"I want to thank you for the opportunity to continue to represent you and our area in the Alabama Senate. As I travel throughout our district, in every county, on a regular basis I see the economic challenges that we all face. That is why I continue to work hard to promote rural economic development that will bring new jobs to our part of the state, and I am also doubly committed to keeping Alabama's taxes the lowest in America.

To keep you informed about news for our area I write a weekly column called Capitol Reports and I would be pleased to add you to my email list so that you can stay up to date. This report is also published in our weekly newspapers and I want to thank those publishers and editors for their commitment to helping keep our citizens informed.

Finally, let me say that I want to urge you to contact my office in Montgomery at 334-242-7862 or my Russellville office at 256-332-6966 if there is anyway that I can personally assist you with a problem or issue. One of the greatest joys of being a Senator is helping people in their time of need, and I want you to know that my door is always open to you."