Published: 12-06-07
Clarendon – Congressman Mac Thornberry today announced that he will seek reelection to represent Texas District 13 in the United States House of Representatives and that he has submitted his application for a place on the 2008 Republican primary ballot.Background on Congressman Mac Thornberry
Mac Thornberry is a fifth-generation Texan and a lifelong resident of the 13th District of Texas. Mac’s family has been ranching in the area since 1881 – a family business in which Mac remains actively involved.
As one of the few Members of Congress personally involved in agriculture Mac understands the challenges Texas agricultural producers face and has been a key player in efforts to support them. To this end Thornberry has sponsored or cosponsored a number of property rights and ag-related bills and recently became a cosponsor of H.R.4193 to provide for an emergency one-year extension of the 2002 Farm Bill.
Long active in efforts to encourage domestic energy production Thornberry’s “No Excuses Energy Act” has garnered national attention for its focus on increasing the production of all types of American-produced energy.
Long active in efforts to encourage domestic energy production Thornberry’s “No Excuses Energy Act” has garnered national attention for its focus on increasing the production of all types of American-produced energy.
Congressman Thornberry is a longtime advocate of tax reduction and limited government. This year alone he has voted against over $100 billion in tax increases and is working to defeat legislation that would raise taxes on American businesses and families by a staggering $1.3 trillion more. In addition to sponsoring a repeal of the Death Tax and cosponsoring the Fair Tax Mac has recently cosponsored H.R. 3818 the Taxpayer Choice Act – a new and innovative approach to make our tax system fairer and flatter.
A nationally recognized leader in national security and intelligence matters Mac Thornberry is one of the few Members of Congress to serve on both the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. A member of the bipartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Smart Power Commission Thornberry recently returned from a trip to Iraq where he met with our frontline troops and was briefed on the progress of the war by General David Patraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.
Born in Clarendon and raised on the family ranch in Donley County Mac graduated from Clarendon High School before continuing his education at Texas Tech University. After obtaining a B.A. in history from Tech in 1980 he went on to the University of Texas Law School where he graduated in 1983. In 1989 Mac joined his brothers in the cattle business and began to practice law in Amarillo.
Mac’s wife Sally is also a native Texan. They have two children.
