The legislation would provide state and local law enforcement jurisdictions with federal criminal justice funding to fight human trafficking.
Federal
Republican Lawmakers Support Gov. Abbott’s Border Buoy Barriers Against DOJ Lawsuit
The states are not required to be “passive victims” of Biden’s inaction at the border, says Jodey Arrington.
US Rep. Chip Roy Wants to Defund Biden’s DHS Over Border Failure
Roy is aiming to defund the Department of Homeland Security until they take action to solve the border crisis.
Ted Cruz: ‘House Should Impeach Alejandro Mayorkas Right Now’
Cruz is not the only Texas official calling for Mayorkas to leave.
US Sen. Ted Cruz Calls for Biden’s Impeachment and Prosecution
Following the Ukraine-Biden bribery scandal’s exposure, Cruz is demanding Biden be impeached, prosecuted, and jailed.
MOST RECENT
Texas AG Ken Paxton Secures Victory for Children’s Safety
“It is time for the Biden administration to quit forcing their political agenda. This is about the safety of children. It is time to put their well-being first.”
Ken Paxton Joins Other AGs in Defending Second Amendment
“As our respective States’ chief legal officers, we are tasked with protecting the constitutional rights of our citizens.”
Federal Appeals Court Rules Obama-era Amnesty Program Is Illegal
“Huge victory for the Rule of Law in America!”
National Guard Forced to Vaccinate While Illegal Aliens Are Given a Pass
“This is a disgrace to our soldiers.”
Kamala Harris Set to Ignore Border Crisis During Texas Fundraising Trip
“Just say, ‘The administration hasn’t abandoned you’ … something!”
Open Border Policies Promote Forced Child Labor
Reckless border policies of the Biden administration and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas continue to promote the exploitation of children.
Law Enforcement on Texas’ Open Border Problem
Two Texas sheriffs discuss the current biggest issues with the border under the Biden administration.
Venezuela Sends Criminals to Texas
“Maduro, the president over there, is sending these criminals—releasing them from prison—straight to the state of Texas.”
On the Border: The True Cost of Illegal Economic Migration
Is the risk greater than the potential reward?
Jocelyn: Trafficked and Afraid
The Biden administration’s disastrous policies are making it easy for cartels to make life miserable for children.
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No Thanks
So the nation’s governors are asking for a collective bail-out. Their profligate spending, patterned after the excess of Washington, has left states gasping for cash. Well, not every governor or every state. Texas’ Rick Perry and South Carolina’s Mark Sanford are saying thanks, but no thanks.
California’s Possible Need for Federal Loan Shows Importance of Controlling Spending
In a disturbing development, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter today to U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson saying the state may need to borrow $7 billion from the federal government to pay its bills. This indicates just how vital it is for Texas lawmakers to keep a lid on spending.
Bail-Out Sell-Out
Few things are more disgusting than having our principles sold-out by our political leaders. Make no mistake, the proposed federal “bail-out” of the credit market is a sell-out of our fundamental beliefs about freedom and the role of government. The action will burden us with debt and, worse, create horrific precedent for generations to come.
Noriega: More Federal Spending Is Needed For Public Education
According to the Dallas Morning News, State Rep. Rick Noriega who is currently campaigning to take over John Cornyn’s senate seat believes that the Texas education system needs to be overhauled How does he want to achieve this overhaul? He wants to spend more of your tax dollars on the federal level.
Freeing Health Care
That individuals find it all but impossible to find health insurance is a function of disfunctional public policy. Tax policy highly favors employer-provided health insurance, further removing individuals from seeing the real cost of the care they receive. It also ties people to their employer in ways that are economically unhealthy.
Got Freedom?
This week marked "cost of government day" — the date in which the average American has now paid the cost of taxes and regulations handed down from federal, state and local governments. The date, July 16, means Americans work more than half the year to pay for all the government we enjoy.
Leave Us Alone
The American Right and Left are each comprised of disparate groups, with a variety of priorities and objectives. What draws them together, into the Left and the Right? My friend Grover Norquist has developed a fairly convincing theory that’s at once obvious and obfuscated. In the title of his new book, “Leave Us Alone,” Grover provides what does, or should, unify the American center-right.
Big John
Hanging in Sen. John Cornyn’s office is a guitar signed by rockers ZZ Top. Pretty cool. More cool is the way Cornyn has been rocking the U.S. Senate. He forced the hand of the liberals on their global warming scam, and has become a consistent champion of free markets and budget reform in the gang of 100. It’s good to have Big John (video link) fighting in Washington.
New Pig Book Shows Congress is High on the Hog
Citizens Against Government Waste has just released their annual PIG Book cataloging Congress’ waste of tax dollars. It shows there were 11,610 pork projects approved this past year at a cost of $17.2 billion. Among them: $3 million for First Tee, a character-building golfing program, $1.9 million for the Charles Rangel Center for Public Service and $742,764 to fund olive fruit fly research.
March Lobbying Madness with Public Funds
The Center for Responsive Politics has a new bracket comparing the Sweet 16 universities by their federal lobbying expenditures. By this measure, UCLA ($560k) will play UNC ($31Ok) in the Finals – UT-Austin at $200k would be on the sidelines. The bracket is at: https://www.capitaleye.org/img/lobbying_16.gif.