Legislators Guide to the Issues 2005-2006

Protecting Texas Critical Infrastructure: Prevention, Mitigation, and Recovery from Natural Disasters and State Actor and Terrorist Attacks

Protecting Texas Critical Infrastructure: Prevention, Mitigation, and Recovery from Natural Disasters and State Actor and Terrorist Attacks By: The Honorable Chuck DeVore Download the full research paper here. Key Points Texas’s critical infrastructure remains vulnerable to natural disasters and attacks. The federal government largely abandoned civil defense 50 years ago. Should key elements of Texas’s...

Federal Findings Raise Alarming Questions About Texas A&M’s Research Security

A new report from the House Select Committee on China, released Oct. 13, documents why stronger research security safeguards are necessary. The case of Dr. Enrique Lavernia, now a professor at Texas A&M University, raises serious questions about whether the university’s screening procedures are sufficient. The committee’s report, “How to Stop China’s Theft of America’s...

The Undervaluation of the Congressional Review Act

Congress and President Trump have used the Congressional Review Act to nullify many agency rules recently issued by the Obama administration, but that law may be applicable to many rules adopted years ago. 2017 06 RR UnderevaluationofCongressionalReviewAct CAF RWalters by texaspolicy on Scribd