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Dear Friend,
I wanted to share with you an editorial by the Washington Post that ran earlier this week about President Obama’s foreign policy approach. I believe this well written editorial highlights the views that many of us share regarding the approach the current Administration has taken to the recent foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12), Chairwoman of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement strongly supporting H.R. 4152, legislation to provide loan guarantees to the country of Ukraine.
Dear Friend,
This week, the GOP-led House of Representatives took action to curb government abuses that are impacting the daily lives of Americans across the country.
Whether its burdensome regulations, wasteful spending, government overreach or a lack of transparency and accountability, more must be done to ensure these types of issues are addressed.
Dear Friend,
I have received a number of emails and letters concerned that the Republican conference has committed to a bill that grants amnesty to persons who entered the country illegally. This is not true.
Speaker John Boehner introduced a list of guidelines he supported if we were to write an immigration reform bill. He has since pulled that document from consideration.
The Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related programs will come to order.
Today we will hear from the panel before us about a topic that is a high priority for this subcommittee – democracy promotion.
Dear Friend,
We are all familiar with identity theft when it comes to our credit cards and bank accounts, but another type of ID theft is on the rise. Over the last two fiscal years, the federal government has sentenced 661 individuals for ID theft tax refund fraud.
Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12) announced today that the Fort Worth Fire Department is the recipient of a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) federal grant.
The Fort Worth Fire Department will receive $3,389,040.00. The grant can be used to increase or maintain the number of trained “front line” firefighters available in local communities.
The city received a $3.38 million federal grant Thursday that will be used to help fill vacant positions left open in the Fort Worth Fire Department during budget cutbacks last year.
The department lost 24 positions through attrition in the 2014 budget, said Richard Harrison, public information officer for the department.
Dear Friend,
By now there is a good chance you have heard about the Monuments Men of World War II, especially with the just released motion picture about their efforts to save, preserve and return five million pieces of European art and cultural items to their rightful owners.