OH 0485 | Oral History

OH 0485

CLAYTON, Bill (b. 1928)

Political Service: Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1975-82
Farmer-rancher-businessman. His personal views and experiences as Speaker during the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Decision to seek third term as speaker; relationship with Governor William Clements; House organization; Budget Execution Act; reduction of state bureaucracy; zero-based budgeting; reduction of taxes; appropriations; school finance bill; personal and corporate income taxes; Peveto bill; interest rates; consumer protection legislation; comments about “Killer Bees”; initiative-referendum.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 38 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview August 27, 1979

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