David Dewhurst
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"David Henry Dewhurst" was the 41st List of lieutenant governors of Texas/Lieutenant Governor of Texas, serving from 2003 to 2015 . A member of the Republican Party (United States)/Republican Party, he was the Texas General Land Office/Texas Land Commissioner from 1999 to 2003. Dewhurst was a candidate in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, but he lost his party's runoff election to former Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who went on to win the general election as well.

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They are friends of mine. I have argued with them. I think they really have slowed this process down, and they brought fair reform of the tax system to a standstill.

I think the public deserves better from their elected officials.

These are all items we're going to seriously consider, ... But when we only have a finite amount of available funds, I want to take a look at our immediate costs from Hurricane Katrina.

Due to current uncertainties surrounding the non-reimbursed costs to Texas of Hurricane Katrina, I think it is prudent to wait several weeks until we know what Texas' post-Katrina obligations are for evacuees before we start spending our limited reserves.

Addressing these items is more a timing issue than whether or not we'll ultimately take care of them.

I have been very restrained in my comments about the House and the House leadership. But Speaker Craddick and I have a different point of view, ... I think the Legislature ought to reform our schools, not the courts.