By Rep. Bill Flores Imagine having all of your freedoms taken away, being forced to work against your will and constantly living under the threat of violence — in short, being forced to live as a slave. Sadly, this situation is a reality for millions of children, women and men each year as part of the global human trafficking industry. According to the Department of Homeland Security, it is estimated there are more than 20 million victims of human trafficking worldwide today. As many as 17,500 ...
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Eventually, everything floats to the top.
So, it is that 2 years and 5 months after the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) was stayed on December 30, 2011, the United States Supreme Court decided the case on April 29, 2014.
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The authors of more than a dozen jobs bills passed in the House joined forces for this week's GOP address to call on President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to take action and also focus on the nation's economy.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution establishing a Select Committee to investigate the events surrounding the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi.
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Local leaders have had dozens of meetings this week on Capitol Hill with members of the Texas congressional delegation. Plus, top national leaders spent time with the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce delegation.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution finding former IRS director, Lois Lerner, in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Anticipated energy demand worldwide by 2050 will be such that industry will need to produce similar levels of oil and natural gas compared with today’s production levels, panelists told the Offshore Technology Conference on May 6.
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Recent revelations of patient backlogs and a "secret list" of veterans waiting for medical care at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix - including at least 40 who died before being helped - have enraged members of Congress, drawing particular ire from Texans.
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It’s not the pop of nail guns on new roofs or the buzz of circular saws trimming kitchen cabinets that best represent this Czech community’s return to normalcy. It’s the familiar ping of aluminum bats smashing baseballs and softballs, the thwop of a fastball hitting a catcher’s mitt and the shouts of parents urging their children to stretch that single into a double.
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