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| 04/26/03 - Viewpoint on Metro`s rail plans |
| Every minute we lose trapped in traffic is an irretrievable moment lost with our children and our families and our jobs. Time is one of our most precious assets, and the best way to create more time for us to cherish with our families and to be productive in our jobs is to unclog traffic congestion.
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| 09/26/02 - Help is on the way to open up the Katy Freeway |
| Every employer in west Houston or whose employees live in west Houston should know that relief is right around the corner for the Katy Freeway. Expanding the Katy Freeway is my top local legislative priority, so I want to give you several pieces of good news about our west Houston transportation disaster zone.
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| 09/11/02 - September 11-A Year Later |
| Our nation’s spontaneous response to the September 11 sneak attack has reaffirmed my faith in the good sense and the good hearts of the American people—and my deep faith in the genius of our Constitution and the strength of our free market system.
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| 06/23/02 - Give thanks: Texans running Texas prisons again |
| The oldest prison reform lawsuit in the history of the United States, the Ruiz case, ended this week when federal District Judge William Wayne Justice quietly signed a one page order dismissing the entire case.
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| 04/10/02 - Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself |
| In the aftermath of September 11, President George W. Bush made it abundantly clear that the United States is at war with terrorism. While our war has just begun, Israel has been at war with terrorism for years. As a friend and ally to Israel, it is our duty to stand with our democratic ally during their fight against the terrorist network that operates within the Palestinian Authority.
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| 02/11/02 - Bill Archer Was Right to Oppose Ethanol Tax Credits |
| Former President George H.W. Bush, former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer, and I have been the only three Congressmen to represent Texas` District 7 in west Houston, and all three of us share our constituents` commitment to free market principles and fiscal conservatism.
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| 09/24/01 - The Task Of Our Generation |
| Thursday night, September 20, I sat in the chamber where President Franklin D. Roosevelt summoned his countrymen to their mission in 1941 and listened as President George W. Bush called our generation to its task.
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| 04/18/01 - Houston`s Air Quality Challenge |
| Tom DeLay has earned the appreciation of Houstonians for his efforts to strike a strategic balance on air quality between environmental protection and economic well-being.
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