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Houston Democrat chastised for mentioning climate change at Texas power grid hearing
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Texas State Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston) meets with colleagues on the second day of the 87th Texas legislature on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 at the Texas State Capitol, in Austin, Texas. (Lynda M. González/The Dallas Morning News)Lynda M. González, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS / Staff Photographer
State Sen. John Whitmire barely got the word “climate change” out of his mouth before the Republican chairman of the committee looking into last week’s electricity grid failures interrupted him.
State Sen. Kelly Hancock, a North Texas Republican, told Whitmire, a Houston Democrat, he wanted the committee to focus on what happened last week and not get into a discussion about things like climate change.