All Entries in the "Issues" Category
Todd Staples’ Silent Spring: Where Is Ag Commissioner On Key Issues?
Staples Silent On Oil Spill, Other Issues Key To Texas Agribusiness
During the past three months, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples has been eerily silent on issues of importance to Texas Agriculture.
Gilbert Says Berman’s Arizona-Style Immigration Law Would Have Disastrous Consequences For Texas Agribusiness, Local Government
“If you want to talk about driving up food costs, slashing tax revenues, and damaging our economy, then Leo Berman’s bill is exactly what you want. I cannot imagine someone proposing something so irresponsible or damaging to Texas agriculture.”
Instead Of Focusing On Agriculture, Staples Puts His Effort Into Blocking Same-Sex Divorce
Cotton, hay, sweet potatoes, and peanuts all declined in production during Todd Staples’ tenure as Agriculture Commissioner, yet he’s done little to help improve conditions for these farmers.
Gilbert To Staples: Seriously, A Study?
Democratic Ag Commissioner Nominee Says State Needs Action, Not Another Study. “We need action, not studies. Research has been ongoing for years—far more than will be accomplished by a four-month study.”
Statement of Texas Democatic Party Agriculture Commissioner Nominee Hank Gilbert on President Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement
Gilbert To Obama: Texas Can Grow The Fuel America Needs
Staples Lying About Cuts To Food Programs For Elderly
Says Department Of Agriculture “Didn’t Single Out” Any Program For Cuts
Staples Dodges Questions On Role In Trans-Texas Corridor
Lies About Record Of Protecting Property Owners
Where is his record of working on legislation to protect landowners?
Gilbert: Perry Misguided In Claiming EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Decision Hurts Texas Agriculture
Hank Gilbert slammed Texas Governor Rick Perry for continuing to perpetuate the falsehood that the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gases represent a public health threat will harm Texas agriculture.
Statement by Hank Gilbert Regarding the Texas Lawsuit Against the EPA
“an inexcusable waste of money we don’t have since we are facing a budget, largely the responsibility of these men, that will be in deficit in the next biennium to the tune of $15-20 billion.”
A Real Plan for Texas Agriculture
Join me! With your support we will send Todd Staples back to his appraisal business in November!
Gilbert continues to lead on transportation funding
I intend to tell the Committee that we can solve the transportation crisis in this state, in a fiscally responsible way, without having to sell off our roads to private and foreign companies or incur crushing debt.
Gilbert Criticizes Staples’ Delay In Ascertaining Fuel Standards
“Why wasn’t this a lobby priority for him during the 2007 session? Why was it, like biofuels, something he didn’t act on until he’d been in office for two years?”
There They Go Again. . .
Gilbert: “First it was $50 billion. Then it was $82 billion. Now Rick Perry’s TXDOT is saying they need $332 BILLION? …”
