Texas House Democrats announced their plans to break quorum due in large part to a push by Republicans to adopt new Congressional Districts in Texas, a move that would ultimately add five more Republican seats and break up districts that Democrats have long held.
Rep. James Frank (HD-69) said he was in the Texas House on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, when the roll was called. He said he and his fellow Republican lawmakers were frustrated.
“It’s certainly not just redistricting,” Rep. Frank said. “There’s a lot of bills on the call. There’s flood reliefs on the call, we’ve got the bill that will remove the STAAR test.”
Rep. Frank said, based on his observations, a majority of the pressure on Texas House Democrats to break quorum is coming from outside of Texas.
“I don’t know that the lawmakers have as much of a problem with it as some of the folks around the country,” Rep. Frank said. “It seems like most of the comments are from outside, and most of the support is from outside. Most of the pressure seems to be from outside, and most of the funding seems to be from outside of Texas.”
Rep. Frank said, regardless of the reason why Democratic lawmakers left Texas, the fact that they left at all is concerning.
“You can stay and fight,” Rep. Frank said. “Leaving and fighting is just not really a Texas thing.”
Rep. Frank said House Democrats attempted to break quorum during the 2021 Legislative Session, leading to a stalemate similar to the one currently happening in Texas.
“It wasted 40 days and millions of dollars, and we got the exact same stuff done,” Rep. Frank said.
According to Rep. Frank, lawmakers have tried leaving the state to break quorum several times before, and each time, it ended with the same results.
“Every time this has happened before, it has never worked,” Rep. Frank said. “And I don’t see any reason that this is going to be any different.”
Rep. Frank said that while he hopes this stalemate doesn’t last 40 days, like it did in 2021, it’s not a matter of if a quorum will happen, but rather, a matter of when a quorum will happen.
“It’s going to get done,” Rep. Frank said. “It’s just a question of how long it takes.”
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