Maxwell Frost: “Yesterday was a sad day for Democrats across the country, not only did our former colleague, Bruce Vento, die; but one…”

“Yesterday was a sad day for Democrats across the country, not only did our former colleague, Bruce Vento, die; but one of the finest Democrats in the State of Texas, Oscar Mauzy, passed away yesterday. Oscar served in the State Senate for 2 decades representing a district in Dallas. He served on the Texas Supreme Court, and he stood for everything that was good and decent in politics. He stood for civil rights at a time when it was not popular in Texas. He stood for the rights of the consumer, and he blazed a trail that made it possible for progressive Democrats to be elected in Dallas County. First Jim Mattox, then I joined Jim in Congress, John Bryant after that, and Eddie Bernice Johnson following that. Oscar Mauzy will be truly missed by the people of the State of Texas.”