"These conservative ideals--being pro-life and promoting school choice--are a matter of principle for me," Bush said in a statement. "And just as I did during my campaign, I will continue to advocate on behalf of these deeply held values."
His first public appearance as land commissioner came at an anti-abortion rally where 1,500 people thronged the same Capitol grounds. A spokesman for the Texas Alliance for Life, which organized the event, said Bush's team approached his group "and asked if there was some way he could help."
"These conservative ideals--being pro-life and promoting school choice--are a matter of principle for me," Bush said in a statement. "And just as I did during my campaign, I will continue to advocate on behalf of these deeply held values."
Bush urged state lawmakers to approve voucher programs that would allow parents to remove their children from public school and get taxpayer funding for private and religious alternatives. Bush's office oversees the state's Permanent School Fund, which gets proceeds from leasing mineral rights for oil and natural gas exploration. The fund helps purchase classroom materials and indirectly covers some other costs for public school districts.
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