“The Texas House has shown that the current biennium’s budget can be balanced with taking only $3.1 billion from the rainy day fund. We encourage the House to hold firm on that amount.”

The Honorable Talmadge Heflin is Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Heflin served 11 terms in the Texas House of Representatives and chaired the House Appropriations Committee in 2003, leading the Texas Legislature’s successful efforts to close a $10 billion budget deficit without a tax increase.

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