Press Releases
PASADENA -- Congressman Steve Stockman and other members of the Texas congressional delegation will hold a Service Academy Day informational event on Sat. June 8.
The event is for students, parents, counselors and educators interested in service as an officer in the United States armed forces.
‘Barack Obama doesn’t care about jobs and he doesn’t care about you’
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman today Tuesday to approve completion of the northern half of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil each day to Southeast Texas refineries.
ObamaCare critics report IRS harassment after being reported to Flag@WhiteHouse.gov
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Tuesday asked two House chairmen to investigate allegations individuals reported to a White House email address for criticizing Obama’s health care reforms were targeted with Internal Revenue Service audits.
The courts call it murder. Democrats call it “health care.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman released the following statement Monday afternoon:
A court has formally declared what people with consciences have long known. Abortionist Kermit Gosnell is a murderer.
Gosnell killed his adult patient, and an unknown number of children both pre-born and born alive. The courts call it murder. Democrats call it “health care.”
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman has signed on to a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, drafted by Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise and Congressman John Fleming, M.D., expressing their concerns and raising questions about a meeting between Pentagon officials and Michael “Mikey” Weinstein to discuss religious freedom in the military.
State Department Scrubbed Talking Points over Twelve Revisions; Removed CIA’s Facts
BENGHAZI EXCLUSIVE: CIA’s Intelligence Pegged Al-Qaeda for Embassy Attack
State Department Scrubbed Talking Points over Twelve Revisions; Removed CIA’s Facts
Objective, mathematical measurement of economy continues to report Obama is failing
WASHINGTON – The nation’s economy is worse off under Obama than under Bush for yet another month, according to an objective mathematical measurement of the nation’s economic indicators released Friday by Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36.)
May’s Obama Failometer Score is an astonishing 1,166, indicating widespread economic suffering, especially among blacks and Hispanics.
WASHINGTON – Steadfastly opposed to federal bureaucrats rewriting education and student privacy policies without congressional approval, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Txas 36) signed on to a letter authored by Rep.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Friday morning:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Wednesday afternoon:
This afternoon’s 54-46 defeat of Manchin-Toomey anti-gun power grab is a victory for peace and civil liberties. After spending over $1 billion to claw out a 51% re-election, it’s clear at this point Obama couldn’t pass a stone.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman Wednesday is urging Southeast Texans to pray for the recovery of eight workers injured this morning in an accident at the ExxonMobil refinery on Burt Street in Beaumont.
‘Because he voted to touch the right to keep and bear arms he made history as the most senior member of Congress to ever lose a general election’
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Thursday morning:
I know better than perhaps anyone else how quickly a “consensus” anti-gun bill can end even the most untouchable political career.
H.R. 367, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act—the bill introduced by Congressman Todd Young (R-IN9) to reform the U.S.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Chairman Frank Wolf (R-VA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), John Culberson (R-TX), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Ted Poe (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday directing NASA to develop a plan for returning to the Moon and establishing a human presence there. H.R.
‘Constitutional rights don’t require permission slips. If you infringe upon the Second Amendment’s absolute protections, you will be removed from office’
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Wednesday reinforced his intentions to use a “blue slip” to kill any Senate anti-gun bill that contains expanded background checks.
Obama claims employers may women less, but his male staff paid 13% more than female staff
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Tuesday (R-Texas 36) questioned why Barack Obama would declare it “National Equal Pay Day” when his own White House pays male staffers more than female staffers.
99 Percent Believe "Assault Weapons" Ban is Not Most Important Measure to Stop Mass Shootings
FAIRFAX, Va. – PoliceOne.com released today the results of an extensive survey of about 15,000 active and retired law enforcement officers of all ranks and from departments ranging in size from less than 25 to more than 1,000.
Stockman wants Obama White House to answer 21 specific questions on Benghazi terrorist attacks
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following open letter to Congress Tuesday afternoon, encouraging members to support Congressman Frank Wolf’s bill creating a Select Committee to investigate the Obama administration’s response to the Sept. 11, 2012 killings of Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Dear Colleague:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman released the following statement Monday morning following the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher:
Measure of economic failure balloons to off-the-chart 1,253 from Jan. score of 1,194
Stockman invites all persecuted gun owners and manufacturers to enjoy Texas freedom and prosperity
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following open letter Friday to all gun manufacturers, and owners, persecuted by radical anti-gun legislators in their states:
Attention all persecuted gun owners and unwanted manufacturers,
This is an open letter to invite all to the 36th Congressional District of Texas.
‘Blue slip’ would immediately kill S. 649, citing constitutional conflict
WASHINGTON – Should Senate Democrats approve a sweeping new anti-gun bill, Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36th) announced Tuesday he will seek to automatically kill it using a House “blue slip.”
Congressman Steve Stockman will cut the ribbon on two local district offices this week:
Cleveland District Office Ribbon Cutting
Thursday, April 4, 2013
2:00 p.m.
Cleveland City Hall
907 E. Houston St.
Orange District Office Ribbon Cutting
Friday, April 5, 2013
10:30 a.m.
420 Green Ave.
BEAUMONT – Congressman Steve Stockman will reach out to and speak with thousands of Southeast Texans Monday, April 29, in a Radio Town Hall meeting on AM 560 KLVI, from 5:00-6:00 PM. Tune in to KLVI, as Congressional votes can force schedule changes.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36,) member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement Wednesday morning after the death of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Hugo Chavez.
We are praying for the people of Venezuela that they find peace, stability and freedom upon the death of the dictator Chavez.
Cuts more spending without touching NASA or oil, gas, timber permitting
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Thursday once again urged Obama to drop his plans for across-the-board sequestration cuts and instead adopt the “Stockman Smartquester.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) demanded the White House stop releasing illegal aliens from federal custody as part of an administration effort to build public fear of Obama’s own sequestration plan and give him leverage to demand tax hikes.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) Tuesday sent certified letters to The White House and Organizing for America requesting all documentation on President Barack Obama’s anti-gun campaign to determine what, if any, fraudulent or deceptive tactics are being used.
Obama anti-gun campaign ‘using the same scam techniques that sell male enhancement pills’
WASHINGTON – A study of messages received by Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) reveals two-thirds of the “grassroots supporters” backing President Barack Obama’s #WeDemandAVote anti-gun campaign are computer-generated spambots.
‘Like Dr. Frankenstein, Obama is running from his own creation’
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Friday released his own “Stockman Smartquester” alternative to President Barack Obama’s “sequester” plan which requires $83.4 billion in across-the-board cuts if a spending plan is not agreed to be March 1.
BEAUMONT – Congressman Steve Stockman will reach out to and speak with thousands of Southeast Texans Monday, Feb. 25, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. as part of a Radio Town Hall meeting on AM 560 KLVI.
Residents of the 36th Congressional District may call in and speak directly with Stockman with any questions they may have.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman visited with Johnson Space Center officials today and outlined his plans to stop proposed cuts to NASA funding.
Five local bands to get invites, Stockman asks Southeast Texans to help pick them
WASHINGTON – The National Memorial Day Parade has asked members of Congress to nominate five high school marching bands from their districts to receive invitations to perform in the 2014 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.
‘The only way to stop abortion is through an outreach of love and an effort to legally change laws’
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman Wednesday urged Southeast Texans to join him and his staff in 40 days of prayer to end abortions at the “Whole Woman’s Health” facility in Beaumont, Texas.
Statistical display of Obama’s economic performance banned
WASHINGTON -- Officials with U.S. House operations offices ordered Tuesday the removal of Congressman Steve Stockman’s “Obama Failometer” after it had been erected in the corridor of Cannon House Office Building.
Nugent will be available for interviews
WASHINGTON – Musician and gun advocate Ted Nugent will be Congressman Steve Stockman’s guest at Tuesday evening’s State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama. Nugent will be available to speak to the media before and after the Address.
‘The Obama Failometer is the Astrodome Scoreboard of failed liberal policies’
Ten-foot board will be on display in Capitol's Cannon building
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman has created the first-ever objective measure of the failure of President Barack Obama’s liberal economic policies, which will be publicly displayed in Congress’ Cannon House Office Building.
WASHINGTON -- The office of Congressman Steve Stockman will be live-tweeting official State of the Union Address responses, in real time on Tuesday, Feb. 12. You may follow and react in real time on Twitter at @SteveStockmanTX.
“Obama will be giving this speech on Mardi Gras, so expect binge spending and a parade of excuses,” said Stockman.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) today called on President Barack Obama to order a transcript of today’s National Prayer Breakfast keynote address, frame it and hang it in the Oval Office.
China, Russia, Saudi Arabia pushing for global control of Internet
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36th) issued the following statement Wednesday after FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell testified to a joint meeting of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs:
This week Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell testified before a rare joint meeting of three congressional subcommittees.
Obama fails to submit budget by legal deadline, hurting economy and leaving farmers and employers at risk
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36th) issued the following statement Monday after President Obama once again failed to fulfill his legal requirement to propose an annual federal budget:
I am not surprised President Obama has failed to meet today’s legal deadline to submit a proposed budget. Failure to propose a budget seems to be an annual Obama tradition.
Texas also inherited an economy from George W. Bush. Unlike Obama’s economy, ours is booming
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman issued the following statement Friday after the Obama administration announced unemployment rate had risen to 7.9 percent:
Obama gives up on economy because it takes his “laser focus” away from dividing Americans
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36th) released the following statement Thursday after President Barack Obama announced he was disbanding the White House Jobs Council:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Wednesday:
Today I and other Houston-area members of Congress were briefed by port officials on urgent issues facing the Port of Houston and other Texas ports. I could not agree with them more.
Proposal fails to secure border, insults legal immigrants
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Monday afternoon:
I will not be supporting the Senate’s proposed “immigration reform” should it reach the House. I cannot and will not support any immigration reform proposal that institutes an amnesty program or does not begin with a comprehensive plan to secure the borders.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Friday after a federal appeals court ruled today President Obama’s three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board violated constitutional restrictions on recess appointments. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/federal-court-obama-broke-law-recess-appointments/)
Clinton evasive, made false claims
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36,) a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement Wednesday:
I first want to wish Secretary Clinton a full and speedy recovery. Concussions and blood clots are serious, life-threatening medical issues. My staff and I have been praying daily for her health and good spirits.
Working with Sen. Rand Paul, ‘Restore the Constitution Act’ blocks any Executive Order that violates Constitution
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) introduced today the “Restore The Constitution Act.” It is the House companion to Sen. Rand Paul’s “Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act.” Stockman and Paul are working together on the joint effort.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) released the following statement Tuesday morning:
Forty years ago today the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide. They dealt human rights in the United States its biggest judicial setback since the Court’s 1857 Dred Scott ruling.
Attacks on gun ownership always lead to more crime, tragedy
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) issued the following statement Wednesday in response to a raft of Executive Orders and legislative proposals issued this afternoon by the White House:
Gun bans and anti-gun laws have always lead to one thing – more gun violence.
Americans nationwide urged to go to local gun shows, ranges, and stores to show support for 2nd Amendment
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas) is endorsing the efforts of a new coalition of gun rights and conservative groups that has proclaimed January 19, 2013, “Gun Appreciation Day” and begun urging Americans nationwide to show their support for gun ownership by turning out en masse at gun stores, ranges, and shows from coast to coast.
Obama's gun grab an unconstitutional threat to the nation
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36th) released the following statement Monday afternoon.
Named Vice-Chair of the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Research
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman was named Wednesday Vice-Chair of the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Research.
Stockman serves on the House Science Committee, as well as the Foreign Affairs Committee.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas) introduced Thursday “The Audit The Fed Act” which would require an audit of the Federal Reserve.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Stockman (R-Texas) Thursday introduced “The Safe Schools Act,” legislation that would repeal federal laws mandating “gun free zones” around schools. According to crime statistics analyzed by GeorgiaCarry.org, mass shootings in schools increased five times after the legislation was enacted in 1990.