Donald Trump has announced one million barrel a day purchases of oil for the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve – or SPR. The price has fallen to $58 a barrel, which is the lowest price in roughly five years. Recall that Prresident Joe Biden pulled about 250 million barrels of precious reserves out to try and fight spiraling oil prices in 2018 and 2019 – which of course was due to his own anti-drilling policies. Meanwhile, China is building up its oil reserves.

Just as Americans are asked to show identification for far less consequential activities, it's entirely reasonable to require proof of citizenship to participate in our elections," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action & Federal Rights, and Cong. Eli Crane (R-AZ) in a bi-cameral effort in support of an America First Legal Foundation petition to require proof of U.S. Citizenship to register for federal elections.

During the cleanup operations, 24 repeat felony offenders were arrested, 48 encampments and over 3,000 pounds of debris were removed – 10 subjects had outstanding warrants. Several were identified in their warrants as being armed and dangerous. One was wanted out of state for "Aggravated Escape from Custody." Additionally, 24 of the subjects arrested were identified as repeat felony offenders. Firearms, drug paraphernalia and more were taken from public areas across Austin.

Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales is urging U.S. Army Leadership to consider not only retaining, but expanding the operational footprint and number of personnel assigned to Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio – known as "Military City, USA" – as part of the proposed merging of U.S. Army North and U.S. Army South into one single "Western Hemisphere Command" in the ideal location to add more personnel and operational bandwidth to ensure success. 

"East Texas has been an energy lifeline for Texas & the Nation since the World Wars, fueling our military victories and sustaining our economy for generations. While oil & gas production here has slowed in recent years, today’s groundbreaking brings hope," said Texas Railroad Comm. Wayne Christian earlier today, joining Select Water Solutions and Mariana Minerals to celebrate the groundbreaking of Texas’ first produced water lithium extraction facility in Joaquin, Texas.

Harmony Public Schools is proud to announce that all full-time returning employees will receive a one-time 4% retention bonus this week, recognizing the outstanding dedication and teamwork that continue to make Harmony one of Texas’s top-performing school systems. As a result, Harmony ended the 2024–25 school year as one of Texas’ top-performing public-school systems—both academically and financially.

Governor Abbott noted his declaration in the State of the State address that it is time for Texas to lead the nuclear renaissance. Governor Abbott highlighted that in June he signed House Bill 14 into law, which established the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office (TANEO) and created a $350 million Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund to incentivize the development of the nuclear energy industry in Texas.

It’s extremely disappointing that we are now on day 20, in week three of the Democrats’ reckless and entirely preventable Government Shutdown. Senate Democrats have voted 10 separate times to keep the government closed — making it clear they’d rather put politics ahead of the American people. But on a positive note, oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since early 2021, and gas prices in Texas are well below $3.00 a gallon.

Late last week, on the 17th day of the Government Shutdown, Senate Democrats voted "no" for a 10th time on a clean, non-partisan bill to re-open the government. They own this shutdown — and the pain it's causing. Shutdowns are bad for the American people — that's why I've never voted for one. Senator Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer even went so far as to say last week, "Every day gets better for us."

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) invites employers to apply for the Employer Child Care Solutions (ECCS) initiative. The ECCS initiative offers technical assistance to help businesses meet the child care needs of their employees. Technical assistance through ECCS does not include funding child care financial assistance (subsidies).  In addition, the employer will not receive any funding through this initiative.

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced The Advancing Research in Nuclear Fuel Recycling Act of 2025. The bill requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a study analyzing the costs, benefits, and risks of recycling the nation’s spent nuclear fuel, especially as compared to interim storage solutions. Sen. Cruz first introduced this legislation in 2024 during the 118th Congress.

Today marks Day 17 of the Government Shutdown. The Senate still has not passed the House-passed Continuing Resolution, which would reopen the government at previously approved funding levels. I was in Washington this week to advocate for fixing, not fighting. Democrats chose to continue to blocking paychecks & Federal Programs. Each week the shutdown costs our economy an estimated $15 billion in GDP.

“This investment will further grow our power supply, and keep prices affordable for homes & businesses in North Texas. We will ensure continued reliability for all Texans as we add more power and fortify the state grid,” said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, announcing the fourth "Texas Energy Fund" (TxEF) loan agreement for a 460 megawatt natural gas power plant in Fairfield, Texas.

The bad news is that because of anti-mining restrictions that date back to the Clinton era, the U.S. is now needlessly reliant on a Chinese monopoly of critical minerals which they are exploiting to threaten the U.S. with an embargo of metals needed for technology, manufacturing, microchips, etc. The good news is, no nation on earth has more Rare Earth Minerals than we do – and they're valued AT more than $12 trillion.

Before each regular legislative session, the Comptroller's office issues a Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) that estimates how much revenue will be available for spending in the state's next two-year budget cycle. After the session — and this year after two special sessions — the agency releases the CRE to provide the detailed basis by which the Comptroller certified the budget and any other bills making appropriations. 

"Every day gets better for us," said Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer last week, as he continues to lead Democrats against voting for the same non-partisan funding bill that Democrats voted for 13 times under President Biden. They could vote to reopen the government at any moment, but instead ignore Americans' pain – supposedly for their own political gain. Almost a month ago, on September 19th, the House passed its own non-partisan bill.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows today announced the Senate and House General Investigating Committees on the July 2025 Flooding Events. Created by Senate Resolution 2 and House Resolution 177 during the 2nd Special Session, these committees will meet jointly. Upon announcement, Lt. Gov. Patrick and Speaker Burrows named Committee Members, and gave instructions.

Democrats shut down the government for one thing: their pandemic-era Obamacare handouts. These so-called “temporary” subsidies – created for a COVID emergency that ended years ago – now come with a 10-year, $450 BILLION price tag. But here’s the kicker: these taxpayer-funded subsidies aren’t just for struggling families, they're going to households making up to $500,000 Annually.

The Governor was joined at the annual walk by San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz-Jones, "Soles Walking 4 Souls" Directors Kathy Drago and Christina Villagrana, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, San Antonio Police Department Chief of Police William McManus, KSAT-TV News Anchor Courtney Friedman, and other fentanyl poisoning awareness advocates.

We are now in the second full week of the Democrats' reckless Government Shutdown. Senate Democrats have voted seven times to keep the government closed, all to appease their radical-left base. If their theatrics continue, American Service Members, Border Patrol Agents and 1,000s of others will not receive a paycheck. Democrats are putting their own woke political interests ahead of the American people.