http://culberson.house.gov culberson.house.gov - District 7 - Houston, TX Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:51:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Wall Street Journal, Market Watch: WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --  Representing 57 members of Congress and more than 65,000 Americans, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today urged the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision that declared the Arizona ... http://culberson.house.gov/aclj-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-arizona-immigration-law-on-behalf-of-57-members-of-congress-65000-americans/ Washington, DC – This week, Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) became a cosponsor of H.R. 1179, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, that would amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit a health plan to decline coverage of specific items and services, such as birth control, ... http://culberson.house.gov/rep-john-culberson-cosponsors-the-respect-for-rights-of-conscience-act/ Washington Post By Brian Vastag, Published: February 8 The budget coming Monday from the Obama administration will send the NASA division that launches rovers to Mars and probes to Jupiter crashing back to Earth. Scientists briefed on the proposed budget said that the president’s plan drops funding for planetary science at NASA from $1.5 billion this ... http://culberson.house.gov/obama%e2%80%99s-budget-would-cut-mars-program-solar-system-exploration/ Texas on the Potomac: Texan lawmakers angry that Canadian oil for the Keystone pipeline might go to ‘our worst enemy’ Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and his wife Laureen disembark from their aircraft after arriving at Beijing international airport. Harper will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, kicking off ... http://culberson.house.gov/rep-culberson-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-outrageous-and-unacceptable-to-drive-our-friends-the-canadians-into-the-arms-of-china-%e2%80%9d/ Public Service Announcement from the Houston Bar Association The Houston Bar Association    (713) 759-1133 www.hba.org February 4 Legal Advice Clinic to Serve Houston Veterans (Houston) - The Houston Bar Association (HBA) will hold a free legal advice clinic for all Harris County veterans on Saturday, February 4, ... http://culberson.house.gov/legal-advice-clinic-to-serve-houston-veterans/ Washington, DC –  Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) became an original cosponsor of H.R. 3811, the Keystone for a Secure Tomorrow Act of 2012 (K-FAST) which circumvents the president and allows for the immediate construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.  This legislation is modeled on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, a ... http://culberson.house.gov/rep-culberson-cosponsors-keystone-for-secure-tomorrow-act/ Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) issued the following response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: "I am pleased that President Obama’s State of the Union speech spent less time than usual attacking Republicans.  Unfortunately, his speech was filled with statements that will play well on the campaign trail, but it ... http://culberson.house.gov/rep-john-culbersons-response-to-the-state-of-the-union-address/ For a complete listing of votes for the 112th Congress, 2nd  Session (2012): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/index.asp http://culberson.house.gov/votes-for-the-112th-congress-2nd-session-2012/ For a complete listing of votes for the 112th Congress, 1st Session (2011): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/index.asp http://culberson.house.gov/4010/ Congressman John Culberson issued the following statement in response to today's ruling by the United States Supreme Court on the Texas Redistricting case: "It is gratifying to see that the Supreme Court unanimously nullified the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas' redistricting maps and ordered them to start ... http://culberson.house.gov/supreme-court-rejects-judge-drawn-texas-electoral-maps/