Experience
- Dean of the Texas Senate
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Longest serving member of the Texas Senate, 2nd longest serving Legislator
- Served 10 years in the Texas House of Representatives
- Representing Senate District 15 for over 30 years
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Chair, Senate Criminal Justice Committee
- Chair, Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight Committee
- Ex-Officio Member, Governor's Criminal Justice Advisory Council
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Chair, Council of State Governments' Justice Center, School Discipline Consensus Project
- Member, Texas Indigent Defense Commission
- Member, Senate Administration Committee
- Member, Senate Finance Committee
- Member, Senate Business and Commerce Committee
- Member, Senate Democratic Caucus
- Member, Senate Hispanic Caucus
- Member, Texas State Employees Union
