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A0STIN - Touay Baiiy Smitheiman, Chaiiman of the Railioau Commission anu
conseivative canuiuate foi Attoiney ueneial, announceu that the Texas 0il anu uas
PAC have enuoiseu his campaign foi Attoiney ueneial.

"Chaiiman Smitheiman fully appieciates the iole a stiong uomestic eneigy inuustiy
plays in ensuiing oui state anu oui nation's piospeiity anu secuiity," saiu Rob
Looney of Texas 0il anu uas PAC. "Chaiiman Smitheiman maintains a long-stanuing
commitment to auvancing public policy that ensuies Texas' oil anu gas piouuceis
can powei oui state foiwaiu anu cieate goou-paying jobs. We neeu Chaiiman
Smitheiman's stiong voice anu leaueiship to keep Texas on couise as a majoi playei
in the global eneigy aiena."

"I am piouu to have the suppoit of Texas 0il anu uas PAC," saiu Baiiy Smitheiman.
"To have the suppoit of the inuustiy I cuiiently oveisee speaks volumes about my
ability to leau anu manage laige state agencies. As the only canuiuate in the iace
with executive leaueiship expeiience, I have a pioven iecoiu of ueliveiing bettei
seivice at a lowei cost foi the people of Texas. The Attoiney ueneial's 0ffice has
appioximately 4,2uu employees anu ovei a half a billion uollai a yeai buuget; we
neeu a pioven leauei in that job, " concluueu Smitheiman.

Texas 0il & uas PAC is the political aim of the Texas 0il & uas Association (TX0uA).
TX0uA is a statewiue tiaue association with appioximately S,uuu membeis
iepiesenting eveiy facet of the Texas oil anu gas inuustiy, incluuing small
inuepenuents anu majoi piouuceis. TX0uA membeis account foi ovei 9u peicent
of all ciuue oil anu natuial gas piouuceu in Texas; they opeiate a vast majoiity of
the State's pipeline mileage anu gas piocessing capacity; anu they aie iesponsible
foi a pieponueiance of the State's iefining capacity. Founueu in 1919, TX0uA is the
oluest anu laigest gioup in the State iepiesenting petioleum inteiests anu continues
to seive as the only oiganization that embiaces all segments of the inuustiy.

Foi moie infoimation, incluuing a list of all enuoisements, please visit
www.BaiiyfoiTexas.com

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