Chet Edwards For Congress

Cleburne Times-Review: Edwards supports estate tax repeal bill

Published: December 08, 2009
Special to the Times-Review

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, on Thursday supported House passage of a bill providing a permanent repeal of estate taxes for 99.8 percent of American family farms, ranches and small businesses.

“As we work to strengthen our economy, it is important that we help family farms and small businesses protect and plan for their future,” Edwards said. “The estate tax often hurts economic growth and hits family farms and small businesses the hardest. Under this bill, 99.8 percent of small businesses, ranches and family farms will pay no estate taxes.”

Waco Trib: City leaders ecstatic as Waco Mammoth Site opens

Waco Tribune-Herald |
Sunday, December 06, 2009 | By Cody Winchester Tribune-Herald staff writer

At the donor appreciation ceremony that preceded Saturday’s public opening of the Waco Mammoth Site, Ellie Caston, director of Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum, compared the newly developed archaeological site to a mousetrap.

Cleburne Times-Review: Edwards votes against HR 3961

Published: November 24, 2009
Special to the Times-Review

House Resolution 3961, a physician payment bill that blocks a scheduled reduction in the Medicare payment rate for doctors due to take effect in January, passed the House on Thursday by a 243-183 vote.

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, voted against the bill.

Edwards said he opposed the bill after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined it would add $210 billion to the national debt over the next 10 years.

Edwards said he supports fixing the Medicare payment problem but believes it should be paid for.

Waco Trib: Waco Mammoth Site just about ready for Dec. 5 opening

Waco Tribune-Herald | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | By Michael Shapiro Tribune-Herald staff writer

Thirty-one years after mammoth bones were discovered in a ravine near the Bosque River, members of the public will take the first tour of the site Dec. 5.

Waco Trib: House OKs staving off cuts to doctors; Waco's Chet Edwards votes no

Waco Tribune-Herald | Friday, November 20, 2009 | Staff and wire reports

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as a political payoff.

Rep. Chet Edwards, of Waco, was one of only 11 Democrats who voted against the measure, which passed 243-183. The GOP contended that Democrats supported the bill to thank the American Medical Association for backing President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.