Eleven members of the Texas Conservative Coalition authored this opinion-editorial which was published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  The op-ed outlines the budgetary challenges facing the 82nd Texas Legislature, acknowledges the steps that have already been taken to close the gap, and demonstrates that the budget can be balanced once again without raising taxes.

In this letter to EPA Region 6 Administrator, Alfredo Armendariz, thirty-nine members of the Texas Conservative Coalition tout the positive environmental record of the state of Texas and call on the EPA to abandon its plans to take over air quality permitting in Texas. 

In this letter, thirty-nine conservative state legislators urge the Texas Congressional delegation to oppose HR 5088, which would vastly expand the EPA's regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act to apply to all waterways in the country. 

In this letter to Governor Perry, the Board of Directors of the Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC) thank Governor Perry for rejecting federal Race to the Top funds and the strings that are attached to them.

In this letter to Governor Perry, Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst, and Speaker Straus, the Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC) expresses support for the state leaders' call for agency budget cuts which will achieve $1.2 billion in savings this biennium.

In this letter signed by thirty-nine members of the Texas Legislature, the Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC) expresses support for the State Board of Education (SBOE) Social Studies curriculum standards and their final adoption at the SBOE meetings in May 2010.

In this letter signed by seventy-seven members of the Texas Legislature, the Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC) voiced its opposition to the Health Care Legislation passed by the United States Congress and made it clear that we will fight this legislation and support Attorney General Greg Abbott's lawsuit against H.R. 3590.

Following the passage of H.R. 3590, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", by the U.S. House of Representatives, members of the Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC) announced plans to file legislation to reject the overreaching bill due to its impact and costs to the state and to Texans.

Representative Charles "Doc" Anderson, a member of the Texas Conservative Coalition, opines in the Waco Tribune that with the U.S. House of Representatives ready to consider the health care reform legislation that was passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve, Texans must again make their voices heard in opposition to this misguided government takeover of the American health care system.

The growing power and influence wielded by the federal government has resulted in state actions to support their rights - and in some cases to reject federal authority.  This New York Times article is instructive as to actions taken by other states to enforce their rights under the Tenth Amendment, and should serve to reinforce similar efforts in Texas.