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

 

[lone star annie]

He is a good guy. I have always liked him.

[lonestar]

I"ll have no problem voting for Williams.

The mayor of Houston is about to announce as a Dem candidate. He's an egotistical jerk I've heard from people who've had up-close encounters with the guy.

[DFG]

This Texan will be voting for Michael Williams. He will be a huge improvement over KBH.

[TexasNative2000]

I'd be fine with Williams in the Senate.

I'd be finer with Kay Granger.

[Russ]

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

Neither can I nor, I imagine, anyone who reads it. It says absolutely nothing of substance and is just so much pap. If he sticks to those points he won't inspire many people to jump on his bandwagon. He might be a nice guy but these days you know where nice guys finish in politics...

[AuH2ORepublican]

Personally, I don’t think that Texas needs to send another “pro-choice” woman to the U.S. Senate.

[Impy]

Williams is running for Senate instead of Governor in Texas.

Looks like Kay Bailey wants to quit early.

[SwinneySwitch]

Kay wants to run for Gov.

[Clintonfatigued]

Also in the running is state Senator Florence Shapiro, a former Mayor of Plano.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Did you see this, DJ? Michael Williams is running for the Senate, not the governorship. Frankly, I think it’s a good move, given the crowded gubernatorial field (with Perry and Hutchison running). And if Hutchison leaves the Senate early to run for Governor, maybe Gov. Perry can appoint Williams and he’ll have the power of incumbency in the primary and general.

[Paleo Conservative]

Is he a Republican?

He's a longtime friend of W's from Midland. He was on Bush 41's presidential primary campaign staff in 1980 and then the Reagan-Bush '80 campaign.

[freekitty]

If this guy is for real; he has my vote. I can’t link him.

[Bigun]

I’ll vote for him!

[BallyBill]

Good Luck Tex!

[wk4bush2004]

This sounds like a good idea! I hope he’s pro-life, pro-family, etc.

I just hope and pray the Democrats don’t do to Williams what they did to Michael Steele when he ran for the Senate in Maryland (they used racist “Oreo” slurs).

I just can’t believe how Democrats treat black Republicans. It is deplorable!

[stevie_d_64]

Good to finally put this information out...Might see one or two more throw their name in the hopper for this seat...

But Mike Williams is more solid than any of the others I heard who were considering doing this...

As far as how he matches up to Bill White...It’s going to be a tough road to hoe for MW...With the momentum the dims have going these days...

I hope they stay on message and go after the democrat agenda instead of Bill White personally...But I would obviously prefer a conservative in the Senate than a liberal...

If the shift in the Texas delegation brings KBH home to shoot for the govenors chair...I hope there is one person who has not been a part of the Washington that finally throws his name in the race for Texas Govenor...

Time will tell...

[albie]

All 5 of his points seem to be head on. When do the dems start hurling “Oreo” cookies at him?

[AuH2ORepublican]

My understanding is that Michael Williams is a pro-life Catholic, and that he’s a conservative across the board. DJ, would you agree with me?

[GulfBreeze]

Yea. I doubt Kay will quit early. She will probably opt to hold the senate while running for Gov.

If she quits, Perry will appoint someone who has already promissed to endorse him as Governor.

[GulfBreeze]

I didn’t think he was catholic... Probably Baptist.