Breaking News: $25,000 Donor Match JUST came in!

June 21, 2017

Friends, 2 years ago when I launched my cam­paign, I said I would restore con­ser­v­a­tive rep­re­sen­ta­tion from Dis­trict 73 to the Texas House. After years of inac­tion on Sanc­tu­ary Cities, ille­gal immi­gra­tion and by spear­head­ing con­ser­v­a­tive val­ues through the courage of the Free­dom Cau­cus, this leg­isla­tive ses­sion was a suc­cess. This could not have been pos­si­ble with­out your sup­port and help through­out ses­sion. Today, the Austin estab­lish­ment is work­ing to find…

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Promises Made. Promises Kept!

June 19, 2017

Fel­low Patri­ot! I am proud to announce that, by stick­ing to our guns, we have forced the leg­is­la­ture to make seri­ous steps towards enact­ing our con­ser­v­a­tive agen­da! These are the things we accom­plished by stick­ing by our prin­ci­ples this ses­sion: Sanc­ti­ty of Life: As co-author of SB‑8, we deliv­ered sev­er­al sub­stan­tial pro-life vic­to­ries this ses­sion, includ­ing: Ban­ning par­­tial-birth abor­tions and pro­hibit­ing the sale of fetal tis­sues and organs (this was…

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OPED: Biedermann Weighs In On School Finance

June 17, 2017

(6/17/17) — While I am not a career politi­cian, it is my hon­or to rep­re­sent this amaz­ing dis­trict.  In just a few short months we have assem­bled dozens of cit­i­zen advi­so­ry coun­cils rep­re­sent­ing many issues that are rel­e­vant to our com­mu­ni­ty. Edu­cat­ing our chil­dren and sup­port­ing our teach­ers is at the top of my agen­da. This is why I was dis­mayed to hear about a recent meet­ing, of which I…

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Rep. Biedermann Explains Vote On School Finance Bill (HB 21)

April 21, 2017

This week, the Texas house passed HB 21, Chair­man Huber­ty’s school finance bill. There were only 16 no votes on the mea­sure, and I was one of those no votes. Here’s why: — If you will recall, I vot­ed against the bud­get a few weeks ago based in part on the pos­si­bil­i­ty of HB 21 pass­ing and the effect it would have on the bud­get. In order to fund the $1.8…

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Rep. Biedermann’s Advisory Councils Meet in New Braunfels for Legislative Update and End of Session Goal Planning

April 15, 2017

Austin, TX (04/15/17) —  Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kyle Bie­der­mann recent­ly held an all day advi­so­ry coun­cil meet­ing with con­stituents in Hon­ors Hall at the New Braun­fels Cham­ber of Com­merce. The rep­re­sen­ta­tive estab­lished  advi­so­ry coun­cils last fall to bet­ter under­stand the needs and the issues fac­ing house dis­trict 73. There are a total of 15 dif­fer­ent coun­cils to include edu­ca­tion, trans­porta­tion, prop­er­ty rights, deer and elk, faith and fam­i­ly, and more. “It was encouraging…

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Kyle Biedermann Introduces Legislation To Give Much Needed Relief To Local School Districts

March 17, 2017

Austin, TX (03/17/2017) — This week, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Bie­der­mann (R- Fred­er­icks­burg) intro­duced House Bill 3759, leg­is­la­tion cre­at­ed to cut down on the num­ber of unfund­ed man­dates lim­it­ing Texas school dis­tricts. The leg­is­la­tion would repeal many cur­rent edu­ca­tion­al man­dates for which the leg­is­la­ture has not appro­pri­at­ed mon­ey esti­mat­ed to be suf­fi­cient to meet the expen­di­ture required by the man­date. “I fun­da­men­tal­ly dis­agree with a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach when it comes to our public…

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Rep. Biedermann Introduces Hiring Freeze Bill

March 8, 2017

Austin, TX (03/09/2017) —  Today, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kyle Bie­der­mann (R- Fred­er­icks­burg) filed HB 3362, a piece of leg­is­la­tion propos­ing the enact­ment of a hir­ing freeze for non-essen­­tial gov­ern­ment employ­ees. In his state of the state address, Gov­er­nor Abbott him­self called for an imme­di­ate hir­ing freeze on state agen­cies. Speak­ing to the full house, the gov­er­nor said, “Just as fam­i­lies have to bal­ance needs ver­sus wants, so must we.”  The gov­er­nor con­tin­ued, stating,…

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Rep. Biedermann Introduces Interstate Border Security Legislation

February 21, 2017

Austin, TX (02/21/17) —  Today, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kyle Bie­der­mann (R- Fred­er­icks­burg) filed a piece of leg­is­la­tion (HB 2137) to form an Inter­state Bor­der Secu­ri­ty Com­pact. The bill would allow the State of Texas to enforce fed­er­al immi­gra­tion law, ensur­ing the safe­ty of its cit­i­zens. The Unit­ed State Con­sti­tu­tion, Arti­cle 1, Sec­tion 10, pro­vides states with the author­i­ty to cre­ate inter­state com­pacts allow­ing them to act out­side of the con­straints of the…

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Representative Kyle Biedermann Receives Committee Assignments for 85th Legislative Session

February 14, 2017

Austin, TX (02/14/2017) — Last week, the Speak­er of the Texas House announced com­mit­tee assign­ments for the 85th Leg­isla­tive Ses­sion. State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Kyle Bie­der­mann has been appoint­ed to the Coun­ty Affairs Com­mit­tee as well as the Juve­nile Jus­tice & Fam­i­ly Issues Com­mit­tee. “Being able to roll up my sleeves and go shoul­der to shoul­der with our local offi­cials and com­mu­ni­ties is the most excit­ing part of this job. All issues…

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Biedermann: A thorn in the side of political correctness

February 8, 2017

As a new Leg­is­la­tor, I have hit the ground run­ning.  My office has been work­ing hand in hand with the com­mu­ni­ty and statewide lead­ers to devel­op solu­tions on Bor­der Secu­ri­ty, Water, the Local Econ­o­my, Edu­ca­tion, Trans­porta­tion and more. In a short peri­od of time we are hav­ing a tremen­dous impact and push­ing for­ward a num­ber of pol­i­cy pro­pos­als on the issues my con­stituents have told me are crit­i­cal. Dur­ing the campaign,…

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