Simmons said much the same and brushed off concerns about why Flores’ bill was advanced instead of Montford’s.
“I go on the Ronald Reagan theory — it’s amazing what you can get done if you don’t care who gets the credit,” Simmons said. “I think that here, everyone should get the credit. Because the fact of it is that this is a collection of the thoughts of everyone.”
Lee, a former Senate president, remained skeptical.
“The question is, what are we going to do about testing?” he said. “And are we going to pass a piece of legislation whose talking points line up with the substance of the bill, or are we going to pass a bunch of sound bites that peak at the press conference but do nothing to reduce testing in our state? And I think we’re headed for the latter.”
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3/27/2017
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