I'm running for the U.S. Senate (Chairman Michael Williams - Texas)

Email | 12/16/08 | Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams

[GulfBreeze]

I’m running for the U.S. Senate‏

From: Chairman Michael Williams (MichaelWilliams@secureixs.com)

Sent: Tue 12/16/08 7:24 PM

To:

Dear Friend,

With much encouragement from my fellow Texans, with the support of my wife Donna, and with firm resolve to make the America of tomorrow more prosperous and free than the nation we know today, I am announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate.

We are at a critical juncture in time, and the likelihood of a special election to replace Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison provides an historic opportunity for Texans to rekindle our can-do spirit and offer forward-looking solutions to the great challenges posed by an economic crisis, record debt, two simultaneous wars, and our dependence on foreign energy.

I have served at every level of government: in three cabinet departments under two presidential administrations, as an elected member of the Texas Railroad Commission and as a local prosecutor in the Midland County District Attorneys office. I know the honor of public service is not holding an office, but preserving the public trust.

If elected, I will address these issues that demand national and international leadership:

1. Economy: we need a long-term prosperity agenda starting with a tax code that rewards work, encourages saving, investment and entrepreneurship; incentives for innovation, research and development yielding to solutions for more and higher-valued jobs, steadier wages and stronger retirements.
2. Energy and Environment: we need to develop pro-growth energy and environment solutions for greater energy security that will produce more American energy, accelerate the use of alternative energy technologies and promote greater energy efficiency and conservation.

3. Education: we need to rekindle a love of learning in America’s classrooms, specifically a renewed focus on math, science, engineering and technology.
4. National Security: we need to ensure safer communities and neighborhoods by enforcing our laws, protecting our borders and making sure our military continues to be the strongest in the world to defend America and defeat our enemies.
5. Health care: we need transformational health solutions and policies that create better health care, more choices at affordable costs.

I am uniquely experienced to address these great challenges. Having served in the U.S. Departments of Education, Justice and Treasury, I know we can do so much more to unleash the power of innovation and job creation and to make education and opportunity accessible to all. And as an elected leader in the energy industry, I know we can increase exploration at home, invest in cleaner sources of energy, and protect the environment for future generations.

We can have economic prosperity and cleaner air and water. We can have financial security without our elected officials compromising their conservative principles. We can have an efficient, effective government that controls spending and lives within its means. We can have government accountable to the people.

This campaign is not about me. It’s about you. As a candidate, I hope not to be the focal point, but the mirror that reflects the hopes, dreams and concerns of every Texan.

In traveling to every corner of this state, I have listened to a great many Texans. I have heard the calls for a new voice in Washington who can bring about change and reform to a culture that desperately needs it. And I know the change Texans seek is not a blank check for Congress, but a voice of reason when it comes to your money. With your help, we can be that new voice and create a Texas with greater liberty and prosperity. We can generate a sense of optimism in all communities and neighborhoods across the state.

To me change is not just a slogan, it is a lifelong calling. Thousands of Texans have called upon me to take this step—to offer myself up in service to change the way Washington works. I take this step neither lightly nor flippantly, but with full faith in the possibilities of a new tomorrow, and undying devotion to the greatest people on the face of the earth—the people of Texas.

I ask for your prayers, your continued friendship and your full support. I look forward to seeing you on the trail.

 

PAID FOR BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE

www.WilliamsForTexas.com

 

[GulfBreeze]

I just got this email. Michael is a fine man. I hope he vets out well.

I know he is a Christian but I can't say if he lives it in his public policy. I sure hope so!!!

He will be running to fill Kay Bailey Hutchison's spot.

[GulfBreeze]

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[mnehring]

Brilliant!

[GulfBreeze]

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[DannyTN]

I heard there was a Senate seat for sale in Illinois.

[DannyTN]

I heard there was a Senate seat for sale in Illinois.

[devistate one four]

I was hoping to hear what Mark Levin said last night “sunset all programs of the federal government, and make them prove thier worth” , and the ones that don’t pass muster are done away with with great vigor and speed!

[crusty old prospector]

Couldn’t be any worse than Kay! He has done a good job on the Railroad Commission, which primarily oversees the Oil and Gas Industry in Texas.

[lormand]

I can't see any problems with his 5 point statement.

This Texan thinks...so far, so good.

[Seruzawa]

So, we are now in an eternal purgatory of constant election campaigning... 12 months a year, every year, on and on ad nauseum.

I think I might rather have to hear Britney Spears “music”.

[Paine in the Neck]

For those wondering about this guy, check out this RedState article on Williams and do take the time to watch the video. It gets off to a bit of a slow start but hang in there until Williams gives his speech. He'll knock your socks off.

[GulfBreeze]

And yet you were interested enough to read and post a comment... Hmmm

[wolfcreek]

Good for Houstonites, Bad for Texas

“Mayor will seek U.S. Senate seat, lawyer says

Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat, appears to be on the verge of saying he will run for the U.S. Senate seat that Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison might quit to run for governor in 2010.

Houston lawyer Arthur Schechter, a former ambassador to the Bahamas and longtime Democratic counselor, said he spoke with White on Monday.

“He’s running for the Senate,” Schechter said. “He wants to be in the Senate. Texas needs that kind of representation.”

White remained mum in public Monday. His spokesman, Frank Michel, said the mayor might declare his intentions at the end of today’s meeting of the Houston City Council.”

[fortheDeclaration]

Is he a Republican?

[WildcatClan]

Couldn’t be any worse than Kay!

You got that right. She Mc-Caned us. This guy looks good on paper but he might want to lose the bow tie. :)

[GulfBreeze]

You bet your sweet... well, yes.

[Stat-boy]

Commissioner Williams is as much of a conservative as any Texas republican, one of my favorites, and I hope he wins.

[crusty old prospector]

Maybe he is going for the Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams look.

[kcvl]

Too bad I can’t vote for him! He sure beats what we have!

[Ancesthntr]

At this point in time, I am interested in 2 things for any candidate for national office:

1) Will he help to shut down the Dems’ plans to spend us completely into oblivion (as opposed to merely “mostly into oblivion” by Bush)? and

2) What’s his stance on guns.

Back up both with at least a long list of consistent statements, or preferably with some actual votes over time.

The first shows that he understands (or not) the limits of government power and the second shows that he understands (or not) the most basic of rights of each citizen (and the limits of government power.