Steve Brown is running for Texas Railroad Commissioner because he wants that agency to operate as it was intended – facilitate energy production while protecting the interests of all Texans.

Texas Railroad Commissioner Candidate Steve Brown, is one of the Democrats so far to suggest that the Railroad Commission and State Law Makers should do more to limit the recent surge in earthquakes in Texas linked to oil and gas disposal wells.

» LEADERS IN TEXAS ENERGY » T. Boone Pickens, Dallas, Chairman, BP Capital Management » Carl Campbell, Houston, Former President, Houston Assoc. of Professional Landmen » Scott Joyce, Houston, Managing Director, Capital One Energy Banking » Frosty Gilliam Jr., Odessa, President, Ag Horn Energy, Inc.; Board Member, Texas A&M 12th Man Foundation » Mike Baggett, Dallas, Chairman Emeritus and Shareholder at Winstead » Kirk Edwards, Odessa, President, Las Colinas Energy Partners » Will Beecherl, Dallas, President, Verdad Operating Co. » Taylor Mayne, Midland, President, Mayne & Mertz, Inc., Past President, Permian Basin Petroleum Assoc » Clayton & Modesta Williams, Midland, Clayton Williams Energy » Kenny Isbell, Houston, President, Apache Oil » CEO’s in Texas Energy Industries » Rich Kinder, CEO, Kinder Morgan Energy » Frank Burke, Dallas, CEO, Brigadier Oil » Don Sparks, Midland, CEO, Discovery Operating » Johnny Isbell, Pasadena, Mayor of Pasadena CEO, Apache Oil » Joe Fowler, Houston, CEO, Stress Engineering » Tony Pelletier, Houston, CEO, Alamo Resources » Scott Heape, Dallas, CEO, H&S Production » JJ Isbell, Pasadena, CEO, Texas Trans Eastern Trucking, Pasadena City Council Member » Ned Holmes, Houston, CEO, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.; Board Member, Associated Republicans of Texas; Trustee, “C” Club of Houston » Mark Ellis, Houston, CEO, Linn Energy » Keith Sinor, Deer Park, CEO, Sinor Engine and Trustee on San Jacinto College Board of Directors » Brian Lamb, Houston, CEO, Axys Industrial Solutions » Ron Masters, Dickinson, CEO, Maxim Group » Alan Clemens, Conroe, CEO, Rio Oil and Gas » Chris Faulkner, Dallas CEO, Breitling Energy » $356,000 To date in Campaign Contributions

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» If elected, he will stay involved with the engineering company he and his wife founded. » that he would focus first on the railroad commissioner job, working at his firm only after hours. » And he anticipates that ONLY a few conflicts would arise.

» Wayne Christian led the four- candidate primary field for Texas Railroad Commissioner with 501,820 votes (42.7 percent)

» The EPA issued a regulation to reduce emissions of smog-forming air pollution that even the right-wing Wall Street Journal editorial board praised for its "restraint." And the EPA proposed a rule that would require the gas industry to disclose chemicals used during fracking on public lands, but gave what the New York Times described as a "significant concession" to the industry by only requiring that companies reveal the composition of fracking fluids after drilling. The EPA also required that the gas industry reduce cancer-causing chemicals released during fracking, a rule that will also reduce the emissions of methane -- a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Bloomberg reported that several companies supported the rule, which could prevent a "backlash" that would shut down production.

The Texas Railroad Commission hasn’t had a Democratic Elected Official in 20 Years.

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