U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in conjunction with Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Asylum Accountability Act.

With increased fire potential worsened by excessively dry conditions, the Governor is directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to deploy state resources in collaboration with the Texas A&M Forest Service.

“The improvement of the Commerce Street Corridor is just one more example of how we are working together to ensure our district remains the best place to live, work, and play in the state of Texas,” said Congresswoman Myra Flores, announcing that the City of Harlingen's "Commerce Street Corridor" has been awarded a discretionary grant totaling $5,020,730 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Agents from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission are focusing their efforts across the state to ensure alcohol is sold safely and responsibly during the busy back-to-school season.

"This is one of the most out-of-touch, elitist statements I've ever heard," said one response to President Biden's claim that Americans experienced "0% inflation" in July, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Consumer Prices jumped 8.5% in the past 12 months, down from the previous month's 9.1% record increase. Another said the White House was "Lying to everyone," as the price of food saw its largest 12-month increase since May 1979​​​​​​​.

With $4 a gallon gas, inflation at 40-year highs, and two straight quarters of economic recession, D.C. Democrats fast-tracked partisan legislation that will stifle the economy, kill jobs, hike taxes, and increase energy costs said Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian following the Senate's passage of the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.”

“When this map is complete, the Broadband Development Office along with community leaders and members of the public will be able to extract information from the map to better understand the needs of their regions and make better decisions establishing programs related to broadband development,” said Comptroller Glenn Hegar of the agency's effort to determine where to invest public funding as it implements the Texas Broadband Plan.

“We will take this fight to all those who assist or enable these scam calls. If the telecom industry refuses to create and comply with reasonable regulations, our Task Force will demand compliance,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, announcing that Texas had joined a Nationwide Anti-Robocall Task Force to take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for a majority of robocalls in the United States.

“This bill represents the most significant assault on U.S. energy production the Senate has ever considered. It's designed to dramatically increase gas prices consumers are paying, and permanently harm U.S. oil and gas production. There is however, one group Senate Democrats do not oppose having more oil – the Chinese Communists," said Sen. Cruz on the Senate Floor, trying to block the effort to sell our emergency crude oil stockpile – the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – to China.

Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden White House's refusal to secure the border. Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard are continuing to work together to secure the border, stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas, and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal behavior. Here's the latest.

"In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants who can receive the abundance of City Services & Housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the "Sanctuary City." I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that Texas' overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief," said Gov. Abbott early Friday morning.

​​​​​​​“Property taxes are out of control, inflation is making it harder to pay them, and Texans need tax cuts – not tax hikes.  A vote for any rate higher than the ‘no-new-revenue’ rate is a vote to increase taxes," said State Rep. Brian Harrison, sending letters to the taxing entities in House District 10 asking that they adopt the “no-new-revenue” tax rate.

Just days before the 2022-2023 school year begins for many families across the state, Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan and State Representatives Ron Reynolds (House Dist. 27,) and Jacey Jetton (House Dist. 26) led a briefing for local news media to highlight and update them on the new safety and security measures that will help ensure children's safety in the Fort Bend schools.

“While Mr. Biden continues to make up rules that are unconstitutional, I'll keep holding him accountable. I will not allow his administration to threaten doctors and hospitals with this unlawful mandate,” said Attorney General Ken Paxton, filing a motion to stop the Biden effort that would require Texas hospitals & doctors to perform abortions as a condition of receiving Medicare & Medicaid funding.

Its estimated that Texas shoppers will save $112 million in State & Local Sales Taxes during this weekend's Back-to-School "Sales Tax Holiday," when qualifying items can be purchased tax free in-person in stores, online or by telephone, by mail or custom order, or any other means. Save money on clothes, school supplies, and more. Here's the list.

South Texas Congressmen Tony Gonzales & Henry Cuellar introduced the "Reducing Excessive Vetting Authorities to Maintain our Ports (REVAMP) Act" earlier this week to allow U.S. Customs & Border Protection to conduct minor repairs at land ports and eliminate wasteful government red tape. A similar bi-partisan bill was introduced by Senators James Lankford & Sen. Krysten Sinema.

On page 39 of the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” – the one Sen. Joe Manchin was recently persuaded to back – is the statement: "Nothing in this subsection is intended to increase taxes on any taxpayer with a taxable income below $400,000.” But, the corporate tax increases elsewhere in the bill absolutely will increase taxes for most people making under $400,000.  

As 8,400 pounds of fentanyl have been seized by U.S. Border Patrol thus far in Fiscal Year 2022 – double the total seized in all of Fiscal Year 2020 – Congresswoman Mayra Flores (TX-34,) along with Congressmen Dave Joyce of Ohio, Susie Lee of Nevada, and Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, introduced the "Advanced Border Coordination Act."

“I am proud to announce a major win for Texas, and will continue to hold opioid manufacturers responsible for deceiving patients and the medical community while ensuring the victims of this tragic epidemic receive the assistance they need,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, announcing for the second time this week that he and a bipartisan group of A.G.'s had reached an agreement to address the nation's growing opioid crisis.