{"id":1500005,"date":"2022-06-01T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500005"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:00:40","slug":"gov-abbott-calls-for-special-legislative-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-calls-for-special-legislative-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Abbott calls for special legislative committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-abbott-calls-for-special-legislative-committees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500005&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2721096\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2721096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Governor Greg Abbott passes in front of a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week\u2019s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo\/Dario Lopez-Mills)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 11:48 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 1, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) called for the formation of special legislative committees, to address school safety in the wake of the recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Abbott requested the creation of the committees, through a letter addressed to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R-Texas) and House Speaker Dan Phelan (R-Texas).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs Texans mourn the tragedy that occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde last week, we as a state must reassess the twin issues of school safety and mass violence,\u201d Abbott wrote. \u201cAs leaders, we must come together at this time to provide solutions to protect all Texans.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The committees would examine and develop legislative recommendations on school safety, mental health, police training, social media, firearm safety and more.<\/p>\n<p>Texas is among 14 states where only the governor has the power to call a special session. During his governorship, Abbott has ordered five special sessions to address matters, including abortion laws, COVID relief funding, a transgender sports ban, bail reform and voting laws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN \u2014 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requests special legislative committees to offer solutions to protect all Texans after Uvalde school shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jTI486fDTc\">pic.twitter.com\/jTI486fDTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Herb Scribner (@HerbScribner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HerbScribner\/status\/1532018932856520709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott believes legislative leaders must come together to provide solutions to protect all Texans. He said that existing laws would not have stopped the rampage in Uvalde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott passes in front of a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week\u2019s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Sunday, May 29,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}