Lawmakers wrapped up a 140-day session Monday that answered questions asked at the outset – would they work on Texans’ kitchen-table concerns or focus on hot-bu...
The House General Investigating Committee, which pursued both probes, has become a force in the Capitol this year. Primarily used last session as a cudgel for pursuing conservative priorities, such as, this year it has acted more like a police department’s internal affairs division.
“We’ve proven that the House has the courage to take on corruption in its own ranks and deal with it appropriately,” said Oliverson, R-Cypress. “You held firm,” veteran Corpus Christi GOP member Todd Hunter told Phelan. “We made it to the last day.” The list of “investments” and “catch-up payments” goes on and on: $10 billion for construction of natural gas-fired power plants, $5 billion for retired teachers, $3 billion for a Texas University Fund, $2.2 billion for state mental hospital construction, more than $2 billion for a Semiconductor Innovation Fund, $1.5 billion for broadband, $1.
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