‘It is unfortunate that our European partners are spending their diplomatic and material capital creating mechanisms that break up American sanctions, rather than siding with us and the Iranian people against the Ayatollahs’ regime’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that European and Iranian officials are meeting today to advance the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), […]
Cornyn Meets with Houston Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Jim Allison, Jed Manocherian
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Jim Allison of MD Anderson Cancer Center and Jed Manocherian, founder of Advancing Cures Today (ACT) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an organization which advocates for government-funded biomedical research. They discussed cancer research funding and support for the NIH. Last year, Sen. Cornyn honored Dr. Allison on the Senate floor for his Nobel Prize winning cancer treatment discovery. Sen. Cornyn also visited […]
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher And Congressman Pete Olson Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Speed Up Post-Harvey Recovery Projects
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22) and representatives from other areas hit by natural disasters, Reps. G.K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Mark Meadows (NC-11), introduced the Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects (HELP) Act. This legislation will speed up the start of recovery projects after natural disasters, even while waiting for federal assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) hazard mitigation grant program. Under current law, local and state agencies applying for federal money […]
Community Members Encouraged to Pay Respectsto Fallen Heroes at Houston National Cemetery’s Memorial Day Service
WHAT: Annual Memorial Day service to remember and honor deceased United States servicemen and women WHEN: Monday, May 27, 2019, 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Houston National Cemetery 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77038 WHO: Event is free and open to the public. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This year, the Houston National Cemetery is pleased to present Marylyn R. Harris, RN, MSN, MBA as the keynote speaker and Du Hua, Pharm. […]
San Jacinto Battleground, Battleship Texas Reopen to the Public May 8
LA PORTE— The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site and the Battleship Texas State Historic Site will be reopening to the public May 8 after the recent chemical fire in La Porte. “After being away from the site for over six weeks, the staff are excited to again have the opportunity to share this site and our Texas heritage with the public,” says William Irwin, Superintendent of the San Jacinto State Historic Site Complex. The reopening comes ahead of […]
Houston Symphony Free Neighborhood Concerts Across Greater HoustonAnd Free Exxonmobil Summer Symphony Nights At Miller Outdoor Theatre
Neighborhood Concerts: June 4–7, 2019 ExxonMobil Summer Symphony Nights: June 21, June 22, June 28, June 29, July 4, 2019 High resolution image here. HOUSTON (May 7, 2019) – The Houston Symphony announced today the details of its free, family-friendly Neighborhood Concerts and ExxonMobil Summer Symphony Nights. A summer tradition, these evening concerts are held in casual and accessible venues across Greater Houston, bringing the Houston Symphony to people of all ages and backgrounds. This year’s Neighborhood […]
Grand Opening of Operation Kidsafe Year-Round Child Safety Center.
WHAT Press Conference and Ribbon Cutting Operation Kidsafe Event Flyer: Grand Opening of Operation Kidsafe Year-Round Child Safety Center. The Center will provide local children with an Amber Alert ready Bio Card. The program is FREE and Private. Forms are ready to hand to Law Enforcement in a family emergency, parent gets the only record of the visit. Operation Kidsafe Founder Mark J. Bott worked with John Walsh in the 1990’s. Mark was also involved with […]
Supra Boats Pro Wakeboard Tour Opens Season at August Lakes in Katy, Texas, May 17-18
KATY, Texas (May 7, 2019)—The Supra Boats Pro Wakeboard Tour (PWT), the largest and longest-running professional wakeboarding competition circuit in the country, opens its 27th season with an inaugural event, May 17-18 at August Lakes in Katy, Texas. August Lakes is a beautiful, 100-plus-acre, residential watersports community, providing the perfect water conditions for the Pro Tour. The wakeboarders and surfers are extremely excited to kick off the season at such an awesome venue. “We are […]
TPWD Temporarily Closes Alligator Gar Fishing in Segment of the Trinity River
AUSTIN – Due to flooding conditions on the Trinity River, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is temporarily prohibiting fishing for alligator gar in portions of the river between the Highway 287 bridge near Cayuga and State Highway 7 near Crockett. TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith issued the emergency order on Monday, May 6, to temporarily prohibit taking or attempting to take alligator gar in order to protect spawning alligator gar, which is a species of conservation concern in the […]
Sen. Cruz Reintroduces Bill to Eliminate Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
‘There has never been a greater farce and waste of government resources than the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and now is the time to eliminate it’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reintroduced a bill, along with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Read the full text of the bill here. “There has […]