Voting Resources
Family
Republicans must come together to stand for policies that strengthen the core of society: The traditional family. Marriage must be protected. Life must be respected. Liberals suggest the policies we embrace are “divisive wedge issues,” but they could not be more wrong. Policies that strengthen the family are essential to a GOP that keeps its core conservative principles.
December 5th, 2012
Tuesday, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and I introduced H.R. 6628, The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) Act of 2012. This bipartisan bill will help law enforcement process rape kits. Senator John...
December 3rd, 2012
During the 2011-2012 Season, there were coaching changes at 12 major Universities (BCS Football Schools).Texas A&M University was the ONLY school out of those 12 to hire a black head coach.Texas A&M Hired Coach Kevin...
November 29th, 2012
Yesterday, I filed an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill to address the growing backlog of disability claims within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). According to VA data, in the last two years alone the...
November 28th, 2012
The Senate passed the Child Protection Act of 2012, introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). The bipartisan legislation seeks to protect young...
November 27th, 2012
In Iowa City, there was a major court case. On the surface, University of Iowa College of Law may have been spared as Teresa Wagner did not win her case of proving discrimination against her by the University. A federal...
November 24th, 2012
America’s devastating loss to Obama a couple weeks ago has prompted a lot of discussion about how the Republican Party moves forward from here. The talk of dropping social conservatism is the most disturbing to me. Social...
November 22nd, 2012
This has been an amazing year and I, for one, have much to be thankful for. While writing for TexasGOPVote.com this year I have had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C., New York City and San Diego to pursue stories...
November 21st, 2012
In June 2012, the largest state Republican convention in the country overwhelmingly approved a sensible immigration plank. It is known as the Texas Solution. Texas Republicans are no longer willing to kick the can down the...
November 20th, 2012
Within the past week, Palestinian militants fired missiles at Israeli targets and Israel has responded with strikes of its own in parts of the Gaza Strip. A missile attack on Jerusalem on Friday marks the first attack on...
November 17th, 2012
Just exactly what happened in Benghazi, Libya, in a terror attack that left four Americans dead, is the subject of heated national discussion—especially now that elections are complete. One critical concern is who issued a...
December 5th, 2012
Houston, Texas – Today the Republican Party of Texas (Texas GOP) the state’s largest and most effective advocate for promoting a conservative philosophy of government, voted the Republican Hispanic Citizens In Action...
November 29th, 2012
This week I participated in the sixth annual “Holiday Mail for Heroes” by sending words of encouragement and gratitude to American military troops and encouraged Texans to join in by the December 7th deadline. Created by...
November 29th, 2012
Two cheers for materialism and Christmas as modern day scrooges attempt to make the Christmas a lesson in selfness. Christmas critics miss the point of what is happening. Okay, I am doing the job of defending spending a...
November 27th, 2012
Conservative talk show host Mark Davis interviewed Dallas author and TexasGOPVote blogger Debbie Georgatos, one week before Election Day 2012, about her new book Ladies, Can We Talk? America Needs Our Vote! You can...
November 25th, 2012
This past week, families and friends in our community joined together to observe a season of thanks. Each year, I enjoy the opportunity to highlight military heroes from the 32nd Congressional District who have selflessly...
November 23rd, 2012
This article from the Canada Free Press clearly articulates my innermost feelings about what happened to America on November 6, 2012.An ignorant, brainwashed, selfish, electorate who believed the lies, smears and racial...
November 22nd, 2012
It wasn't until I was overseas one year about this time that I realized just how special--and uniquely American--our Thanksgiving holiday is. Of course it was first celebrated by the Pilgrims about 400 years ago.
November 21st, 2012
It is time for Republicans in Texas to take a leadership role in solving the problem of employee misclassification and payroll fraud. During the 2011 Legislative Session there was good legislation put forward, but it did not...
November 20th, 2012
The number is unclear, but it appears that there are about 11 Million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Of them, 70% are Latinos. It is further unclear as to how many of them became undocumented, and to many it...
November 16th, 2012
Let us be clear; God has not abandoned America. But the election results last week underscore that it is His will that will be done, not ours, and it will be in His time.We will NEVER stop working to restore our country to...
