Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) released the third video in his “Crenshaw’s Classroom” video series targeted toward students learning from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The four-part video series provides a brief synopsis of little-known stories of American history that students may not have learned as part of their regular curriculum. The first video in the series reco... Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) released the second video in his “Crenshaw’s Classroom” video series targeted toward students learning from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The four-part video series provides a brief synopsis of little-known stories of American history that students may not have learned as part of their regular curriculum. The first video in the series rel... Read more »

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is releasing an educational video series targeted toward students learning from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The four-part video series is titled “Crenshaw’s Classroom” and provides a brief synopsis of little-known stories of American history that students may not have learned as part of their regular curriculum. The first video in the series released to... Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) is introducing new legislation that aims to help Americans who have been laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Crenshaw’s legislation – the Jump-Start the American Economy Act – incentivizes unemployed Americans to return to work by giving states the flexibility to continue unemployment compensation of $600 per week if the employee ret... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced legislation that would allow Americans to sue China in federal court to recover damages for death, injury, and economic harm caused by the coronavirus. Specifically, the bill would amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to create a narrow exception for damages caused by China’s dangerous han... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) today applauded a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend Houston’s COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites through May 30. “I want to thank the excellent team at TDEM and the White House Coronavirus Task Force for working to secure this extension, and for continuing to work with me in prioritizing the health and wellness o... Read more »

Click here or on the image above to view Crenshaw’s interview WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) joined FOX Business recently to discuss the unprecedented threats to American energy independence posed by the coronavirus pandemic and other geopolitical pressures. Crenshaw penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner to detail potential solutions to save the energy industry, and has ... Read more »

Click here or on the image above to view Crenshaw's remarks WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) took to the House floor today to speak in support of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. A full transcript of Crenshaw’s remarks is included below: “Businesses, large and small, through no fault of their own, are failing. We told them to shut down, and worker... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), joined by a bipartisan group of 13 lawmakers, today called on the Department of the Interior (DOI) to cut royalties on offshore oil and gas. In a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, the lawmakers pressed DOI to temporarily reduce or eliminate royalties for leases in the Gulf of Mexico. “We do not believe the American energy sector need... Read more »

(Houston, TX) – Today, bipartisan members of the Houston Congressional delegation released the following statement on COVID-19. Joining the statement were Representatives Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Pete Olson (TX-22), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Al Green (TX-09), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18). “The spread of COVID-19 represents a serious and unprecedented th... Read more »