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In #Texas there are “dozens and dozens of bills," says
@GeneforTexas, to ban books & Black history, to criminalize #transyouth and #reproductiverights, to make it harder for minorities to run businesses and easier to bring guns into schools.
ethnicmediaservices.org/politics/three… @RepPennyMShaw
Here's @GeneforTexas on which bills he's working to pass and which he's eyeing with extreme caution.
Bills by Penny Morales of D148 in northern #Houston focus on the environment and families.
Suleman Lalani of D76 is the first Muslim elected to the Texas House. A career physician, he's focused on health and education and says "the time for sofa politics is gone."

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