Joan Huffman
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And I would certainly follow up with that.
But I think it's so new to us that we need to dive in
We need to do an assessment of what's out there because I don't think we really know, right?
It's been going on to your point for so long.
We need to do work with the land commissioner's office, look through the data, figure out who owns what and where, and do a serious assessment as Texans so that we have that information and then go about the procedures that have been put in place by the legislature to actually enforce this law.
Well, there's a reason why I've been endorsed by Texas Crime Victims United and all the major law enforcement agencies in the state of Texas.
That's because I've been fighting this fight for a very long time, for almost 40 years now.
And recently in the Texas Senate, in the legislature, we finally got passed a major bail reform where we can hold those violent offenders from multiple offenders.
who commit violent crimes without bail.
So thank you for bringing that up, Congressman Roy.
And we've done other major things, but it's going to take time for all this to go into place.
As far as the rogue prosecutors go, I wrote that bill.
That was the bill I wrote.
And it cannot be done on day one, like some claim they're going to do, or in the first month.
It is a process.
It's a constitutional and statutory process.
Are there bad DAs?
Yes.
But I will say the vast majority of the prosecutors in this state are great people who have their constituents goodwill at heart, their best interests at heart.
I don't want us to ever forget that.