Dan Patrick
September 3rd, 2013
We have to spread the word! The Texas Tuition Set Aside Law is an Obama-style share the wealth TAX on students simply because they are going to college. We have to call our State Senators and State Representatives. We have...
July 13th, 2013
The beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas has become the go-to place for high level Texas political leaders to make important announcements about their political future. This week, Texas Governor Rick Perry traveled to the...
June 10th, 2013
I applaud the signing of House Bill 5 into law. This legislation will allow for multiple pathways to a high school diploma, increased opportunities for vocational education at the high school level, and the beginning of a...
May 21st, 2013
Never underestimate the power of blogs and grassroots pressure from conservatives in Texas!The TESCCC Board has announced that they will be ENDING all CSCOPE lessons.CSCOPE is dead, but as a way to prevent it from coming...
March 19th, 2013
Dan Patrick, Republican State Senator and Senate Education Committee Chair, introduced an education reform bill, S.B. 2, in this 83rd session of the Texas State legislature that supports an expansion of the number of charter...
March 5th, 2013
If you have not heard, a rogue group hidden within one-and-then-more regional service centers (RSC) of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) called CSCOPE (no particular acronym meaning, except that software possibly started from...
February 5th, 2013
Imagine for a minute that a fierce anti-abortion person would visit a Planned Parenthood clinic and participate in an abortion to see what that experience is like. Would never happen, right? But fierce anti-gun advocate...
May 5th, 2012
In the past it could be said without doubt that America above all other nations valued human life as sacred and recognized the right to life as the foundation of all liberty. Even though America’s founding documents still...
January 10th, 2012
The following is a press release from Texas Senator Dan Patrick:AUSTIN, TX – This morning, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the injunction on the sonogram bill by District Judge Sam Sparks.In a strongly worded...
October 3rd, 2011
Please forward this important message! Thank you Senator Dan Patrick for bringing this to our Attention!I am going to make this as straight forward and simple as I can. I...
August 15th, 2013
The following is a press release from the Kingwood TEA Party regarding their Constitution Day celebration on August 19th:We are looking forward to having all of you join us as we celebrate the United States Constitution with...
June 30th, 2013
Hanging by a thread. By the skin of your teeth. These are phrases one might use when you just barely get something you want or you don't get what you want, but just by a little bit. I think it could go either way in this...
May 26th, 2013
Update: Governor Perry has Vetoed Texas SB 346 Statement from Texas Governor Rick Perry: “Freedom of association and freedom of speech are two of our most important rights enshrined in the Constitution. My...
May 8th, 2013
Citing a violation of Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution and other unconstitutional actions, Houston businessman, Dr. Steven Hotze, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Houston on Tuesday against the federal...
March 8th, 2013
Senator Dan Patrick (SD7), chair of the powerful Senate Education Committee, has recently introduced legislation that would open up the strangle-hold government-sponsored monopoly that the education establishment enjoys in...
February 13th, 2013
We've been telling you about the push in Austin to bring balance to the Texas education system. Many feel there's too much emphasis on sending every single student to college and not enough recognition that the skilled...
June 26th, 2012
Texas Supreme Justice David Medina, TGV bloggers Danielle Chavez and Fernando Trevino, and convention delegate Frankie TrevinoI had the pleasure of meeting Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina at the state party...
April 20th, 2012
Norma Jeter was honored Thursday night at the annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner of the Harris County Republican Party by receiving the first annual Wilda Lynstrom Award just after Governor Perry spoke and before Senator Dan...
January 10th, 2012
Major Victory for the State of Texas and for life!Texas passed a law in the 2011 Legislative session that requires a sonogram to be performed for women who are contemplating killing their unborn baby. This would allow the...
June 28th, 2011
Yesterday, in a move of uncharacteristic dexterity, the Texas Senate passed the TSA Anti-Groping Bill. The bill now is in the hands of our Texas House where I am confident it will be dispatched to the Governor for signing...