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Texas House Again Fails To Meet Quorum As Democrats Continue Their Walkout
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The Texas House of Representatives failed to meet quorum again on Tuesday as Democrats continued to hide in other states.
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The House will come to order members strict enforcement has been requested on
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roll call by representatives Canales Cortez Mary Gonzales Longoria Martinez
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Moody Eddie Morales Munoz and Raymond you must register from your desk you may
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not register for any other member clerk ring the bell
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have all members registered
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there being 95 members present a quorum is not present the house and gallery
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please rise for the invocation which will be offered by Furman Carpenter the DPS
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chaplain let us pray our holy and most wonderful father we thank you for the
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wonderful blessing of allowing us to be here today great state capital of Texas
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father this wonderful beautiful House of Representatives father and we thank you
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for each of our legislatures on both sides of the aisle father we thank you for
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the commonness that we have that we all love Texas father and we all have
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constituents to represent we ask you father that each one represent their
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constituents in the best and most excellent way possible we ask you to be
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with those that aren't here father and please take care of them father please
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be continue to be with our great state thank you for each one of our law
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enforcement officers father and please bring them home safely every day and
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it's through Jesus that we pray amen the chair recognized the Honorable Daniel
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Alders of Smith County to lead us in the pledges of allegiance to the United States
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and Texas flags thank you mr. speaker members guests in the galley gallery
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please join me in pledging allegiance to the flags of our nation and our state I
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pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
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Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
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justice for all honor the Texas flag I pledge allegiance to thee Texas one state
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under God one and indivisible
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you
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mr. Hayes for what purpose a parliamentary inquiry state your
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inquiry in that house administration approved the committee budgets without
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approval or confirmation of the full house would a motion be in order that the
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house amend the committee's budgets to remove any amounts allocated to any vice
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chair or dean of the house who is absent and his attendance is not excused for
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the purpose of denying and maintaining a quorum not at this time but you may
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bring it down front thank you
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members the roll has been called and again a quorum is not present what this
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means first we cannot take up the critical flood response legislation
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has been scheduled for our floor today bills that would deliver and help
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families and communities who've lost their homes their businesses their
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livelihoods and in some cases their loved ones as I stated yesterday the
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Department of Public Safety is keeping track of every taxpayer dollar that has
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been spent in their effort to compel our colleagues attendance as of today the
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amount is well over six figures and just over time we have travel and
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operational costs that are being tracked as well under rule five section three of
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the house rules those absent members will be responsible for paying all of this
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back if the devastation our hill country communities the Texas
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Constitution and they're mounting debt aren't enough to bring them back today they
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should yet again be reminded this is not going away the work is not going away and
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the pressure on them will only grow since we do not have quorum today members
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present are not going to be punished and they're going to be able to go home to
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their districts Wednesday and Thursday but if it looks like quorum may be reached be
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within six hours of the Capitol and be on call to return I expect everybody on this
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chamber in this chamber every member to be here again Friday physically in their
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seats and present we will make one more attempt to convene with the quorum on
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Friday so we can address the issues that need to be addressed if we still do not
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have quorum on Friday the House and the Senate will sign it I this session and the
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governor will immediately issue a proclamation for a second called special
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session we will gavel in for the second session Friday and reestablish the call
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of the house as a reminder absent members remain subject to civil arrest let this
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be a warning to all absent members the second session is coming it is time to get
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home and take your seats members a memo regarding Friday's schedule will be
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forthcoming in the meantime DPS will continue to knock on doors sit outside
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homes and track every lead until we have the votes in these chairs I spoke with
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Governor Albert this morning and he has made it clear he is committed to calling us
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back again and again and again until our work is done
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members the call on the house remains in force under house rules the house may
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adjourn from day to day while the house will be called in order in a pro forma
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session tomorrow and Thursday I will provide written permission to be entered in
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today's journal for each member registered as present during today's session to
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leave the chamber in return 10 a.m. Friday mr. Guerin moves the house stand
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adjourned until 8 30 Wednesday is there objection chair here's none in the house
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stands adjourned
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