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Gov. Abbott Avails the Following State Resources as Hurricane Ida Moved Toward Landfall

Gov. Greg Abbott placed Texas State Resources on standby for use along the Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Ida’s landfall, which included the following assets at the direction of the Texas Division of Emergency Management if needed by local officials.

08.30.2021
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Texas Cong. & Afghan Vet Tony Gonzales: “Everything Is at Stake. We Need to Focus on One Thing - Getting Americans Home.”

“During a time of crisis is an opportunity for America to come together, not divide. And now it's a time of crisis,” said South Texas Cong. Tony Gonzales, joining House Republican Whip Steve Scalise & other Republican Afghan Veterans for a press conference to highlight the failed U.S. withdrawal and retreat.

08.30.2021
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State Rep. Shine: Property Tax Relief Passes the Texas House 

Senate Bill 8, Senate Bill 12, and Senate Joint Resolution 2 passed the Texas House of Representatives today. These monumental pieces of legislation will provide lower property tax bills to the people of Texas.

08.30.2021
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Gov. Abbott Launches COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Center In Nacogdoches

Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in partnership with local officials, will launch a new COVID-19 therapeutic infusion center in Nacogdoches.

08.27.2021
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CRUZ: America Does Not Take Orders from the Taliban

"President Biden must immediately, clearly & unapologetically tell the world - including Taliban terrorists - the United States will not leave Afghanistan until we have evacuated every American trapped behind Taliban lines. He must make clear this is the only condition under which we will leave – Then he must ensure that condition is met."

08.27.2021
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Texas Supreme Court Sides with Pax­ton Regard­ing Ban on Mask Mandates--Joins Mul­ti-state Coali­tion Demand­ing the Con­tin­ued Crim­i­nal­iza­tion of Ille­gal Reentry

AG Ken Paxton commends the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to grant the emergency motion for temporary relief in the case of Abbott v. San Antonio, keeping the decision to enforce mask mandates with the governor, not local government entities.

08.27.2021
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Arrington Applauds Federal Court’s Decision to Reinstate Texas’ Trump-Approved Medicaid Waiver

Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) applauded a federal district court’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction after the Biden Administration unilaterally and unconstitutionally rescinded a Texas’ Medicaid waiver, which had been previously approved by the Trump Administration.

08.27.2021
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NBC Poll: As Voters Flee Democrats in Droves, 60% Disapprove of Biden’s Afghan Pull-Out Effort

Friendly interviews leave journalists scratching their heads – and Democrat leaders privately groaning. But if you want to really know just how bad things are getting for Joe Biden and the Democrats, new polling from NBC News shows their numbers slipping significantly amid the recent bungling of the Afghanistan retreat – particularly among the all-important "Independent Voter."

08.24.2021
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Sens. Cruz, Blackburn, McConnell & Colleagues Demand Durham Report be Finished, Made Public

"We ask that you provide an update on the status of Special Counsel Durham's inquiry, and that the investigation's report be made available to the public," said Senators Ted Cruz, Marsha Blackburn, Mitch McConnell and 41 of their Republican colleagues, asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide an update on the status of the inquiry into the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation – and to ensure that the investigation is seen to completion.

08.23.2021
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Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Sues & Stops Vac­cine-Man­dat­ing School District

Last Thursday, Texas Attorney General Paxton sued the San Antonio Independent School District and its superintendent for mandating that all district employees receive a COVID-19 shot – in violation of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order banning public entities from requiring individuals to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Thankfully, Paxton stopped them.

08.23.2021
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Ah... So Democrats Finally Admit that Taxes DO Affect Decision-Making?

For years, when conservatives have made the obvious point that cutting taxes on savings results in more savings, that cutting taxes on investment results in more investment, or that cutting taxes on work results in more work, liberal progressives ridiculed the idea. But now Democrats have suddenly had a religious conversion, and are insisting dynamic scoring be used to evaluate their huge new spending plans.

08.23.2021
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Gov. Abbott Deploys More Medical Personnel, Establishes More COVID-19 Antibody Infusion Centers Across Texas

"Front-line health care workers across our state are working tirelessly to keep Texans healthy and safe. The substantial increase of infusion centers will reduce hospitalizations, and the added medical personnel will help treat COVID-19 patients already in hospitals. Hospitalizations can also be prevented by Texans getting the COVID-19 vaccine," said Gov. Greg Abbott, announcing that Texas will deploy additional medical personnel and launch more COVID-19 antibody infusion centers. 

08.20.2021
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PATRICK: House Bill 4492 Should Provide Relief for ERCOT Participants Who were Adversely Affected

Last week, Texas State Sen. Charles Schwertner and 19 other Texas Senators sent a letter to the letter to Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake, as well as Commissioners Will McAdams and Lori Cobos regarding House Bill 4492. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick sent a letter in support of the senators’ position

08.20.2021
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Sen. Cruz: Biden Administration’s Failure To Develop a Plan To Get Americans Out of Afghanistan Is Unacceptable

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after multiple Biden-Harris officials today declined to confirm or clarify plans to ensure the evacuation of every American citizen in Afghanistan

08.20.2021
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2021 Homeschool Interest Now Breaking 2020 Records by Nearly 5x

With Texas public schools now restarting for the fall semester, interest in homeschooling is already outpacing the all-time records set by the enormous homeschool increase from 2020. 

08.20.2021
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Arrington Implores Biden: Abandon Political Agenda, Listen to Commanders on the Ground & Protect Americans At All Costs

“The Afghanistan withdrawal has become a geo-political catastrophe, Taliban terrorists have taken over the country in a matter of days, and as we scramble to get our own people out of the U.S. Embassy we're leaving the Afghan people and our partners to be tortured, raped and murdered by Taliban fighters," said Cong. Jodey Arrington yesterday, talking about the collapse and chaos surrounding President Joe Biden's failing withdrawal plan.

08.19.2021
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CONG. McCAUL: Biden Has Blood on His Hands

"President Biden has created an unmitigated and increasingly chaotic disaster of epic proportions by impulsively pulling U.S. troops from Afghanistan," says Texas Cong. Michael McCaul, the Ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee and the former Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. Here's what he told Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union".

08.19.2021
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Babin Addresses Biden’s Unmitigated Disaster in Afghanistan

U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) released a statement on President Biden’s mishandling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the plight of Americans and Afghan allies now trapped there

08.19.2021
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Abbott Sets Special Election for 8 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Governor Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, November 2, 2021 as the Special Election Day for eight proposed Constitutional Amendments in Texas, and the eight proposed Constitutional Amendments on the ballot are...

08.17.2021
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CRUZ: Biden Blames Everyone but Himself for Afghan Pull-Out Catastrophe

​​​​​​​“President Biden’s speech (to the Nation yesterday) was a disappointing and divisive attempt to turn this moment of genuine crisis into partisan bickering – he even bizarrely blamed Afghan troops who fought and died alongside our troops for decades for his failure," said Sen. Ted Cruz, calling for a thorough investigation of the intelligence analysis and political calculations that went into the catastrophe.

08.17.2021
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