Keeping In-State Tuition for Dreamers Like Me Strengthens Texas Today and In Future - Isabella, A Texan Dreamer who recently graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a nursing degree, expresses immense gratitude for the Texas Dream Act of 2001 that has allowed her and other Dreamers who attended Texas high schools to qualify for in-state tuition. Her story highlights how this policy helps Dreamers in Texas contribute to critical Texas industries that are being hampered by workforce shortages and underscores the need for a legislative solution for DACA. "My nursing background will allow me to make a difference immediately... I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the opportunities that have been made available to me as a Dreamer through the Texas Dream Act," she said.
Rep. McCaul Honors Texas War Hero with New Legislation - U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced a bill to designate the United States Postal Service located at 1106 Main Street in Bastrop, Texas, as the ‘‘Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh Post Office” to honor one of his district’s great patriots and war heroes. Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh was born December 1929 and raised in Bastrop, Texas. He served his country as an Army paratrooper and Special Forces soldier from 1948 to 1972, including seven years in combat during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He also was part of the first high-altitude, low-opening (HALO) combat parachute assault in military history. For his service, Mr. Waugh received dozens of awards and medals, including eight Purple Hearts for his combat wounds — placing him third on the list of most Purple Hearts ever received. After retirement, he joined the United States Postal Service before again serving his country as a paramilitary operations officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, where he successfully pursued terrorists including Carlos the Jackal and Osama Bin Laden.
“This isn’t about the Prairie Chicken it’s About Political Chickens,” says Arrington on Listing Lesser Prairie-Chicken as Endangered - Representative Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, recently took to the floor to voice his strong opposition to Democrats’ efforts to list Lesser Prairie-Chicken on the Endangered Species List. Listing the Lesser Prairie-Chicken on the Endangered Species List would effectively shut down private conservation efforts, impose new requirements on farmers and ranchers, and expose farmers to litigation and lawsuits for routine farming activities.
Cornyn, Warner Bill to Reform Security Classification System Passes Senate - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) comments on his Sensible Classification Act of 2023, which would increase accountability and oversight of the classification system, limit overclassification, and direct federal agencies to justify security clearance requirements. The bill passed the Senate as part of the Intelligence Authorization Act included in the National Defense Authorization Act “Sensitive information helps the U.S. stay one step ahead of our adversaries, but it’s also important for the federal government to be transparent with the American people and our allies,” said Sen. Cornyn. “By streamlining and modernizing the declassification process, this bill would help strike the delicate balance between transparency and secrecy, and it is critical it be included in the final defense authorization legislation.”
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