By donalddosman | Texas News Today
House Republicans called on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to hold a hearing to investigate the origin of the coronavirus on Thursday, and at a press conference the Democrats will not, so hold their own hearing on this topic. He said he was planning to open it.
House Minority Whip Steve Scallis, R-La. Is RN.Y, Elise Stefanik, Chairman of the… Read more »
By Ripton Advance News Service
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on June 17 sponsored legislation that would make it unlawful to send a demand letter in bad faith for a patent relating to COVID-19 related products.
The Vaccine Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act, H.R. 3978, would help “protect intellectual property and innovation, especially during a global pandemic… Read more »
By Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) led several of his Republican colleagues from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in proposing the SELF DRIVE Act in order to advance the deployment of autonomous vehicles.
Rep. Latta on June 4 sponsored H.R. 3711, the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF… Read more »
By Dan Goldberg and Alice Miranda Ollstein
The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden’s goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach the unvaccinated in areas still vulnerable to virus outbreaks.
All but one of the 39 congressional districts where… Read more »
A group of Republicans on Monday demanded that Homeland Security begin to test illegal immigrants caught jumping the U.S.-Mexico border for the coronavirus or, better yet, be prevented from entering in the first place.
Led by Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas Republican, nearly two dozen GOP lawmakers said the illegal immigrants are being crowded into processing facilities, making it “a… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on May 18 offered bipartisan legislation to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program, which would award loan repayment agreements to public health professionals in efforts to recruit a qualified workforce and end shortages across local, state, and tribal public health agencies.
“This past year, the nation watched our public health… Read more »
A group of Republicans on Monday demanded that Homeland Security begin to test illegal immigrants caught jumping the U.S.-Mexico border for the coronavirus or, better yet, be prevented from entering in the first place.
Led by Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas Republican, nearly two dozen GOP lawmakers said the illegal immigrants are being crowded into processing facilities, making it “a… Read more »
President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents who promised to end the bitter division in American politics.
The first President Bush offered a “kinder, gentler” politics. He was fired after one term.
Bill Clinton called himself a “New Democrat” and embraced a “third way” alternative to both liberalism and conservatism. He got impeached.
George W. Bush… Read more »
by Ripon Advance News Service
U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Dec. 10 proposed a bipartisan bill to modernize a federal incentive program for manufacturing clean, environmentally friendly aviation technology.
“This legislation will help foster electric vehicle startups, including electric airplanes, by providing them the resources they need to get off… Read more »
by Paul Bryant
The Denton Housing Authority has been awarded more than $170,000 to provide vouchers to veterans facing homelessness from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“Veterans risked everything on our behalf,” Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Davis said. “So, if they fall into homelessness, it is only right for us to do everything we can to lift them out. These vouchers… Read more »
