Rep. Chip Roy
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You don't want demand collapse where gas is cheap, but nobody's
working right and so again this is Goldilocks zone while trying to get in we jokingly refer to it as the raptor and boat zone which is if I stay in that 70 to 90 my workers are going to be able to afford you know a raptor at the end of the year because it's been good anything less than that it's bad anything more than that is bad so don't don't quote me on that that's what we say internally all right so well you just said it so god bless you thank you so much I appreciate it
Glenn, great to be with you.
Yeah, thanks for that correction.
That was important.
Early voting is on May 18th.
Election day is May 26th, so just not quite three weeks from now.
Campaign's going great, crisscrossing the state of Texas.
I was in Houston on Monday, San Antonio last night, Fredericksburg today in Georgetown, and then Longview, and then Dallas-Fort Worth, Denton, Weatherford going to Midland-Odessa Saturday, all the way out to Alpine to see some folks out there.
We're going to cover the state and put a lot of miles on the truck, but
A lot of good folks out there, and the short version is they wanted somebody who's practiced law, who's been a prosecutor, who's been there, who's got a proven track record, and we're selling that message to the people of Texas.
Yeah, this is something I've been fighting for a long time.
My good friend and colleague Scott Perry carries the legislation to repeal it.
My friend Thomas Massey has been an outspoken advocate for it.
All of us have carried amendments in various forms over the last several years.
So about five years ago, four years ago, maybe, I can't remember the year.
I'd have to go check.
You know, they passed as part of the larger...
Yeah, they passed as part of the larger legislation, I think it was a transportation bill, a provision in there that required, it was a specific mandate or rulemaking to put in automobiles technology to prevent people from driving who might be impaired.
Now, this was passed in the name of trying to prevent people from driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.