AUSTIN – Representative Tom Craddick, R-Midland, has been appointed Chairman of the House Committee on Land and Resource Management. “I am truly honored that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Bonnen, has entrusted the leadership of this committee to me,” Craddick said. “It, along with membership on The House Energy Committee, puts me in the position to represent the Permian Basin district in an extraordinary way.” Land and Resource Management has jurisdiction over all matters relating to management and leasing of public and University lands, the use of eminent domain including oil and gas pipelines, municipal zoning and land use regulation. Craddick ...