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Joe Straus

Speaker of the Texas House, R-San Antonio

Joe Straus represents part of Bexar County in the Texas House. His colleagues have elected him speaker of the House for the past three legislative sessions.

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Transportation

Use highway fund only for transportation

By Joe Straus, May 13, 2014

Let's stop diverting hundreds of millions of dollars a year from the state highway fund to finance other agencies. We need all of that money for our roads.