The Heritage Alliance is an influential and strong conservative organization that began in 1981 primarily to influence the Texas legislature by forming coalitions of groups and then assisting them in mobilizing their constituents and holding legislators accountable.

I need your continued prayers, support and your vote. Early voting began on May 14th and Election Day in May 29th. God bless!

Jasper you are a great county. Your name derives from one of the precious stones that adorn God’s kingdom. Vote your conservative values.

Newton County you have strong conservative values. Vote in the Republican values and elect and select candidates that share your values.

Polk County is one of the great counties in East Texas. It has great churches and outstanding restaurants. Polk County vote your values.

Tyler is the greatest county in East Texas and I am proud to call it home. Tyler is God’s country. Vote your values.

(Note: Click the under lined words above for pictures from each county. Click HERE for more!)

I need your prayers, support and your vote. Early voting began on May 14th and Election Day in May 29th. God bless!

Today, the Liberty Institute released the results of its candidate questionnaire (http://ivoterguide.com/RaceDetails.aspx?952&e=9). Liberty Institute is a conservative Texas-based organization that works to defend and restore religious liberty across America. Liberty Institute works to educate, advocate, and, when necessary, litigate for freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. Last year they successfully fought the federal government’s attempt to stop family members from invoking God during the funeral services of fallen military veterans.

Every election year, the Liberty Institute releases the candidates’ questionnaire before Election Day. You may even have seen copies displayed in your churches and houses of worship. It is by far one of the most comprehensive questionnaires for conservative voters and candidates. I urge you to go to http://ivoterguide.com/RaceDetails.aspx?952&e=9 and review my responses. Before you view the responses, think about the questions below and think would a true conservative trying to earn your vote refuse to respond to this questionnaire.

Do you believe that a conservative candidate should state his position on private property rights?
Do you believe that a conservative candidate should state his position on illegal immigration and border security?
Do you believe that a conservative candidate should state his position on our constitutional religious freedom?
Do you believe that a conservative candidate should state his position on parental rights?
Do you believe that a conservative candidate should state his position on pro-life?
Do you believe that a conservative candidate should state his position on marriage?

I need your prayers, support and your vote. Early voting begins on May 14th and Election Day in May 29th. God bless!

“James White is the proven conservative in this race who will fight to limit the size of government by controlling taxes and spending. He served our nation with distinction as an Army Captain stationed in Berlin during the Cold War, and today he is serving our state as a principled, conservative leader,” said Governor Perry.

“James White is a powerful voice for conservative principles. He is an essential ally in my fight against ObamaCare and the illegal intrusion of federal government into our lives. Join me in supporting James White’s re-election to the Texas House of Representatives,” said General Abbott.

“I am honored and proud to earn the endorsements of Governor Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott. Both have stood strong for Texas interests and values and due to their conservative stewardship Texas was the last to enter the recession and the first state to lead our nation out of recession,” Representative White said.

Perry and Abbott join Comptroller Susan Combs, Senator Dan Patrick, Cathie Adams, Texas Home School Coalition PAC, Texas Right to Life PAC, Young Conservatives of Texas, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC and the Texas Forestry Association PAC in endorsing Representative White.

I am proud and thankful that they have recognized my efforts during my first term in the Texas Legislature and endorsed my candidacy for another term serving Texas in Austin.  I am a Pro-Life champion, tried and true conservative, and a state representative that stood up for conservative East Texas interests, principles, and values against the entrenched political establishment in Austin and Washington, D.C.

I need your prayers, support and your vote. Early voting begins on May 14th and Election Day in May 29th.  God bless!

Dear Supporter,

Today, President Barack Obama will give a major speech in Oklahoma, in which he will announce that he is “fast tracking” the southern leg of the Keystone pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to Port Arthur, Texas. The economy is showing signs of improvement, but too many Southeast Texans are still looking for good paying jobs. Our demand for energy is growing because our economy is improving and that is good. So therefore, in Southeast Texas, we welcome the Obama Administration to the conservative business-friendly world of fast tracking jobs and energy security and not just government debt and spending.

This pipeline will stretch from Canada, through the American Midwest, into East Texas, and ending in the refineries in Southeast Texas. This pipeline is a $7 billion private sector shovel-ready project. That is, no taxpayer money and the creation of thousands of jobs that will provide family incomes and tax revenues to local governments in order to provide needed government services.

Last summer, the United States Department of State held public hearings in Port Arthur and Austin on the federal permit approval for the Keystone Pipeline. I stood with Southeast Texas union members, local government leaders, and business people at these hearings and urged the Obama Administration not only to approve the permit, but expedite the process. The Administration expedited taxpayer funds to failed “green energy” efforts in California, such as Solyndra, so it is just fair that energy jobs in Southeast Texas not requiring government funding also get expedited approval.

The Keystone Pipeline project has already received initial approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and still needs to satisfy local concerns dealing with individual property rights, but there is no reason why the federal government should not expedite the portions of the pipeline that are not under review and provide Texans job security and the United States energy security. This is the United States. We can still do big things other than racking up the highest national debt in human history. And, this is Southeast Texas, the energy alternative for the U.S. for over a century, the region that fuels American prosperity with oil, natural gas, biomass, and hydropower.

James

Endorsed by Texas Right to Life (awarded as one of the most Pro-Life legislators last session)

Endorsed by Young Conservatives of Texas

Endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (earned highest rating for fiscal conservatism – Taxpayer Champion)

National Rifle Association and Texas State Rifle Association A-Rating

Texas Eagle Forum (92% – recognized as one of the most conservative members in of the 82nd Legislature)

Endorsed by the Texas Conservative Digest

Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom (A-Rating)

Heritage Alliance (90% score)

Texas Association of Business (Fighter for Free Enterprise)

Dear Supporter,

I am proud to serve and represent thousands of East Texans in the Texas House of Representatives. My travels throughout Texas and discussions with Texans about their aspirations and dreams for the future have reinforced a simple, but important point. Texas is too blessed and great to fail. In East Texas, we have tall pines that stretch to the heavens, rich black soil, abundant rivers, immense coal, natural gas, and oil reserves, and most important an industrious and ingenious people.

We do not need someone from Washington, D.C. like Secretary of Energy Steven Chu lecturing East Texas on alternative energy. East Texas has been in the alternative energy business for over a century: off-shore and on-shore oil drilling; hydropower from our mighty rivers; coal-fired plants and natural gas; and biomass from timber. East Texas is the energy alternative for American prosperity.

We have the God-given resources to provide quality jobs for our people, a first-rate education to our children, a respectful quality of life for our senior citizens, and care for deserving Texans. We need more freedom and less big government robbing us of our economic prosperity in our East Texas communities.

If I earn you support and vote again, I will continue to stand as a tried and true conservative that cuts inefficient government, cuts burdensome regulations and cuts crony capitalism.

James White

Texas is a solid pro-life state. Public opinion polls consistently show at levels of 53-55 percent that Texans support policies that foster a culture of life. Among the 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, at least 105 Republicans and Democrats share my pro-life views. No other policy topic matches the broad base of support that protecting the sanctity of innocent human life enjoys. As pro-life legislators in the 2011 Legislative Session, we supported and worked for the passage of legislation that safeguarded the unborn and directed health care dollars for women’s health programs, including family planning funds, to agencies that are not sullied by affiliation with abortion providers.

During the Special Session of the 2011 Texas Legislature, we passed Senate Bill 7 after including an important two-fold provision: (1) reauthorization of the Women’s Health Program (WHP), a project to provide family planning services to low income women and men; and (2) participation in the WHP was restricted to agencies that do not provide abortion, abortion referrals, or contract or affiliate with abortion providers. The pro-life majority in the Texas Legislature chose not to be responsible for funneling low income women to abortion clinics for their basic health care needs.

According to our state Health and Human Services Commission, over 2,500 qualified providers are eligible to provide services through the WHP in 4,600 sites across the state. Such agencies could then conceivably expand outreach through new revenue streams such as the WHP. Approximately 130,000 women receive access to variety of services offered by the WHP that include cancer screenings, annual exams, and family planning. The WHP is a Medicaid program, funded by a state-federal match. For every one dollar that Texas provides, the federal government provides nine dollars.

State lawmakers routinely adopt rules for federal funds; we do so for education dollars, highway dollars, conservation dollars, libraries, and countless other health care programs. Doing so is within the bounds of federal law, and our Attorney General, Greg Abbott, even confirmed this flexibility specifically as it applies to the WHP. Thus, we established guidelines for participation in the WHP in SB 7 so as to clarify which agencies are and are not qualified, while ensuring continued access to care.

Unfortunately, at the direction of the White House and Secretary Sebelius, the federal Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) has revoked funding for the WHP unless the Texas allows Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider, to participate in the WHP. This federal action has the potential of sacrificing medical care access to thousands women to further the proabortion political agenda.

I applaud Governor Rick Perry’s decision to continue the WHP program by dedicating state funds to the program to cover the federal funds reneged by the feds. Texas is an economically vibrant, stable, and resourceful state. Because of Governor Perry’s fiscal and family values, he has appropriately responded to the pro-abortion politics of President Obama, who has truly jeopardized the health of women. Thankfully, Governor Perry is respecting the will of the majority of Texas legislators by finding state resources to protect women’s health while not lining the pockets of abortion providers. This move also protects taxpayers from supporting the abortion industry by directing fungible funds to credible health care agencies.

Pro-life issues and access to health care for women are serious issues and issues that can be addressed by innovative policies. When supporting health care policies, I evaluate the population served and the breadth of application across the state. My preference is always to maximize the value of the dollar—your dollar—in serving and reaching those who need a full spectrum of services. Thus, I was supportive of the move to ensure that the WHP is distributed to a variety of health care providers that indeed offer a wide range of health care services in addition to providing family planning services. I do not think that subsidizing abortion providers, regardless of what other services they claim to offer AND who claim that no public funds—again, that’s your money—can pay for abortion, is a wise use of taxpayer dollars since these “providers” serve a narrow population with a limited range of services, services that are offered at clean, non-abortion affiliated agencies.

Earlier this month, Texas celebrated the 176th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, and this hollowed document also echoes those God-given rights of “lives, liberty, and property.” Because of our state identity and our rights as a state, Texans should not allow the feds to force us into the Faustian bargain of core principles in exchange for serving our most deserving fellow citizens. The cost is too high, and women deserve better in Texas.

James White

“Photo identification is required for some of the most fundamental activities involving boarding a plane, cashing a check, or even getting a library card, and therefore, is a useful tool in protecting the right to vote, the most fundamental right of all Texans,” stated State Representative James White. He continued, “This is the same federal Department of Justice that has engaged in running guns to Mexican drug lords and the same DOJ that has joined with foreign governments to sue state governments that have implemented strong border security measures to ensure safe communities. It seems that this Justice Department is more interested in litigation and agitation, instead of cooperation.”

As for disenfranchisement, State Rep. White thinks that this argument is a red herring. “Daily, I see Texans of all ethnicities presenting photo IDs to complete financial transactions, enter airports, and drive their vehicles legally. To offer an argument that presenting photo identification is racial disenfranchisement is blatantly demeaning and disrespectful and patently patronizing. Real disenfranchisement occurs when the vote of legal citizens is voided by the votes of those that have no legal standing to cast a vote.”

Using taxpayer money, the highway bill will provide needed road and bridge projects throughout the nation. But, with private sector financial investment, the construction of this pipeline immediately will create hundreds of jobs (taxpayers, not unemployment recipients) in Southeast Texas, provide an opportunity for our local governments to generate millions of dollars of tax revenue without burdening local taxpayers, and reduce our reliance on unstable Middle East oil imports by relying on an energy source from Canada, a longtime North American ally.

“On behalf of Southeast Texas, I want to thank Senators Hutchison, Cornyn, and our U.S. House Texas delegation for their support of Southeast Texas jobs and energy security. I am also encouraged that at this time there are bi-partisan/multi-state majorities in both houses of Congress that support the immediate federal approval of these private jobs.”

There were news reports that the White House persuaded enough members of the Senate to vote no in order to prevent the measure from getting the required 60 votes. White responded, “The EPA has provided tentative approval. This summer I stood with Southeast Texas union workers in Port Arthur and Austin and testified in favor of these pipeline jobs at two State Department hearings. When we (Southeast Texans) hear about failed government-funded bailouts and “green” energy boondoggles, we do not understand why a private sector project cannot get expedited funding. Keystone has stated that after federal approval hiring would immediately follow. With unemployment at record levels in Southeast Texas, we don’t understand these private sector financed shovel-ready jobs have not been approved.  I don’t think that the people working for our President is getting the information to him about the Southeast Texas union workers that need work and the local government officials that need the tax revenue from the pipeline to fund core public services such as education, medical care, and roads. I think it is time for me to personally lobby the President?”