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Video: Lawmakers React to Budget Bills; Look Ahead to HB1 Battle

State Reps. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, and Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, react to the passage of HB4 and HB275, and preview of the upcoming battle over HB1, the House's bare-bones general appropriations plan for the next biennium.

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State Reps. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, and Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, react to the passage of HB4 and HB275. The appropriations committee member and majority caucus chair also give the Tribune a preview of the upcoming battle over HB1, the House's bare-bones general appropriations plan for the next biennium. 

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