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The Vermillion Oil rig 380, owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy, has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, eighty miles off the coast of Louisiana. There were thirteen people on the rig at the time of explosion, and all have been accounted for. One person is injured, otherwise, everyone is reported to be okay.  Read more »

In the far northeast corner of Texas sits Bowie County, named for the famous knife maker Jim Bowie who died serving Texas at the Alamo in 1836. Nestled in this county is the city of Texarkana. The county has a unique distinction in that it has never elected a Republican to countywide office. With an endorsement from former White House Advisor, Dick Morris, that may just be about to change…  Read more »

News broke Sunday that Congresswoman E. B. Johnson, TX-30, in violation of anti-nepotism rules, had been awarding thousands of dollars in Congressional Black Caucus scholarship money to her own relatives and relatives of her aide.  The recipients didn't even live in her district. Now stories are starting to appear from potential "very worthy" applicants in Dallas, Texas CD-30 who would   Read more »

The Department of Homeland Security announced the beginning of patrol flights along the Texas/Mexico border by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) commonly referred to as Predator Drones. The drones are based at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and will patrol from Brownsville to El Paso.  Read more »

The ties between England and what would become the United States of America were severed, as Tench Coxe, delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress, put it, in large part due to the perversion and mal-administration of the British government.¹  Two hundred years later, Americans are manifesting similar levels of frustration   Read more »

Today I issued the following statement marking the start of Predator B drone flights along the Texas-Mexico border:

This is a step in the right direction. If this Administration is serious about securing our southern border, it will take further tangible steps to demonstrate that commitment to the men and women who live and work along the border.  Read more »