Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) offered three amendments on Friday during the House Homeland Security Appropriations Full Committee Markup.

The proposed amendments aimed to increase border security funding for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), plus up funding for the Operation Stonegarden grant program, and prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from engaging in transactions with certain Chinese military companies.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade effectively ends all legal abortions in Texas within the next 30 days, many news media outlets reported.

“Planned Parenthood and Whole Woman’s Health, with clinics across Texas, stopped performing abortions following Friday’s decision, due to uncertainty about how the ruling will affect the state's trigger law and a long-standing ban on abortion that predates Roe v. Wade, officials with those organizations said,” according to the Austin American-Statesman.

For those who have ever cooked in cast iron, you know nothing beats it. If you are like me, it is your go-to cookware option. If I want to make enchilada sauce, I grab my cast iron skillet. If I want to brown my meat for chile verde or asado, I use my cast iron chicken fryer. If it is pancakes or tortillas, it is my cast iron comal. There just is not any cookware out there that beats it.

Victor P. "Bud" Kipgen III was born to Victor P. Kipgen Jr. and Edith M. Kipgen on Dec. 22, 1950, in Fort Stockton, Texas.

He was raised in Midland, Texas, graduating from Robert E. Lee High School. He joined the U.S. Naval Reserve, and trained in Sere School to be a River Rat in Vietnam. His group was not called up.

He worked in Houston, Texas, El Paso, Texas, and Fort Stockton.