Taxes
December 17th, 2012
Republican Congressman Ted Poe has stepped into the gauntlet! I have known Ted Poe since his days as a criminal court judge in Harris County. I love to call him “Judge.” Please read Ted Poe's article in Politco "To...
December 6th, 2012
Left to right: Lord Christopher Monckton of the UK, Craig Rucker of CFACT and Cathie Adams of Eagle ForumCathie Adams, the International Issues Chairman for Eagle Forum, participated in a press conference organized...
December 2nd, 2012
Here in Washington and across the nation, all eyes are fixed on the “fiscal cliff” talks between Congress and the President. Everyone wants to know if they should expect a tax hike in just a few weeks. At year end, the so-...
November 14th, 2012
As Congress returns to Washington, I look forward to continuing to represent South Texas through the lame duck session and into the 113th Congress.Right now, the media is in an uproar about the fiscal cliff that is fast...
October 30th, 2012
On Wednesday, October 31st, the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will go into effect, more than five years after it was first signed. The agreement is good news for West Texas agriculture. Currently, our agricultural...
September 18th, 2012
One of the few things that really irritates me is how ignorant most of us are on tax policies. Granted, the IRS Tax Code is well over 44,000 pages but you’d think that people who are going to complain about a presidential...
August 16th, 2012
If you want to be inspired about an American comeback, watch this HD Video produced by Americans for Fair Taxation. It is powerful!
July 17th, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 20th, 2012
I released the following statement regarding the passage of the Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012, legislation that would provide a 20% tax deduction for small businesses with fewer than 500 employees:Small...
April 12th, 2012
The media, driven by the Democratic left, has been nearly saturated with the administration’s call for the tax system to be more “fair”. Their clarion call of course, is that bazillionaires like George Soros (D), Al Gore (D...
December 11th, 2012
In Doha, Qatar late Saturday delegates attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took concrete steps toward a new global treaty to address global warming that will transform the economic structure...
December 3rd, 2012
The United Nations is meeting in Qatar to negotiate a “complete transformation of the economic structure of the world,” explained Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
November 30th, 2012
Science does not motivate the 195 parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; instead, it is the Green Climate Fund’s potential jackpot of trillions of dollars.The UNFCCC Executive Secretary...
November 6th, 2012
As for all of the candidates on this years ballot, this election cycle has been a very long, frustrating, rewarding and exhausting road. An extended primary thanks to some federal judges and the Democrats, a July runoff...
October 20th, 2012
From the left, the mantra is that Romney tax plans represent a 5 Trillion tax cut for the wealthy. However, the mantra has now been discredited, but it won’t stop Obama from keeping the mantra going through Election Day.The...
September 16th, 2012
Originally posted on The Texas Tribune:Tycoons in commercial construction and homebuilding — industries often pegged as harbors for undocumented workers — are pushing back against some of their own, urging state lawmakers to...
July 25th, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is a political committee devoted to maintaining and increasing the 239-member Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 24th, 2012
I voted in support of H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act that provides a one-year, 20 percent tax deduction for companies with fewer than 500 workers. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of...
April 19th, 2012
This past week, I participated in the Cain's Solutions Revolution on the Hill. Cain’s goal was to reunite the Tea Party leaders, grassroots activists of his campaign, and create a new Army of David’s to pound the street for...
April 11th, 2012
HOUSTON — In advance of Tax Day, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today announced the introduction of comprehensive legislation to assist small business owners and taxpayers in cutting through IRS red tape. Sen. Cornyn’s ...



























