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James Talarico: “We were able to come together as Democrats and Republicans…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico discusses plan to help U.S. veterans during speech in Killeen, Texas

Published | Video Starts at 29:14

You know, when we saw Democrats flip state house districts in 2018, I was one of the 12 that flipped. Suddenly in 2019, you saw the Republican leadership focusing on real issues. We were able to come together as Democrats and Republicans to pass historic school finance reform, historic property tax relief. We weren't, we weren't chasing crazy culture wars. We weren't grandstanding on issues. We were actually solving problems. And so I've seen this work. (29:14–29:21)

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