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Dustin Burrows: “You just shouldn't forcibly take someone's tax dollars to go…”

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

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Keynote Lunch with Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows | Texas Policy Summit 2026

Published | Video Starts at 28:42

I don't know if they love having the conversations with me, but I love having the conversations with them. And so there's always going to be input about reality and how things work in that sort of nature. You just shouldn't forcibly take someone's tax dollars to go hire somebody to try to make that happen. And I've always believed that and still. Amen. Well, Mr. Speaker, it's been such a pleasure having you. You know, I always tell people I was like, you are a philosophical conservative. (28:42–28:48)

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Asserts that tax dollars should not be forcibly used to hire individuals for certain purposes.

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