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Dustin Burrows: “We do not have deficit spending. We do not have a DC style…”

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 07:31

A bill that we passed in 2019, historic, something I fought for the first two sessions I was here. We have five different spending restraints. We do not have deficit spending. We do not have a DC style budget. I'm always amazed when I talk to people and I think sometimes they understand what's happening in D.C. where they haven't balanced a budget. I don't know how long. (07:31–07:37)

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Asserts that Texas does not engage in deficit spending or have a budget similar to the federal government's.

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“We're going to have another bill signing, I'm assuming in the next two weeks on school choice.”
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“It's going to make sure that [regulations] are done in plain English.”
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“It's going to look for redundancies and it's going to try to minimize the number of regulations.”
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“If you look at the regulatory burden on the average business in Texas. It's too big.”
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“This bill makes sure that [private schools] are going to be able to operate the way they always have.”
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“I think there's going to be a big demand [for the voucher program].”
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“I think it's always good to leave money in the bank.”
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“There's a certain amount of money that's going to go to the rainy day fund.”
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“We have five spending constraints. We are underneath all of those, including growing the budget beyond population plus inflation.”
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“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.”
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“There's still going to be a need for some of our state guard to be down there [at the border].”
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“We also have, you know, some wall that we've continued to build and we need to finish out what we've started.”
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“We're trying to speed up third party permitting, and we have bills in both chambers to address that.”
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“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…”
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“Property insurance, absolutely. And there's a series of bills out there talking about that.”
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“They've had legislative success.”
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“I've been here now for a decade. Over a decade.”
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“I have a conservative bent in the way I've legislated.”
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