From Ralph Hall – Chairman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2011   Deal Reached on Long-Term SBIR Reauthorization   Washington DC – This evening, House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX), House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), and Technology and Innovation Subcommittee Chairman Ben Quayle (R-AZ) announced that a bipartisan deal to reauthorize the Small [...]

Average Unemployment at All-Time High

From the Office of Congressman Ralph Hall This Week’s TriFacta December 5, 2011 Jobs Average Unemployment Length All-Time Record High:  The average number of weeks it takes for job seekers to find a job work is now 40.9 weeks, the longest average time that Americans have been unemployed since the statistic was first recorded in [...]

Ralph Hall Gets Pro-Family Honors

  WASHINGTON, DC . – Congressman Ralph Hall has been recognized as a “True Blue” Member of Congress by Family Research Council (FRC) Action and CitizenLink for unwavering commitment and consistent support in defense of life and the family. Congressman Hall was one of just 46 Representatives to be honored with the award for the [...]

Congressional Gold Metal Awarded

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) – They fought hard for our nation while battling a two front war – discrimination at home and fascism oversees. About 19,000 Japanese-American soldiers volunteered to do that despite their families being forced to live in internment camps. “As President Harry Truman said, and I quote, ‘You fought not only the [...]

Ralph Hall Presents Gold Metal

Hall Joins Congressional Leadership in Presenting Gold Medal to 442nd Regiment November 2, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC . . .  Today Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-04), along with keynote speakers from Congressional Leadership, presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service. “It is a privilege to take [...]

Ralph Hall To Seek Reelection.

    October 7, 2011 Ralph Hall announces seeking reelection to Congress By BRAD KELLAR GREENVILLE — U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) confirmed today that he will be seeking reelection to the House of Representatives and will be running in the GOP primary next March. Hall, 88, appeared Friday at a fundraiser for the Republican [...]

HALL: Fighting Obama’s job-killing agenda

Shaky science behind EPA actions By Rep. Ralph M. Hall The Washington Times Wednesday, October 5, 2011 As Congress debates the merits of President Obama’s request for another $450 billion to spend, the single most important thing this administration can do for the economy wouldn’t cost a dime. All it would take would be for [...]

Congressman Hall Votes Against Budget Control Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                       HALL VOTES DISTRICT, EXPRESSES CONCERN WITH BUDGET CONTROL ACT   WASHINGTON, DC . . .  Today Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-04) voted his District when he voted against the Budget Control Act of 2011, which passed the House, 269-161. The bill passed with 66 Republicans joining Rep. Hall in voting “no.” [...]

Ralph Hall Science, Space and Technology Update

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2011 Committee Approves Bill to Assist Innovative Small Businesses, Create Jobs  Chairman Hall Names Subcommittee Vice Chairmen  Washington D.C. – Today the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology approved H.R. 1425, the Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011, reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and [...]

Republican Conference Rapid Response to the President's Budget Speech

Republican Conference Rapid Response to the President’s Budget Speech Tax Increases  The President proposes to enact the largest tax increase in American history and repeal tax relief for “the wealthiest Americans.”  We have debts and deficits because Washington spends too much, not because the American people are taxed too little.  Deficits are the symptom, spending [...]