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Governor Abbott Announces “Save Our Seniors” Initiative To Vaccinate Homebound Seniors In Texas

Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Corpus Christi where he announced the statewide Save Our Seniors initiative to vaccinate homebound seniors across Texas.

02.26.2021
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Sen. Cruz: President Biden’s Immigration Policies Are Unconstitutional, Dangerous, and Misguided

 President Joe Biden and Democrat lawmakers released a disastrous immigration bill offering an eight-year path to citizenship for almost every one of the 11 million illegal aliens in the United States. The plan also expands foreign worker visas, despite the massive unemployment crisis facing American workers.

02.26.2021
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Governor Greg Abbott Delivered a Statewide Address on Power Outages, Winter Weather Response in Texas

Governor Greg Abbott response to recent power outages caused by the severe winter weather as well as the actions the state is taking to ensure the reliability of Texas’ power infrastructure. 

02.25.2021
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Gov. Abbott Announces 31 Additional Counties Approved for Winter Storm Disaster Assistance

Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved an additional 31 Texas Counties to be added to the President's Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance. Additional counties will be re-requested as the state continues to receive information.

02.23.2021
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Where Words Matter: Democrats Move Quickly to Re-Label 'Amnesty' Forgiveness as 'Pathway to Citizenship'

From the Biden White House to Congress, from lower-level bureaucrats to Agency heads within Homeland Security or U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE,) Democrats and Immigration Advocates are quietly instituting a change that's likely to impact a crucial upcoming policy debate.

02.19.2021
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Here's What Happened: Texas Blackouts the Result of Unreliable ‘Green’ Energy

Texans are learning the consequences of unreliable, government subsidized "renewable" Wind & Solar Power this week. Here’s what happened: The vast majority of Texas' fossil fuel driven electricity plants ran smoothly, just as they do in far colder climates across the world. But...

02.18.2021
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Abbott Declares Electric Grid Reform an Emergency & Texas House Announces Hearings Next Week: 'This is a Very Serious Emergency'

Gov. Greg Abbott declared today that reforming the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) an "Emergency Item" for the already-in-progress 2021 Legislative Session. In doing so, he is calling for an investigation to ensure Texans never again experience power outages like the ones they're suffering through this week.

02.16.2021
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Brady: This nearly $2 trillion “stimulus” package is neither targeted nor a stimulus.

The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following remarks at a full Committee markup of multiple bills compromising President Biden's partisan COVID-19 "stimulus" package.

02.12.2021
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The Left’s Newest Catch-Phrase? Here's the Next Word-Play Designed to Turn Americans Against Each Other

Are you ready? Here comes The Left’s newest catch-phrase, it’s latest word-play to turn good to bad, virtuous to evil, and Americans against each other: Christian Nationalism. Its a weapon for taking down the nation's founding concept of Individual & Human Rights coming from God — not from government.

02.11.2021
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Gov. Abbott Releases 2022-2023 Budget, With Key Legislative Priorities

The Governor's budget ensures that the State of Texas continues to build on the critical progress made in public school finance, property tax reform, disaster preparedness, school safety, and numerous other achievements of previous legislatures.

02.05.2021
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BRADY: Businesses Are Terrified of Biden's Assault on America Jobs

"Businesses are terrified of President Biden’s assault on jobs and industries," said the top Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, Cong. Kevin Brady of Houston in response the U.S. Labor Bureau's weak January Jobs Report.  “And unfortunately, there's little 'stimulus' in the President’s nearly $2 trillion dollar ‘stimulus'" bill.

02.05.2021
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Gov. Abbott Deploys Mobile Vaccine Teams to 5 Underserved Counties via Texas Div. of Emergency Management

"The State Mobile Vaccine Pilot Program is an important part of our work to get more vaccines in arms and ensure the health and safety of Texas," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, announcing the deployment of State Mobile Vaccination Teams (SMVT) to five additional underserved counties. Here's how to learn more.

02.04.2021
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Cong. Tony Gonzales Introduces Border Security Legislation, 'Operation Stonegarden'

Operation Stonegarden is a grant program that allows Local Law Enforcement to augment Border Patrol efforts at the southern border. Congressman Gonzales’ district encompasses over 820 miles of U.S.-Mexico Border, the most of any Congressional District in America.

02.04.2021
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Gov. Abbott Signs His Own 'Executive Order,' Vows to Fight & Sue Biden Admin’s Attack on Texas' Oil & Gas Employees, Economy

"Texas is a pro-energy state, and we will not sit idly by and allow the Biden Administration to destroy jobs and raise energy costs for Texas families," said Gov. Greg Abbott, wasting no time before signing an "Executive Order" of his own last Thursday to counter the Executive Orders executed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

02.03.2021
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With the Stroke of His Pen, Joe Biden is Inserting Socialism & Killing Free Enterprise

By signing almost 50 Executive Orders so far, President Joe Biden's knocked American Free Enterprise off the rails and gone full steam ahead with "Democrat Socialism." Over 100,000 American jobs are gone as a result, and that's just for starters.

02.03.2021
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Sen. Cruz Introduces School Security Enhancement Act

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz introduced the School Security Enhancement Act, legislation that would allow SSAE grants to be awarded to local communities for measures that reinforce evidence-based school safety technology and infrastructure.

02.01.2021
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'Stupid Stuff Biden Says': Cardle & Woolley Cover Another Day, with More 'Executive Orders,' from the Biden White House

When pressed on President Biden's crackdown on the nation's Energy and Oil & Gas Industries, his Energy Secretary nominee, Jennifer Granholm, actually admitted that "some" U.S. jobs may be "sacrificed" in the administration's climate push – she even expressed optimism that the "gains" would ultimately outweigh "the losses."

01.28.2021
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Cruz Slams Biden Nominees for Embracing Chinese Communist Party – at Expense of America & Workers

"Is that the role of America’s U.N. Ambassador – to be cheering on the Chinese Communist Party at the expense of America?” asked Sen. Ted Cruz during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, questioning Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Biden’s nominee for U.N. Ambassador about her past comments praising the Chinese Communist Party.

01.28.2021
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Paul Revere, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln's Names Removed for Racial Discrimination by San Francisco School Board

While President Biden told Americans that they had “never fully lived up to the Founding Principles of this Nation,” the San Francisco School Board voted to rename 44 schools and remove the names of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and a other historical American figures in a controversial move that’s being followed across the nation. (See Full List of names below.)

01.27.2021
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Gov. Abbott Announces $16.3 Million in Grants for 6 of Texas' Military Communities

​​​​​​​“Not only are the 15 major Military Installations and the Army Futures Command located in Texas critical to our nation’s defense, they add $123+ billion to Texas’ economy and support more than 633,000 jobs," said ​​​Governor Greg Abbott, announcing a new round of grants from the Texas Military Preparedness Commission’s Economic Assistance Program.

01.26.2021
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