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In every business, you need to create, balance, and manage your budget. As a small business owner for over 50 years, I know the importance of keeping your finances in order so you can prepare for the future. The government should be no different, especially because the money it spends comes from American taxpayers, who rely upon their lawmakers to be good stewards of their hard-earned tax dollars.
There is no denying a crisis on our Southern Border exists, unless you're President Joe Biden and his Border Czar Kamala Harris. Only five months into 2021, border patrol experienced 929,868 encounters with illegal migrants crossing our southern border. To put this massive number into perspective, there were only 458,088 encounters in all of 2020. This significant increase shows how the Biden administration's immigration policies are failing.
I believe the government should do 3 things: collect our taxes, defend the homeland, and help with infrastructure- then get out of the way. Unfortunately, years of government inaction has led to deteriorating infrastructure which has limited the nation's economic output.
A one-size fits all approach is rarely effective, especially when it comes to an individual's educational and career path. What works best for one is not what's best for all. It is instilled in kids today that they need to work hard in school so that they can move on to a reputable college, get a degree, and then enter the workforce with a high-paying, long-term job.
The Congressman's piece below was featured in The Cleburne Times Review.
I am a small business owner. I've been in the car business for 50 years, and I'd like to think I've seen it all — recessions, record gas prices, high and low interest rates and now a global pandemic.
President Biden wasted no time fulfilling his campaign promises to enact the radical Left's agenda. Less than 24 hours after being sworn into office, he has made our nation, and its future, less safe.
A vaccine to protect Americans from COVID-19 has taken another monumental step under the leadership of President Trump, Vice President Pence and Operation Warp Speed. After more than nine months of maximizing efficiency and removing unnecessary barriers and delays–without sacrificing safety–this Administration harnessed the full power and strength of public-private partnerships across the nation.
While Congress has delivered tangible relief for Texans over the last year, there are crucial pieces of bipartisan legislation that must be passed as soon as possible to further help our economy rebound.
The Save Our Stages Act would create a grant program within the Small Business Administration, allowing live independent music venues like Mohawk in Austin and Brass Hall in Marble Falls to survive the pandemic. In order to fully restore our economy, these venues need capital as they were the hardest hit by government mandates and face uncertainty down the road.
When COVID-19 began sweeping across our nation in March, I knew Congress must take deliberate action to keep our economy afloat and our communities protected. As a small business owner, it was clear that nearly every industry would require relief as they adapted to new government mandates and forced closures.
More than two million Texas residents didn't have access to reliable internet before the pandemic, according to the Texas comptroller, while a staggering 18 million Americans nationwide had no access at all, per a 2020 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report. Now in the midst of a once-in-a-generation public health crisis, the need for broadband access to resources and health care delivery has never been more paramount.