Minutes — House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development (September 30, 2021)

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The minutes of a public hearing of the House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development, 87th Legislature, on September 30, 2021, state that the hearing was called to order at 8:05 a.m. by the chair, Representative Button, with a quorum present. The committee met jointly with the House Committee on Transportation, and the chair laid out a joint border-related interim charge on trade across the Texas-Mexico border and its effects on the Texas economy. Testimony was taken and registrations recorded, and the meeting adjourned at 10:14 a.m.

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The
House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development

87th
Legislature

September
30, 2021

8:00
a.m.

E1.030

Pursuant
to a notice posted on September 27, 2021, the House Committee on International
Relations & Economic Development met in a public hearing and was called to
order by the chair, Representative Button, at 8:05 a.m.

The
initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Button; Morales,
Christina; Bell, Cecil; Canales; and Metcalf.

A
quorum was present.

The
Committee met jointly with the House Committee on Transportation.

The
Chair laid out the following joint border-related interim charge:

“Review
the impact that trade across the Texas-Mexico border has on the Texas economy.
Consider the impact of the recent increase in border migration on transnational
trade, including its effects on the communities along the border, points of
entry, and access by Texas businesses to supplies, labor, materials, and
markets in Mexico.”

Testimony
taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)

(Representative
Ordaz Perez now present.)

Testimony
taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)

At
10:14 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was
adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

________________________________________________

Rep.
Button, Chair

________________________________________________

Victoria
Smith, Clerk

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