Chapter 411 My Speaker Dad

January 26, 2002.

Austin, Texas.

To be honest, this is Abel's first time coming to the Capitol, the political center of Texas.

Even if the previous Abel and his experiences and memories were taken into account, it would be the same.

Because of the original Abel, like most people in Texas, he rarely comes to Austin if he has nothing to do.

In fact, most of the tourists who come to the Texas State Capitol are outsiders from outside Texas.

Except for Austinites, locals basically don't like Austin very much.

As for the Capitol itself, it is not only one of the most famous tourist attractions in Texas, it is also the office space of the Texas Government.

Above the second floor of the Capitol Building, there are offices for the Governor's Office, the Texas National Guard Staff Headquarters, various other Texas departments, etc.

The largest room on the first floor of the building is the conference hall that can accommodate 150 Texas legislators.

The Texas State Legislature, like Congress, is divided into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

There are 50 members in the Senate and 100 members in the House of Representatives.

Unlike the deputy commander of the Federation who can only be used as a mascot.

The lieutenant governor of Texas also has many powers. He is the governor's right-hand man and the true second-in-command in the state government.

Already having many real rights, it is natural that the lieutenant governor of Texas cannot serve as the speaker of the Senate like the deputy governor of the federal government.

In other words, in the Texas State Legislature, each chamber has a real speaker.

This is different from the federal government.

The large conference hall in the parliament building is also the place where most tourists check in.

Under normal circumstances, many places in the Texas State Capitol are open to foreign visitors free of charge, regardless of whether they are Texans or not.

As long as you can pass the security check and have legal travel documents, you can freely enter and exit this famous political center and tourist attraction in Texas.

But in recent days, the Texas State Capitol has announced that it will be closed for 15 days.

The reason is that a big event happened during the Texas House of Representatives meeting in the past few days.

State legislators in the Texas House of Representatives, they initiated an impeachment.

Impeach the speaker of the state House of Representatives, Mark Jellen, and demand that the speaker step down.

Around 10 am.

Abel's mighty motorcade arrived outside the Texas State Capitol.

The motorcade passed security inspections composed of the Texas National Guard and local police officers and successfully entered the Capitol.

At the entrance of a beautiful and majestic building built of red granite.

When Abel got out of his Cadillac Monster.

He had already seen several people looking at him with smiles at the door of the Parliament Building.

Abel's face also showed the usual hypocritical smile, and he walked towards them.

"Oh... Good morning, dear Mr. Smith. Welcome."

Among the people at the door, the one who spoke first and came to greet Abel with a smile was Rick Perry, the current governor of Texas and former deputy of George Bush, who jumped from the Donkey Party to the Elephant Party.

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Abel and Rick Perry met several times, always at Bush family banquets.

Abel smiled and walked over, shook hands with Rick Perry and hugged him.

"Good morning, Mr. Governor. Of course, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Lieutenant Governor, hello."

After shaking hands and hugging Rick Perry, Abel greeted the other two people.

The other two people were Texas Senate Speaker Page and Lieutenant Governor Johnson.

There is only one more Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mark Gerlin, and the four giants in the Texas state government are all there.

Page, Jonson, and Rick Perry all had known Abel for a long time, both at banquets held by the Bush family.

Today's shrub family has deep roots in Texas.

To say they are the largest family in Texas may not be a stretch.

Maybe you want to do big things in Texas, or you want to make a difference in Texas.

No matter who it is, it can be said that it will be difficult to avoid the Shrub Family.

Among the four giants in the Texas government, Rick Perry is simply George's successor and younger brother, and a close confidant of the Bush family.

Jonson and Page were also very close to the Bush family.

There is only one Mark Jerlin, who is considered an important figure in another Texas faction.

And now, Mark Jellen is being impeached.

If he is successfully impeached, he will have to resign as speaker, and he may not even be able to keep his position as state representative.

By that time, at least it will be in Zhouzhengfu.

In terms of influence on Texas, the Bush family can be said to be unparalleled.

After shaking hands and hugging Rick Perry and others.

Rick Perry began to lead Abel into the Texas State Capitol.

As one of the largest and most beautiful capitol buildings in the United States.

The entire Texas State Capitol is built entirely of red granite, giving people a majestic feeling.

On the top of the building, there is a 14-foot-tall Statue of Liberty.

It didn't exist originally, and it wasn't added until 1987.

Entering the gate of the Parliament Building, there is a beautiful courtyard behind it.

Although it is winter, due to the warm climate in Austin, the lawn in the courtyard is still green, and the leaves are red and green.

Abel is not a tourist. If he were a tourist, he would definitely be attracted by the many statues scattered in the courtyard.

They are quite symbolic and commemorative.

Among them, war elements can be seen everywhere, which shows the weight of Texas history.

The local folk customs in Texas are fierce and fierce, which is also inseparable from these wars.

Along the way, several people kept chatting.

"Mark will hardly survive this time."

While walking, the governor said bluntly: "He made a big mistake this time."

In Texas, which was impeached today, the speaker of the state House of Representatives, Mark Jerlinn.

The grounds for his impeachment were abuse of power and obstruction of parliamentary investigations.

The former refers to Mark Jerlin, who, as speaker, accepted the support of many Mexicans and opened the door for Mexicans to sneak into Texas.

The latter refers to Mark Jerlin when a member of parliament accused him of calling for the investigation.

Mark Jerlin violently blocked the inquiry from passing parliament.

For these two reasons, the congressman united with many members of the Assembly to launch an impeachment against Speaker Mark Jerlin within the state House of Representatives.

According to Texas regulations, if the speaker is impeached by more than 10 members while in office, the speaker's powers cannot be used during the impeachment period.

To be honest, Abel still doesn't understand what Rick Perry meant when he said "Mark made a big mistake".

The reason why he's here today is at the Texas State Capitol.

It was because a few days ago, when the outside world learned that his body was fine, there was nothing serious.

Here in Texas, Davis Brown and his people asked him to come to the Texas State Capitol today.

Abel only knew that this was related to his cooperation with Davis Brown and the others, that is, with the Texas consortium.

It is also related to his father, Alexander Smith.

But he didn't know the specific relevant laws before today.

These guys seemed to want to give him a surprise.

Now listen to the opening remarks from guys like Rick Perry.

In Abel's mind, he finally guessed something.

He thought, if it really is what he thinks.

These guys are really willing to spend a lot of money.

"Oh, then he really shouldn't. Texans don't allow this to happen."

Abel responded with a smile and a snake oil reply.

Senate Speaker Page smiled and said softly:

"Actually, it's more than that. Many of Mark's actions before this have made many people dissatisfied. The impeachment this time has been accumulated for a long time."

"That's right." Lieutenant Governor Jonson also said with a smile.

While chatting, everyone passed through the courtyard and entered the central rotunda.

The terrazzo floor on the first floor of the rotunda was built in 1936 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Texas.

There is a large seal painted in the center of the floor, surrounded by the seals of the Six Nations.
To be continued...