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class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith_(Washington_politician)" title="Adam Smith (Washington politician)">Adam Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(Alabama_politician)" title="Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)">Mike Rogers</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buck_McKeon" title="Buck McKeon">Buck McKeon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith_(Washington_politician)" title="Adam Smith (Washington politician)">Adam Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Texas13 !"><a href="/wiki/Texas%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Texas's 13th congressional district">13th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sarpalius" title="Bill Sarpalius">Bill Sarpalius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">Ronny Jackson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William McClellan Thornberry</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1958-07-15</span>) </span>July 15, 1958<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 66)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Clarendon,_Texas" title="Clarendon, Texas">Clarendon, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Sally Thornberry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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The district covers the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Panhandle">Texas Panhandle</a> and stretched between the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> borders. </p><p>In September 2019, Thornberry announced that he would not run for reelection in <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections">2020</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/Physician_to_the_President" title="Physician to the President">Physician to the President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">Ronny Jackson</a> was elected to succeed him.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_career"></span>Early life, education, and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1880s, Thornberry's great-great-grandfather Amos Thornberry, a <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> veteran, moved to <a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Texas" title="Clay County, Texas">Clay County</a>, just east of Wichita Falls.<sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thornberry is a lifelong resident of <a href="/wiki/Clarendon,_Texas" title="Clarendon, Texas">Clarendon</a>, 60 miles (97 km) east of Amarillo in the heart of the 13th. His family has operated a <a href="/wiki/Ranch" title="Ranch">ranch</a> in the area since 1881. He received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a> from <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_University" title="Texas Tech University">Texas Tech University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a>. He then obtained his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_School_of_Law" title="University of Texas School of Law">University of Texas School of Law</a> in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as a staffer to two other Texas Republican congressmen, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Loeffler" title="Tom Loeffler">Tom Loeffler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest">Larry Combest</a>, and as deputy assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs under <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> before joining his brothers on the family ranch. Thornberry has called President Reagan "...a great man and a great president, ranking in the top tier of all of our chief executives."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also practiced law in Amarillo.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thornberry is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:062200thornberry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/062200thornberry.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="112" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="102" data-file-height="112" /></a><figcaption>Thornberry in 2000</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a> (Ranking Member) </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2015 to 2019, Thornberry served as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the first Texan of either party to hold this position.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee oversees the Pentagon, all military services, and all Department of Defense agencies, including agency budgets and policies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thornberry lost his 2009 bid to chair the full Armed Services Committee to <a href="/wiki/Buck_McKeon" title="Buck McKeon">Buck McKeon</a>, R-Calif., who had more seniority.<sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as vice chair of the full committee during McKeon's time as chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After taking the committee gavel at the beginning of the 114th Congress, Thornberry spearheaded a major <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> acquisition reform effort<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that received bipartisan and bicameral support from House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thornberry previously served on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence">United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 30, 2019, it was announced that Thornberry would not seek reelection in 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tenure_and_political_positions">Tenure and political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tenure and political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i> Congressional Almanac, "In the House, Thornberry has compiled a solidly conservative voting record, though he has a pragmatic streak and is hardly the most ideological Republican in the Texas delegation. In keeping with his scholarly nature, his official website includes an essay explaining his philosophy and explaining his interest 'in continuing to push government to work smarter and more efficiently.'"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From January 1995 to July 2017, Thornberry missed 140 of 15,276 roll call votes, or 0.9%, fewer than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foreign policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thornberry was critical of President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s 2010 arms control deal with Russia for precluding the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear nations. But he has been more pragmatic than other defense hawks. He served on a bipartisan commission in 2007 that drew up recommendations for winning the war in Iraq with both lethal and non-lethal approaches, such as diplomacy and foreign aid.<sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxation">Taxation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Taxation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On domestic issues, Thornberry pressed for repeal of the estate tax and for tax credits to encourage production of oil in marginal wells.<sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010 Thornberry sponsored a bill to expand access to state veterans' homes to parents whose children died while serving in the military. That bill became law. In January 2011 he introduced a bill to help states set up special health care courts staffed by judges with expertise in the subject. The judges would serve as an alternative to juries that Republicans say are inclined to award unnecessarily large damage amounts in malpractice cases.<sup id="cite_ref-nationaljournal.com_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationaljournal.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Term_limits">Term limits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Term limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thornberry consistently voted for term limits for U.S. Representatives, but did not intend to term-limit himself unless a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on all members of Congress had passed.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture_and_farm_bill">Agriculture and farm bill</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Agriculture and farm bill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thornberry pressed the House to pass a <a href="/wiki/Farm_bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm bill">farm bill</a> every five years in order to give farmers and ranchers more stability.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013 he voted for the five-year Farm Bill,<sup id="cite_ref-lubbockonline.com_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lubbockonline.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which included annual cuts of $2 billion from food stamps, which would have been the largest change to food policy since 1996. The House did not pass the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-lubbockonline.com_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lubbockonline.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smith-Mundt_Modernization_Act_of_2012">Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012 Thornberry introduced the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2013#Smith-Mundt_Modernization_Act_of_2012" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013">Smith-Mundt Modernation Act of 2012</a> to amend the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act prohibiting the domestic dissemination of propaganda produced for foreign audiences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Energy_and_climate_change">Energy and climate change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Energy and climate change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013 Thornberry introduced H.R. 2081, legislation to encourage production of all forms of domestic energy, including oil and gas, nuclear, and alternative energy and fuels.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thornberry voted to open the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Continental_Shelf" title="Outer Continental Shelf">Outer Continental Shelf</a> to oil drilling. He voted to bar the EPA from regulating <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gases" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenhouse gases">greenhouse gases</a>, and voted against tax credits for renewable electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2015, President Obama signed highway funding extension legislation into law.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It included a provision based on a <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">liquefied natural gas</a> (LNG) excise tax bill, H.R. 905, that Thornberry introduced with Rep. John Larson (D-CT).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The federal excise tax on LNG and diesel has been set at 24.3 cents per gallon. Because it takes 1.7 gallons of LNG to produce the same amount of energy as a gallon of diesel fuel, LNG is being taxed 70 percent higher than diesel. The new law "levels the playing field" by applying the excise tax to LNG and diesel based on the amount of energy each produces, which is how it is applied to compressed natural gas and gasoline.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defense_reform">Defense reform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Defense reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"In 2013, Thornberry led a long term effort to reform the Pentagon's acquisition programs. In 2016, he set acquisition reform as a key feature of the annual defense spending bill, including steps such as more experimentation with technology, encouragement of competition and clarification of intellectual property rights of Pentagon contractors."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cybersecurity">Cybersecurity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cybersecurity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, House Speaker <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a> selected Thornberry to lead an initiative on cybersecurity to combat the growing national security and economic threat.<sup id="cite_ref-house.gov_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-house.gov-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The task force was composed of representatives from nine committees with jurisdiction over cyber issues. The panel recommended reforming a range of current laws, including the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act, which governs government security programs.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2012 column for Federal News Radio, Thornberry wrote, "If we can get an information sharing bill to the President, however, Congress should not consider their work done. We still have larger issues to grapple with, such as the role of the Department of Homeland Security and whether some industries will require a regulatory nudge to improve their network standards."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, the House passed comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, but the Senate failed to act on any of it.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drugs">Drugs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Drugs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Thornberry introduced H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would make it easier for law enforcement officials to take action against synthetic drug manufacturers, distributors, and sellers by closing a loophole that makes it difficult to prosecute them if they label packages as "not intended for human consumption."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interest_group_ratings">Interest group ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Interest group ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2012, the American Conservative Union Ratings of Congress gave Thornberry a 96% rating for the year. He has a lifetime score of 95%.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a> consistently scored Thornberry at 100%.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The American Family Association, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Coalition_of_America" title="Christian Coalition of America">Christian Coalition of America</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Family_Research_Council" title="Family Research Council">Family Research Council</a> all consistently gave Thornberry a 100% rating on family and marriage issues.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The National Rifle Association gave Thornberry a lifetime rating of 92% on 2nd Amendment and gun rights issues.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gun Owners of America gave Thornberry a score of 90% on 2nd Amendment and gun rights issues.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Disabled American Veterans and Vietnam Veterans of America both gave Thornberry a 100% score on veterans' issues.<sup id="cite_ref-votesmart.org_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart.org-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Both the Fleet Reserve Association and Non Commissioned Officers Association gave Thornberry a 100% score on military issues.<sup id="cite_ref-votesmart.org_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart.org-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_campaigns">Political campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Political campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg/220px-Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg/330px-Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg/440px-Mac_Thornberry_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption>Thornberry during the <a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th Congress</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Thornberry defeated <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> Congressman <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sarpalius" title="Bill Sarpalius">Bill Sarpalius</a> in the 1994 <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general election</a>, a heavily Republican year nationwide. He polled 79,416 votes (55 percent) to Sarpalius's 63,923 votes (44 percent). Two years earlier in a much higher-turnout election, Sarpalius received nearly double the votes that he did in 1994. The 13th has always been a somewhat conservative district, but on paper had been made somewhat less Republican in the 1990s redistricting. For this reason, Thornberry's victory was regarded as an upset. </p><p>Thornberry would never face another contest nearly as close as his initial one, and was reelected 10 times with at least 67 percent of the vote. While voters in this region began splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s, Democrats continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. Thornberry's win began a wave of Republican victories in this region, and it is now reckoned as one of the most Republican districts in the nation. In 2013 the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">Cook Partisan Voting Index</a> rated it the most Republican district in the country (R+32).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thornberry is only the third Republican to represent the district for a full term since <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a>. The previous Republican representatives were <a href="/wiki/Bob_Price_(Texas_politician)" title="Bob Price (Texas politician)">Robert D. "Bob" Price</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pampa,_Texas" title="Pampa, Texas">Pampa</a> (1967–75) and <a href="/wiki/Beau_Boulter" title="Beau Boulter">Beau Boulter</a> of Amarillo (1985–89). </p><p>In the 2006 and 2008 elections, Thornberry handily defeated former <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_officer" title="Intelligence officer">intelligence officer</a> and professor Roger Waun. </p><p>In the 2012 Republican primary, Thornberry overwhelmed his lone opponent, Pamela Lee Barlow, 47,251 votes (78 percent) to 13,643 (22 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the general election, Thornberry bested (91 percent) Libertarian John Robert Deek of Denton and Green Party candidate Keith F. Houston of <a href="/wiki/Canyon,_Texas" title="Canyon, Texas">Canyon</a> (there was no Democratic candidate).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2014 Republican primary, Thornberry easily won re-nomination, with 45,097 votes (68 percent) to challengers Pamela Barlow's 12,438 (19 percent) and Elaine Hays's 8,860 (13 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_results">General election results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: General election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 1994<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>79,466</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>55</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bill Sarpalius (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">63,923 </td> <td style="text-align:right">45 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>143,389 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 1996<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>116,098</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>67</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Samuel Brown Silverman </td> <td style="text-align:right">56,066 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Don Harkey </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,463 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>173,627 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 1998<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>81,141</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>68</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Harmon </td> <td style="text-align:right">37,027 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Georganne Baker Payne </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,298 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>119,466 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2000<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>117,995</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>68</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Curtis Clinesmith </td> <td style="text-align:right">54,343 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brad Clardy </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,137 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>174,475 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2002<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>119,401</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>79</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Zane Reese </td> <td style="text-align:right">31,218 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>150,619 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2004<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>189,448</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>92</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Robert Deek </td> <td style="text-align:right">15,793 </td> <td style="text-align:right">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>205,241 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2006<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>108,107</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>74</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roger J. Waun </td> <td style="text-align:right">33,460 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Keith Dyer </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,829 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>145,396 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2008<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>180,078</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>78</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roger James Waun </td> <td style="text-align:right">51,841 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>231,919 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2010<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>113,201</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>87</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">John T. Burwell, Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,650 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Keith Dyer </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,192 </td> <td style="text-align:right">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>130,043 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2012<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>187,775</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>91</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Robert Deek </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,701 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Keith F. Houston </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,912 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>206,388 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2014<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>110,842</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>84</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mike Minter </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,822 </td> <td style="text-align:right">13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Emily Pivoda </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,863 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Don Cook </td> <td style="text-align:right">924 </td> <td style="text-align:right">.70 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>131,451 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2016<sup id="cite_ref-state.tx.us_43-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.tx.us-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>199,050</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>90</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Calvin DeWeese </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,725 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">H.F. "Rusty" Tomlinson </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,467 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>221,242 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Texas 13th Congressional District 2018<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mac Thornberry (Incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>168,090</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>81.6</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Greg Sagan </td> <td style="text-align:right">34,859 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Calvin DeWeese </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,144 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>206,093 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:221017-D-BN624-0228_(52435918694).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/221017-D-BN624-0228_%2852435918694%29.jpg/220px-221017-D-BN624-0228_%2852435918694%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/221017-D-BN624-0228_%2852435918694%29.jpg/330px-221017-D-BN624-0228_%2852435918694%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/221017-D-BN624-0228_%2852435918694%29.jpg/440px-221017-D-BN624-0228_%2852435918694%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4965" data-file-height="3303" /></a><figcaption>Thornberry in October 2022</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business">Business</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mac_Thornberry&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thornberry joined the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cae.com/cae-usa/">CAE USA</a> board of directors,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the National Defense Industrial Association Emerging Technologies Institute advisory board,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Potomac Institute's board of regents<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after retiring from government service. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Eustis" title="William Eustis">Eustis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_Jr." title="James Hamilton Jr.">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Vance_(Ohio_politician)" title="Joseph Vance (Ohio politician)">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton_Jr." title="James Hamilton Jr.">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Drayton" title="William Drayton">Drayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson" title="Richard Mentor Johnson">R. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Iver_McKay" class="mw-redirect" title="James Iver McKay">McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_Johnson" title="Cave Johnson">C. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waddy_Thompson_Jr." title="Waddy Thompson Jr.">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Crosby_Dawson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Crosby Dawson">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanly" title="Edward Stanly">Stanly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_A._Haralson" title="Hugh A. Haralson">Haralson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Botts" title="John Botts">Botts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armistead_Burt" title="Armistead Burt">Burt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Bissell" title="William Henry Bissell">Bissell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(politician)" title="Thomas Hart Benton (politician)">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Quitman" title="John A. Quitman">Quitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Faulkner" title="Charles J. Faulkner">Faulkner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stanton" title="Benjamin Stanton">B. Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Preston_Blair_Jr." title="Francis Preston Blair Jr.">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Buffington_(Fall_River,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Buffington (Fall River, Massachusetts)">Buffington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Schenck" title="Robert C. Schenck">Schenck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Coburn_(Indiana_politician)" title="John Coburn (Indiana politician)">Coburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Banning" title="Henry B. Banning">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._J._Sparks" title="William A. J. 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Gramm</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Henry B. González">H. González</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kika_de_la_Garza" title="Kika de la Garza">K. de la Garza</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Archer" title="Bill Archer">B. Archer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Wilson_(Texas_politician)" title="Charlie Wilson (Texas politician)">C. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Frost" title="Martin Frost">M. Frost</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stenholm" title="Charles Stenholm">C. Stenholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_Fields" title="Jack Fields">J. Fields</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Wiley_Bryant" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wiley Bryant">J. Bryant</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ronald_D._Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronald D. Coleman">R. Coleman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Armey" title="Dick Armey">D. Armey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest">L. Combest</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">T. DeLay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Chapman_(congressman)" title="Jim Chapman (congressman)">J. Chapman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Laughlin" title="Greg Laughlin">G. Laughlin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Geren" title="Pete Geren">P. Geren</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bonilla" title="Henry Bonilla">H. Bonilla</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tejeda" title="Frank Tejeda">F. Tejeda</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bentsen_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Bentsen Jr.">K. 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Thornberry</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Gramm" title="Phil Gramm">P. Gramm</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Henry B. González">H. González</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Archer" title="Bill Archer">B. Archer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Frost" title="Martin Frost">M. Frost</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stenholm" title="Charles Stenholm">C. Stenholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Armey" title="Dick Armey">D. Armey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest">L. Combest</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">T. DeLay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bonilla" title="Henry Bonilla">H. Bonilla</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tejeda" title="Frank Tejeda"><i>F. Tejeda</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bentsen_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Bentsen Jr.">K. Bentsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nick_Lampson" title="Nick Lampson">N. Lampson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Max_Sandlin" title="Max Sandlin">M. Sandlin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(politician)" title="Jim Turner (politician)">J. Turner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez"><i>C. Rodriguez</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Gramm" title="Phil Gramm">P. Gramm</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Archer" title="Bill Archer">B. Archer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Frost" title="Martin Frost">M. Frost</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stenholm" title="Charles Stenholm">C. Stenholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Armey" title="Dick Armey">D. Armey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest">L. Combest</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">T. DeLay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bonilla" title="Henry Bonilla">H. Bonilla</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bentsen_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Bentsen Jr.">K. Bentsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nick_Lampson" title="Nick Lampson">N. Lampson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Max_Sandlin" title="Max Sandlin">M. Sandlin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(politician)" title="Jim Turner (politician)">J. Turner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez">C. Rodriguez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez"><i>C. Gonzalez</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Gramm" title="Phil Gramm"><i>P. Gramm</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn"><i>J. Cornyn</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Frost" title="Martin Frost">M. Frost</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stenholm" title="Charles Stenholm">C. Stenholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dick_Armey" title="Dick Armey">D. Armey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest">L. Combest</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">T. DeLay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bonilla" title="Henry Bonilla">H. Bonilla</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bentsen_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Bentsen Jr.">K. Bentsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nick_Lampson" title="Nick Lampson">N. Lampson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Max_Sandlin" title="Max Sandlin">M. Sandlin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(politician)" title="Jim Turner (politician)">J. Turner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez">C. Rodriguez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez">C. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Frost" title="Martin Frost">M. Frost</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stenholm" title="Charles Stenholm">C. Stenholm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Combest" title="Larry Combest"><i>L. Combest</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay">T. DeLay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bonilla" title="Henry Bonilla">H. Bonilla</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nick_Lampson" title="Nick Lampson">N. Lampson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Max_Sandlin" title="Max Sandlin">M. Sandlin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Turner_(politician)" title="Jim Turner (politician)">J. Turner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez">C. Rodriguez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez">C. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bell_(politician)" title="Chris Bell (politician)">C. Bell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer"><i>R. Neugebauer</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay"><i>T. DeLay</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bonilla" title="Henry Bonilla">H. Bonilla</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez">C. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Sekula-Gibbs" title="Shelley Sekula-Gibbs"><i>S. Sekula-Gibbs</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez">C. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nick_Lampson" title="Nick Lampson">N. Lampson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez">C. Rodriguez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_P._Ortiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon P. Ortiz">S. Ortiz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards">C. Edwards</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez">C. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez">C. Rodriguez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison" title="Kay Bailey Hutchison">K. Hutchison</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">R. Paul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Reyes" title="Silvestre Reyes">S. Reyes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gonzalez" title="Charlie Gonzalez">C. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Quico_Canseco" title="Quico Canseco">Q. Canseco</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold">B. Farenthold</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hall" title="Ralph Hall">R. Hall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold">B. Farenthold</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Stockman" title="Steve Stockman">S. Stockman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Gallego" title="Pete Gallego">P. Gallego</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">B. O'Rourke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa" title="Rubén Hinojosa">R. Hinojosa</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Neugebauer" title="Randy Neugebauer">R. Neugebauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold">B. Farenthold</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">B. O'Rourke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brian_Babin" title="Brian Babin">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">W. Hurd</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician)" title="John Ratcliffe (American politician)">J. Ratcliffe</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">J. Barton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Smith" title="Lamar Smith">L. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson" title="Sam Johnson">S. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gene_Green" title="Gene Green">G. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">P. Sessions</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson">J. Culberson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Hensarling" title="Jeb Hensarling">J. Hensarling</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. Marchant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">M. McCaul</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Poe" title="Ted Poe">T. Poe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pete_Olson" title="Pete Olson">P. Olson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold"><i>B. Farenthold</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flores" title="Bill Flores">B. Flores</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">J. Castro</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">B. O'Rourke</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Veasey" title="Marc Veasey">M. Veasey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Filemon_Vela_Jr." title="Filemon Vela Jr.">F. Vela Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">R. Weber</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brian_Babin" title="Brian Babin">B. Babin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">W. Hurd</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(American_politician)" title="John Ratcliffe (American politician)">J. Ratcliffe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">J. Arrington</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">V. Gonzalez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud"><i>M. Cloud</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">J. Cornyn</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">T. Cruz</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Texas" title="List of United States representatives from Texas">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bernice_Johnson" title="Eddie Bernice Johnson">E. B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">L. Doggett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee">S. Jackson Lee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Thornberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brady" title="Kevin Brady">K. Brady</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">K. Granger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">M. Burgess</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Conaway" title="Mike Conaway">M. Conaway</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">H. Cuellar</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">L. Gohmert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">A. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Marchant" title="Kenny Marchant">K. 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