and what i know is that each of them has a unique circumstance that s going to be impacted directly by this particular bill. - mr. president. - senator deuell, for what purpose do you rise? - to ask senator davis some questions. would she yield? - senator davis, do you yield? - i m not yielding for any questions at this point. - senator deuell, senator does not yield. - when i was elected to the texas senate, i was only the 13th woman ever elected in the history of the texas senate. there had never been more than four women in the senate at any one time. the year that i was elected, for the first time, we had six women senators, an all-time record. one of my very first experiences as a state senator standing up and getting my microphone out
and i ve got it, and my daughters have it and other women that i care about have it and women who i don t know have it. and what i know is that each of them has a unique circumstance that s going to be impacted directly by this particular bill. - mr. president. - senator deuell, for what purpose do you rise? - to ask senator davis some questions. would she yield? - senator davis, do you yield? - i m not yielding for any questions at this point. - senator deuell, senator does not yield. - when i was elected to the texas senate, i was only the 13th woman ever elected in the history of the texas senate. there had never been more than four women in the senate at any one time. the year that i was elected, for the first time, we had six women senators, an all-time record.