-Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Each legislative session is alike – and unique in its own way. This session is more unique than most. A slow, eerie start because of the pandemic and extra security due to the January breach at the U.S. Capitol produced a Texas Capitol that was empty and quiet rather than crowded and bustling, as is usual during session. And there is only one operational entrance rather than four, with heavily armed national guardsmen and DPS officers everywhere. Things are getting somewhat back to normal now, but only somewhat.
What is similar – and all too normal – is the extensive work necessary to pass essential tort reform legislation in the face of intense opposition by the wealthy and politically powerful personal injury trial lawyers. In this session, TLR is a leader of a coalition of over 80 trade and business associations and more than 400 individual businesses – from large public companies like AT&T and UPS to small family businesses struggling to sur
The Lege This Week: Adventures in Circular Finger Pointing
The main theme to emerge from the Lege’s blackout hearings? Mea culpas for thee, but not for me.
Witness Kirk Morgan, at table left, testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holds a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, February 25, 2021, in Austin. AP Photo/Eric Gay
The main theme to emerge from the Lege’s blackout hearings? Mea culpas for thee, but not for me.
Witness Kirk Morgan, at table left, testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holds a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, February 25, 2021, in Austin. AP Photo/Eric Gay