The House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development

87th Legislature

September 30, 2021

8:00 a.m.

E1.030

Pursuant to a notice posted on September 27, 2021, the House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Button, at 8:05 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Button; Morales, Christina; Bell, Cecil; Canales; and Metcalf.

A quorum was present.

The Committee met jointly with the House Committee on Transportation.

The Chair laid out the following joint border-related interim charge:

“Review the impact that trade across the Texas-Mexico border has on the Texas economy. Consider the impact of the recent increase in border migration on transnational trade, including its effects on the communities along the border, points of entry, and access by Texas businesses to supplies, labor, materials, and markets in Mexico.”

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

(Representative Ordaz Perez now present.)

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

At 10:14 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. Button, Chair

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Victoria Smith, Clerk