He declared the need for a new tax cut for the oil companies in Texas an emergency need, and so the money was taken away from the CHIP program. There's -- you don't have to take my word for this. There is now a federal judge's opinion about the current management of this program ordering the State of Texas to do -- you should read that judge's language about this.
he declared texas needed a tax cut.
This statement definitely is not correct; as texas didn't need a tax cut. the oil companies did. we don't know if texas needed a tax cut or not.
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