Your oath is to the US Constitution, and as such, your fellow Texans expect you to defend the Constitution no matter who attacks it, but particularly when the President is the one doing the attacking. When you stay silent, you gain no political points - you actually lose the respect of your constituents. Real people are being caused real harm by the capricious cuts of this administration, yet what they hear from you, their representative, is silence. You absolutely cannot remain silent in the face of what is happening, not without creating more harm and enormous cynicism about politics. What is your stance on Russia and Putin? All we've heard from you on the subject is a form letter that doesn't address any of the actual questions we've asked. Where is your integrity, Senator? Who are you?