Nobel Peace Prize nominations for 2022 were due on January 31 and some high-profile Texans are among the names submitted. Rep. Marc Veasey lead a group of members of Congress to nominate civil rights activist Opal Lee while Rep. Lizzie Fletcher nominated Dr. Maria...
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Texas to receive hundreds of millions in federal funding for orphan wells
Texas has a serious problem with orphaned wells and while the state might not have a plan the federal government does. The Department of the Interior has announced that Texas will receive over $343 million to cap orphan wells. Orphan wells are inactive oil and...
Joaquin Castro calls for release of Paul Rusesabagina
On Tuesday, Rep. Joaquin Castro introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the government of Rwanda to release activist Paul Rusesabagina, who has been imprisoned since 2020. Rusesabagina is credited with saving the lives of more than 1,000 people during the...
What the supply chain caucus can do to deal with bottlenecks
As the world is gripped by a pandemic-induced supply chain crisis, Congress has relaunched the supply chain caucus to tackle the issue. The supply chain caucus, which was formed by Rep. Colin Allred as well as Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC), Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13), and...
Colin Allred tests positive for COVID after returning from Europe
On Sunday, Rep. Colin Allred announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a week-long trip to Europe. Allred had been part of a bipartisan delegation that met with officials in Belgium, and Ukraine, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Colin Allred joins bipartisan delegation to Europe amid Ukraine tensions
On Tuesday, Rep. Colin Allred joined a bipartisan delegation to Belgium and Ukraine amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The delegation is led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee which Allred also sits...
Crenshaw on Congress trading stocks: ‘You have no way to better yourself’
Rep. Dan Crenshaw was recently asked about members of Congress trading stocks and his response was, interesting. On the podcast All American Savage Show, the host brought up the Signal’s recent article about Crenshaw’s trading netting the fifth-highest return in all...
Texas leads the nation in households unable to pay energy bills
Texas once again leads the nation in an energy category, just not one anyone wants to be first in. According to a report by HelpAdvisor.com that looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Pulse Survey, almost 28 percent of Texas households were unable to pay their...
Texas Democrats in Congress request Department of Justice to monitor election audit
A group of Democratic members of Congress from Texas has sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting that it closely monitor the ongoing election audit in four Texas counties. Last September, Texas Republicans began an audit in Harris, Tarrant, Dallas, and...
Dan Crenshaw’s stock trading yielded the fifth highest return in Congress
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Houston) did pretty well for himself in 2021, financially speaking. According to a new report from Unusual Whales, Crenshaw’s trading netted the fifth-highest rate of return among members of Congress, narrowly edging out House Speaker Nancy...