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MICHAEL WILLIAMS
GOP SENATE HOPEFUL DEFENDS CONSERVATISM
June 25, 2009 - Republican Railroad Commissioner and U.S. Senate hopeful Michael Williams denied
claims that the conservative message is “stale” and should be abandoned by the party.
Addressing the Johnson County Republican Women's Club, Williams
said, "I don't think a message of pro-faith and family and low taxes
got old. But I think the party became unpredictable and that, for many
office holders, their record didn't meet their rhetoric."
The Republican Party, he said, needs elected officials who will adhere
to the conservative message and not be swayed by the liberal media
"because we've got to say "No" to the transition to European-style
socialism.”
Williams, who has been a member of the Texas Railroad Commission,
which regulates the oil and natural gas industry, since 1990, also had
recommendations regarding energy policy. He expressed opposition
to President Barack Obama's proposed cap and trade legislation.
Republicans, he said, want to clean up the environment but there are better ways than regulation, taxation and
litigation. “Jobs, capital and talent move to the low-tax areas," he said.
Williams is encouraging the conversion of school buses from using gasoline and diesel fuel to using natural gas
or propane.
The border, he said, should be controlled but not closed. "We want people who want to come to
America and Texas and become citizens," Williams said. "But we want them to do it in the right
way. And we want them to come here not simply for jobs but because they want to become
Americans. And part of that involves learning English.”
June 25, 2009 - Republican Railroad Commissioner and U.S. Senate hopeful Michael Williams denied
claims that the conservative message is “stale” and should be abandoned by the party.
Addressing the Johnson County Republican Women's Club, Williams
said, "I don't think a message of pro-faith and family and low taxes
got old. But I think the party became unpredictable and that, for many
office holders, their record didn't meet their rhetoric."
The Republican Party, he said, needs elected officials who will adhere
to the conservative message and not be swayed by the liberal media
"because we've got to say "No" to the transition to European-style
socialism.”
Williams, who has been a member of the Texas Railroad Commission,
which regulates the oil and natural gas industry, since 1990, also had
recommendations regarding energy policy. He expressed opposition
to President Barack Obama's proposed cap and trade legislation.
Republicans, he said, want to clean up the environment but there are better ways than regulation, taxation and
litigation. “Jobs, capital and talent move to the low-tax areas," he said.
Williams is encouraging the conversion of school buses from using gasoline and diesel fuel to using natural gas
or propane.
The border, he said, should be controlled but not closed. "We want people who want to come to
America and Texas and become citizens," Williams said. "But we want them to do it in the right
way. And we want them to come here not simply for jobs but because they want to become
Americans. And part of that involves learning English.”