Texas Senate News

 
February 17, 2017
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THIS WEEK IN PICTURES

Decorative brass push plate on the door leading into the basement in the Capitol Building San Antonio Senator José Menéndez at a Senate Health and Human Service Committee Meeting Senate Sergeants-at-Arms enforce decorum for visitors in the gallery and on the floor. Every day of session, the Senate welcomes the Doctor of the Day, a Texas physician that volunteers to see busy Legislative… Dallas Senator Royce West greets former colleague and current Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis on the Capitol grounds. Senator Dawn Buckingham of Lakeway Brenham Senator Lois Kolkhorst with staff Fort Worth Senator Konni Burton chats with a group of kids from TeenPact, a Christian youth leadership group, in the… Senator Don Huffines of Dallas (left) and Bob Hall of Edgewood A placard promoting the efforts of the March of Dimes displayed in a Capitol hallway A visitor rests on a bench in the Capitol basement. Members of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe visiting Austin for their Legislative Day Laredo Senator Judith Zaffirini keeps extensive bill documentation on her desk for every session. Austin Senator Kirk Watson asks a question of Chair Charles Schwertner of Georgetown at a Senate Health and Human Services… Senator Judith Zaffirini of Laredo (far right) carries a Orange and Maroon Day resolution every session, to celebrate the… Senate staffers Senate porters Janie Barrientez and Roberto Ramirez set up coffee and water for members before a Chamber committee. Senator Jane Nelson sponsored the Senate’s first ever Bring Your Children to Work Day this week. Jacksonville Senator Robert Nichols shows off a medallion given to him by guests from the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe.
Session video and all other Senate webcast recordings can be accessed from the Senate website's Audio/Video Archive.

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