Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday added six members to the Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety and created a committee to investigate the Uvalde massacre.
Phelan said the investigative committee will gather as much information and evidence as they can to help inform the House's response to the tragedy while also delivering"desperately needed answers to the people of Uvalde and the State of Texas."
The committee will be empowered to use subpoenas and is authorized to conduct depositions and initiate discovery and has been tasked with collecting and analyzing evidence from law enforcement, making comprehensive findings, and reporting its conclusions as soon as possible to help inform the work of the House.
The speaker appointed Lubbock State Rep. Dustin Burrows , as chairman, El Paso Rep. Joe Moody as vice chairman and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman as a member.. She came in third in the primary behind both Paxton and George P. Bush who lost to Paxton in the runoff last month. "These individuals possess decades of experience in civil and criminal litigation matters - skill sets I believe make them best equipped to meet the objectives of this committee and its investigation. I know each of them to be diligent, thorough, and focused professionals whom I trust will do everything in their power to deliver facts and answers at a time when they are needed most," Phelan said.
The speaker also issued a series of joint charges to the Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety and Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee. Six additional House members have been appointed to the Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety - five of whom represent cities that have experienced a mass shooting in recent years.Rep. Tracy King Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick caught flack this week from State Sen.
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