House Speaker Tom Craddick
The Texas Constitution authorizes the Legislature to meet in regular session for 140 days in each odd-numbered year. So what do they do the rest of the time? Well, when they are fortunate enough not to be called back into special session, they are researching issues in preparation for the next regular session. Last month, Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick issued interim charges to the various House committees, and we sat down with him recently to discuss those charges.
