Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick: Letter to Comptroller Hegar to Place BlackRock at the Top of the List of Financial Companies that Boycott the Texas Oil & Gas Industry
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick sent a letter to Comptroller Glenn Hegar on January 19th asking him to place BlackRock at the top of the list of financial companies that boycott the Texas oil & gas industry under Senate Bill 13, the Oil & Gas Investment Protection Act. Upon sending the letter, Lientenant Governor Patrick issued the following statement:
“When the Senate passed Senate Bill 13, we made it clear that Texans will not tolerate Wall Street turning its back on our flourishing oil and gas industry and the millions of Texans who rely upon it. As long as I am Lieutenant Governor, I will never back down from defending our oil and gas industry, and I remain committed to ensuring Texas is the top state for oil and gas in America.”
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and 14 Senators File Amicus Brief in the Court of Criminal Appeals in Support of Prosecuting Election Fraud by the Attorney General
On January 25th, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and 14 senators filed an amicus brief in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in support of the State’s Motion for Rehearing, for the court to reconsider its decision to strip the legislature of its constitutional authority to delegate prosecutorial power to the Attorney General to enforce election-related laws. Upon filing the amicus brief, Lieutenant Governor Patrick issued the following statement:
“Election integrity is one of the most important tenets of our government, and we need checks at the state level to ensure that our elections are fair. Nearly 70 years ago, the legislature determined that the power to prosecute electionrelated crimes should not be left solely in the hands of local elected officials. I ask that the Court of Criminal Appeals rehear the case at issue and uphold decades of precedent that allowed the legislature to delegate prosecutorial power to the Attorney General to enforce election laws.
“If the court’s decision stands, certain rogue county and district attorneys will be allowed to turn a blind eye to election fraud, and they will have the final say on whether election fraud is prosecuted at all. To me, this is completely unacceptable.”