All Quotes

The people of Texas elected lawmakers, not jet-setting runaways looking for headlines. If you don’t show up to work, you get fired.

In a representative democracy, we resolve our differences by debating and voting, not by running away.

The special legislative session cannot last more than 30 days, but I could continue to call new sessions indefinitely.

It’s imperative that they be swiftly arrested, punished, and face the full force of the law for turning their backs on the people of Texas.

This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrat House members are accounted for and brought to the Texas Capitol.

These legislators have committed potential criminal acts in their rush to avoid their constitutional responsibilities and must be fully investigated and held accountable.

I am concerned that legislators who solicited or accepted funds to aid in their efforts to avoid their legislative duties may be guilty of bribery or other public corruption offenses.

Texas will continue to fight for what is right.

Real Texans don’t run from a fight.

They are the highest court in the lands, and they have no ethics guardrails.

But he's been able to get away with this because the House Republicans are complicit.

In a functioning democracy, he still would not be able to get away with this.

Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of s**t, OK? We know that!

I think based upon comments made by legislators themselves, they face a possibility of facing bribery charges, which is a second-degree felony in the state of Texas.

Any Democrat who ‘solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept’ such funds to assist in the violation of legislative duties or for purposes of skipping a vote may have violated bribery laws.

For any member who fails to do so, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.

Derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025.

These absences are not merely unintended and unavoidable interruptions in public service.