FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2008
CONTACT: Matt Mackowiak
Sen. Hutchison Begins Texas Gulf Coast Bus Tour
Embarks on Three Day, 16 Stop, 600 Mile Bus Tour to Meet with Gulf Coast Texans
WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R–TX), Texas’ senior Senator, launched a three-day, 600-mile bus tour of the Texas Gulf Coast to highlight the commerce and industrial leadership in the region’s energy production and port facilities that the Gulf Coast provides, as well as the region’s natural beauty, beaches and other tourist-related attractions.
Monday, August 11
| 8:30am | Harlingen | Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Breakfast |
| 9:45am | Raymondville | Chamber of Commerce Coffee |
| 11:00am | Sarita | Customs and Border Patrol Checkpoint Tour / Briefing |
| 12:00pm | Kingsville | Chamber of Commerce Luncheon and Legislative Update |
| 2:00pm | Corpus Christi | Chamber of Commerce Event and Tour of State Aquarium |
| 4:15pm | Rockport | 20th Anniversary of the Texas Maritime Museum |
Tuesday, August 12
| 9:00am | Victoria | Chamber of Commerce Coffee and Legislative Update |
| 10:45am | Port Lavaca | Chamber of Commerce Coffee and Legislative Update |
| 12:45pm | Wadsworth | Tour of Nuclear Energy Facility |
| 3:00pm | Lake Jackson | Chamber of Commerce Event and Legislative Update |
| 5:15pm | Texas City | Mainland Medical Center Auxiliary & 50th Anniversary Reception |
Wednesday, August 13
| 8:30am | Galveston | Mary Moody Northen Foundation Breakfast |
| 10:30am | High Island | Visit / Tour and Remarks on Coastal Conservation |
| 12:45pm | Port Arthur | Groundbreaking for New Valero Refinery Expansion |
| 3:15pm | Liberty | Chamber of Commerce Reception |
| 5:15pm | La Porte | Reception with the Economic Alliance Port Region |
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