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."

After President Biden announced another round of tax hikes on the American people during his address to Congress Wednesday night, the top Republican Leader on the House Ways & Means Committee, Texas Cong. Kevin Brady, dubbed Biden’s “American Families Plan” the “Crush American Families Plan” and criticized Democrats’ latest power and tax grab.

"These divisive concepts have been inserted into curriculums around the state, but they have no place in Texas schools. SB 2202 will ensure that 'critical race theory' and other so-called 'woke' philosophies cannot be taught," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after passage of Senate Bill 2202 by State Sen. Brandon Creighton of Conroe.

The Texas Rent Relief Program, which has been plagued problems forcing tenants and landlords to wait weeks or months for relief, will be the focus of the House Committee on Urban Affairs at a public hearing .

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is encouraging Texans to use extreme caution on social media amid a dramatic increase in identity theft.

The dirty little secret in education is that poor children do get stuck with lower quality public schools. But we may be closer than ever to more school choice in Texas – which the majority of Texans support. That's why I'm excited and encouraged to support Senator Paul Bettencourt’s SB 1968, “The Family Educational Relief Program.”

"Southeast Texas and the Rio Grande Valley have been hit time and again by torrential rains and devastating flooding,” said Texas Land Comm. George P. Bush, announcing that applications for Homeowner's Assistance & Reimbursement Programs (HARP) are now available to help homeowners rebuild from the 2018 & 2019 Flooding, Tropical Storm Disasters.

Sen. Ted Cruz has penned an op-ed for Newsweek to detail the worsening border crisis created by President Biden’s immigration policies, and highlighting his recent Congressional Tour to the Rio Grande Valley where Sen. Cruz and other Senators from across the nation witnessed the National Security & Public Health Crises firsthand.

“Rescinding this now is particularly malicious... At a time when the entire nation is trying to pull itself out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, its particularly irresponsible for President Biden to take this action while he fails to meet responsibilities along our southern border," said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

Saying they are committed to support the men and women protecting our borders, as well as the border communities and children or families determined to migrate to our country, Texas Congressmen Tony Gonzales & Henry Cuellar, along with U.S. Senators John Cornyn & Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are responding to the migrant crisis at the Southern Border.

For the last 60 years, every Justice Department has said a Constitutional Amendment would be needed in order to make the District of Columbia a state. That's not deterring today's Democrats. There is just one problem for them though – it is unconstitutional.

“Higher education is the tip of the spear for short-term & long-term growth, and each of these bills will have generational impacts for the entire state,” said Texas State Sen. Brandon Creighton, announcing that several priority Higher Education bills have advanced in the Senate.  Creighton serves as Chairman of the Committee on Higher Education.  

“When you tour the Texas Border, you see up close just how cruel this humanitarian crisis is on migrant children and the families who put their fate in the hands of criminal drug cartels. But there's another victim of the Border Crisis that President Biden is blind to – America’s foster children who are trying to find a loving family," said Cong. Brady.