[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 141 (Friday, September 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





        HONORING THE SERVICE OF TEXAS STATE SENATOR LARRY TAYLOR

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 2, 2022

  Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the service of my 
friend, Senator Larry Taylor, who admirably served two decades in the 
Texas Legislature as State Representative for House District 24 from 
2003 to 2013 and as State Senator for Senate District 11 from 2013 to 
today. Senator Taylor will retire after a distinguished career at the 
end of this current session in early 2023.
  Senator Taylor was raised in Friendswood, Texas, and is a lifelong 
Texan and Baylor University graduate. He and his wife, Kerri, have 
three children and five grandchildren. Senator Taylor formerly owned 
Truman Taylor Insurance Agency in Friendswood, an independent agency 
started by his father more than 50 years ago.
  Senator Taylor served five sessions in the Texas House of 
Representatives before his election to the State Senate. During the 
82nd Legislature, Representative Taylor served on the Texas Sunset 
Advisory Commission, a 12-member body made up of legislators and 
members of the public who are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and are tasked with 
identifying and eliminating waste, duplication, and inefficiency for 
more than 130 Texas state agencies. As a House member, he also served 
on the following committees:

       Elections, Insurance, Voter Identification and Fraud Select 
     Committee, Windstorm Insurance Oversight, Emergency 
     Preparedness Select Committee, Special Purpose Districts 
     Select Committee, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Calendars, 
     Hurricane Ike Storm Devastation to the Texas Gulf Coast 
     Select Committee, Property Tax Relief and Appraisal Reform 
     Select Committee, Business and Industry, House 
     Administration, Health Insurance Risk Pool Deficit, Windstorm 
     Coverage and Budgetary Impact, and Public Health.

  Senator Taylor has served five sessions in the Texas State Senate and 
spent four of those sessions as Chairman of the Senate Committee on 
Education. He also served as Chair of the Senate Finance Article III 
working group and was a member of the important Budget Conference 
Committee, a select group chosen to ensure that legislators passed a 
balanced budget. Additionally, he is a member of the Legislative Budget 
Board, a permanent joint committee responsible for developing budget 
and policy recommendations for legislative appropriations. Senator 
Taylor has served on the following Senate committees:

       Education, Finance, Future of College Sports in Texas 
     Select Committee, Higher Education, Ports Select Committee, 
     Veteran Affairs, Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs, 
     Coastal Barrier System, Mass Violence Prevention and 
     Community Safety Select Committee, Texas Commission on Public 
     School Finance, Cruise Industry Development, Business and 
     Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, State Real Property 
     Data Collection, Reporting and Assessment Select Committee, 
     Government Organization, Health and Human Services, Education 
     Policy for a Skilled Workforce, Texas Lottery and Texas 
     Lottery Commission, and Violence in Schools and School 
     Security Select Committee.

  In 2020, Senator Taylor was named ``Galvestonian of the Year'' by the 
Galveston Chamber of Commerce. Two years later, he was given the 2022 
inaugural ``Senator Larry Taylor Champion of Education'' award by the 
League City Chamber of Commerce for his tireless advocacy on behalf of 
Texas students and teachers. He currently serves on the board of Hope 
Village, a residential and day program for people with developmental 
disabilities, and as the Director and Chairman of the Board for Texan 
Bank. He is also President of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research 
Institute Board.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to commend my good friend Senator Larry 
Taylor for his many years of faithful service and dedication to the 
State of Texas, his constituents, and the education of countless 
Texans. I would also like to congratulate him on an outstanding career 
and wish him, his wife, Kerri, and their family the best in his 
retirement and future endeavors.

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