Government
Put simply: We are for limited government that works. At TexasGOPVote, we will work as a watchdog to help our state lawmakers and our congressional delegation pull in the reins on unnecessary spending and government bureaucracy. You better believe we’ll expose politicians who seek to act outside the bounds set by the Forefathers in the Constitutions of Texas and the United States.
May 24th, 2023
The Biden administration's open border policies have led to a dramatic increase in the amount of fentanyl crossing into our nation. Synthetic opioids — primarily fentanyl — killed more than 100,000 Americans last year alone...
May 22nd, 2023
Unfortunately, the "Defund the Police" movement has infected our country. We’ve forgotten what it means to support real-life heroes, the men and women in law enforcement who serve our communities every day.
May 19th, 2023
This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — along with Congresswoman Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) and 193 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives — sent a
May 18th, 2023
On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed debt ceiling negotiations and called on President Biden to cancel his trip to Japan to work on a deal before the U.S. defaults. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are...
May 16th, 2023
Rep. Newhouse (R-WA), Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, announced the growth of the Western Caucus to 100 Members, making it now the second-largest caucus on Capitol Hill. Rep. Newhouse’s leadership of this...
May 15th, 2023
Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Dan Kildee (D-MI) and U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) led 31 of their colleagues to urge the Biden Administration to support American potato growers gain access to...
May 15th, 2023
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 38 of his Senate Republican colleagues today introduced the Back the Blue Act, which would increase penalties for criminals who target law enforcement officers and provide new...
May 10th, 2023
Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) reintroduced the Airlines Independent of Restrictions (AIR) Act, a bill that would direct the Secretary of Transportation to rescind the two “no-fly zone” Notice to Air Missions (...
May 10th, 2023
Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) and Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01) are proud to introduce today the Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act, also known as "SEFITA."
May 5th, 2023
The resolution demonstrates the lawmakers’ solidarity with the families and loved ones of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and it calls on the people of the United States to commemorate the lives of American Indian and...
May 23rd, 2023
Congressman Don Bacon: “We need to ensure that African Swine Fever, which has not reached the U.S. yet does not come here, and the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention Act Enhancement Act will help with that,” said Rep. Bacon...
May 22nd, 2023
Representatives Mike Turner (OH-10), David Scott (GA-13), and Andrew Garbarino (NY-02) reintroduced the Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Department of Veterans...
May 18th, 2023
Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) participated in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on health care price transparency.
May 17th, 2023
Last week, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to reintroduce HR 3210 – the Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act – to reverse the punitive new tax which will fall on U.S.
May 16th, 2023
I just had the opportunity to hold the EPA Administrator accountable for the Agency's overreaching actions limiting energy production in the Permian Basin in an Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing.
May 15th, 2023
Yesterday, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) led his colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden and Physician to the President, calling on the President to take a cognitive test immediately, or renounce his bid...
May 11th, 2023
This week, President Biden and his administration have ramped up their misinformation push against the Republican debt limit solution bill that we passed last week, H.R.
May 10th, 2023
Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Sen.
May 5th, 2023
On the floor, US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called attention to China’s control over the supply chain for batteries, including critical minerals, and outlined the issues that Congress should address.