Joe Straus, Speaker, Texas House of Representatives
Season 7 Episode 13 | 26m 47s
Evan speaks with Joe Straus, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
An in-depth interview with Joe Straus, the new Speaker of the Texas House for Representatives. Straus joined the House just four years ago, and has risen to one of the state's most powerful positions with remarkable speed. Learn more about his plans for the session and his promise to encourage more collaboration and less combat in what has become a Texas House closely split between parties.
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Texas Monthly Talks is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS
Funding provided by HillCo Partners, JP Morgan Chase, The Mattsson McHale Foundation, MFI Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
Joe Straus, Speaker, Texas House of Representatives
Season 7 Episode 13 | 26m 47s
An in-depth interview with Joe Straus, the new Speaker of the Texas House for Representatives. Straus joined the House just four years ago, and has risen to one of the state's most powerful positions with remarkable speed. Learn more about his plans for the session and his promise to encourage more collaboration and less combat in what has become a Texas House closely split between parties.
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Funding provided by HillCo Partners, JP Morgan Chase, The Mattsson McHale Foundation, MFI Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation