Drew Darby

He's from an oil and gas area.

Chairman Drew Darby and I agreed on energy policy 89% of the time over four sessions.

And this last session, 94% of the time it's, Some of those votes where we were different is because one of us was absent, right? So I actually catch flack from some of the more liberal folks in the Democrat side because I'm so friendly to oil and gas workers.

Y'all, I'm in Cypress, Texas.

I am just outside of the energy corridor.

I'm a mile and a half from the facility where I used to work at building equipment for deep water technology and services.

So I represent now in Houston a large swath of oil and gas workers, folks who work in the industry who provide equipment and services that bring energy to the world and so i put my record up against anyone i've been willing to cross my own party lines at least as often as i have crossed drew darby's votes and so when it comes to this topic um I think I'm just about as good as you can get in the house.

I'm an independent voice and nobody owns me.

The initiative by the General Land Office, first reported by The Texan, begins a request for information process for qualified companies, developers, technology providers, energy producers and other interested parties who are interested in developing geothermal, natural gas and small modular nuclear reactors.

State Representative Drew Darby, who chairs the House Committee on Energy Resources, praised the move in a statement to The Texan.

Quote, "Putting our state lands to work for geothermal, natural gas and advanced nuclear combined with existing assets is exactly the all-of-the-above approach our grid needs." The chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, State Representative Cody Harris, concurred.

He said, quote, "Commissioner Buckingham's effort to make wise use of Texas land as we work to have more dispatchable energy at the ready is to be commended." He continued, quote, "This is the kind of initiative we need to expedite energy resources for the growing Texas population and economy." Also, the City of San Antonio reached a collective bargaining agreement with the San Antonio Police Officers Association last week, carving out over one hundred million over the next three years from a tight budget.

The committee evaluates topics under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission, and over the two days of the hearing, schisms between the RRC and the Energy Committee surfaced.

The rifts during the hearing first became apparent when Chair Drew Darby began the meeting Tuesday with a sharp reprimand of Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian for his absence.

Darby stated, "...a sitting commissioner absconding from his agency's oversight hearing is nothing more than a mockery of the Texas legislature and the legislative process." The dispute began with an RRC vote that allowed members of the public to comment at commission meetings on topics unrelated to the meeting agenda.

In other news, anybody who bet that prediction market platforms like Kalshi would receive a warm welcome from the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee would have been at a loss on Tuesday.

Yeah.

State Senator Drew Darby, who's a Republican.

This is racism, plain and simple.

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