The House Investigating and Ethics committee almost immediately broke into executive session to discuss allegations against the House Speaker Joe Straus, R- San Antonio.
Before the committee broke into executive session, committee chair Rep. Chuck Hopson identified Rep. Larry Phillips, vice chair of the committee, as the lawmaker who spoke with Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola alleging inappropriate behavior from the Speaker's camp.
Hughes withdrew his support for Straus claiming that the then-unknown representative said that the Straus leadership team threatened to use the redistricting process to punish opponents. Straus has denied the claims.
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/11/phillips-identified-as-lawmake.html
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