Yes. You cannot refuse to do your job because if they could purposefully vacate the state and not do their job, that could mean that Texas would never be able to pass a budget and Texas would go bankrupt. And we cannot allow things like that to happen. And that's exactly why I'm asking the Supreme Court of Texas to grant my relief. (08:06–08:11)
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Asserts that if certain members refuse to do their job, Texas could not pass a budget and would go bankrupt.
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