After a productive August meeting with my fellow Texans, hosting town halls and visiting area businesses, I’m heading back to Washington, D.C. to take what I heard and work on legislation to grow our economy and our communities and keep us safe.
A man from north Texas who falsely claimed to be a wounded Navy SEAL has been sentenced to spend four years in prison.
The man from Granbury, Texas, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft after he accepted a gun donated to honor his falsely claimed service record. Carlos Felipe Luna-Gonzalez said he was a Naval officer who had been wounded while serving as a Navy SEAL. Read more about Stolen Valor Lands Texas Man in Prison
Earlier this month, Senator Mike Lee (R., Utah) and I sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the subject of the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which occurred on January 16, 2016 — the day the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action officially went into effect, and the day four Americ Read more about Why Are We Giving Money to Iran?
As your representative in Congress, an important part of my job is listening to your concerns, and last week I did just that crisscrossing the district to meet with people at five town hall meetings. I held my first town hall Monday in Rockport where I was impressed by how the folks wanted to dive into real policy issues, like Obamacare and Social Security. Read more about Listening to Constituents at Last Week’s Town Halls
Already overwhelmed employees in the understaffed Child Protective Services in Texas will now have more work following the retirement or firing of five of 10 regional directors.