Gov. Perry speaking at Texas Legislative Memorial Ceremony

Gov. Perry giving the Keynote address at the Texas Legislative Memorial Ceremony of the 81st Legislature. This ceremony was honoring those who have lost their life in the Global war on terror.

Texas Senate Delivers 400 plus bills to the House

The Texas Senate just delivered 400 plus bills to the house. These bills have senate amendments and now must be printed and laid out for 24 hours before they are eligible for consideration in the house. The house can now either concur with senate amendments or we can request the appointment of a conference committee to work out the differences.

Day 3 of the D's filibuster

Larry Taylor (R) Houston, & Marc Veasey (D) Ft. Worth hold competing signs about the chubbing occurring in the Texas House of Representatives.

Gov. Perry working members on House Floor

Governor Perry stopped by the Texas House for a few minutes to work on some issues. The House is only in session for 12 more days.

Texas Margins Tax Exemption

This morning I joined Chairman Oliveria and Senator Dan Patrick at a press conference about increasing the exemption on small businesses which pay the franchise margins tax. The house passed this measure a few days ago increasing the exemption to 1 million. It is now up to the Texas Senate to pass this relief to Texas businesses.

Elkins Laying out a bill