Roe v. Wade, the unconstitutional and tragic ruling, has, in the span of 48 years, violently ended roughly 62 million innocent lives. Not only is Roe v. Wade antithetical to our intrinsic morality, but it is also the most extreme contradiction to America's promise of LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

This week the Supreme Court heard Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization. In 2018, Mississippi passed a law limiting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except to save the life and preserve the physical health of the mother, or in cases of severe fetal abnormality. The law was passed by overwhelming majorities in the state legislature and signed by then-Governor Phil Bryant. In a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court announced in May 2021 it would review the Mississippi law and will specifically consider the question, “Are all pre-viability bans on abortion unconstitutional?”

Nowhere, again nowhere, in the Constitution is there a right to abortion, and the Founders would have been sickened by the very notion. 

Many conveniently forget that America’s founding and its Constitution began with the Declaration of Independence, which adopted ancient principles in its opening paragraphs. The very first of these confirm that sound government should be based on self-evident, truths so obvious, so rational, and so morally sound that their authenticity is beyond reasonable dispute. And that equal station of mankind here on earth is a cosmic reality, an obvious and inherent aspect of the law of nature and of nature's God, whose 5th commandment is clear: "Thou shall not kill."  

Elected and appointed officials have an obligation to uphold the Constitution, but more importantly, as children of God, to do HIS will. I spoke on the house floor to remind my colleagues and the Supreme Court that we must defend our most vulnerable.  

This week, 218 Democrats blocked a bill I co-sponsored, H.R. 6056, the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act.

This bill would ensure parents have a say in their child’s education and would add conditions to federal education funding to protect five core parental rights:

1. Parents have the right to review their school’s curriculum and reading materials
2. Parents have the right to be heard 
3. Parents have the right to see school budget and spending 
4. Parents have the right to protect their child’s privacy
5. Parents have the right to be updated on any violent activity at school

Parents are not domestic terrorists, and parents should have a say in their children’s education.  I am proud to have co-sponsored this legislation and will continue to fight for the rights of parents and to ensure the foundation of education is built on a meaningful dialog between a family and their child’s school.  

Recent Co-Sponsored Legislation

• H.R. 6120 - To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to reimburse individuals for loss or damage to property near the southern border of the United States caused by an individual illegally crossing the border, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 6123 - To develop and disseminate a civic education curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain political ideologies, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 6132 - To reauthorize the COPS grant program, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 6133 - To require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to make available for public inspection all records of information submitted to the Food and Drug Administration in conjunction with authorizing the emergency use of, or licensing, a COVID-19 vaccine.
• H.Res. 804 - To declare that space launch is a developmental activity, not a form of transportation, and that a process exists for investigating commercial space launch reentry activities.
• H.R. 6056 - To ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation's public schools.
• H.R. 6060 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against health care providers that do not participate in abortion.

Join me, Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at 2:30 pm for a Veterans Townhall! We will have representatives from the Beaumont VA Clinic, Texas Veterans Commission, Veterans Land Board, and the Rise Center ready to answer your questions and provide you with information on all services available! 

Port Neches VFW

VFW Post 4820

511 Grisby St. Port Neches, TX 77651

Friends, 

According to a recent Gallup poll, as the peak of holiday shopping approaches and winter temperatures drive up heating costs across the U.S., 45% of American households report that recent price increases are causing their family some degree of financial hardship. Ten percent describe it as severe hardship affecting their standard of living, while another 35% say the hardship is moderate.

But I want to hear from you!