00:00Now, to update you on the process of locating our colleagues and compelling a quorum.
00:07The Department of Public Safety has special agents deployed in every region of Texas.
00:12The House has deputized dozens of officers and dispatched them across the state.
00:18They are set up outside members' homes, conducting surveillance, knocking on doors, calling their phones multiple times a day.
00:26So far, no one's home, but the search continues and it will not stop.
00:31We also want to thank the public. Many have submitted tips about whereabouts of absent members.
00:38For example, over the weekend, we received word of a rally in Fort Worth where a couple of absent members were allegedly making appearance.
00:47We took this as actionable intelligence and DPS was dispatched immediately.
00:53Although in this instance, members did not end up being physically present at the event,
01:00we will keep following every credible lead until these members return.
01:05I have asked DPS to establish a tip line to receive information in leads regarding members' whereabouts if they happen to be in the state.
01:14That phone number is 866-786-5972.
01:21Let me repeat that for those who wanted to get out a pen and write it down.
01:25866-786-5972.
01:31Understand that we are keeping receipts for every gallon of gas, every mile traveled,
01:37and every hour of overtime associated with the pursuit of these missing members.
01:42Under Rule 5, Section 3 of the House Rules, those breaking quorum will be held financially responsible for the costs they've created, not the taxpayers.
01:52To those absent members, you can go to another city, another state, even another time zone.
02:00But you cannot escape your responsibility to the people of Texas.
02:04Eventually, you will be here.
02:07Tomorrow, when the gavel drops, the question is simple.
02:11Will you be in that chair to vote for these critical disaster recovery bills,
02:15or will you be remembered as one who did not show up?
02:20The choice is yours.
02:33Members, the call of the House remains in force.
02:36Under House Rules, the House may adjourn from day to day.
02:40I will provide written permission to be entered in today's journal for each member registered as present during today's session
02:46to leave the chamber and return at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
02:49Mr. Guerin moves the House stand adjourned until 10 a.m. Tuesday.
02:53Is there objection?
02:54I hear none.
02:55House stands adjourned.
03:11I hear none.
03:24How long is it?
03:27You're a seed, not�� physics.
03:28You're one.
03:29Lewis.
03:30The form one where you are working on the Saater,
03:32or the rights, or the travel report records,
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