Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) made the following comments during the National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative’s (NEORI) press conference today on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. “I want to thank all the participants in the National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative for their hard work over the past eight months. This project has yielded many new relationships, some surprising common ground, and a couple of good recommendations for Members of Congress to consider. I have no doubt that the ground...
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Last week President Obama unveiled his budget proposal for 2013. This budget calls for more failed attempts to tax, spend, borrow and bail out our way to job creation. The budget calls for policies that would fail: -Our job creators and hardworking taxpayers, who would be burdened with the largest tax increase in history. -Our seniors, who are counting on retirement programs that are going broke. -Our children and grandchildren, who are stuck paying for bailouts, wasted stimulus and trillion do...
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Today, Rep. K. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee made the following statement after the House Committee on Agriculture hearing on the 2012 agenda of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. “Today, I reiterated to Chairman Gensler the critical necessity of completing a comprehensive cost benefit analysis on each new rule the CFTC has proposed. The Dodd-Frank bill fundamentally restructured the scope of the CFTC’s responsibilities and over...
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Rep. K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) made the following statement after voting on H.R. 3650, The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act. “After six weeks of negotiations, most of which was spent convincing Democrats to agree on a way to offset the entire cost of this bill, Republicans were left with two options: vote no and raise taxes or pass this bill. “While not perfect, this agreement is needed to ensure middle-class Americans are not hit with a tax increase next month. “Finally, this will al...
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Washington, D.C. – Rep. K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) made the following statement on the President’s Fiscal 2013 Defense Budget. “When I look at the defense budget, I try and look at it through the eyes of those it will affect and ask, is this congruent with the values I was elected to uphold – or, more plainly will it hurt or harm our troops and nation? “Regarding this budget, it is clear the President looked through the lens of his domestic and budget agendas and asked how much can I cut and sti...
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White House Treading on First Amendment Travel anywhere in the world and you will quickly make a discovery: the American right to religious freedom has no equal. This week, Americans of every faith and political persuasion expressed deep concern regarding the Obama Administration's decision to require organizations with religious affiliations to provide insurance coverage that includes contraceptives, some of which may induce abortion. This is a huge mistake. The First Amendment protects our mo...
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Washington, DC – Congressman K. Michael Conaway’s office will host a Service Academy Day on March 24, 2012, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. CST. During the event attendees will have the opportunity to watch videos profiling “a day in the life” at each of the service academies as well as receive background information about academy life and an explanation of the nomination process. Who: All interested parties What: Academy Day When: March 24, 2012 1:30-4:30 pm CST Where: Angelo State University MCS Bldg., Ro...
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Washington, D.C. – Rep K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) made the following comments after voting in support of H.R. 3521, the Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act. “It has been 1015 days since the Senate passed a budget. To put that in perspective, the last time the Senate passed a budget – April 28, 2009 – no one had yet heard of the iPad. “Based on their lack of action, Leader Reid and his majority in the Senate seem to believe that by ignoring our nation’s fiscal problems, they ...
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) made the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1734, the Civilian Property Realignment Act. “Congress must take bold action and display the courage to do what is right in order to overcome the serious financial challenges facing our nation. I believe H.R. 1734 takes a step in that direction by smartly reducing the size of government through selling or redeveloping underutilized federal properties, increasing the utiliz...
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. K. Michael Conaway made the following statement after Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for his role in the reckless, dangerous, and botched Fast and Furious gun tracking operation. “Today, I joined a number of my colleagues in expressing to the President our complete loss of faith and confidence in Eric Holder as the Attorney of the General United States. “As the chief decision maker at the Department...
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