Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, was reelected speaker of the Texas House by a vote of 143-3.
Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, hugs his family after being reelected speaker of the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday.
“We will have divisions. Every session does. But that division does not have to define us,” Phelan told lawmakers after being sworn in as speaker. “We do our work here, together, and when we do that we just might be surprised to find out how much we have in common.”Addressing the freshman class, Phelan asked them to"not confuse this body with the one in Washington, D.C."
In his speech, Phelan vowed to lead the House in passing laws granting property tax relief for Texas homeowners. He also vowed to “rein” in district attorneys who do not “uphold the law.”Some GOP representatives and constituents have criticized Phelan for continuing the practice of appointing Democrats as chairs of some House committees.
Jessie Carlson, a Republican who came from Corpus Christi to Austin to attend the opening session, said Phelan’s practice is hurting the Republican agenda.“We have complete and total control in the House and the Senate here in the state of Texas as far as the Republican Party’s concern is,” Carlson said.
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