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Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, on why the House opened livestreams of committee meetings and provided several overflow rooms during a debate on abortion legislation

We've taken a lot of testimony.

Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, shutting down committee hearings on the abortion bill after eight hours of testimony but without hearing from hundreds of Texans who signed up to speak

For the citizens of Texas to be shut down in an arbitrary way is the most disappointing thing. I’ve never seen this in 20 years, and I hope I never see it again.

Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, after the State Affairs Committee voted out the bill

My deal is you start as far to the right as you can get, and go to the conference committee with the Senate, and hopefully end up with something you can live with. Getting to citizenship is going to be tough, but never say never.

U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, on immigration in the New York Times

Are you kidding? No, I’m delighted.

David Dewhurst, reacting to Sen. Dan Patrick's challenge to him in next year's elections, in the Dallas Morning News

If life ends when heart stops, then please explain Dick Cheney?

A tweet from Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, for which he later apologized