My parents live in Austin so we took the opportunity to visit the legislature while we were there. The building is really beautiful and we had a fun tour. This completed a part of the Citizenship in the nation badge. While we were there we met with a member of State Senator Tommy Williams staff and discussed how to be involved in politics, completing a part of the first class rank and not to be outdone, we sat in on a Hearing for SB 29 which covers groping by TSA officers at the airports, and after the boys write a letter about their feeling on that issue they'll have a part of their Citizenship in the Community knocked out. It was an educational four hours.
There was a neat display of all the medal of honor recipients from Texas.
This is the picture and bio of Crosby's Own David Mcnerny.
Quentin took pictures of the information on how one earns this honor.
This is Rita Cook, a staffer in the Senators office.
She told us Senator Williams is an eagle scout, A&M Alumni and a CPA.
He is chairman of the Transportation and Homeland Security Comitee
This is the hearing for SB 29, the author is Dan Patrick from Houston.
Tommy Williams is in the center, he's the chairman
This guy was real friendly. He's a chef for the Luitenant Governor's reception hall.
He explained that Texas is the only state to House people in the capitol.
Currently only the Speaker of the house resides there.
He showed us different antiques, none are originals because the room burned up in 1983
And the Senate floor, where the magic happens.
Apparently it happens on a different timeline, because they were to convene at noon.
We waited until 12:45 and then we broke for lunch.
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