Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative John Culberson (TX-07) chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies fiscal year 2017 budget hearing with NASA. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden testified about President Obama’s budget and Members discussed the importance of NASA’s role in scientific discovery, the Europa mission, and the recent espionage by China within the agency. Congressman Culberson released the following statement after the hearin...
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Houston, T.X. — Congressman Culberson worked to secure $300 million in disaster relief funding to help communities recover from last spring’s flooding. Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $142 million of that funding to Texas communities for disaster recovery efforts, including $66,560,000 to Houston. Congressman Culberson released the following statement after the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the award of $66,560,000 to Houston. “Since I was f...
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Culberson Testifies at Science Committee Hearing Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative John Culberson (TX-07) testified in front of the House Science Committee on his Space Leadership Preservation Act. This bill creates stability for NASA by putting in place a long-term leadership structure that will help eliminate changing priorities of changing presidential administrations so that the experts at NASA have a clear mission directive that can be funded by Congress to maintain America’s leaders...
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative John Culberson (TX-07) chaired a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on the Department of Justice’s fiscal year 2017 budget with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. In response to concerns from this Committee, the Attorney General confirmed that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has implemented a new immigration detainer policy, and that the DOJ has begun a new policy regarding grant requests. First, the Att...
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative John Culberson (TX-07) chaired the first House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies fiscal year 2017 budget hearing. At the hearing, the Honorable Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce testified about the President’s budget request for the department. During the hearing, Congressman Culberson and other members questioned the Secretary about the need to protect against cyberattacks and threats from China. Congress...
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Houston, T.X. — Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) spent Thursday meeting with Houston middle school and high school students to discuss the importance of science and ocean exploration. Dr. Robert Ballard who has taken part in more than 140 deep-sea expeditions and is best known for discovering the R.M.S. Titanic in 1985 and the German battleship Bismarck joined Culberson in visits to Stratford High School and Spring Forest Middle School. Nearly 200 high school students studying aquatic, biology...
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Houston, T.X. — Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) issued the following statement mourning the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia: “I was deeply saddened to hear that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away today. I have always admired him immensely. On every decision, on every vote, he always defended our liberty and did his very best to preserve the original intent of our Founders to limit the power of the federal government. Justice Scalia wrote many opini...
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation
(NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting
and shooting sports industry, today announced it is honoring U.S. Rep.
John A. Culberson (R-Texas) as NSSF’s 2015 Legislator of the Year
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FRC Action released its annual Vote Scorecard for Members of Congress and Senators showing which Members demonstrated an unwavering commitment and consistent support of faith, family and freedom during the first session of the 114th Congress. In all, 89 representatives and 37 senators scored a perfect 100 percent on this year's scorecard. Votes in the U.S. House included: Eliminating Taxpayer funding for Abortion Repealing Obamacare Repealing the Death Tax Banning abortion on...
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Washington, D.C. — Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 766, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015: “The Obama Administration launched Operation Choke Point as an effort to identify fraud in our banking system. However, Obama regulators have used Operation Choke Point to cut off access to critical banking services such as credit card processing to small “mom and pop” stores, including businesses across the country tha...
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