Important Changes with the Texas Tomorrow Fund May Cost You Money

by Phil King (R-Weatherford)
I wanted to bring something important to your attention that may potentially save your family thousands of dollars for your children’s education.
Nine years ago my father bought each of his grandchildren a Texas Tomorrow Fund grant. Since it’s beginning in 1995 as the Texas Tomorrow Fund, the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan has [...]

Federal health care reform would cost Texas dearly

This is a good, quick read and explains well what Obama-care will cost individual Texans.  It’s the first thorough “Texas” breakdown I’ve seen.
Phil King (R-Weatherford)

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September 11, 2009
San Antonio Express-News
Arlene Wohlgemuth
As Congress continues its health care debate, the American public is focused squarely on the implications that current federal proposals will have [...]

President asking our school children to contemplate how they can help HIM!?

President John F. Kennedy stated in his famous inaugural address in 1961:”And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
Fast forward to 2009, President Barack Obama is giving a speech to elementary school children next week, supposedly about encouraging them to stay [...]

King – outspoken critic of President Obama’s healthcare plan

As you know, I’ve been very outspoken in my opposition to the healthcare plan that the Democrats and President Obama have been propagating in Washington.  A couple of weeks ago I joined several of my colleagues in the Texas Legislature in sending a letter to the Texas Congressional delegation urging them [...]

King Touts Fiscal Restraint as Reason for State’s Improved Credit Rating

State Representative Phil King (R-Weatherford) today cited fiscal restraint and common sense economics for Texas’ booming economy and why Standard & Poor’s (S&P) raised Texas’ credit rating from ‘AA’ to ‘AA+’ this week.
A statement from S&P on Tuesday explained, “S&P raised its issuer credit rating (ICR) and general obligation (GO) rating on [...]

Taking Away Our Freedoms

“It’s interesting the response of the liberals in congress and the president
to the outrage we’re seeing at townhalls. They’re just missing our point
altogether. We Americans are upset because they are trying to take away some
of our freedoms. And there is nothing more important to an American than our
freedom.”
by Phil King
State Representative, [...]

Texans will pay a price for cap and trade

“My good friend, Barry Smitherman, wrote this short article on the harm “cap and trade” will cause to Texans.  It’s a very quick and very good read.  Barry chairs the Public Utility Commission and he is a real asset to our state. Thanks, Phil”

Texans will pay a price for cap and [...]

King “Taxpayer Hero” in 81st Legislative Session

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June 11, 2009
In the now-concluded 81st Session of the Legislature, State Representative Phil King stood out as a “hero” for the state’s taxpayers. According to the biennial ranking of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, King received a very strong pro-taxpayer rating of 90.91%.
“Representative Phil King was one of the good guys [...]

King Voices Concern over Illegal Planned Parenthood Abortions

Phil King

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June 18, 2009

Austin – This week, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) issued notices of violation to Planned Parenthood clinics in San Antonio that were performing abortions illegally in unlicensed facilities in Texas, posing a danger to the lives and health of women in Texas.
The notices of violation, which were accompanied [...]

King: Local option transportation bill not the right answer for Texas

By PHIL KING
Special to the Star-Telegram
No state representative worked harder this legislative session to solve North Texas’ traffic congestion than my good friend Vicki Truitt. I share Truitt’s concerns and sense of urgency on this issue; however, we disagree on the funding solution that she and others proposed to the Legislature and on the practicality [...]