About Us
Conscience of the Republican Party
Founded in 1991, the Republican Liberty Caucus works to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government, and free enterprise within the Republican Party and throughout the United States.
Members of the RLC Texas are committed to achieving the RLC’s mission by doing two things:
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Working within their local Republican Party organizations to invigorate and revitalize the GOP in their area, and
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Working to help get candidates who believe in and espouse the principles and positions of the Republican Liberty Caucus elected to office.
Our History
​The Republican Liberty Caucus is a 527c voluntary grassroots membership organization dedicated to working within the Republican Party to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government and free markets. Founded in 1991, it is the oldest continuously-operating organization within the Liberty Republican movement.
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In the mid-1980’s, a group of libertarian activists who wanted to have an influence within the Republican Party rather than to go the third party route, discussed having an organization working within the GOP. The resulting organization – the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) – is the oldest continuously operating organization in the Liberty Republican movement with state charters nationwide.
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The national RLC was formally organized in April 1991 when the 1976 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Roger MacBride called a meeting of like-minded Republicans. The RLC held its first national convention in July 1991 and Eric Rittberg, who had been active earlier in the Libertarian Republican Organizing Committee, was elected its first National Chair.
Meet The Team
Principles
Statement of Principles
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The Republican Liberty Caucus supports individual rights, limited government and free enterprise.
We believe every human being is endowed by nature with inherent rights to life, liberty and property that are properly secured by law. We support a strict construction of the Bill of Rights as a defense against tyranny; the expansion of those rights to all voluntary consensual conduct under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments; and the requirements of equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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We support the Constitutional restrictions on federal government powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8 as an absolute limit on all government functions and programs. We oppose the adoption of broad and vague powers under the guise of general welfare or interstate commerce.
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We oppose all restrictions on the voluntary and honest exchange of value in a free market. We favor minimal, equitable, and fair taxation for the essential functions of government. We oppose all legislation that concedes Congressional power to any regulatory agency, executive department, or international body.
We support the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, the republican form of government it requires, and the right of all citizens to fair and equitable representation.
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We believe these are also the proper positions of the Republican Party.