Issue 89.8 Proposed bills start vetting process and public testimony. Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com With committee assignments completed for both chambers we are beginning to see bills referred ... Read More

Issue 89.7 Texas House Committee assignments both reward loyalty and offer an olive branch Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Last Thursday Speaker Burrows announced committee assignments as well as ... Read More

Issue 89.6 Senate off and running while House still organizes Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com In most of the past eight Texas legislative sessions we have already known House committee chairs and ... Read More

Issue 89.5 I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. – Martin Luther King Jr. Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com For ... Read More

Issue 89.4 “Follow the Money” - All the President’s Men Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com To best understand the priorities of Texas leadership, you can listen to the speeches, but even better, ... Read More

Issue 89.3 Every member.  Every member will have a voice” – new Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com In first round voting Rep. Burrows fell five votes short of the ... Read More

Issue 89.2 Never spend your money before you have it. – Thomas Jefferson Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Tomorrow kicks off the 140-day long 89th Texas Legislative Session.  The ... Read More