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.
June 9th, 2022
This week on the floor, I gave an update on the ongoing bipartisan negotiations on potential mental health and school safety legislation. Excerpts of my remarks are below, and video can be found here.
June 8th, 2022
Catalytic converter thieves hit a West Texas food bank, temporarily disabling four delivery vehicles. The thieves cost the food bank thousands of dollars in replacement expenses.
June 7th, 2022
In another sign the November midterm elections will see widespread losses for Democrats, another poll finds Hispanic voters are more likely than white voters to disapprove of Joe Biden’s job performance and prefer...
June 3rd, 2022
Thursday I sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging expedited approval for Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) grant requests
June 1st, 2022
On Friday, I was joined by 7 Republican colleagues in introducing the “No ESG at TSP Act” to prevent the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) from allowing taxpayer dollars to flow into woke ESG funds.
May 31st, 2022
The Border Patrol agent who helped organize the tactical response that stopped the Robb Elementary School shooter on Tuesday sustained a bullet wound to his head. The agent’s grazed scalp required four stitches.
May 27th, 2022
Thursday, I discussed my trip to Uvalde, Texas on the House floor after the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School which took the lives of 19 students and two teachers. Excerpts of my remarks are below, and video can be...
May 26th, 2022
Our country is in mourning following the unthinkable tragedy that took placey in Uvalde. No child should lose their life or experience the murder of a friend, teacher, or loved one. My heart is with my fellow Texans and all...
May 25th, 2022
Tuesday, I released the following statement in response to the absolute act of evil that took place today in Uvalde, Texas:
May 24th, 2022
On Friday, I sent a letter opposing any additional authority or resources for the World Health Organization (WHO) that would compromise the sovereignty of the United States.
June 8th, 2022
Biden administration officials recently tried to calculate the number of daily COVID-19 deaths Americans would "tolerate," Politico reports.
June 7th, 2022
Monday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas and the bipartisan negotiations on potential mental health and school safety legislation. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks...
June 6th, 2022
On Friday, I sent a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland
June 2nd, 2022
Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for a review of school safety requirements and additional hardening one week after 19 students and two teachers were gunned down in Uvalde.
May 31st, 2022
Uvalde, Texas, is the county seat of Uvalde County and is approximately 124 miles, a two hour drive from Comal County where we live. The population in 2020 was 16,122 from the USA census. Hispanics in Uvalde are the...
May 30th, 2022
Today, I released a video honoring our nation's fallen heroes on this Memorial Day, May 30.Click here to watch my Memorial Day tribute.
May 26th, 2022
Texas gubernatorial hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D) took the opportunity to inject himself during Governor Greg Abbott’s Wednesday press conference covering the Robb Elementary mass shooting in Uvalde.
May 25th, 2022
Right now, American families are struggling to find baby formula on the shelves, and the Democrats solution was to pass a $28 million payout to the FDA - an organization that has completely botched the formula shortage...
May 25th, 2022
I released the following statement after the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas: The shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde is every parent and teacher’s worst nightmare. No parent, child, or...
May 23rd, 2022
I released the following statement after my Blackwell School National Historic Site Act, which would establish the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas as a National Historic site and become a part of the National Park System,...