sentences:  Pitts awaited a report from the retiring Texas Comptroller Susan Combs regarding the expected receipts for the 2013–2014 biennium.Pitts became ensnared in an admissions "clout" scandal at the University of Texas at Austin in 2013.Publicly available documents revealed that Pitts and two other members of the House sent more letters to the president of the University of Texas on behalf of applicants than anyone else whose correspondence was included in a recent inquiry into admissions favoritism.