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Texas House balks at floor inquiry into appropriations transparency; grants committees permission to meet during session
Summary
A member of the Texas House raised questions on the floor about whether appropriations subcommittees met and allocated funds without required public recordings. The speaker declined to answer the parliamentary inquiry, and the House adopted a motion allowing committees and subcommittees to meet while the chamber is in session.
A member of the Texas House pressed the chamber on March 26 over the transparency of appropriations subcommittee meetings, asking whether billions in taxpayer funds were allocated in violation of House rules requiring audio and video recordings. The speaker declined to respond, and later the House approved a separate motion that permits committees and subcommittees to meet while the House is in session.
Representative Money (floor record) asked a parliamentary inquiry on the chamber floor, saying, “Are you aware that your subcommittees on appropriations met, and allocated billions of taxpayer dollars in violation of rule 4 section 19 a, which requires audio and video recordings to be posted on the internet so that the people of Texas can have transparency on how their tax dollars…
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