Politics

The Hill: CBO: Scheduled Tax Increases Will Hinder Recovery

Posted on September 28, 2010
CBO: Scheduled tax increases will hinder recovery By Jay Heflin – 09/28/10 The Economic Outlook released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday states that coming tax hikes will hinder spending and hurt recovery efforts. “[The] scheduled increases in taxes and the waning of fiscal policy measures that supported the economy earlier in this [...

Thank You.

Posted on September 14, 2010
I want to thank everyone who came out to speak with me during the district work period while I was making my way across District 11. It was clear to me as I listened to you that there was one message you wanted me to take back to Washington: Stop the spending...

District Work Period ‘America Speaking Out’ Town Hall Schedule

Posted on August 06, 2010
I am looking forward to being in District 11 during the next few weeks, and hearing from the people of West and Central Texas as we continue to draft a new agenda for Congress. I encourage you to come out and speak with me if I am in your area. Please continue to check back, [...

America’s New Health Care System Revealed

Posted on July 28, 2010
Rep. Kevin Brady (TX), senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, created a new, revised health chart that showcases the endless bureacracy Americans face under the newly passed ObamaCare legislation. (Comments)

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Odessa American Editorial: Don’t Save Us From Oil Wells

Posted on July 20, 2010
Drilling moratorium will do more harm than good. Please, Mr. President, don?t take drastic measures to save us from oil wells. Valuable human endeavors usually pose a slight risk of substantial harm. If absolute safety is the noblest cause, humans should close themselves in padded rooms and breathe filtered air...

WSJ: Three Million Imaginary Jobs

Posted on July 15, 2010
The White House says the stimulus worked beyond even its hopes. Seriously. It may be that the last people in America who believe that the $862 billion economic stimulus of February 2009 created millions of net new jobs are Vice President Joe Biden and the staff economists in the White House...

Major Kurt Chew-Een Lee, USMC (ret)

Posted on June 28, 2010
Last week, I had the honor and unique pleasure of meeting Major Kurt Chew-Een Lee. Maj Kurt Chew-Een Lee, USMC (ret) is an ?old school? Marine hero. He is ?larger than life? and is featured in most books about the fight at the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War...

Inside With an Intern: Bailey Brown

Posted on June 21, 2010
Hi, my name is Bailey Brown. I am 21 years old and from Midland, TX. I will begin my Senior year at Abilene Christian University in the fall. I am an English major with a History minor and I plan on applying for law school in the next few months. I am anxiously awaiting my [...

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Crude Politics

Posted on June 17, 2010
Before the Obama Administration sweeps under the carpet the controversy over the drilling experts it falsely used to justify its moratorium, the incident bears another look. Not least because it underlines the purely political nature of a drilling ban that now threatens the Gulf Coast economy and drilling safety...

Tenth Amendment Task Force

Posted on June 11, 2010
Mike speaks on the House Floor during a Special Order this week on the Tenth Amendment Task Force. (Comments)

Mike Announces America Speaking Out Tour

Posted on May 28, 2010
To learn more about America Speaking Out or find a America Speaking Out Event near you, go to www.conaway.house.gov/americaspeakingout (Comments)

Roll Call Op-Ed: A Sound Economy is Our Mightiest Weapon

Posted on May 27, 2010
By Mike Conaway On May 8th, 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates delivered a speech at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, in which he stated: ?The attacks of September 11th, 2001, opened a gusher of defense spending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade, not counting supplemental appropriations for the wars in [...

Americaspeakingout.com is up: Speak Out Now

Posted on May 25, 2010
America Speaking Out is an effort by the House Republican Conference to engage Americans across the country and give them a voice in creating a new agenda for Congress. Under Democratic control, there has been a growing disconnect between the priorities of the American public and the agenda that is debated in Washington...

America Speaking Out: Telephone Town Hall Tonight

Posted on May 24, 2010
Today, Monday, May 24th at 6:10 p.m. Central, I will be hosting an ‘America Speaking Out’ Telephone Town Hall meeting. America Speaking Out is an initiative that allows you, as constituents, to give your Member of Congress your input and ideas on the issues you see as most important, having your say in crafting a [...

Treasury: April federal deficit is largest on record for the month

Posted on May 13, 2010
By Associated Press Thursday, May 13, 2010; A11 The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the federal deficit for April soared to $82.7 billion, the largest imbalance for that month on record. That was significantly higher than last year’s April deficit of $20 billion and above the $30 billion deficit that private-sector economists had expected...

On the Agenda

Posted on May 11, 2010
This story from The Hill Newspaper, lays out an agenda spending spree for the remaining summer months. Democrats poised to move measures with high price tags By Walter Alarkon – 05/11/10 Congress faces a crush of votes on big-ticket items before the Memorial Day recess, setting up a debate on deficits less than six months [...

10th Amendment Task Force Launched

Posted on May 06, 2010
Mike along with Rep Rob Bishop, Rep. Tom Price along with eight other Republican Members of Congress officially launched the newly formed 10th Amendment Task Force, a project of the RSC. The Task Force will develop and promote proposals that aim to disperse power, decision-making, and money from Washington back to states, local governments, [...

Task force pleads Tenth

Posted on April 28, 2010
Trish Choate Standard-Times Washington Bureau Tuesday, April 27, 2010 WASHINGTON ? Violation of the Constitution. Massive hostile takeover. A dangerous situation. Tenth Amendment enthusiasts are sounding an alarm not as old as ?The British are coming!? but one heard many times in America?s history...

IMPROVE Acquisition Act Passes in House

Posted on April 28, 2010
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Want to attend West Point, the Air Force Academy or the Naval Academy?

Posted on April 20, 2010
This month, Congressman Conaway hosted his annual Academy Day in San Angelo, TX. Academy Day is an opportunity for high school students and parents to meet with current cadets and admission officers from the U.S. Service Academies (The United States Air Force Academy, Naval, Military, Merchant Marine, and Coast Guard Academies...

Podcast: Reforming How Government Spends

Posted on April 16, 2010
Mike discusses his bipartisan legislation to cut waste in defense spending and require audits of the federal government. Democrats may not pass budget this year. (Comments)

Bipartisan Bill Targets Pentagon Waste

Posted on April 15, 2010
Reuters By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill designed to reward success and punish failure in managing hundreds of billions of dollars of Pentagon spending has been introduced by leaders of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee...

Hoyer: Dems might not pass a budget

Posted on April 13, 2010
Politico House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is unsure whether Congress will pass a budget this year, acknowledging that it?s difficult to pass large, complex spending resolutions in the House during election years. The Maryland Democrat said he and Budget committee Chairman John Spratt (D-S...

Inside with an Intern

Posted on April 06, 2010
Hi, my name is Matt Russell. I began interning in Congressman Conaway?s office in late January. I was raised in a small town outside of Houston, and I recently graduated from college with a degree in Psychology. My time in the office has been really a great opportunity...

Returning the Census is Our Constitutional Duty

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) Thursday, April 1st I?m worried about this year?s census. I?m not worried about ACORN rigging the count ? we already succeeded in kicking them out of the census. I?m not worried about the President?s attempt to run the census out of the White House ? we beat that power grab back [...

Obama’s Oil and Gas Development Falls Short

Posted on March 31, 2010
Politico Boehner: Drilling decision falls short By: Jake Sherman March 31, 2010 10:00 AM EDT The top House Republican said the White House’s decision to begin offshore drilling across huge expanses of ocean is a ?positive step,? but he still blasted the Obama administration for keeping areas on the West Coast closed to such exploration...

“Green Homes” Provide Real Homes to Texas Elders

Posted on March 29, 2010
Sarah Beatty and Paul Balzano, two members of my Washington, D.C. staff visited the Sagecrest Alzheimer?s Care Center in San Angelo last month. Sagecrest provides ?Green Houses?, which are assisted living homes in which Alzheimer?s patients reside in San Angelo...

CBO report: Debt will rise to 90% of GDP

Posted on March 26, 2010
Washington Times By: David M. Dickson President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation’s economic output by 2020, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday...

Special Update on Healthcare Vote

Posted on March 19, 2010
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“Green Homes” Provide Real Homes to Texas Elders

Posted on March 19, 2010
Sarah Beatty and Paul Balzano, two members of my Washington, D.C. staff visited the Sagecrest Alzheimer’s Care Center in San Angelo last month. Sagecrest provides ?Green Houses?, which are assisted living homes in which Alzheimer?s patients reside in San Angelo...

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