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Dustin Burrows: “By the end of this week [the governor could sign the school…”

Featuring: Dustin Burrows, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 83

Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu

Published April 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:35

By the end of the week. That's, that's a pretty huge deal then to have it done during the session. It is, it is. I mean, you know, we … By the end of this week [the governor could sign the school vouchers bill into law]. … the one passed today. What kind of cuts should Texans expect from this new Doge committee, this new Doge law that passed? (01:35–01:41)

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Asserts that the school vouchers bill could be signed into law by the end of the week.

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“We will have been committed to spending more on public education than in the history of Texas, even after being adjusted for inflation.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 04:54-05:02
“We're going to have another bill signing, I'm assuming in the next two weeks on school choice.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 01:35-01:41
“It's going to make sure that [regulations] are done in plain English.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 02:00-02:03
“It's going to look for redundancies and it's going to try to minimize the number of regulations.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 02:02-02:08
“If you look at the regulatory burden on the average business in Texas. It's too big.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 02:07-02:12
“This bill makes sure that [private schools] are going to be able to operate the way they always have.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 03:34-03:41
“I think there's going to be a big demand [for the voucher program].”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 05:43-05:45
“I think it's always good to leave money in the bank.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 06:01-06:05
“There's a certain amount of money that's going to go to the rainy day fund.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 06:26-06:29
“We have five spending constraints. We are underneath all of those, including growing the budget beyond population plus inflation.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 07:15-07:24
“We do not have deficit spending. We do not have a DC style budget.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 07:31-07:37
“I'm not so sure we're going to have to spend everything that we have budgeted for [border security] because Trump has stepped up.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 09:04-09:10
“There's still going to be a need for some of our state guard to be down there [at the border].”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 09:15-09:19
“We also have, you know, some wall that we've continued to build and we need to finish out what we've started.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 09:23-09:28
“We're trying to speed up third party permitting, and we have bills in both chambers to address that.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 12:00-12:07
“We have a slew of bills dealing with health insurance costs, trying to figure out whether or not some of these mandates, you know, have made…”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 12:10-12:20
“Property insurance, absolutely. And there's a series of bills out there talking about that.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 12:30-12:35
“They've had legislative success.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 14:08-14:11
“I've been here now for a decade. Over a decade.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 14:36-14:40
“I have a conservative bent in the way I've legislated.”
Texas Legislative Session Interview with House Speaker Dustin Burroughs and Representative Gene Wu | Uploaded April 24, 2025 | 14:47-14:51