
STATEMENT: Texas House Democrats Break Quorum
(TEXAS) โ July 12, 2021 Today, Texas House Statement: Democrats left the state and broke quorum to fight back against state
Republicansโ continued attacks on Texansโ freedom to vote.
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner, Mexican American Legislative Caucus Chair Rafael Anchรญa, Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair Nicole Collier, Legislative Study Group Caucus Chair Garnet Coleman and Dean Senfronia Thompson released the following statement on the decision to break quorum:
โToday, Texas House Democrats stand united in our decision to break quorum and refuse to let the Republican-led legislature force through dangerous legislation that would trample on Texansโ freedom to vote.
โWe are now taking the fight to our nationโs Capitol. We are living on borrowed time in Texas. We need Congress to act now to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to protect Texans — and all Americans — from the Trump Republicansโ nationwide war on democracy.โ