Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 240
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HOUSE JOURNAL
SEVENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION
PROCEEDINGS
ELEVENTH DAY - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2005
The house met at 10 a.m. and was called to order by the speaker.
The roll of the house was called and a quorum was announced present
(Record 20).
Present Mr. Speaker; Allen, A.; Allen, R.; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson;
Bailey; Baxter; Berman; Blake; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.;
Burnam; Callegari; Campbell; Casteel; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Coleman; Cook,
B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Crownover; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Dawson; Delisi;
Denny; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Edwards; Eissler; Elkins;
Escobar; Farabee; Farrar; Flynn; Frost; Gallego; Gattis; Geren; Giddings;
Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goodman; Goolsby; Griggs; Grusendorf; Guillen;
Haggerty; Hamilton; Hamric; Hardcastle; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hegar;
Herrero; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hope; Hopson; Howard; Hughes;
Hunter; Hupp; Isett; Jackson; Jones, D.; Jones, J.; Keel; Keffer, B.; Keffer, J.;
King, P.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Laney; Laubenberg; Leibowitz;
Luna; Madden; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds;
Menendez; Merritt; Miller; Moreno, J.; Moreno, P.; Morrison; Mowery; Naishtat;
Nixon; Noriega, M.; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Otto; Paxton; Pefia; Phillips; Pickett;
Pitts; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Seaman; Smith, T.;
Smith, W.; Smithee; Solis; Solomons; Strama; Swinford; Talton; Taylor;
Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Uresti; Van Arsdale; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West;
Wong; Woolley; Zedler.
Absent, Excused- Hilderbran; Puente; Reyna.
Absent - Eiland; Flores.
The invocation was offered by Reverend Waylon D. Sias, pastor, Marlin
Missionary Baptist Church, as follows:
To our Lord and the God of the universe, we offer this prayer on behalf of
our governor and the Texas House of Representatives as they begin their
legislative session for the year of 2005. We ask you for guidance, direction, and
unity as they make decisions that will improve our schools, city, and state. We
ask for and seek your direction and strength to put aside any differences and
personal agendas so that the common good for all men might be accomplished.
Lord, take control of their minds and hearts, that they might remember that
our children are in need of direction and instruction and all are important from the
state house to the poor house. Remember our unemployed, our homeless, the
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