This summer I began updating a Facebook page, where you can find out more information about me and my campaign. It has videos, photos, links to interesting news stories, and more. Visit my Facebook page, and if you're on Facebook, please become a supporter. It's a great way to show your support and stay connected with important news from the campaign. It's even getting talked about in the press!

Between his efforts this Spring to counter the leftist attacks on General Petraeus by engineering a petition drive to show support for the U.S. effort in Iraq, to his insistence on realistically dealing with America's energy crisis, Mike Conaway has netted the ire of one of the biggest guns in the liberal arsenal: George Soros's ultra-left wing MoveOn.org.
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Even though I am scheduled to be in Texas today, I chose to remain in Washington to participate in the GOP effort to draw attention to America’s current energy situation, and to the fact that we in the House were prevented from voting on a substantive, comprehensive energy plan in June or in July.
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Two weeks ago, I posted an urgent note about the Democrats’ latest attempt to curtail communication between the American people and their elected representatives by applying an archaic House rule limiting Congress’ use of the Internet.
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This morning, our GOP House leadership delivered a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) asking her to call the House back into emergency session this month to deal with the country's growing energy crisis. The letter said, in part:

With American families and small businesses facing record high gasoline prices, Congress has adjourned to leave Washington for a five-week break.
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Mike presented Midland sisters Katharine and Christine Folger with gold and bronze Congressional Award certificates and medals today for their extensive volunteer activities and self-betterment efforts.

The Congressional Award honors young Americans for setting high goals in these areas and challenging themselves to achieve them.
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From today's Midland Reporter-Telegram:

You shouldn't try to legislate on oil and gas until you pass Energy 101, says U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland.

That's why he and one of the few other knowledgeable congressmen held a beginners' class last week and plan more Tuesday and Thursday in Minority Leader Roy Blunt's conference room.

Joining Arizona Rep. Trent Franks, Conaway told 28 neophyte Republicans about leasing and other pre-drilling work, drilling, producing, regulations and supply on July 15.
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Thank you to the hundreds of you who took time out of your day yesterday to sign my petition, to join my Facebook group, and/or to call Speaker Pelosi's office about Democratic attempts to limit online communication between the American people and their elected representatives. If you haven't yet, I encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience. You can also put a petition widget on your site by copying and pasting the code from the bottom of this post on my blog.
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Click here to sign the petition.

I have some very troubling news to share with you. In a shockingly Orwellian move, Congressional Democratic leaders, who promised in 2006 to create a more "open" government, are now proposing a new rule that would prevent Members of Congress from using the Internet to communicate with the American people unless the Web site they are using has been "approved" by a panel responsible for creating internal House rules.
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Thank you so much to the more than 4,800 of you who responded to our petition drive in support of General Petraeus and our troops' effort in Iraq. With your help, we were able to present this American hero with solid, heartfelt evidence of support for him, his troops, and their mission.
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