Texas Senate Passes Wave Of Restrictive Abortion Bills
Lawmakers are looking to make Texas one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to women being able to have abortions.
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Lawmakers are looking to make Texas one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to women being able to have abortions.
Both the GOP-controlled House and Senate passed sweeping reforms that lawmakers say would prevent a repeat of the widespread blackouts that spiraled into one of the worst power outages in U.S. history.
Sen. Cruz said the conditions in Dallas facility are better than at the Border Patrol facility in Donna, Texas, where he said the minors are in being held in cages and are packed closely together.
"I've been getting daily briefings from DPS, and what they're saying is a surge that we haven't seen in years," Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan said.
Two separate groups, lead by Texas lawmakers, are traveling to the southern part of the Lone Star State on Friday to spotlight the surge of unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border in recent weeks.
A bill to make cocktails to-go permanent has passed in the Texas House. By a vote of 144 to 1 lawmakers passed HB 1024.
The comments from James Robb, the CEO of NERC, came during a virtual hearing by the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The widespread deadly power outages in Texas in February is getting more attention in Washington Wednesday. Congress is questioning officials who oversee the state's energy industry and electric grid.
A group of White House officials and members of Congress are headed to South Texas today to tour a facility for migrant children run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Reps Van Taylor of Plano and Beth Van Duyne of Irving toured the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on Tuesday.
Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday, "demanding answers to the humanitarian crisis at the southern border."
In many of the states where Republicans are advancing the most severe restrictions -- including Texas, Georgia and Arizona -- shifts in the electorate's composition are eroding decades of virtually uncontested GOP dominance.
The Texas Trial Lawyers Association opposes the legislation saying lawyers and juries should consider the lawsuits, not politicians.
Rep. Cuellar said he released the photos in part because the administration has refused media access to the Donna tent.
Governor Greg Abbott held a roundtable Monday to discuss small businesses in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
