Texas House Speaker Joe Straus: We have to correct the deficit - El Paso Times










Texas lawmakers can no longer put off tackling the state's built-in annual budget deficit, House Speaker Joe Straus said Thursday while in El Paso.

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Straus visited El Paso to meet with the area's lawmakers and tour the University of Texas at El Paso, Fort Bliss and the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. He also met with the El Paso Times editorial board.

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