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Texas State House Speaker Voices Concerns On Bathroom Bill

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published January 20, 2017 at 10:12 AM EST
Rep. Joe Straus (R) San Antonio Texas House Speaker
Courtesy: Texas State Legislature
Rep. Joe Straus (R) San Antonio Texas House Speaker

TEXAS BATHROOM BILL - Texas House Speaker  and leading Republican Joe Straus said lawmakers should be "very careful" about doing anything that makes the state less economically competitive.  Straus voiced his concerns Wednesday  on Senate Bill 6, which would require transgender people to use bathrooms in public schools, government buildings and public universities based on "biological sex."  The bill would pre-empt local ordinances that protect transgender individuals from discrimination in public accommodations.  

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus on Wednesday commented on Senate Bill 6 commonly referred as the "bathroom bill", saying lawmakers should be "very careful" about doing anything that makes the state less economically competitive.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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