Straus: Message to this year’s graduates: Help us rise up
I’ve given my share of commencement addresses, and in the 14 years that I was a Texas lawmaker, every May I wrote a letter to graduates. These speeches and letters…
Straus: Coronavirus crisis shows need for leadership
When the Express-News asked me to share my thoughts on leadership during this time of crisis, they couldn’t have known how personal the topic would soon become for me: A…
Straus: Nothing conservative about dismantling state’s budget agency
A recent report in the Texas Tribune brought to light a development that should trouble any Texan who cares about responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars: the slow and unnecessary death…
Joe Straus: Texas Republicans have one year to regain momentum
Ready or not, the 2020 elections are here, with candidate filing in Texas beginning Saturday. The stakes are high for our country, of course, and they are also high for…
Straus: Special session needed now on gun reform in Texas
When I was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, I was not a fan of special legislative sessions. Many of the six special sessions called while I was the…
Joe Straus: Combating hatred and violence requires moral credibility from all of our political leaders
Lionel Gutierrez was just driving his family to the movies in El Paso. But he's also a police officer who was off duty at the time of the terror attack…
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus today announced the formation of Texas Forever Forward, a political committee that will promote a thoughtful, conservative approach to governing and rising political leaders…
As the Legislature completes its once-in-a-generation effort to overhaul the school finance system, all who understand that education is our greatest economic development tool have a responsibility to speak up…
I’m leaving the Texas Legislature but not the debate
As the presiding officer of the House, I have tried to bring people together around common-sense policies that address the challenges posed by a rapidly growing population.
We need people in public office who see division in our country as a challenge that needs to be resolved, rather than an opportunity that needs to be exploited.
