Patterson, do you care about this piece of legislation?
I do deeply, sir.
Deeply?
Yes, sir.
Deeply enough to lay out your own committee substitute?
Yes, sir.
Well, it says right here you didn't do that, Representative
Patterson.
Do you think that's a point of order?
No, sir.
Why not?
Because it's not, sir.
It says right here that the committee substitute was laid
out by uh Representative Allison.
Representative Allison's a great member of this house, sir.
So is is the House resource or organization wrong?
I'm not sure.
It says right up here, committee substitute for House Bill
674 by Representative Allison that it was laid out by
him.
Yes, sir.
I'd be happy to review that later, sir.
What if we have the parliamentarian review instead of you?
I'd accept that, sir.
So why did he lay out your committee substitute?
I believe I wasn't available at the time.
I was in another committee, I believe.
You weren't available at the time, or that's just common
practice that someone lays it out and then you explain
it.
Do you know the difference between laying out a committee
substitute and explaining it, Representative Patterson?
Yes, sir.
Let me ask you another question.
How many education centers are there in the state of
Texas?
Well, there are 20 different districts, sir, and my district
has been a good thing.
Yeah, I know.
But how many centers?
Because this is dealing with education centers.
How many are there?
There are 20 districts.
And what part of the Texas Constitution authorizes you to
even do this piece of legislation?
Well, I'm a duly elected House member, sir.
And uh who was absent?