Texas Governor talks up road building

From KEYE, October 14, 2008...

Gov. Rick Perry says he and Texas legislative leaders will work together in the 2009 session to come up with long-term transportation funding solutions.

Among the ideas he talked up Tuesday with the Associated General Contractors of Texas was ending the gas tax diversion for funding the Texas Department of Public Safety. He says that amounts to $1.2 billion in every two-year budget cycle and that the money is needed for road projects.

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Texas governor pressures feds to cut ethanol production

From The News Tribune, June 25, 2008...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, supported by livestock producers concerned about rising feed prices, increased his effort Tuesday to pressure the federal government to cut ethanol production requirements in half.

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Perry requests waiver from ethanol mandate

From Austin Business Journal, June 25, 2008...

The increasing use of grain-based ethanol for fuel is causing a crisis in the livestock industry, Texas Gov. Rick Perry says.

Gov. Perry on Tuesday joined the livestock industry and business leaders from Texas and across the country to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a 50 percent waiver from its Renewable Fuel Standards mandate for grain-based ethanol. Perry made his initial waiver request in late April, at which time the EPA granted a comment period to consider the appeal. The comment period ended on Monday.

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