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Serving Texas Veterans
- Led largest increase in Texas veterans benefits since WWII
- Provided over $1 Billion in veteran loans; twice prior record
- Added 3 new veterans homes; El Paso, McAllen and Amarillo
- Opened first Texas state veterans cemetery in Killeen
- New state cemeteries planned in Mission and Corpus Christi
- Suspended loan deadlines for Texans fighting War on Terror
- Visited Texas troops in Iraq: Baghdad, Fallujah, Kirkuk, Taji
- Raised $200 K to provide internet cafes for troops in Iraq
- Created Voices of Veterans Oral History Project
Protecting the Texas Coast
- Provided $53.6 Million for vital projects along Texas Coast
- Secured $240 Million federal funds over next 4 years for coast
- Created Coastal Texas 2020 to focus Texas on coastal issues
- Joined 47,382 volunteers to remove 1,192 tons of beach trash
- Fought Sierra Club to protect coastal drilling – and won
- Enforced and strengthened Texas Open Beaches Act
- Offered assistance over lawsuits to remove houses from beach
Making Money for Texas Schools
- Deposited record $1.35 Billion in Permanent School Fund
- Diversified and strengthened revenue stream for PSF
- Expanded PSF into sound, low-risk real estate investments
- Added accountability with first-ever fund managers for PSF
- Increased PSF land transactions by over 3,000% in 4 years
- $100 M Baytown facility will earn $338 M over 30 years
- Record-breaking sealed bid sale in 2006 earned $22 Million
Moving Texas Forward
- Signed first lease in the U.S. for offshore wind energy
- Signed largest lease in U.S. history for offshore wind energy
- Positioned Texas as the national leader in wind energy
- Save Texas History! created to preserve historic documents
- Funded innovative solar energy project for Texas border
- Added transparency; webcasting every GLO public meeting
- Created agency ethic centered on new ideas, service, trust