Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature | Oral History

Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature

OH 0294

Attorney, member of the Texas Legislature from Houston, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Decision to enter politics; personal political philosophy; House speakership race; committee appointments; criminal Jurisprudence Committee; rape reform bill; personal legislation; public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision.

OH 0281

Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Mineral Wells, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Personal views of Lieutenant Governors Ben Ramsey, Preston Smith, Ben Barnes, and Bill Hobby; committee assignments; lobbies and lobbyists; reform of local and uncontested calendar; constitutional revision; public school finance bill; public utilities legislation; personal legislation.