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The Blast: Sparring over Dem committee chairs continues [1]

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Date: 2023-01 

QUICK HITS U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions , R-Waco, is not supportive of U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos joining the House GOP conference, the Washington Examiner reported. Santos, a New York Republican, has come under scrutiny for a litany of falsehoodsabout his education and work experience. “So I will just tell you, I am not supportive of him being in our conference at all from what I know,” Sessions told the Examiner. “You cannot come into our conference as a known liar. The way I read it, he admitted he fabricated it.” — Allyson Waller

, R-Waco, is not supportive of U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos joining the House GOP conference, the Washington Examiner reported. Santos, a New York Republican, has come under scrutiny for a litany of falsehoodsabout his education and work experience. “So I will just tell you, I am not supportive of him being in our conference at all from what I know,” Sessions told the Examiner. “You cannot come into our conference as a known liar. The way I read it, he admitted he fabricated it.” — Allyson Waller The future of Texas has never been brighter, Gov. Greg Abbott wrote in an op-ed published in the San Antonio Express-News. He touted the state's pro-business policies and investment in public school education as essential for creating an ideal environment for firms. And he said Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative, has been successful. — Zach Despart

wrote in an op-ed published in the San Antonio Express-News. He touted the state's pro-business policies and investment in public school education as essential for creating an ideal environment for firms. And he said Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative, has been successful. — Zach Despart U.S. Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, and his wife, Emily, announced the birth of their son, Willie Parish Hunt II. “Our baby boy came into our lives a few weeks earlier than expected, premature by four weeks, but he is otherwise healthy and resting comfortably with mom,” Hunt said in a statement. It will be a busy week for Hunt, who on Tuesday will be sworn in as the first-ever member of Congress to represent the Texas’ 38th Congressional District, created last year as a result of the 2020 census. — Zach Despart

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