A seventh generation Texan, Van Taylor is a family man, businessman, and decorated Iraq War Veteran. Growing up, Van earned his Eagle Scout from the future President George Bush.

On 9-11 Van swore to always serve and make a difference.

Van deployed to Iraq where he fought with 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. For his service in Iraq, the Marine Corps awarded Captain Taylor the Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, and the Navy Commendation Medal with “V” for valor.

Van and his wife, Anne, married after his return from Iraq and are the proud parents of three young girls: Laura, Helen, and Susie.

From April 2010 to January 2015, Van Taylor represented District 66 in the Texas House of Representatives. From January 13, 2015 – January 3, 2019, Taylor served as a Member of the Texas Senate, representing the Eighth Senate District of Texas. On January 3, 2019, Van Taylor was sworn in as a Member of the United States Congress, representing Texas Third Congressional District.

Congressman Van Taylor is proud to serve on two influential House Committees in the 116th Congress: the Committee on Homeland Security, specifically, the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation (CIPI) and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management and Accountability (OMA) and the House Committee on Education, where he serves on the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Today, Van, his wife, and their three daughters reside in Plano near the land Van’s great-grandfather farmed during the Great Depression.

Jonathan M. Saenz, Esq., is the President of Texas Values, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving and advancing a culture of family values in the state of Texas.
Prior to leading Texas Values, Jonathan headed the Liberty Institute offices at the Texas Capitol in Austin where he served as Director of Legislative Affairs and Attorney for Liberty Institute. Jonathan believes in religious liberty, sanctity of human life, family values, and constitutional rights, and has been involved in numerous court cases, including cases before the Texas Supreme Court and the United State Supreme Court. Jonathan has been featured in local, national and international media such as Fox News, CNN, USA Radio, Austin-American Statesman, Dallas Morning News, and Houston Chronicle among many others and is a sought after speaker for important events.
Mr. Saenz received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center where he was honored as a Public Interest Law Fellow. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Jonathan is a native Texan (5th generation) who grew up in Houston, Texas and is a proud American. He and his family live in Buda and are members of Santa Cruz Catholic Church.

Gerit Quealy is a journalist, author and editor based in New York City, and an authority on the works of Shakespeare. Her book, Botanical Shakespeare, has a foreword written by Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren and has received praise from Pulitzer Prize winner, David McCullough.

Gerit Quealy is author of Botanical Shakespeare: An Illustrated Compendium of All the flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Trees, Seeds and Grasses Cited by the World’s Greatest Playwright (HarperCollins). A former actor, Gerit starred on the daytime drama “Ryan’s Hope” and in many stage productions, Shakespeare and otherwise.

John Humphrey joined I Am Second in 2008 during to manage the development and subsequent launch of the initiative. Now in his 11th year with I Am Second, Humphrey provides strategic, operational and tactical direction to the organization bringing to bear a wealth of experience in media production, distribution, communications and marketing.

Prior to joining I Am Second, Humphrey created, produced, distributed and marketed projects for companies such as Lorimar, ProServ, and then his own VisionQuest Communications Group. Many of his projects over the years involved telling the personal and faith stories of high-profile athletes.

With VisionQuest he co-founded the Heart of Champion Foundation and later its flagship character development program, now used by public schools in 23 states. During 10 years with ProServ Television, Humphrey managed media production of live events,, such as the Boston Marathon, and was responsible for the resurrection of the Chip Hilton Sports books, a 24-volume children’s fiction series. Before that he worked in production and marketing of live college sports television

John has been married for 35 years to his wife, Kathleen and has two grown daughters.

By: Dr. Jim Denison - denisonforum.org -  February 11, 2019 I am writing this morning’s Daily Article with a grieving heart. I became a Christian in a Southern Baptist Sunday school class and was baptized in ...