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.
May 12th, 2022
Last week, I learned of yet another deadly Humvee
May 10th, 2022
Reps. Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Bill Posey (FL-08) and Jeff Duncan (SC-03), were joined by Sen.
May 2nd, 2022
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and I released the following statements after their Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary...
April 27th, 2022
Russia and the United States have carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America, both countries...
April 26th, 2022
I released the following statement after reports confirmed the death of Texas National Guard Specialist Bishop Evans:
April 7th, 2022
Facing 40-year high inflation that has wiped out the wage gains from the T
April 5th, 2022
Monday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, I voted against the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 1st, 2022
Last week, I joined six of my colleagues on a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) to Eastern Europe. We traveled to the region to observe the humanitarian crisis being created by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...
March 30th, 2022
Our nation’s military servicemembers, both past and present, deserve to be honored for their sacrifices to our great nation. I am proud to join my community in recognizing the H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum for doing just that...
March 24th, 2022
Wednesday, I led a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the Department of Agriculture to utilize all tools at their disposal to assist producers affected by the devastating wildfires in Texas.The letter was co-...
May 10th, 2022
Chris Coons (D-DE) and I released the following statements after their Supreme Court Police Parity Act, which would allow the Supreme Court of the United States Police to provide the families of Supreme Court...
April 28th, 2022
My constituent Trevor Reed, a Texan and U.S. Marine Veteran, has been released from Russian prison after being held for an anguishing 985 days as a political pawn. Trevor’s parents, Paula and Joey Reed of Granbury, Texas...
April 27th, 2022
After the Biden Administration announced it would appeal the Texas District Court’s ruling that reasserted Congress’s clear writing of the No Surprises Act, I issued the following statement:
April 25th, 2022
I released the following statement after the Biden Administration’s Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) Director reversed their earlier decision to rescind Texas’ previously-approved 1115 waiver and put the health of low-...
April 5th, 2022
Thursday, I met with Granbury residents Paula and Joey Reed in my Washington, DC office. Wednesday night, Paula and Joey met with President Biden regarding the detainment of their son Trevor—a U.S.
April 4th, 2022
Last week I joined my colleagues on the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs in an oversight hearing on substandard housing conditions in privatized military housing.
March 31st, 2022
Her death is a solemn reminder of the sacrifices our men and women in green - and their families - make every day. I am proud to have her legacy live on in our district by renaming the Rocksprings Border Patrol station in...
March 29th, 2022
I recently joined Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) and 38 of our Republican colleagues in the House and Senate to formally pressure the State Department to assist American families in the midst of adopting Ukrainian orphans.
March 24th, 2022
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and I introduced the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act, which would create a feedback loop between states and the U.S...