The legislative session began today, and there several issues lawmakers plan to work on.
AUSTIN, Texas – The legislative session begins Tuesday, and there are dozens of new members.
“We need to make sure that women have the resources that they're going to need to be able to start these families, that they can still have dreams of getting an education, that they can still move up in their careers,” she said. “That is one of the number one things I heard on the campaign trail was people were worried about staying in their own house,” she said. “So I hope that we can use some of that surplus to lower property taxes as well.” “I am unapologetically Black. I am unapologetically LGBTQ,” he said. “And also, I'm going to be someone that is going to be fighting for those communities in the House during the 88th legislative session.
“When I think about this, I don't think about only the 200,000 people that live in District 92, but also the 500,000 Muslims that live in the state of Texas and the 800,000 South Asians that live in the state of Texas as well, because they've never had representation before,” he said.
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