“It is time for the state to put real investment in our water infrastructure and ensure Texas has sufficient water supply as we continue to grow,” said Sen. Charles Perry as he filed Senate Bill 837 and Senate Joint Resolution 43 to create a "Water for Texas Fund" at the Texas Water Development Board, saying it would boost water infrastructure projects and dramatically increase supplies across the state in the future. 

The Biden White House "has left Texas as a frontier outpost, leaving us to our own devices to secure our border,” said Governor Greg Abbott, reporting the latest figures that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas National Guard have captured during their effort to stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people into Texas, while also detecting and interdicting trans-national gangs to secure the border.

“Fiddling while Austin burns is no longer acceptable. Austin has consistently passed 4-year Police Labor Contracts, and we need one again before the current contract expires at the end of March,” said Save Austin Now's co-founders Matt Mackowiak & Cleo Petricek of Wednesday's Special Meeting agenda item. "We know Mackenzie Kelly, Ryan Alter and Mayor Kirk Watson understand the severity of the staffing crisis – it's not clear the rest of the Council does."

“These assignments were made after careful consideration and reflection, taking into account the committee preferences expressed by each member – as well as the diverse talents they bring to build a combination to drive our success and impact on issues facing Texans this Legislative Session,” said Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan while announcing his House Committee selections for 2023's 88th Legislature.

“It’s past time to recognize the not-so-obvious. At best most of these Public Finance Corporation deals are being done in egregiously opaque settings, and the practice of unelected Housing & Taxing Authority bureaucrats taking BILLIONS of dollars in Property Tax Value off the tax rolls – not only for their own taxing units, but also ISDs, Cities, Counties & Special Taxing Districts – has got to end,' said Sen. Paul Bettencourt, as he filed his bill.

“Small businesses across the Lone Star State are grateful for both Chairman Burrows & Senator Creighton’s tireless effort on their behalf. Amid worker shortages and continued interest rate hikes from the Fed, economic uncertainty is being exacerbated by local regulations and mandates," said National Federation of Independent Business State Director Annie Spilman. "It's holding back our economic recovery."

In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on “Strengthening Airline Operations & Consumer Protection,” Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Ted Cruz slammed President Biden's White House effort to micromanage airline fares, saying it would result in higher fares for American consumers and lead to fewer available routes while leaving consumers worse off with fewer options for travel.

“My #1 priority is putting money back in the pockets of our taxpayers and working to ensure fairness and transparency throughout this session's budget process," said newly-elected House District 73 State Rep. Carrie Isaac, after she secured a major committee assignment as Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced committees appointments for the 88th Texas Legislative Session in Austin.

“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was intended to ensure that America had sufficient reserves in an emergency. Instead, Joe Biden sold a portion of this critical National Security Asset to the Chinese Communists while they stockpiled oil for their own strategic use – while Americans are paying higher & higher prices," said Sen. Ted Cruz while reintroducing his "No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act."

During Tuesday night's "State of the Union" speech, President Biden "announced initiatives to lessen the flow of deadly fentanyl into this country – yet Texas has been fighting this surge ever since he opened our Southern Border to dramatically increase influence of Mexican drug cartels," said Gov. Greg Abbott. In fact, Texas has seized enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in the U.S., said Abbott. 

The award is given to Texas school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and education services centers that demonstrate professional standards, best practices, and innovations in the area of financial management and reporting. 

“I represent 42% of the Southern Border, the largest border district in the country – places like Uvalde, Eagle Pass, Del Rio & El Paso that are in the news every single day,” said Cong. Gonzales at the opening  of the House Oversight Committee’s “The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents.” And, added Gonzales, "Its long past time for Congress and this White House to stop playing political games."

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), is leading a Senate effort to demand answers from Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, about the reported harassment of a pro-life Catholic school group at the National Air and Space Museum.

Attorney General Paxton is urging the Court to reverse a decision by the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that struck down a statute that the federal government has long used to prosecute smuggling and illegal immigration.

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) led a bipartisan group of 60 colleagues in writing to the Biden Administration regarding reports that Iranian-made drones recovered in Ukraine contain parts that were manufactured in the United States. Also leading the letter were Congressmen August Pfluger (R-TX-11), Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), and Don Bacon (R-NE-2).

“Unelected bureaucrats that are both writing and enforcing laws is the biggest threat to our constitutional system of divided government, and we must shift power back to the people’s elected representatives," said State Rep. Brian Harrison, introducing House Bills 1947 and 1948 to reign in unelected bureaucrat's power and ensure that no laws are created without the Governor’s explicit approval.

Under President Joe Biden, small businesses have faced sky-high inflation, worker shortages, and supply chain disruptions. This week, I was pleased to officially announce the members named to serve on the House Small Business Committee. We are ready to get to work on behalf of Main Street America, and work to find solutions to the most pressing issues facing our nation’s entrepreneurs.

“Owned by a Chinese company that employs Chinese Communist Party members, TikTok harvests significant amounts of data from a user’s device," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, announcing a state security plan for State Agencies to address the vulnerabilities of using TikTok – and other Social Media software. Abbott has previously directed state agencies to ban the download or use of TikTok on state-issued devices.

As a former fighter pilot who's served in many different theaters abroad, I spent my entire military career looking at the threats facing the United States — specifically foreign terrorists. Now, as Chair of the Counter-Terrorism, Law Enforcement & Intelligence Subcommittee, I'll be focusing on the real threats facing our country to keep our communities safe. It's an honor to have been selected to serve.

“This rule was a targeted attempt to implement an unlawful, top-down federal approach aimed at advancing a Radical Environmentalist Agenda... This isn’t going to fly in Texas,” said Att. Gen. Ken Paxton, issuing a required "Notice of Intent” to the Biden White House in order to begin suing both the Interior Department and U.S. Fish & Wildlife. “I'll not tolerate Biden’s efforts to run roughshod over Texans property rights."