Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) previewed his trip to McAllen, Texas with Vice President Pence and some of his Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues.

The Hispanic Women's Network of Texas (HWNT) is having a Tacos y Tacones Mercado and Chalupa fundraising event on Saturday, July 20th at the CFC Hall located at 2201 Trenton in McAllen.

Doggett in San Juan was a sponsor for the 14th Annual Texas Cook’Em: High Steaks in Edinburg, held on July 6th, at H-E-B Park located at 1616 S. Raul Longoria Rd. in Edinburg.

Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) introduced H.R. 3653, the Charity And Relief in Disarray and Distress (CARIDAD) Act, which would amend the U.S. Code to allow an officer or employee of the U.S. government to accept outside donations for detained children and families.

We estimate that the Texas oil and gas business and related industries generate nearly two million jobs around Texas when multiplier effects are considered (as described in a recent column).

As Nieto, Trudeau, and Trump signed the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) many months of long negotiation lay behind them.

Vera’s King-O-Meats in Edinburg was a sponsor for the 14th Annual Texas Cook’Em: High Steaks in Edinburg, held on July 6th, at H-E-B Park located at 1616 S. Raul Longoria Rd.

World population is estimated to reach 7.58 billion this month as World Population Day is celebrated on July 11 but the U.S. Census Bureau is projecting another milestone: Annual population growth will slip under 1.0% in 2020-2021 for the first time since 1950.

U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to face overwhelming numbers of illegal aliens entering through the Rio Grande Valley (RGV).

Two agents of the Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney’s Office - High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force have been awarded top honors by the Texas Narcotic Officers Association (TNOA) and will be recognized at the organization’s annual conference in August.