By J.J. Smith. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) criticized Pres. Obama’s six-month drilling moratorium on new oil wells in the Gulf at a news conference yesterday in Washington D.C. saying “it is like tying one hand behind our back in the nation’s effort to become less dependent on foreign oil.” Joining Congressman  from Texas, Louisiana and [...]

By J.J. Smith. In a news release issued last night after Pres. Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address, Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) explained that while he liked hearing the President call for more jobs, help for small businesses and freezing spending because they are all steps in the right direction, they are not nearly [...]

  WASHINGTON, D.C.- As the House of Representatives moves closer to a vote on health care reform, Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) voiced strong opposition today to the Democrats’ plan that includes a government-run option, costs more than $1 trillion, cuts Medicare by $500 billion, increases taxes by more than $700 billion, does not exclude federal funding [...]

Conservative Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) was the only House Republican out of 20 from Texas plus one of only 43 Republican House members to vote for the controversial new $681 billion National Defense Authorization Bill which Pres. Obama signed into law Oct. 28.  TX Republican Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison also voted for the bill. The legislation authorizes [...]

By J.J. Smith. U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) revealed to a crowd of about 200 persons gathered Monday for the Memorial Day program at Chandler’s Landing Yacht Club in Rockwall why he voted “No” eight times against the Obama administration’s federal bailout of the nation’s financial institutions. Hall explained that shortly after Pres. Obama was elected, he sent a [...]