State Rep. Phil King, chairman of the House Regulated Industries Committee, spoke briefly at the press conference, emphasizing the benefits of high-speed Internet. He noted school curriculums are increasingly reliant on the Internet, and pointed out the importance of sending kids off to college Internet-proficient.

Representative Phil King of Weatherford authored a bill that would have allowed the Secretary of State to verify citizenship using information in a data base like birth records and social security numbers.

Texas Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, is considering offering financial incentives for companies to build low-polluting coal-fired power plants in Texas.

The [fire safe cigarette] Bill, written by Representative Phil King and his staff, will make “safe cigarettes” mandatory within a little more than two years.

If you haven't checked electricity rates recently, now is the time. The cost of power has finally turned downward in favor of consumers, and rates are the lowest they've been in a long time.

But people who heat their homes with electricity will get a break this year, as some retail electricity companies have dropped their rates to compete for customers. Plus, the mild summer helped to rein in demand for electricity in Texas, keeping wholesale power prices in check.

“Property rights are one of the most fundamental elements of our way of life, and if the government is going to take property away from you against your will, they better have a really good reason for doing it, a very important matter for the whole public, and they better pay you what it’s really worth,” King said. “As a general rule neither of those things is required [currently].”

“Most school districts do the right thing and let kids exercise their religious freedoms and have prayer meetings,” said State Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford). “But some schools have had the ACLU and other left-wing groups protest such events. This law creates a safe harbor that protects school districts against lawsuits.”

Weatherford Police Chief Jerry Blaisdell approached State Representative Phil King several years ago with the proposal of purchasing ATVs, stating they could be driven on public roadways by law enforcement personnel. King sponsored the bill, which was enacted into law giving police agencies an additional tool to fight and deter crime.

The bill was sponsored by state Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford. It had the support of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas, the Texas Fire Chiefs Association and the International Association of Arson Investigators.