I see some volunteers of Moms Demand in the Gallery. Open carry and poll watcher bills at polling sites really has me concerned after all the voter intimidation last year across Texas.
All I can think of during this hearing is victims of gun violence. (Reps wearing red or red ribbons showing support of those victims). I am thinking of Philandro Castille shot by police for having a gun in his car. #EndGunViolence #txlege#HB1927#txpol
.@moodyforelpaso Thank you for trying to pass amendment 1 to #HB1927.
))))Hugging(((( you virtually, you tried and Schaefer doesn't care. 😭💔
Amendment 3 fails
Thank you .@VoteAnnJohnson & .@jasminefor100 for trying. Rep Schaefer is stuck on passing #HB1927 with no adm. So frustrating & he is just affirming his confirmation bias 'guns are @ conservative worship level'. #DemCastTX#OpposeHB1927
Amendment 6, Rep King's to #HB1927, I swear conservatives are going to next issue consealed handguns in utero. This Adm allows 18 yo to carry?
This gives a short bio on the 20 who bucked McCarthy. Rep Chip Roy TX21, mouthiest camera and Rep Michael Cloud TX27, says immigrants Force crop quarantine.
This was Rep Cloud making conspiracy claims about quarantining crops during an event in Rock Port 2022. His followers sucked it down and added. TX27, TX15, TX21 have MAGA, QAnon elected in the House.
2) These men are refusing to raise taxes on the rich so you and your children can have a better life.
Do you have kids? This bill would send $300 to you every month AND help you pay for child care. #DemCastTX#Heathcare
3) It would also make preschool and two years of community college tuition free!
Are you or your parents or grandparents on Medicare? This bill would expand Medicare so it would cover eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids-none of which are currently paid for by Medicare.
1) "Federal unemployment benefits ended for Texans on Saturday. Their electricity can be cut for nonpayment starting Tuesday. For renters, evictions will begin to proceed normally again at the end of July.
2) “We’re going to see disparity in the coming months as social safety nets are being taken away, and people are going to have to figure out all these things on their own,” said Pia Orrenius, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas."
3) The home also served as the childhood house of Hernandez and his brother. Living at the property since the 1950s, Hernandez has seen the neighborhood change from its humble beginnings as cotton fields.