Congressman Mike Conaway talks to participants about the men and women who serve and have served out county Monday during the CAF Memorial Day Celebration in the George H.W. and Barbara Bush Commemorative Center hanger. Cindeka Nealy/Reporter-Telegram Photo: Cindeka Nealy, Midland Reporter-Telegram

Rep. Mike Conaway meets and speaks to members of Troop 216 Friday evening before the Cub Scout promotion ceremony to Boy Scouts at Golf Course Road Church of Christ. Conaway was on hand to speak during the ceremony, promoting 10 members of Troop 216, during the Blue and Gold Banquet.Tim FischerReporter-Telegram Photo: Tim Fischer, Midland Reporter-Telegram

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, left, responds to questions Tuesday after he and Rep. Mike Conaway toured the Faskin Oil and Ranch drilling rig, located off of County Road 40 near F.M. 1788 in Midland County. Conaway is giving Boehner a tour of independent oil operations so that he can see the importance of hydraulic fracturing. Cindeka Nealy/Reporter-Telegram Photo: Cindeka Nealy, Midland Reporter-Telegram

U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) speaks during a candlelight vigil held at Centennial Plaza in downtown Midland, Tx., Saturday Nov. 17, 2012. The vigil was held to remember people involved in an accident where a Union Pacific train struck a float carrying military veterans,Thursday Nov. 15, 2012, killing four men, including one from the San Antonio area. Photo: Edward A. Ornelas, San Antonio Express-News