According to Texas-based economic analysis firm The Perryman Group, Texas lost an estimated $4.23 billion in GDP while Governor Greg Abbott’s unconstitutional changes to trucking inspection procedures were in place from April 6 through 15. However, while Abbott...
Texas Democrats like Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Colin Allred are pledging to do everything in their power to free WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia for over three weeks. Still, the path forward for Griner remains muddled as diplomatic...
Rep. Lance Gooden, a Republican who represents Texas’ 5th District, has introduced legislation that would allow U.S. citizens to seize the yachts, jets, and other property belonging to Russian oligarchs who have been sanctioned in response to the invasion of Ukraine....
To paraphrase an old saying, you may not be interested in the Ukraine crisis but the Ukraine crisis is interested in you. Energy prices are skyrocketing as the world braces for what could be the largest European war since World War II and a diplomatic solution looks...
Sen. Ted Cruz is leading 31 of his fellow Republican senators in threatening to block the Biden administration’s attempts to return to the Iranian nuclear deal. In a letter sent to the White House on Monday, Cruz and his colleagues stated that any agreement with Iran...
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...
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...
Rep. Colin Allred (D-Dallas) spent Thanksgiving week in Asia as part of a bipartisan delegation, traveling to Japan and South Korea before making a surprise visit to Taiwan. This comes amid heightened security concerns in the region in the face of a rising...
Ted Cruz has been blocking State Department nominations for months and it all has to do with a gas pipeline in Europe called Nord Stream 2. While Cruz’s blockade is almost certainly politically motivated, and although he has expressed opposition to individual...