Today, Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) announced that Midland College has received a grant from the Department of Education in the amount of $563,825 for the Hispanic Serving Institution Program. “I am more than pleased that Midland College received this grant,” said Conaway. “With the growing Hispanic population in Midland, it is important that everyone have access to academic opportunities. By strengthening the Hispanic Serving Institution Program, Midland College will have the ability to rea...
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“The DOD does not need to waste time studying fuel emissions and be held-up by this confusing and irrational section,” said Conaway. “We must work together to find real solutions to our energy crisis and continue down the road to energy independence. This section does nothing to advance that.”
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Representative K. Michael Conaway San Angelo Standard-Times Members of Congress have long resigned themselves to the knowledge that the American public does not think very much of them. Sadly, that does a great disservice to most of the members who were elected to serve in this great institution. The overwhelming majority of us are honest, upstanding people who have come to Washington to work hard on behalf of our constituents back home. Unfortunately, a few individuals have taken the time they ...
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“Last night the House voted to yet again to extend the 2002 Farm Bill, this time until mid-April. Although it was a necessary action to avoid reverting to the original 1949 farm law, it should in no way be interpreted as an acceptable substitute to a new omnibus Farm Bill. It is my hope that all Members, Republican and Democratic, as well as the Administration come to a consensus on the remaining issues of contention so that a Farm Bill, that does not ask one stakeholder of the bill to disproportionately carry the off-set load, can be advanced into law."
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WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Rep. Mike Conaway (TX-11) launched a new-and-improved official House of Representatives website (http://conaway.house.gov), making it easier for constituents to stay connected and informed about what is happening in Washington, D.C. and throughout Texas’ 11th Congressional district. “It is important to me that West Texans are able to find as much information as possible with the click of a mouse,” said Conaway. “I am confident that my new website will act as an inform...
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Yesterday, the House Budget Committee met to mark-up the federal budget for the Fiscal Year 2009. Among other things, the proposed budget will implement the largest tax increase in history, raising taxes by $683 billion over five years.
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The latest version of the Democrats’ Energy bill is one that is set to place an enormous tax burden on the backs of our country’s oil and natural gas producers and, ultimately, on American consumers. Each dollar that the oil industry earns is reinvested back into the ground to explore and produce increased domestic oil and natural gas.
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