Good morning!

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 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 to the Democrats for wasting taxpayer resources by the House Speaker or his leadership team.
      
• Speaker Phelan has rejected the notion 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 that forced taxpayers to subsidize unreliable energy companies.

• 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.

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