Tag Archives: Push is on in Texas House by GOP member to remove mask mandate

AUSTIN — Texas House GOP leaders have set a Monday hearing in a key committee on proposals to weaken the COVID-19 safety precautions the chamber approved in January, including a face-covering edict. The scramble is underway because top lieutenants to Republican Speaker Dade Phelan are trying to handle a tea party-style freshman’s push to eliminate not just the mask requirement …

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