January 3, 2011

For Immediate Release

Former Ambassador John Bolton Declares Support for

Ken Paxton for Texas House Speaker

(McKinney, TX) – State Representative Ken Paxton today announced that John Bolton, Former Ambassador to
the United Nations, has weighed in on the race for Texas House Speaker.

Paxton said, “I’m pleased that a man of Ambassador Bolton’s stature has decided to lend his support to me, and
I’m honored by his words of support and encouragement in this important battle for conservatives.”

Ambassador Bolton released the following statement:

“I am happy to announce my support for Ken Paxton as the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
This is a significant office for all Texans, and especially this year it also has important national implications.

“First, upcoming reapportionment and redistricting decisions in many States will play a critical role in ensuring
that our fellow citizens obtain the representation they are entitled to. Across the country, we need to rectify
literally decades of skewed redistricting decisions, and Texas, which will gain four seats in the House of
Representatives in Washington, will play the leading role in that process. Accordingly, how Texas Republicans
approach redistricting will have significant national ramifications.

“Second, as Texans know only too well, our citizens are increasingly endangered by drug-related violence
spilling across from Mexico. Border-state law-enforcement authorities can do only so much, especially when
Mexican authorities are unable to police their side of the border, and the Obama Administration has chosen to sit
on the sidelines, hardly even mentioning the dangers of the Mexican drug cartels, let alone acting effectively to
protect our citizens. If action is not taken soon, citizens all across our nation will face the same dangers already
threatening Texans. Once again, how Texas responds will be a signal for the entire country.

“I believe that Ken Paxton has what it takes to be an effective Speaker of the Texas House on these and many
other issues. He will provide leadership for Texas and the nation as a whole, and I am pleased to support him.”

Appointed by President George W. Bush, Bolton served as Ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005
until December 2006. Bolton is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Fox
News Channel commentator, and of counsel to the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, in their Washington D.C. office.
He is also involved with a broad assortment of other conservative think tanks and policy institutes, including the
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), Project for the New American Century (PNAC), Institute
of East-West Dynamics, National Rifle Association, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, and
the Council for National Policy (CNP).

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