Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer Kevin Roberts released the following statement: “Texans will never experience the peace of mind that comes with owning their homes until property taxes are eliminated. Today, they are counting on the Texas Legislature to at least provide immediate tax relief and permanent changes to the Texas property...
Press Release October 18, 2021Washington, D.C.—The Texas Public Policy Foundation, the nation’s largest and most influential state-based think tank, announced the addition of recently retired U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott as Distinguished Senior Fellow for Border Security. The appointment of Mr. Scott to TPPF, where he will provide analysis and recommendations on both federal and state border security...
Press Release October 18, 2021With a vote of 75-38, the Texas House of Representatives failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority needed to send a constitutional amendment on meaningful bail reform (SJR1) to Texas voters. “For decades, Texas legislators have kept politics out of criminal justice reform,” said Right on Crime Executive Director and former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman. “The...
Press Release October 15, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation congratulated its CEO Kevin Roberts for being selected as The Heritage Foundation’s next president. Under Roberts’ leadership, TPPF has grown its influence in numerous policy issues not only within Texas but at the national level. Roberts successfully steered the organization through the past three legislative sessions, coming away with...
Press Release October 14, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced a major new addition to its Border Security Coalition: former New Mexico Lt. Gov. John Sanchez. He joins a rapidly growing cast of state and national civic leaders, border security experts and activists working against human trafficking. “Former New Mexico Lt. Gov. John Sanchez will bring to our coalition a wealth of valuable experience on the southwest border and a heart for advocacy...
Press Release October 13, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Dr. Carol Swain, highly accomplished professor formerly at Vanderbilt University and Princeton University, has joined the Foundation as Distinguished Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies. Swain has extensive experience in American politics, race relations, and immigration reform, having held political appointments in the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. In 2011, she founded the Be The People Project to educate Americans about conservative values and...
Press Release October 8, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released new research focusing on the most recent federal spending proposal (the “Build Back Better plan”), revealing the disastrous effects it would have on the American economy. Rather than allowing the economy to recover from the effects of Covid-19, the plan would crush the middle class...
Press Release October 6, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded the addition of legislation to increase penalties for voter fraud to the call of the third legislative special session. TPPF‘s CEO Kevin Roberts released the following statement: “The passage of vitally needed election integrity legislation, SB 1 made Texas’s elections more secure. But in an effort to add...
Press Release October 1, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded Attorney General Ken Paxton for defending Texans’ 10th Amendment rights and the rights of states to make their own election laws. By joining with 23 other states in opposition to the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Texas continues to demonstrate leadership in protecting the ability of states to...
Press Release September 15, 2021Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a new research paper, A Dangerous Precedent: How the Endangerment Finding Expanded the EPA’s Regulatory Powers. The paper is the first of a two-part series detailing how the EPA has developed a growing suite of regulations on greenhouse gases, despite the lack of explicit authority from Congress. The...
Press Release September 14, 2021Right on Crime applauds Texas Governor Greg Abbott for taking steps to improve Texas’ bail system by signing the Damon Allen Act into law. The new law will stop the personal bond release of suspects charged with violent offenses and honors Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Damon Allen who was murdered in 2017 by...
Press Release September 13, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the following statement in defiance of President Biden’s new rule that mandates private businesses with more than 100 employees require their employees get vaccinated from the COVID-19 virus: “Employers should refuse to comply with President Biden’s unconstitutional national vaccine mandate,” said TPPF’s CEO Kevin Roberts. “The federal government has...
Press Release September 9, 2021