Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Eightieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 10
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80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION
MARTINEZ FISCHER: So, we don't need your amendment for me to go outside
and tell my constituents or tell your constituents how I voted.
HARTNETT: Well, if it's not in the journal, it's not official.
MARTINEZ FISCHER: Well again, I think my word's official. Is your word
official?
HARTNETT: Not under the law, I hate to say it.
MARTINEZ FISCHER: So when you swear and take an oath, your word's no
good?
HARTNETT: It's good.
MARTINEZ FISCHER: I just want to be clear for these members, we have some
new members. Nothing stops anybody from telling anyone how they vote for
speaker, correct?
HARTNETT: Certainly you have that privilege if it's decided to be withheld until
several weeks.
REPRESENTATIVE BRANCH: Representative, your approach seeks to have the
names disclosed as soon as possible or promptly or immediately, is that correct?
HARTNETT: Immediately after each vote.
BRANCH: And the other approach that's been highlighted to us, or at least
announced, would delay that at some point, is that correct?
HARTNETT: It would be delayed several weeks, correct.
BRANCH: I guess we could do that about a lot of votes in here, on taxes and
these difficult issues. We could ask all these votes to be delayed so that we could
have some time to deal with the consequences of our votes.
HARTNETT: It raises a lot of very interesting possibilities for politicians to delay
the consequences of their votes.
BRANCH: So it seems to me this comes down to political courage. This is about
the courage of your convictions and your votes, that you are ready to stand with
your vote and let that be open and transparent. Isn't that what this is about?
HARTNETT: I think that's certainly an aspect to it.
BRANCH: Isn't that what people like us come down here and do, stand up and
be counted?
HARTNETT: I can't argue with that.
REPRESENTATIVE MORENO: Mr. Hartnett, I can't see you but anyway, really
this is a different election that we're having. You would agree with me, would
you not, that this one of a kind? The only two people on this floor that have
experienced this type of election is me and Representative Craddick. Nobody else
on this floor has ever experienced elections like this in 42 years, so this is
something different, would you agree with me?
REPRESENTATIVE HARTNETT: I'll take your word for it.S10
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