Governor Greg Abbott today visited the White House where he attended a briefing on Operation Warp Speed with Vice President Mike Pence and other state and federal leaders.The leaders discussed the ongoing COVID-19 response and the vaccine distribution currently taking place across the country and in Texas.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued a statement applauding Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the State of Texas will participate in the Federal Pharmacy Partnership, a free of charge COVID-19 Vaccination Program for residents and long-term care facilities' staff that partners with Walgreens and CVS locations to vaccinate residents and staff who volunteer to participate.
A vaccine to protect Americans from COVID-19 has taken another monumental step under the leadership of President Trump, Vice President Pence and Operation Warp Speed! After more than nine months of removing unnecessary barriers and delays – without sacrificing safety – this Administration harnessed the full strength and power of the nation.
Key House & Senate Committee leaders announced a bi-partisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.
As Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitted earlier this week she'd intentionally delayed a COVID-19 Relief Bill until after the November 3rd Election in order to hinder President Donald Trump's re-election chances, even year-end deadlines, collapsing small business and a record-breaking high of 3,000 daily COVID deaths across the U.S. haven’t been sufficient to drive Washington Democrats to a CoronaVirus Relief Package agreement – despite hospitals straining at capacity from soaring caseloads nationwide.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a hearing slammed Big Tech’s brazen abuses of power and discussed the need for legislation to address Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Google, and YouTube with special protections from liability, after YouTube announced it will remove content that alleges widespread election fraud.
Congressman Brady joined Rep. Mike Johnson and 104 members of the House Republican conference in sending an Amicus Brief focused on affirming to the Court the signatories’ concerns with the integrity of our election system.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to provide support to the Houston Police Department (HPD) in their efforts to address an alarming rise in road rage-related shootings in the city of Houston.
Democrats were ready and would take no chances this time – they wouldn’t make the same mistakes Hillary made in losing to Donald Trump. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
As questions remain as to whether or not Pennsylvania's recently expanded Mail-In Voting procedure violates the State's Constitution by allowing Voting-by-Mail without an excuse, a State Court has blocked further "Certification of Election Results" in the key battleground state pending a Friday, November 27th hearing scheduled at 11:30 a.m.
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) today announced the guiding principles for Texas' COVID-19 vaccine allocation process, which will serve as a foundation for the state's initial distribution for COVID-19 vaccines expected as early as next month.
As the Trump Campaign called for signature matching during the next recount in Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently quoted State Election Officials as saying they will be unable to engage in signature matching due to the fact that after signature matching was conducted when ballots were first counted, the double-security mailing envelopes (with the voters signatures) to compare to the signatures on the individual ballots were separated – allegedly to ensure the secrecy of individual votes.
Control of the U.S. Senate now comes down to the state of Georgia's two runoff elections… Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler & David Perdue vs. Democrat challengers Raphael Warnock & Jon Ossoff. Georgia began sending out Absentee Ballots Wednesday, and Early Voting starts Friday, December 14th. The races will be the most expensive elections of their kind in history.
"This therapy drug will help prevent hospitalizations and reduce the strain on our healthcare system and workers," said Gov. Greg Abbott from Lubbock Thursday while holding a briefing with local officials to provide an update on the distribution of Bamlanivimab, an Eli Lilly & Company monoclonal antibody therapy for the COVID-19 CoronaVirus.
While most of the attention during the 2020 Election focused on the White House, determining which party would control the power to redraw each state's Congressional & State Legislative Districts was also at stake. Clearly, Americans delivered better results for Republicans than Democrats – and, for who might control the U.S. House of Representatives for the next 10 years.
"Every Texan deserves to feel safe in their own community. The State of Texas will continue to provide Dallas with the resources they need to crack down on this heinous activity and protect Dallas residents," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, directing the Texas Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) to provide direct support to Dallas Police in order to help reduce violent crime and protect the city's communities.
Senators Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio & Kelly Loeffler sent a letter to President Trump urging the administration to ensure that U.S. Customs Policy & Guidelines are not discriminatory earlier this week, and will allow Israeli goods produced in Judea & Samaria to be labeled “Made in Israel.”
“The guidance issued by the administration, at our urging, will provide the framework to allow the U.S. to set a global standard,” said Cong. Pete Olson & Suzan DelBene, applauding the Trump White House's guidance release that outlines a government-wide approach to how federal agencies implement AI Systems, and ensure they are both safe and trustworthy.
“It’s unclear how much voter fraud took place in Nevada – but what is clear is the state's signature verification isn’t the fail-safe security check that elections officials make it out to be,” wrote Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Victor Joecks after conducting his own experiment to prove a voter can vote many times – without being caught.