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This just in from Debra Medina and We Texans: “We had boots on the ground at the Texas Capitol yesterday as a number of folks called on members of the calendars committee to request that they tag HB 2748 by Lewis and move HB 3547 by Oliveira to the floor. It is imperative that more […]
IMPORTANT HEARING TUESDAY 1:30 p.m. in AUSTIN. There are two competing bills addressing common carrier pipeline designations currently working their way through the Texas House. WHY? Well, because, one bill favors the industry, HB 2748, authored by Rep. Tryon Lewis and one attempts to create an objective process and oversight, HB 3547, authored by Rep. […]
We now have a page up for the hearing next Monday, July 23rd, in Austin. Please COME to Austin for this hearing! We will be available starting at 9 a.m. in the Capitol Grill (Room E1.002), The hearing starts at 10 a.m. in Room E2.012. Go here for details on parking, etc. Now, whether or not you […]
“There’s no such thing as a voluntary agreement with a company or government that has the power to take your property,” – Bill Peacock, vice president for the Texas Public Policy Foundation Dear Fellow Texans: Thank you for being a good neighbor. When you added your name to a petition calling for Texas public hearings […]
* After hearing your input, we have decided to join with We Texans, TURF (Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom) and TAG (Texans for Accountable Government) to call for hearings of the Land and Resource Management Committee in the Texas House on the plan to bring the Keystone XL (TransCanada) pipeline across the NE portion of […]