CDF-TX Statement on House Bill 3979
May 11, 2021 The Texas House passed HB 3979 last night - an anti-civics bill that threatens to censor teachers and silence young Texans. [...]
Read MoreCDF-TX Statement on Senate Bill 7: Voter Suppression Has No Place in Texas
May 7, 2021 Despite resounding opposition from Texans, House lawmakers voted in support of Senate Bill 7 late last night/early this morning. Through their [...]
Read MoreDespite Coverage Vote, Texas Is Ready For Change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2021 On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives failed to adopt a budget amendment to increase health coverage through [...]
Read MoreCDF-TX Statement on CMS Announcement Rescinding Texas’ 1115 Medicaid Waiver Extension
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the agency is rescinding its approval of a 10-year extension to Texas’ Medicaid 1115 [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund – Texas on the anti-voter bills Senate Bill 7 and House Bill 6
The Texas Legislature gathered this week to discuss two proposed bills — Senate Bill 7 and House Bill 6 — which would add restrictions on [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund – Texas Written Testimony for House Appropriations Committee Article II on HB1
Dear Chairman and Members of the Committee: I am Dr. Laura Guerra-Cardus with the Children’s Defense Fund - Texas. We are a child advocacy and [...]
Read MoreStatement on the Trump Administration’s Decision to Extend Partial Funding for Texas Under the 1115 Medicaid Waiver
Patrick Bresette, Executive Director of the Children's Defense Fund - Texas, issued this statement about the Trump Administration’s decision late last week to extend partial funding for Texas under [...]
Read MoreCDF-TX: We Must Count Every Vote
A record number of voters turned out in this year’s election, including over 11 million Texans determined to make their voices heard. As expected, it [...]
Read MoreHow Can We Be Ready to Do Better? CDF-TX Proposes Interim Studies to the Texas Legislature
For Texas legislators to make the most of each biennial session, they charge committees with the task of studying various problems during the interim. What [...]
Read MoreCDF-Texas Denounces Proposed Federal Rule Changes on Healthcare: “Government agencies must protect all the people they serve, no matter their identity.”
"Anti-discrimination regulations must be expanded to protect more people, rather than scaled back." On Tuesday, CDF-Texas submitted the following Public Comment to the U.S. Department [...]
Read More