Supreme Court

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Who Represents Me? [NOTE: START HERE to give someone THEIR specific officials!! Street address required. EMAIL NOT REQUIRED.]

Elected Officials for Northwoods members in Montgomery County [specifically, The Woodlands]. FEDERAL OFFICIALS

NOTE: Senator Cornyn likes to be contacted using his Web site. Use this to email him before attempting to try to contact his physical office address.

Washington, DC office
517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Main Phone: 202-224-2934

Houston Office
5300 Memorial Drive Suite 980
Houston, TX 77007
Main Phone: 713-572-3337

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz

Committee Assignments

NOTE: Senator Cruz likes to be contacted using his Web site. Use this to email him before attempting to try to contact his physical office address.

Washington, DC office
Russell Senate Office Bldg 127A
Washington, DC 20510
Main Phone: (202) 224-5922

Houston Office
Mickey Leland Federal Building
1919 Smith St., Suite 9047
Houston, TX 77002
Main Phone: (713) 718-3057

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, District 8

Committee Assignments Ways and Means Committee [Chairman]
Republican Study Committee

NOTE: I am only able to accept messages from residents of the 8th Congressional District of Texas.
NOTE: Rep. Brady likes to be contacted using his Web site. Enter your zip code to email him before attempting to try to contact his physical office address.

Washington Office 1011 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Main Phone: (202) 225-4901
Conroe District Office (SERVING [parts of HARRIS,] GRIMES & MONTGOMERY COUNTIES)
200 River Pointe, Suite 304
Conroe, Texas 77304
Main Phone: (936) 441-5700
Fax: (936) 441-5757

STATE OFFICIALS

Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton, District 4

Sen. Creighton's Committee Memberships
Higher Education — Chair
Ports, Select — Chair
Business & Commerce
Finance
Jurisprudence
Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

NOTE: Click EMAIL immediately under the name Brandon

Austin Office
The Honorable Brandon Creighton
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Main Phone: (512) 463-0104

The Woodlands Office
2829 Technology Forest, Suite 240
The Woodlands, Texas 77381
Main Phone: (281) 292-4128

Texas State Rep. Steve Toth, District 15

Committee Assignments
Agriculture & Livestock
Appropriations
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII & VIII
Approps. - S/C on Strategic Fiscal Rev. & Fed. Relief Funds
Resolutions Calendars - Vice Chair

Click here to EMAIL Rep. Toth

Austin Office [Capitol Address: Room E2.212]
The Hon. Steve Toth
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Main Phone: (512) 463-0797
(512) 463-0898 Fax

Spring District Office
The Hon. Steve Toth
25700 Interstate Hwy 45, Ste. 100
Spring, TX 77386
Main Phone: (346) 220-0300

Elected Officials for Northwoods members in Harris County [north Harris County]. (NOTE: Houston has several Congressional Districts)

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, District 2

Committee Assignments
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittees: Health
Subcommittees: Environment and Climate Change

Click to EMAIL

Washington Office
413 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Main Phone:(202) 225-6565

Kingwood Office
1849 Kingwood Dr., Ste. 100
Kingwood, TX 77339
Main Phone: (713) 860-1330

Spring Office
9720 Cypresswood Drive, Suite 206
Houston, Texas 77070
Main Phone: (281) 640-7720

Texas State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, District 7

Committee Assignments Local Government — Chair
Criminal Justice
Education
Finance
Redistricting, Special

Click EMAIL right under PAUL

Austin Office The Honorable Paul Bettencourt
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Main Phone: (512) 463-0107

Houston District Office 11451 Katy Freeway, Suite 209
Houston, TX 77079
Main Phone: (713) 464-0282
FAX: (713) 461-0108

Texas State Rep. Sam Harless, District 126

Committee Assignments:
Homeland Security & Public Safety
State Affairs

Click EMAIL to right of photo

Austin Office [Capitol Address: Room E1.402]: The Hon. Sam Harless
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
Main Phone: (512) 463-0496
FAX: (512) 463-1507

Legislature (Federal/State)

FEDERAL

United States Congress | Legislative Process | Navigating a Bill | How Laws Are Made |

U.S. Supreme Court | Historic Supreme Court Decisions - by Topic |

U.S. Constitution | CRS U.S. Constitution Annotated (Cong.Research Service) | More re Amendments |

LegiScan: Bringing People to the Process [LegiScan is an impartial and nonpartisan legislative tracking and reporting service utilizing GAITS and LegiScan API]

UU the Vote

STATE

Texas Legislature Online

How to Follow a Bill Using TLO

Legislative Reference Library of Texas

LegiScan: Bringing People to the Process [LegiScan is an impartial and nonpartisan legislative tracking and reporting service utilizing GAITS and LegiScan API]

Texas Tribune ["The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The Tribune was founded in 2009...." from https://www.texastribune.org/about/ ]

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH CURRENT BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE

FEDERAL

[NOTE: Engrossed means passed by one chamber. Enrolled means passed by both chambers.]

[NOTE: I'm not giving the official bill title for the legislation listed below. I just picked words out of the Bill Summary.]

For both sites, search for the current 2-yr. Congress and search by either House or Senate bill number [or joint resolution or whatever]. Basic search in Congress.gov will let you search All Congresses.]

Congress.gov | Set up a free alert to email you when an action has occurred on a specific bill |

LegiScan | Register to set up OneVote [Free public service for concerned individuals tracking their home state and Congress. Personal monitoring list with saved searches from the national legislative search engine and private RSS feeds to stay informed. Receive monitored email alerts, create simple dynamic reports sharable with friends and colleagues.] |

C-SPAN.org (cable TV channels and online site): | C-SPAN (U.S. House) | C-SPAN2 (U.S. Senate) | C-SPAN3 (other government hearings, etc.) |

STATE

[NOTE: The Texas Legislature ONLY meets in odd-numbered years for 180 days. That means it convened January 12, 2021 and will will adjourn May 31, 2021. Gov. Abbott refused to call a special session when the pandemic started in 2020.

[NOTE: Engrossed means passed by one chamber. Enrolled means passed by both chambers.]

Texas Legislature Online | Set up an Alert on any bill (Plus you can make a list of bills to check simultaneously) for free. You will then get an email alert when that bill has an action [i.e. the next step happens].
The key is to register for a free MyTLO account and THEN set an Alert.

Upcoming legislation currently in process affecting LGBT (ACLU.org) [NOTE: This tracks bills in all 50 state legislatures.]

Austin American Statesman (Austin metropolitan newspaper which reports on the Legislature as local news)

Texas Tribune ("Nonprofit, public-service journalism that Texans trust.")

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