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Corpus Christi, TX – Jessica-Puente Bradshaw, Republican Congressional candidate in the 27th district of Texas, made the following statement on Scott Brown’s historic victory to the United States Senate. “People all across the country are tired of watching their personal liberties and freedoms decrease, while the size of the federal government increases. Scott Brown’s victory tonight is the beginning of the new Republican Revolution in 2010.” Jessica Puente-Bradshaw is committed to returning the nation to the principles the founding fathers incorporated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. A kindred spirit to Senator-elect Brown, Bradshaw is dedicated to reclaiming...

CORPUS CHRISTI — A couple who provided U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz with free trips to China was sentenced Friday in Houston for their role in a complex visa fraud scheme unrelated to the trips with Ortiz. Kenneth and Ping Lee Cohen pleaded guilty in the case in 2006. They owned a company called Asia Access, which charged as much as $60,000 to Chinese immigrants attempting to obtain green cards. The company used fake documents from real companies in which Chinese nationals claimed they would be working as executives in American subsidiaries of Chinese companies, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

Ortiz draws line in sand over Neal's appointment U.S. Representative threatens to remove $3M in Ingleside CORPUS CHRISTI — U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz says he’ll take back $3 million in funds meant to offset Ingleside base closure if the Ingleside City Council confirms Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal to the board that oversees base redevelopment. Ortiz’s office announced Thursday that the U.S. House Armed Services Committee authorized $550.4 billion that includes a $3 million earmark for the Ingleside Local Redevelopment Authority. The earmark’s purpose is to help mitigate the job losses from closure next year of Naval Station Ingleside. The...

CORPUS CHRISTI — Area residents will have the opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns about plans to revamp health care during a telephone town hall meeting next month. U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Robstown, whose office has gotten thousands of calls from constituents, will discuss health care proposals under consideration in Congress during the Sept. 2 phone conference. Constituents can call the congressman’s Corpus Christi, Brownsville and Washington D.C. offices to register, Ortiz spokesman Jose Borjon said. Corpus Christi resident Janet Homan plans to be among the first to register for Ortiz’s meeting. Homan, a 56-year-old elementary school teacher, had...

WASHINGTON — Born into South Texas poverty as the son of migrant workers, a man who rose from shoeshine boy to sheriff to congressman is the face of the immigration reform bill set to slog its way through the House of Representatives this year. That's by design. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, a 27-year veteran of legislative battles, isn't the only Democrat who concedes the road for immigration reform is steeply uphill in a midterm election year. But the bill's backers are counting on the Robstown native to draw on his life experience to argue that immigration reform is needed...

Yesterday we reported on a Libya reception at the Willard Hotel Wednesday, and wondered who from the U.S. government might dare show up in the wake of the Al-Megrahi controversy. POLITICO's Ken Vogel poked around, and discovered that not everybody in the U.S. government wants to pile on Libya. Here's his report: Not for Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) the Libya-bashing that followed Scotland’s release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the terrorist convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, and the hero’s welcome he received when he returned to Libya.

TEXAS ELECTION CENTRAL If we are going to make a difference in the upcoming election, we need to KNOW the candidates. Please post the names of ALL your Congressional candidates on this thread along with any and all information available. We need names, positions, platforms, news articles, statements, pictures. We need to separate the RINOS from the Conservatives, and most of all, we need to get the liberals of either party OUT!We can do this if you help. I have started this thread. All you have to do is contribute a little time and a little research. Help us...

Over the course of our lifetimes thought past and present, as Americans of all colors or creeds, immigrant or natural born, we have fought hard to make this country the great nation that it is. Regardless of our situation at our present time, we are obligated as citizens to do our part in carrying forth the torch of liberty, justice, compassion and hard work. How do we maintain and grow those fundamental freedoms? We do it by participating and becoming active citizens and advocates of the message the Founding Fathers first penned in the Declaration of Independence. “…to secure these...

Jessica Puente-Bradshaw for Congress Needs Your Help! Jessica is an educator, mother of two, wife, and churchgoer. She is running for Texas Congressional district 27 because she is fed-up with the size of government increasing while personal liberities decrease. In order to beat the longtime Democrat incumbent from South Texas, she must first win the primary. She is the ONLY person who has a real chance to win this seat in the general election. Please visit ww.texansforjessica.com today and help us take America back! (Excerpt from her website) Like you, I am going to bed every night disappointed at the...