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“Congratulations to us all because our plumbing shortage is solved because we can all become plumbers.”
– Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall, vice chair of the Sunset Advisory Commission, after the House inadvertently (?) repealed the state plumbing code and abolished the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners. See you in two years!
This article appears in May 31 • 2019.
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