By Bruce Gietzen The Department of Veterans Affairs told U.S. Representative Bill Flores Thursday it will not move the PTSD Residential Program from Waco to Temple. That announcement came one day after Flores wrote a strongly worded letter to the VA staying his opposition to the move and promising to aggressively get other lawmakers to join him to keep it from happening. The VA had previously told News Channel 25 a decision on relocating had not been made, but Flores indicated that may have chan...
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By:Susan Ferrechio The head of the biggest House Conservative faction said a recent report on the nation's growing debt pushed the group to reject a $1.07 trillion discretionary spending plan for next year. Rep. Bill Flores, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told House Speaker Paul Ryan the group will not support the fiscal 2017 budget number that was reached just a few months ago. He said the group came to that conclusion after reading a Congressional Budget Office report that projec...
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By Sarah Ferris Leaders of the conservative Republican Study Committee voted Thursday to oppose last year's spending bill, throwing the House GOP's budget plans into turmoil. The RSC is the most powerful caucus of House Republicans and includes 170 of the House GOP's 246 members. Their decision to oppose the deal, as a result, is a major problem for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) A House GOP aide confirmed that the RSC leaders voted Thursday to oppose the $1.1 trillion spending limits set by the dea...
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U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding the Obama administration’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay: “President Obama’s continued push to close Guantanamo Bay violates current law and is completely irresponsible given our ever-increasing global threats. His plan violates the will of Congress and of the American people. Closing Guantanamo Bay and transferring dangerous terrorists to communities in the United States endangers the lives of hardworking American...
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By: Nicole Barriois Two Pflugerville veterans on Feb. 19 were honored with the Congressional Veteran Commendation for their exemplary military and community service. Eduardo Zamora and Brian Allen were honored at the ceremony and presented awards from Congressman Bill Flores, whose congressional district encompasses a portion of Pflugerville. The commendation, in partnership with the Veterans History Project, is a nominations-based program designed to formally recognize the wartime sacrifices an...
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By: Tyler Allen An increasingly unstable Middle East was at the forefront of United States congressman Bill Flores’ talk at the MSC Student Conference on National Affairs Thursday. Flores, who graduated from Texas A&M in 1976, has been the representative for Texas’ 17th congressional district since 2011. Flores’ speech was part of the 61st MSC SCONA and highlighted problems and solutions to issues around the world. “The United States has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since...
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By M. KATHERINE BANKS and DENNIS L. O'NEAL Though the ink is barely dry on the current fiscal year 2016 federal budget, last week began the annual tug-of-war between the administration and Congress on budget priorities for FY 2017. Before the debate begins, we want to remind our congressional communities about the impact of federal funding on the development of technology that improves our well-being and quality of life. There are certainly programs that have outlived their useful life, and it i...
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U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following statement in response to the news that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away today in Texas: "Justice Scalia was a man of great words, strong character and uncompromising principle. As one of the most influential and respected justices to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, he defended the Constitution against those who would reinterpret and reinvent it to suit their political needs. It is impossible to overstate ...
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Today, Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following response to President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget proposal: “Once again, President Obama has proposed a big-spending, deficit-driving budget that places liberal special interests above America’s greatest needs. His $4 trillion proposal requests a $3.4 trillion tax increase and never balances – ever. With the national deficit already topping $19 trillion, this liberal wish list is dead on arrival. “In...
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U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court issuing a stay on the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan: “Last December, Congress made it clear that it would not stand for the EPA’s backdoor rule to impose cap and trade through executive branch overreach. Now, the Supreme Court has joined with Congress to halt implementation of this part of Obama’s radical environmental agenda. The court's stay protects hardworking American famili...
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