Statements from Washington

Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."

Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born.

Says the majority of candidates in Texas’ 25th Congressional District live outside the district.

"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are negotiating with the United Nations about doing a treaty that will ban the use of firearms."

David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state budget."

Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.

"The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded ObamaCare will cost the U.S. more than 800,000 jobs."

Says opponent Ted Cruz has not led businesses.

Says Barack Obama has played over 90 rounds of golf as president.

Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator."

Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.

"More than half of the births in Texas are paid for by Medicaid."

Says gas costs $4.50 a gallon.

Says there are four super PACs on the Republican side of the Texas U.S. Senate race.

Says opponent Beto O’Rourke "wants to legalize drugs."

Says Ted Cruz slurred Republican senators including John Cornyn as "graybeards" and "spineless jellyfish."

Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.

Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.

Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.

Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."

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