Texas Comptroller Press Conferences
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- June 13, 2006
Strayhorn Unveils New Tax Calculator to Help Business Owners Estimate Higher Taxes Under Perry- Full Audio (1.4MB MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- May 24, 2006
Strayhorn Certifies Available Revenue in House Bill 1- Full Audio (1.1MB MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- May 10, 2006
Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn's Statement- Full Audio (639KB MP3)
- News Release
- Letter to Governor Rick Perry
- Foster Care Medication Data Request Timeline
- April 21, 2006
Comptroller Strayhorn Believes Gov. Perry’s “Margin Tax” Is An Income Tax; Requests Formal Attorney General’s Opinion- Full Audio (666KB MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- Letter to Attorney General Abbott
- April 17, 2006
Strayhorn Estimates $8.2 Billion in Available Revenue, Outlines Additional $7.7 billion in Long-Term Strayhorn Solutions- Full Audio (2.1MB MP3)
- News Release
- 2006-07 Revenue Estimate for the 79th Legislature, Third Called Session
- April 14, 2006
Strayhorn Reports Gov. Perry's Tax Increase Plan Raises Billions; Falls Billions Short Of Promised Property Tax Relief- Full Audio (1.6MB MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- Letter to Speaker Craddick
- Fiscal Note Estimate (4.8MB PDF)
- March 20, 2006
Strayhorn Recommends $4,000 Across-the-Board Teacher Pay Raise; Calls on Governor to Add Issue to Special Session- Clip 1 - Add To The Call (23K MP3)
- Clip 2 - Future Tax Base (14K MP3)
- Clip 3 - 16% (12K MP3)
- Clip 4 - $4000 Increase (24K MP3)
- Clip 5 - Total Cost (26K MP3)
- Clip 6 - Failed Policies Of The Past (34K MP3)
- Clip 7 - Return On Investment (26K MP3)
- Clip 8 - Underpaid (16K MP3)
- Full Audio (619K MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- February 21, 2006
Comptroller Strayhorn Releases Updated Texas Where We Stand: Education- Clip 1 - Break My Heart (42K MP3)
- Clip 2 - Need More (34K MP3)
- Clip 3 - High School Diploma (35K MP3)
- Clip 4 - Failing Our Future (21K MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- February 8, 2006
Comptroller Strayhorn's Statement- Statement
- January 23, 2006
Comptroller Strayhorn Reviews Texas Residential Construction Commission- Full Audio (1.3 MB MP3)
- Statement
- News Release
- August 3, 2005
Strayhorn Predicts Texas Families Will Save $47 Million During Sales Tax Holiday- Full Audio (559 KB MP3)
- June 27, 2005
Comptroller Strayhorn's Analysis Shows Perry Plan Is Largest Tax Increase in Texas History, Comes Up Short For Property Tax Relief, Will Saddle Next Legislature With Mandatory Tax Hike- Full Audio (516 KB MP3)
- June 3, 2005
Comptroller Strayhorn Certifies State Budget- Full Audio (830 KB MP3)
- March 9, 2005
Comptroller Strayhorn Calls for Resignation of CTRMA Board Chairman and Member; Cites Favoritism and Self Interest in Special Report- Audio Clip (1.4 MB MP3)
- News Release
- January 10, 2005
Strayhorn Estimates Budget $400 Million in the Black- Full Audio (3.3 MB MP3)
- Clip 1 (95 KB MP3)
- Clip 2 (95 KB MP3)
- Clip 3 (122 KB MP3)
- Clip 4 (115 KB MP3)
- Clip 5 (33 KB MP3)
- Clip 6 (49 KB MP3)
- Clip 7 (79 KB MP3)
- Clip 8 (109 KB MP3)
- Clip 9 (34 KB MP3)
- Clip 10 (117 KB MP3)
- Clip 11 (82 KB MP3)
- Posters (442 KB PDF)
- News Release
- December 15, 2004
Strayhorn Proposes Higher Pay Now for Texas Teachers- Full Audio (1.7 MB MP3)
- News Release
- Special Report: The Cost of Underpaying Texas Teachers
- November 12, 2004
Medicaid Drug Fraud and Abuse Investigation in Foster Care System Launched by Comptroller Strayhorn- Full Audio (7.5 MB MP3)
- News Release
- October 14, 2004
Strayhorn Urges Perry to Declare her Foster Care Reform Package Emergency Legislation and to Create a Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team- Full Audio (3.5 MB MP3)
- News Release
- Letter to Governor Perry
- June 20, 2003
Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn Certifies State Budget- Text of Comptroller Strayhorn's Statement
- Full Audio (2.2 MB MP3)
- June 19, 2003
Budget Statement by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn- Full Text
Full Audio (2.2 MB MP3)
- June 4, 2003
Strayhorn Updates Status of Appropriations Bill- Full Audio (4.8 MB MP3)
- May 29, 2003
Strayhorn Releases New Revenue Estimate- News Release
Large Photo (340K JPG)
Printable Charts (979K PDF)
Video (4.1 MB QuickTime)
Full Audio (2.1 MB MP3)
- May 19, 2003
Strayhorn Outlines Budget Solutions- News Release
Printable Charts(343K PDF)
Video (2.6MB QuickTime)
- April 30, 2003
Strayhorn Opposes "Smoke and Mirrors" Budgeting- Video (3MB Quicktime)
News Release
- April 3, 2003
Strayhorn ID's $2.1 Billion in Cuts, New Revenues
E-Texas II Includes Video Lottery Tied to Education, Tax Relief- Video (2.74 MB Quicktime)
Full Audio (11.3 MB MP3)
News Release
- January 29, 2003
Strayhorn Proposes Surplus Rebate Plan;
New Sales Tax Holiday; Build Rainy Day Fund- Video (4,195K Quicktime)
Audio (4,849K MP3)
News Release
- January 23, 2003
Strayhorn Announces 6% Agency Budget Cuts- Audio (5,065K MP3)
News Release
- January 13, 2003
Strayhorn Outlines Revenue Decline- Photo (1,704K JPG)
Video (3,054K Quicktime)
Audio (9,914K MP3)
News Release
- January 10, 2003
Strayhorn Proposes Billions in Savings- Photo (803K JPG)
Audio (10,149K MP3)
News Release
- January 7, 2002
Comptroller Has Double Barreled Swearing-in; Attacks Excess Spending; Announces Marriage- Photo (1,203K JPG)
Video (11.7 MB Quicktime)
Audio Full Audio(5.5 MB MP3)
Audio Governor Perry's Comments (1.7 MB MP3)
Audio Cactus Pryor's Comments (1.5 MB MP3)
News Release
- December 20, 2002
Texas A&M Commencement- Excerpt of Remarks
- November 27, 2002
Rylander Details $14 Million in Potential Savings for Austin Community College- Photo (552K PDF)
Video (5.5 MB Quicktime)
Audio (9.3 MB MP3)
News Release
- September 26, 2002
Rylander Challenges TV Station's Attempt To Publish Crime Victim's Photo- Video (2.9 MB Windows Media)
Video (4.4 MB Quicktime)
Audio (2.9 MB MP3)
Statement by Comptroller Rylander
Letter to KEYE-TV from Comptroller Rylander News Release
