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Here is the Texas Minute for Monday, August 29, 2022.

– Brandon Waltens

With the 2023 legislative session set to start on January 10, 2023, folks have been noticing the lackluster performance [[link removed]] of the GOP-dominated House – specifically – on key issues.

Among other things, Democrats were allowed – by the GOP majority and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan – to break quorum in 2021 for months as part of their (unsuccessful) attempt to derail ballot security and election integrity efforts. No consequences were ever assigned [[link removed]] to the Democrats for wasting taxpayer resources by the House Speaker or his leadership team.

Speaker Phelan has rejected the notion [[link removed]] of holding corporate entities responsible for pushing leftwing ideologies harmful to Texas children – even those companies that receive subsidies from the state government.

More recently, Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) said he would work to bring back to life a corporate welfare program [[link removed]] that forced taxpayers to subsidize unreliable energy companies. With all that in mind, it should not be a surprise that Texas Scorecard been getting questions about how the speaker of the House is selected.

Here’s a quick video [[link removed]] explaining the process. Bottom line: Republican members of the Texas House decide if they want Democrats to influence the selection of the House speaker… which they did with the election of Dade Phelan in 2021.

With a commanding majority in the Texas House, Republicans can decide to elect a speaker who does the bidding of the Democrat cronies in Austin or one who promotes the priorities of citizens.

What will your lawmaker do? It is up to you to demand that they answer that question for you… and then hold them accountable for the actions of the speaker they select. Support Texas Scorecard?

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Number of days until the start of the 88th Session of the Texas Legislature on January 10, 2023.

[Source: Legislative Reference Library of Texas [[link removed]]]

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Your Federal & State Lawmakers

The districts displayed here should reflect those recently redrawn by the Legislature. Though the new lines do not take representational effect until 2023, they will appear on the 2022 ballot. Please note that your incumbent legislator and/or district numbers may have changed.

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John Cornyn (R)

(202) 224-2934

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Ted Cruz (R)

(202) 224-5922

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Greg Abbott (R)

(512) 463-2000

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Dan Patrick (R)

(512) 463-0001

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Speaker of the Texas House

Dade Phelan (R)

(512) 463-1000

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