Over the course of three weeks, the Investing in America tour will visit over twenty states, including Texas. Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu will travel to New Mexico and Texas to highlight infrastructure projects funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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back to archivePresident establishes Castner Range in El Paso as National Monument
President Biden takes major new actions to conserve and restore lands and waters across the nation, including by establishing Castner Range National Monument in Texas.
Biden, Mayor Adams Slam Abbott for Busing Migrants to NYC
Over the weekend, the Biden Administration denounced Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest political stunt, which added New York City to the list of destinations for busing asylum-seeking migrants from the Texas-Mexico border. “So, you know, it’s the latest stunt from the...
President Biden Signs Underwhelming Executive Order on Reproductive Healthcare
Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the constitutional right to an abortion, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect access to abortion and reproductive healthcare after pressure from Democratic lawmakers and constituents to act. ...
Abbott Blames Immigrant Babies for Formula Shortage
Much has been written in recent days about the present American baby formula shortage, the worst in decades. Now, Governor Greg Abbott is utilizing the crisis to attack those he believes to be responsible: immigrant babies. The shortage stems from a bacterial...
President Biden extends moratorium on student loan payments
On Wednesday, the Biden Administration announced that they will be extending the Department of Education’s pause on student loan payments until May 1, 2022. This news follows a round of criticism the administration has received from activists and progressive...
Will Ted Cruz’s State Department blockade finally come to an end?
With only Christmas barely a week away, Senate Democrats are furiously trying to come to an agreement that will end Sen. Ted Cruz’s blockade of State Department nominees. While one senator can’t completely block Biden’s nominees, Cruz can force Democrats to go through...
Biden administration pitches infrastructure plan to Texas
After the passage of the COVID relief package, the American Jobs Plan is the next major item on President Biden’s agenda. The proposal would invest more than $2 trillion, primarily on infrastructure. Although infrastructure spending is widely popular among the public,...
Vanita Gupta, who has a history with John Cornyn, faces her first Senate confirmation hearing
As a nationally recognized leader in the civil rights movement, Vanita Gupta has the backing of several policing associations and justice organizations ahead of her confirmation hearing today in the Senate Judiciary Committee to be the Associate Attorney General, the...