Coronavirus
February 11th, 2021
Remote learning is increasing student education gaps and creating a chasm of learning loss particularly among vulnerable, lower income populations. It is time to stop the suffering of these working families and an entire...
February 10th, 2021
The Congressional Gold Medal is the legislative branch’s highest civilian award, reserved for those who have demonstrated distinguished service. Dr. Li’s courage in the face of CCP retaliation has proven that he is worthy of...
February 8th, 2021
Texas GOP Rep. Ron Wright has died, the first sitting member of Congress to succumb to COVID-19, the Dallas Morning News reported Monday. He was 67.
February 5th, 2021
Democrats moved to push through President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan with or without - most likely without - Republican support.
January 27th, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has cost us over 400,000 American lives and nearly a year away from our friends and loved ones, and it is essential that the circumstances that allow deadly viruses like this to spread never happen...
January 25th, 2021
The inventory of available vaccine supply is still just trickling in, and this has exacerbated the enormous discrepancy between available supply and exploding demand.
January 14th, 2021
Offering the latest reminder that the COVID-19 vaccine isn't 100% effective at stopping people from getting the virus, Democratic Representative Adriano Espaillat of New York announced that he had tested positive even after...
January 11th, 2021
Almost a year into dealing with Covid-19, Harris County (Houston) Judge (really an executive) Lina Hidalgo still doesn't get it or is intentionally trying to injure the private sector. Once again pushing for school closures...
January 6th, 2021
Big pharma shedding liability for rushed coronavirus treatments is alarming and has certainly been the holdup for Pfizer's vaccine distribution across South America.
December 23rd, 2020
Trump said he wants Congress to increase the amount in the stimulus checks to $2,000 for individuals or $4,000 for couples, instead of the "ridiculously low" $600 for individuals that is in the bill.
February 10th, 2021
It is my hope that grants from Save Our Stages will help preserve the entertainment industry, which puts food on the table for thousands of Texans and creates live music memories for countless more.
February 9th, 2021
We want to make sure that our kids can safely return to the classroom, but according to the Center for Disease Control, and Dr. Fauci, and all the experts, they can.
February 8th, 2021
For far too long, Washington elites have lived by the mantra, “do as I say, not as I do.”
February 4th, 2021
As we continue to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we have to ensure that even the most rural areas of our district have the same access to the vaccine as those in our cities. Designating Fort Stockton as a vaccine hub would...
January 25th, 2021
The lawyer for a former Harris County Public Health doctor accused of stealing a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for friends and family said on Friday that the man was trying to administer doses before they expired....
January 15th, 2021
State Rep. Joe Deshotel, D-Beaumont, told The Texas Tribune he tested positive Thursday — three days after lawmakers gaveled in for this year’s legislative session
January 12th, 2021
Those calling for impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment in response to President Trump’s rhetoric are themselves engaging in intemperate and inflammatory language and calling for action that is equally irresponsible and...
January 8th, 2021
Today I received a briefing on Texas’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout from Dept. of State Health Services (DSHS) Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt, Texas Dept. of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd, member of the State’s...
December 29th, 2020
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and I released the following statements after the Save Our Stages Act, legislation we authored to provide Small Business Administration grants for independent live music venues, live performance...
December 23rd, 2020
Three years ago, House Republicans and President Trump rewrote our nation’s tax code for the first time in 30 years.