relief loans forgiven by the federal government will not have to report those loan proceeds as income on their 2021 State Franchise Tax Reports.

Texas politicians have every right to be upset at other state legislatures when they play politics with their state's pension funds – at the possible expense of a key industry in Texas like oil & gas. But, the answer isn’t for Texas to respond by putting its own restrictions on other pension managers and potentially reduce the growth of the pension funds in The Lone Star State.

“Palestinian terrorists have repeatedly attempted to murder Israeli civilians and attacked Israeli cities with rockets and missiles. The Biden Administration cannot equivocate between our Israeli ally and Palestinian terrorists," said Sen. Ted Cruz after Hamas claimed responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel.

“The U.S. currently has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world. This is unacceptable, and America’s mothers deserve better,” said House Republican Cong. Kevin Brady (of TX) & Democrat Richard E. Neal (of MA) earlier today, releasing a report they'd requested two years ago.

"Texas is leading the way again... We applaud State Reps. Shelby Slawson, Stephanie Klick, Candy Noble & Valoree Swanson for championing this bill and showing that pro-life, authentically pro-woman leadership makes a powerful impact,” said Susan B. Anthony State Policy Director Sue Liebel.

“This is a stunning setback, and unequivocal proof that President Biden is sabotaging our jobs recovery. Democrats are paying 4 in 10 jobless more to stay home than to return to work. The White House is in denial that many businesses – both small and large – can’t find the workers they need," said the top Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, Texas Cong. Kevin Brady.

"When small businesses succeed, Texas succeeds,” said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, celebrating the unique role Small Businesses play in the economic resurgence throughout the state of Texas as he issued a proclamation officially designating May 9th–15th as "Small Business Week in Texas." An amazing 99.8% of businesses in the Lone Star State are small businesses.

The 2021 Legislative Session is in its final month, and we are delivering results for the people of Texas – acting on and passing the Republican Party of Texas’ top Legislative Priorities. Here's an update on two of those issues. With just 3 weeks left, there's plenty of work to do!

"President Biden should be focused on working across the aisle to accelerate our nation’s reopening and recovery, not caving into the far-Left’s pressure to enact socialist policies,” said Texas Cong. Jodey Arrington following the dismal report that was just released about the nation's April Jobs Report.  “April’s dismal jobs report is a sign of what’s to come under Biden’s job crushing policies."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the Texas Military Department announced today the launch of the State Mobile Vaccination Team Call Center. "Vaccines are the most effective tool in Texas' fight COVID-19, and we're committed to making vaccines even more widely available to Texans across the state," said Governor Abbott.

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, along with Senators Larry Taylor & Donna Campbell as co-authors, passed an crucial bipartisan bill in Austin to keep putting Texas students first by ensuring that low-performing or failing public schools implement a specific form of turnaround model.

During his Joint Address to Congress last week, President Biden outlined his plans to radically change America and push us farther down the path of socialism. For instance — this is no longer a crisis at the border, this situation is impacting communities across the entire interior of the United States.

The over-zealous examples from across Texas have included 10 p.m. curfews for adults, prohibitions on more than two people in cars at once, and a ban on bike riding. "The bottom line is, NONE of these examples or violations should of ever been 'criminal' penalties imposed on Texas citizens" said State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, as the Texas Senate gave final approval to his legislation.

"What happened during the February storm cannot be allowed to happen again," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, following the unanimous passage SR 342, Sen. Charles Schwertner's legislation urging the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to significantly lower the system-wide energy pricing cap.

“We’ve seen a dangerous shift in America. Powerful CEOs have made the decision to use their companies to enforce the political agenda of today’s Democrat Party, which is controlled by the radical Left. I applaud Texas legislators for taking a stand against woke corporations, putting Main Street over Wall Street," said Sen. Ted Cruz after the Texas House in Austin passed Senate Bill 13.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar revised the BRE and now projects 2020-21 revenue available for general-purpose spending to be $113.88 billion and the ending balance in General Revenue-Related (GR-R) funds to be $725 million, an increase of $1.67 billion from the negative balance projected in the January 2021 BRE.

Most notable was SB 886, which would implement a Texas Veterans Commission to help those who have served our county obtain citizenship.

"During his joint address to Congress, President Biden listed plan after plan that would destroy jobs, grow the role of government in our lives, and threaten Texas’ economic might," said Gov. Greg Abbott late Wednesday evening. He also complimented South Carolina Senator Tim Scott’s response – calling "for a freer, safer & more prosperous America."