I write to you as Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) to ensure that the experiences of American Latinos are well represented in the films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.
The...
The Texas Border Coalition appreciates the work that U.S. Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Tony Gonzalez, R-Texas, are doing to improve the federal government’s capacity to manage immigrants and asylum...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently held a press conference to announce his plans for the State of Texas to build a physical border wall with state taxpayer dollars. He also indicated a new approach to charge immigrants and asylum...
The South Texans’ Property Rights Association wholeheartedly supports Gov. Greg Abbott’s criticism of the Biden Administration’s failed executive and administrative actions and inactions that have only exacerbated the crisis of illegal immigration and trespassing in our southern border region.
The...
Oil markets are in turmoil. In January, oil prices were trending in the upper $50s per barrel.
Now, spot prices are a fraction of that level and futures prices actually went decidedly negative for the first time in history...
Living in South Texas, we are no stranger to crises. From a 500-year flood event last year to the many turbulent challenges we have experienced in just the past few months, emergency preparedness is a perpetual priority for the...
The Texas oil and natural gas industry recognizes its profound responsibility to power modern life in a responsible and safe manner. This is why Texas operators are working toward a common goal of reducing and ultimately ending routine flaring.
Flaring...
A quick glance back at Mexico’s history, the government acting to protect its sovereignty by nationalizing oil (President Lázaro Cárdenas, 1938), suffices to explain the symbolic role of oil in Mexico. Britain severed relations. Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt, realizing...
The United States has emerged as a leader not only in global energy but also in environmental progress.
During a time when the U.S. saw exponential growth in domestic energy production, our nation reduced energy-related carbon dioxide emissions more...
Among the myriad industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is one particularly critical to Texas: oil!
As much of the global economy shut down to slow the spread of the virus this spring, fuel demand plummeted. Prices plunged, with...
