Republicans Thursday: "All discrimination is bad." Republicans Friday: "Discrimination is fine if it's people we don't like." You're welcome.

💛 RT & follow for the chance to win an Adam Yates Yellow Jersey with Santini Cycling 💛 RT & follow pour tenter de gagner un Maillot Jaune dédicacé par Adam Yates avec Santini Cycling #TDF2023

Incremental progress & grateful to Ann Johnson. Ectopic pregnancies (2%) & premature rupture of membranes (5%) fairly rare, but this bill at least addresses those complications. According to ACOG... 1/2 #txlege

The most frustrating thing is how willing Republicans are to break things in the name of fixing imagined problems.

Do #ElPaso a favor and say their names and not his name. He deserves nothing, and they deserve to be remembered forever. #ElPasoStrong

The El Paso murderer was convicted of federal charges and will go to a federal prison. They actually do have temperature standards. Conversely, 38% of the people in TDCJ’s hot cells are there on nonviolent offenses.

Revisiting the de facto ban on abortion in Tx before end of Roe. "It’s all about a total ban on abortions. That is the end goal. It’s been incremental process to chip away till we are where we are now, which is legislation that is basically banning abortion health care in Texas."

“Every day the women of the United States military fight for our freedom, and yet today House Republicans are asking these women to fight for your freedom while they just voted to take away theirs,” Rep. Lizzie Fletcher. texastribune.org/2023/07/13/ron… Texas Tribune #txlege

Greg Abbott You also went and changed the rules so no other person who experienced similar circumstances from a life changing accident could receive the same type of justice and financial compensation.

Recent headlines regarding how @HHSC has handled unwinding of the public health emergency are extremely concerning to say the least. These accounts are absolutely unacceptable and must be addressed. HHSC has known the PHE was going to end for over a yr now. /1

Exactly.

The most recent maternal morbidity and mortality stats are from 2019. But, yes, the report was delayed. Currently reviewing 2020. Unless timing changes, we won’t know about post-Roe impact for several years. #txlege Texas Women's Health Caucus

Center for Reproductive Rights Full story on this first of its kind lawsuit: texastribune.org/2023/12/05/tex…

“They're going to make you jump through 50,000 different hoops, and all while there are children dying... And why? Because we're poor.” One family’s fight to get Texas Medicaid to pay for their child’s life-saving treatment, from Neelam Bohra texastribune.org/2023/12/07/tex…

Today at 9am, a Travis County judge will consider whether to allow Kate Cox to terminate her pregnancy after a lethal fetal diagnosis. It’s the first case of its kind since before Roe v. Wade in 1973. Watch here: youtube.com/@traviscounty4…

Vance Ginn Looks like you're simply multiplying $14K x 5.5 kids to get $77B which is faulty assumption as that is not the amt for every student; average skewed by high cost of SPED students; basic allotment/student w/o weights is $6160. FY22 M&O per Texas Education Agency = $50.2B for 5.12M kids. #txlege

Those that could, did. Those w/o resources, who couldn’t afford travel or childcare or to miss work, didn’t. Forced births are being borne by those of limited means, women of color, undocumented immigrants and rural Texans. Will #txlege stand up necessary supports?

“Austin is amongst the top 20 markets globally for venture capital funding and start-up intensity,” JLL. You’re welcome, #txlege.

In a rare occurrence, Team Howard actually left the Capitol today! We’re in the district at Westbank Library busy planning and plotting for next session. We’ll be back under the Pink Dome tomorrow to get to work! #txlege #HERAgenda

Join us tomorrow for a family-friendly block party! We’ll have a bouncy house and activities for the kids. Plus, free Kona Ice, hot dogs, and more. Special guests include Rep. Lloyd Doggett Donna Howard and Rep. Vikki Goodwin. You won’t want to miss it!