13 Quotes by Mike Conaway

We live in an instant-coffee world. Sometimes real-world solutions take a little longer.

People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.

The Constitution does not demand that you or I buy anything.

One of the most important criteria for the Air Force is to have it self-contained, and Midland already has everything in place, ... I'm confident the Air Force will pick the best location for its pilots' training program.

For too long Tom DeLay has been the subject of a partisan witch hunt by Ronnie Earle and the media that has ultimately led to a distorted public image of assumed guilt.

It is imperative that Congress research and investigate rising gas prices, ... High gas prices have the potential to derail our economy. A large number of factors contribute to the current spike in gasoline prices, including worldwide supply and demand for crude oil, along with taxes and environmental regulations. This problem will require both long-term and short-term solutions. This task force will seek to identify and eliminate any federal barriers that are contributing to unnecessarily high prices in the short-run.

Midland should compete very well with our better flying weather, higher number of training days and available housing right there at the airport. Nothing has to be built to start receiving trainees next April.

The president has spent seven months pounding away on the fact Social Security needs to be fixed,

The good news is that the physical mechanics of the '02 farm bill worked. However, the federal government in 2002 was experiencing surpluses, and that isn't the circumstance now. A different environment exists now for the 2007 farm bill to be created, and there is still uncertainty of what it will look like.