Van Taylor: “These are the harsh realities of a crisis on the border that we should be addressing, but instead we are spending the…”

I was very happy that this legislative session the Governor of Texas and the Speaker/Lieutenant Governor made it an emergency item and said, 'This is something really important; we are going pay teachers more.'

However, instead of looking to do what we can, this committee is using this hearing as a tool to message and bash the administration.

I remember Ronald Reagan's time-held comment that the best social program in the world is a job.

I think if we are going to begin with that fundamental right of a parent's decision about faith, that faith should extend even if they give the child up for adoption.