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Wesley Hunt: “People don't care about the votes that you've missed. They…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

US Senate Texas GOP primary: John Cornyn, Wesley Hunt talk campaigns | Texas This Week

Published February 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:36

And they know why I am missing votes right now. And I have been in coordination with leadership. If they need me for a very serious vote, I'll be there. People don't care about the votes that you've missed. They care about the votes that you have taken. And in my opinion, John Cornyn should have probably missed a few more votes, especially when it came to gun control legislations. You've been in the US Senate now since 2002. (05:36–05:40)

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“We have the Permian Basin right here, Eagle Ford Shale.”
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“We can do it cleaner, better and safer than anybody else in the entire world.”
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“We have to be net exporters and have energy dominance because we cannot relinquish our power to Venezuela, Iran and other rogue nations.”
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“John Cornyn should have probably missed a few more votes, especially when it came to gun control legislations.”
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