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In Video, Smitherman Calls for "Conservative Crusade" Against Obama, EPA

Railroad Commission Chairman and Texas attorney general candidate Barry Smitherman released a new campaign video in which he promises to protect Texans against the "job-killing policies" of the Obama administration and the EPA.

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal
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Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman, a Republican running for attorney general, has released a campaign video in which he promises to protect Texans from the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency's "job-killing policies." Smitherman asks voters to join his "conservative crusade" and talks about the multiple lawsuits he and current Attorney General Greg Abbott have already filed against the EPA. 

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