17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You March 31  Fireside Sessions Assessing our Financial Institutions This week, my colleagues and I on the House Financial Services Committee demanded information from the Fed and the FDIC regardi…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You March 24  Fireside Sessions Republicans Empower Parents With the passage of the Parents Bill of Rights Act, House Republicans are making an unambiguous statement of support for parents’ abilit…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You March 17, 2023  Fireside Sessions: Agriculture Edition This was a very eventful week in the 17th Congressional District. I showed House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (PA-15) and several…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You March 10  Fireside Sessions Working Closely With Baylor Bears I had the pleasure of meeting with Baylor University President, Dr. Linda Livingstone, this week. I was excited to see another B…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You March 3  Fireside Sessions Big 12 on the Hill On Monday, I had the honor of addressing a large group of students from universities across the Big 12 conference, including our Baylor Bears. The…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You February 24 Fireside Sessions Eagle Scouts One of my favorite things to do is usher scouts to the rank of Eagle. To be an Eagle Scout, one must display characteristics of trustworthiness, loya…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You February 17  Fireside Sessions Report from Texas Since last Thursday, when Congress dispersed for a two-week recess from votes, I have been traveling across our district to meet with constitue…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You February 11  Fireside Sessions State of the Union This week, President Biden delivered his State of the Union address to Congress and the American people. Just as you may suspect, his speech wa…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You February 3rd  Fireside Sessions Oversight Subcommittee Chairmanship This week, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY-01), appointed me as Chairman of the Subc…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You January 27th  Fireside Sessions FSC Committee: Capital Markets & Oversight The 118th Congress is still in its infancy, and many members are still learning the new rules on the House floo…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You January20  Fireside Sessions 118th Update: Committee Assignments This week I was selected to continue to serve on the House Oversight & Accountability Committee and the House Financial Serv…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You January 13th Fireside Sessions   118th Congress Sworn In Last week's Speaker Race ended early in the morning on Saturday, January 7. Immediately afterward, I and all other members-elect were s…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You Fireside Sessions House Speakership Race It has been a very turbulent week in Washington. Many of you may have been following along. I am speaking of course of the Speaker’s Race in the U.S. Ho…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You December 29 Fireside Sessions   Merry Christmas & Happy New Years I hope everyone’s Christmas was restful and full of cheer. As the year 2022 concludes, I would like to reflect on a couple …

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You December 16th Fireside Sessions FTX Collapse On Tuesday, my Republican colleagues and I on the House Financial Services Committee questioned the new FTX CEO, John Ray, about the details…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You December 9, 2022 Fireside Sessions   National Defense Authorization Act With Christmas on the mind of many members, this was likely the last week for passing significant legislation off the Ho…

17th District Email Me Media Center Legislation Serving You D.C. Round Up December 2nd I hope each of you is having a wonderful holiday season. Congress is busier than ever with many votes before the Christmas holidays. Approaching our third week of sessi…