“President Biden made it an immediate priority to unwind pressure on Iran and its proxies, including lifting terrorism sanctions – a reckless, self-indulgent and catastrophic move. This predictably caused Iran to escalate its aggression," and "within hours of the Administration’s announcement," broad offenses were launched, said Sen. Cruz, introducing his bill to re-designate the Houthis and their leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

“Oil and natural gas provides over 400,000 direct jobs, and an additional 2.2 indirect jobs elsewhere in the economy for every direct job," said Texas Oil & Gas Association president Todd Staples, as data from the Texas Workforce Commission suggests that upstream employers expanded payrolls by 3,000 jobs in December 2021.

The grant will help the district and their partner Ranger College purchase and install equipment to serve Ingram ISD students, providing training in the occupations of welder, cutter, solder and brazer.

"Despite a historic response from Congress nearly four years ago — providing $28 billion in Community Development Block Grants for recovery funding for Hurricane Harvey and other disasters — survivors all across Texas are still waiting on [HUD] mitigation funding," said Sen. Cruz, asking about the delay in critical funding for communities across the state following the hurricane's August 2017 devastation.

"From skyrocketing inflation to socialist spending sprees, from open border policies, increased crime, to the supply chain crisis, Americans are worse off under this Administration than ever before. Its time Americans have leaders that put America first and leads our country forward, not backward," said Cong. Williams from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. (LISTEN HERE.)

“For many folks in the area, this project revives the area’s storied past and deep roots. A significant investment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track the final installments,” said Cong. Gonzales. “This is a tremendous win for the Westside Creeks,” said Jim Campbell, Chair of the San Antonio River Authority's Board of Directors.

Are California taxes too high? Well, seven members of California’s Legislative Assembly and five members of the Senate think they’re not high enough.  

“The falling unemployment rate demonstrates Texans taking advantage of the numerous job and career opportunities provided by our Texas employers,” said Texas Workforce Commissioner Aaron Demerson, announcing that Texas had added a 694,400 jobs since December 2020 and the Texas Unemployment Rate in December 2021 was 5.0%.

While the District of Columbia was given autonomy to enact city laws when Congress passed the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973, Congress also retained the right to oversee city governance.

Ongoing site visits by the Texas Railroad Commission to natural gas facilities show that significant progress has been made by Texas facilities to supply the fuel in emergency weather conditions. And, since the start of the fourth quarter of last year, operators in the Permian Basin have added more than 30 drilling rigs to the basin.

Representatives from state agencies that are members of the Emergency Management Council will report to the SOC beginning Thursday, January 20 at 8:00 AM CT to assist in the state's winter weather response.

“He inherited what should have been a banner year. Our economy had rebounded under President Trump faster than anyone expected. We had trillions of COVID money in the economy, reopening regions, and life saving vaccines."

After their previous ruling, the Office of the Attorney General no longer has the authority to independently prosecute criminal cases in trial courts. Attorney General Paxton has filed a motion for the Court of Criminal Appeals to rehear the case.

“We strongly and proudly support Justin Holland for Texas House District 33," said TREPAC Chair Nancy Garcia, who along with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan made a joint announcement of their support. "His long history of dedicated community involvement, commitment to serving Texas, and effectiveness as a lawmaker make him the clear choice in this race," Garcia said.

A.G. Ken Paxton says his office has received complaints about potential scams during the latest Omicron variant surge, and is also aware of press reports regarding pop-up mobile testing sites in Houston taking Texans’ personal and credit card information in the course of administering a COVID-19 test – only to disappear the next day without a trace.

“We're seeing Democrats today in the Senate, with the active encouragement of President Joe Biden, engaging on not one but two partisan power grabs – and doing them both with a twist. Let me explain," said Sen. Ted Cruz on the Senate Floor, lambasting Democrats for the brazen attempt of trying to hold on to power by blowing up the Senate filibuster and enacting a federal takeover of elections.

When Joe Biden was Candidate Biden, he promised Americans that if elected President he would “shut down” COVID-19 and that all Americans would “have access to regular, reliable, and free testing.” Now, as public confidence in his presidency withers away, the American people deserve and must demand accountability from his Administration.

"Texas has readied resources ahead of wildfire threats in several communities over the next few days," said Gov. Abbott earlier today, directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to ready resources in response to possible elevated fire weather through the end of the week and across the state.

"This award will continue to strengthen the economic impact of the growing space industry blueprint already being made in Cameron County," said County Judge Eddie Trevino after Gov. Greg Abbott today announced grants totaling $5,000,000 each to the Cameron County Spaceport Development Corporation and the Houston Spaceport Development Corporation to help develop the space industry sectors there.

“Forcing compliance like this on 84 million Americans simply because they work for employers that have more than 100 employees was never based on science or on the Constitutional Authority of the Executive Branch," said Texas Cong. Kevin Brady after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s proposed imposition of a Vaccine Mandates, which sought to force and use America's corporations to implement Biden's Agenda.