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Patterson, do you care about this piece of
legislation?

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I do deeply, sir.

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Deeply?

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Yes, sir.

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Deeply enough to lay out your own committee
substitute?

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Yes, sir.

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Well, it says right here you didn't do that,
Representative

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Patterson.

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Do you think that's a point of order?

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No, sir.

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Why not?

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Because it's not, sir.

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It says right here that the committee
substitute was laid

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out by uh Representative Allison.

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Representative Allison's a great member of
this house, sir.

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So is is the House resource or organization
wrong?

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I'm not sure.

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It says right up here, committee substitute
for House Bill

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674 by Representative Allison that it was laid
out by

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him.

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Yes, sir.

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I'd be happy to review that later, sir.

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What if we have the parliamentarian review
instead of you?

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I'd accept that, sir.

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So why did he lay out your committee
substitute?

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I believe I wasn't available at the time.

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I was in another committee, I believe.

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You weren't available at the time, or that's
just common

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practice that someone lays it out and then you
explain

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it.

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Do you know the difference between laying out
a committee

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substitute and explaining it, Representative
Patterson?

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Yes, sir.

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Let me ask you another question.

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How many education centers are there in the
state of

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Texas?

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Well, there are 20 different districts, sir,
and my district

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has been a good thing.

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Yeah, I know.

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But how many centers?

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Because this is dealing with education
centers.

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How many are there?

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There are 20 districts.

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And what part of the Texas Constitution
authorizes you to

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even do this piece of legislation?

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Well, I'm a duly elected House member, sir.

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And uh who was absent?