Two Texas Congressmen, in a bi-partisan effort, led a group of Democrat and Republican Congressmen in sending a letter to President Biden concerning reports that his administration is considering the reinstatement of a ban on U.S. Crude Oil Exports. The push by Republican August Pfluger & Democrat Henry Cuellar comes amidst rising energy costs and inflationary pressures at the gas pump.

“Ending forced labor—and holding China accountable for these gross abuses of human rights—must be a global effort. America should lead the world in halting China’s brutality, and all democracies around the world should join us."

These are the latest in a string of actions the Texas Railroad Commission has undertaken since the end of the summer to ensure gas is flowing and available to protect Texans in case of weather emergencies this winter.

. If adopted, the amendments would negatively affect human trafficking victims by reducing legal protections and reducing criminal liability for human traffickers.

​​​​​​​"My Executive Order clearly states that No employer can mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for an employee with a religious, personal, or medical exemption. We have now created a hotline for employees to report illegal vaccine mandates in Texas," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today after the Texas Workforce Commission issued a letter to all Texas employers clarifying the state's law on vaccine mandates.

Its clear now, based upon new IRS Data, that the biggest beneficiaries of the 2017 Trump Tax Cut were middle-income Americans – not upper-income households as we hear repeatedly in the media. But, Democrats are looking under every rock and behind every bush to try to find "pay-fors" for their huge social-spending “Build Back Better” bill.

"As our country continues to grapple with urgent, endemic issues of race, identity, and institutional discrimination, we need to act now to protect places like the Blackwell School so the important stories of our past can be told now, and for generations."

“For 61 consecutive years, Congress has come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act to ensure our Armed Forces have the tools and resources they need to defend our nation.

The effort would transfer $75 million of Unobligated Border Construction Funds so far unused by the Biden Administration to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Southern Border Landowner Security Grant Program. “Due to the surge in illegal immigration, families have had vandalization, stolen equipment, security concerns and more,” said Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening.​​​​​​​

"The bill funds President Biden’s illegal and unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates which've been repeatedly halted by the courts. They are blatantly lawless, President Biden knows they’re lawless, his lawyers have told him the vaccine mandates are contrary to law – but Democrats don’t care," said Sen. Cruz, adding, "They will impose a burden on American businesses that could cause 45 million Americans to lose their jobs."

Jetton joined other Texas legislators in signing an amicus curiae brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Court to overturn Biden’s mandate and challenged the constitutionality of the mandate.

Sysco operates 343 distributions worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations. It has more than 6,000 employees in Texas.

President Biden's newly-signed "infrastructure package" imposes roughly $13 billion worth of taxes on 42 different chemicals and critical minerals. And with 40% of the nation’s manufacturing plants being located in Texas, manufacturing and everyday consumers will be significantly harmed in the state. ​​​​​​​"It’s crucial we pass the 'Chemical Tax Repeal Act' to defend American families and job creators from paying the price for historic, out-of-control spending in D.C.,” said Sen. Ted Cruz.

"I could not support a bill that includes billions of dollars for Illegal Immigrants and Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates, yet fails to adequately secure our Southern Border," said Texas Cong. Lance Gooden. "The spending bill just passed by the House prioritized everyone but the American people. ​​​​​​​It's time for liberals in Washington to address the problems they have created," he said.

"From canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, to halting new oil and gas leases on federal lands, no Administration has ever gone to such drastic lengths to destroy good paying jobs and make the United States more reliant on foreign energy. Now reports have uncovered that the Biden Administration is considering reinstating the Crude Oil Export Ban, which was repealed in 2015 on a bipartisan vote."

"State sales tax revenue totaled $3.56 billion in November, 19.4% more than in November 2020," said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar. Figures for the three months ending in November 2021 was up 22.2% compared to the same period a year ago, and 15.7% compared to 2019. Sales Tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, accounting for 59% of all tax collections.

“This first year in office, President Biden has made a pattern of nominating extremists, partisans, and radicals to serve in the administration – but especially to serve on the bench. And unfortunately, that pattern continues today. Mr. Ho, you will not be surprised that I want to address some questions to you," said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to judicial nominee Dale E. Ho of his history of hyper partisan rhetoric.

The damages occurred on March 22, 2014, when a barge owned and operated by Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) collided with a cargo ship in Galveston Bay near Texas City.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he recently completed the transfer of more than $2.91 billion into the State Highway Fund (SHF) and the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF; commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund”).

As increasingly higher gas prices continue to affect Americans across the country, President Joe Biden announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPRO – a U.S. supply of oil stored underground and kept for times of "emergency."