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Immediate Distribution:
News Release
Aug. 29, 2011
U.S.
Sen. James Inhofe Endorses Texas Gov. Rick Perry for President
TULSA, Okla. – Texas Gov. Rick Perry
today received the endorsement of U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.)
in his campaign for president of the United States.
"I've
known Gov. Rick Perry for a long time, and I am endorsing him because I
know he is the strongest leader to run against and defeat President
Obama. After three years of Obama’s liberal agenda, Rick Perry is
the
right person to get America working again and turn our country in the
right direction,” said Sen. Inhofe. “His record as Texas’ governor
proves that he knows you grow the economy with less government, by
controlling spending, cutting taxes, reforming tort laws and reducing
regulatory red tape for employers. One of the important areas is
reigning in over-regulation. Rick Perry is strong against the Cap
and
Trade tax that would further devastate our economy and do nothing but
move jobs overseas to places like China. He is one of the few who
understand this, and he won’t cave in to the extreme environmental
activists or the Hollywood crowd and their liberal agenda. We
can’t
afford four more years of the Obama malaise. Look at what Rick
Perry
has done in his state. He is going to be a great president!”
“As one of the leading conservative
voices in the United States Senate, Sen. Inhofe will be an important
asset to this campaign, and I am humbled to receive his support,” said.
Gov. Perry. “I am proud to partner with him as I travel the nation to
share my vision to get America working again.”
Sen.
Inhofe was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994 and is ranking member of
the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and member of the
Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He was recently voted the #1 Conservative in the U.S. Senate by
National Journal and “Most Outstanding Conservative U.S. Senator” by
Human Events Newspaper and the American Conservative Union. Sen. Inhofe
formerly served as congressman from Oklahoma’s First Congressional
District, mayor of Tulsa, minority leader of the Oklahoma Senate and
member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He spent 30 years as a
small businessman in aviation, real estate, and insurance, and served
in the U.S. Army.
For more information about Gov. Rick
Perry’s record, presidential campaign and plan to get America working
again, please visit:
www.rickperry.org.