117th Congress
January 19th, 2023
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) has ranked first among Members of Congress in number of bills sponsored that were enacted into law during the 117th Congress with a total of 34 bills.
January 4th, 2023
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January 3rd, 2023
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial Act, which designates the Healing Garden commissioned in El Paso after the 2019 mass shooting as...
December 30th, 2022
Legislation authored by Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) was signed into law after passing the U.S. Senate by Unanimous Consent last week. H.R.
December 29th, 2022
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has removed its study regarding defensive gun use (DGU) information from its website. This study showed that Americans have relied on guns for self-defense upwards of 2.5 million times a...
December 28th, 2022
Thursday evening, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) spoke on the House floor in fervent opposition of lame duck Democrats' last-ditch $1.7 trillion, 4,100-page omnibus bill. Excerpts of his full speech can be found below.
December 27th, 2022
This $1.8 trillion, 4,155-page bill is a fiscal abomination.
December 22nd, 2022
ABIC Action Disappointed in Congress for Failing Farmers, Farm Workers, Dreamers, and U.S. Consumers
WASHINGTON – In response to Congress failing to include immigration solutions in the omnibus package, the American Business Immigration Coalition Action Executive Director Rebecca Shi issued the following statement:
December 21st, 2022
Last week, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led his Texas colleagues in a letter urging Governor Greg Abbott to implement emergency rulemaking to permit Texas hospitals to become licensed and operate as Rural Emergency...
December 19th, 2022
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January 5th, 2023
2022 concludes another year of little to no meaningful immigration reforms while the urgency and need for them increased.
January 3rd, 2023
Waxahachie, TX – Congressman Jake Ellzey (R-TX-06), a former Southwest Airlines pilot Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX-32), released the following joint statement after meeting yesterday with the presidents of three unions...
December 30th, 2022
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his legislation to rename a U.S. Post Office in New Braunfels, Texas after former U.S. Senator Bob Krueger (D-TX), who passed away earlier this year, was...
December 29th, 2022
The United States should not enable Chinese surveillance companies that help the Chinese Communist Party track and monitor dissidents, harvest genomic data, and torture ethnic and religious minorities.
December 28th, 2022
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statements after the Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act, which will equip law enforcement officers with the tools to...
December 27th, 2022
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act, which authorizes the construction of a large-scale coastal storm risk management and coastal barrier...
December 26th, 2022
WASHINGTON— On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) and 30 House Republicans warned that they would do everything in their power to “thwart even the smallest legislative and policy efforts” of senators who vote for this week’s $...
December 21st, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic ended lives, closed businesses, destroyed livelihoods, devastated our economy, and robbed families of years that could have been spent together. In Texas 11, we know firsthand the toll this pandemic has...
December 21st, 2022
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December 16th, 2022
This week, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19),along with Representatives Ronny Jackson (TX-13) and August Pfluger (TX-11),led several Texas colleagues in a letter to both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees,...