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“Getting a bunch of smart business people together to work on this can certainly be a good thing, but it is alarming to see so many big political donors and industry lobbyists included. In a situation like this, public health absolutely must be prioritized above all else,” said Anthony Gutierrez, president of Common Cause Texas, a good-government advocacy group. “The concern in having a committee stacked with political donors and industry lobbyists is that they may allow corporate or political interests to trump what’s best for public health.”

“He should not be campaigning for his daughter publicly. You certainly cannot give contributions, including in-kind contributions, from a judge to a candidate for public office. Those things seem to have happened. They seem to continue happening. They need to stop. Authorities need to be looking at this,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the non-partisan group Common Cause Texas.