Feb 18, 2014
The leading Republican candidate for governor in Texas is taking some heat for campaigning alongside musician, Ted Nugent.
Greg Abbott
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Greg Wayne Abbott is the 48th Governor of Texas, having taken office on January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the Attorney General of Texas from 2002 to 2015, where he focused on issues such as consumer protection and immigration enforcement. As governor, he has prioritized conservative policies, including tax cuts, education reform, and gun rights.
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Oct 27, 2011
Her sworn statement was they were not going to do anything. They could not take over Texas' Air Permitting program, quote, until December 2nd, 2011, at the earliest.
Aug 3, 2011
This is very much an ongoing investigation. And, you know, for somebody who's been doing it for as long as I have, I'm hoping that everybody sort of wakes up and recognizes that these are chronic and systematic abuses.
Mar 23, 2011
What they said is if--if I could read one sentence to you from this opinion.
Mar 23, 2011
The regulations that they have come up with for greenhouse gases are completely noncompliant with the laws passed by the United States Congress.
Mar 23, 2011
The EPA has clearly violated the rule of law by failing and refusing to follow the Clean Air Act.
Mar 23, 2011
We write to inform you that Texas has neither the authority nor the intention of usurping, ignoring, or amending each clause in order to compel the permitting of greenhouse gas emissions.
Mar 23, 2011
You can no longer avoid making the decision about whether or not there is an endangerment posed by greenhouse gases.
Mar 23, 2011
The reason why I point that out is because it was done right before the Christmas/New Year's holiday.
Mar 23, 2011
The EPA effectively rewrote the Clean Air Act by unilaterally raising emission thresholds.
Mar 23, 2011
The Tailoring Rule purports to create new thresholds for greenhouse gases in place of the thresholds that were mandated by Congress, itself.
Mar 23, 2011
The Clean Air Act defines in precise numerical terms the emission thresholds that trigger permitting requirements.
Mar 23, 2011
The EPA has ignored the plain language of the Clean Air Act, violated notice and comment requirements.
Mar 23, 2011
Texas cannot support the EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases and federalize the Texas air permitting system.
Mar 23, 2011
What is absurd is that a regulatory agency can come in and have unelected bureaucrats rewrite a law that the United States Congress wrote.
Jul 23, 2008
The state of Texas situation would never have occurred had we had in place the kind of law enforcement ideas that are being talked about today.
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